AVR 5427 UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN WINNIPEG

AVR 5427 under construction in WINNIPEG as she was in JANUARY 2008.	5427
	5427 STARTED LIFE IN CALIFORNIA AND TOOK 10 YEARS TO BUILD THERE. SHE WAS ACQUIRED BY THE AVR IN THE FALL OF 2007 WHEN ONE OF OUR MEMBERS MADE A GENEROUS DONATION AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ORIGINAL BUILDER HAD BECOME ILL AND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE LOCOMOTIVE. WHEN SHE ARRIVED THE RUNNING GEAR, FRAME, BOILER AND SMOKE BOX WAS COMPLETE ALONG WITH THE TENDER FRAME AND TRUCKS. THE BOILER JACKET WAS NOT ASSEMBLED AND THERE WAS NO TENDER BODY OR CAB ALONG WITH ALL THE PLUMBING. THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS VERY TIGHT AND THE FIRST WORK WAS TO LOOSEN HER UP TO NEGOTIATE OUR SMALLER RADIUS CURVES. VIC BECAME THE MAIN BUILDER ON THE PROJECT WITH HELP FROM OTHER MEMBERS
	5427 ON LIFT WITH RALPH. THE LOCOMOTIVE IS BEING TESTED ON AIR AFTER THE LOOSENING OF THE PILLOW BLOCKS AND RE-ASSEMBLY. BARRY ADJUSTED THE TIMING AND VIC CONNECTED THE AIR.
	RUNNING GEAR
	FRONT DETAIL WITH SMOKE BOX COVER OFF.
	VIEW THROUGH THE SMOKE BOX
	BOILER ON SIDE LOOKING AT TUBES.
	BOILER JACKET BEING TEST FIT AFTER VIC WELDED IT TOGETHER. TYPICAL OF THE PENNSY K4 STYLE OF LOCOMOTIVE.
	VIC GRINDING INSIDE THE BOILER JACKET
	VIC WITH THE STAINLESS STEEL BOILER DRILLING A NEW ACCESS HOLE INTO THE BOILER. THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS BUILT AS A PROPANE BURNER WITH NO WAY OF CHECKING YOUR FIRE. WE FELT THAT THE OPERATOR NEEDS TO SEE THE CONDITION OF HIS FIRE SO ACCESS WAS MADE. THERE WAS ONLY ONE ACCESS TO THE MUD RING AND WE WANTED FOUR. OTHER MODIFICATIONS WERE MADE BEFORE THE BOILER WENT TO A PRESSURE WELDER FOR COMPLETION. THE HYDRO TEST WAS COMPLETED IN JANUARY 2008 TAKING IT TO 280 PSI.
	VIC STARTING ON THE BURNER. ED AND GIL DRILLED THE HOLES. VIC CUT AND FITTED THE MATERIAL.
5427 AS SEEN IN FEBRUARY 2009 AFTER A LOT OF HARD WORK	5427
	5427 SITS ON THE STEEL LIFT ON FEB 13TH, 2009 AFTER VIC POSES THE LOCOMOTIVE IN FRONT OF THE TENDER FOR THE FIRST TIME. A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS AND IT SHOWS. SHE IS STARTING TO LOOK COMPLETE WITH MOST PIPING COMPLETE AND MOST DETAILS INSTALLED. PICTURE TAKEN BY BILL IN THE ABEL MEMORIAL ENGINE HOUSE. VIC HAS WORKED DAILY ON THIS LADY TO HAVE HER READY FOR JUNE.
	TENDER WAS LAID OUT BY VIC AND PLANS MADE AND PROGRAMMED TO BE LASER CUT COMPLETE WITH RIVET HOLES. TO ASSURE A TIGHT FIT THE HOLES WERE UNDERSIZED AND DRILLED OUT AND THEN RIVETED.
	BARRY AND VIC USING A SPECIAL RIVET TOOL TO GET A ROUNDED HEAD ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVET.
	DOUBLE SIDED RIVETS AND SOME TENDER DETAIL
	WATER PICKUP INSIDE THE TENDER WITH SCREEN.
	SIDE PICTURE WITH WHISTLE, CHICAGO INJECTOR AND BLOW DOWN. PICTURE FEB 2009 BY VIC.
	RIGHT SIDE OF 5427 SHOWING NEW TENDER AND PIPING ALONG THE SIDE AND ON THE TURRET. PICTURE FEB 13, 2009 BY BILL
	VIC IS TURNING HIS ATTENTION TO THE TENDER WHICH IS NOW RIVETED AND READY FOR DETAILS LIKE FRONT STEPS. WHILE VIC IS CONCENTRATING ON THE TENDER BARRY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE PIPING AND CAB INTERIOR. PICTURE BY ROB AT THE END OF JAN, 2009
	BARRY AND VIC WORK ON CAB INTERIOR CONTROLS. PICTURE TAKEN BY RON JAN 2009.
	BACK WALL OF CAB STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE
	NUMBERS ARE APPLIED IN GOLD
	BETWEEN BARRY AND VIC THE PIPING IS PROGRESSING. THE CHICAGO INJECTOR.
	EXTRA DETAILS ON THE WATER HATCH FOR THE TENDER.
	IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT TURNING WAS BEING RESTRICTED BY THE FRONT TRUCK SO BARRY AND VIC CURED THE PROBLEM.
	IN EARLY JUNE SHE WAS STEAMED UP AT THE AVR AND MADE HER MAIDEN TRIP.
	RALPH PUTS WATER IN THE TENDER AT TRAIN MOUNTAIN TRIENNIAL IN JUNE OF 2009 WHERE 5427 RAN SUCCESSFULLY UP AND DOWN THE BIG HILLS PULLING A GOOD SIZED TRAIN. MORE PICTURES AT RAILROADS WE HAVE VISITED

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