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One of our RS3s puked its oil cooler. We need to remove it for repair. I'm looking for real information on the best way to remove it. If you've done it before, please enlighten us, so we can get her running again.

Per the railroad, 213 is o/s with a blown TM, and will not be repaired. Unit is up for sale, railroad will consider 'all reasonable offers'. Locomotive is transportable on its current wheels. Railroad has a spare TM for the unit.

Not true. Doesn't explain the half dozen museums hauling freight right now. It is all in how it is done.

As for self-promotion, yes, but I'm offering to do this work for free, to help out the cause of preservation. How-by increasing revenues. Don't dog out what you don't understand.

There is a Railswap ad for services being offered to museums and tourist railroads that might be of interest:

http://railswap.org/osc/classifieds/ind ... tem&id=797

The services offered cover a lot of the planning and business side that most museum railroaders don't have the time to do.

The RR I'm with has a GE 44 tonner. The rear engine is stuck and won't rotate. Unit has been O/S for at least 10 years. We believe it is due to corrosion in the cylinders. Crank appears to be good. Can the cylinders be unstuck individually and the liners honed, or do are we looking at total liner re...

I've still got maintenance & electrical for the C420, 251 engine maintenance, and parts for RS11 and RS3, plus some misc., to be scanned. I'll put out the challenge to any one else who wants to help out-if you got manuals that you're willing to share, I'll work with you to get them scanned in.

I've started a project to scan & post maintenance manuals for Alcos. Purpose is to provide anyone needing one ready access. They are posted at the Fallen Flags site: http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/manual/manual.html So far, I've posted maintenance for the RS11/RSD12/RS18; and the S1/S2/RS1. Also,...

I believe 466 is the first 1500 HP Alco, and was beat to the 1500 HP threshold by mere weeks by C&G Baldwin 601. 1500 HP was way off for EMD. 466 is a piece of mechanical engineering history, and probably belongs in the Smithsonian as a tribute to diesel engine development-no kidding. I simply c...

The RS3s that were on Michigan Southern are either on the deadline: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1198538 Or were sent to the Keokuk Junction, where they are on their deadline: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2150969 Any way you cut it, future isn't bright...

Sounds familiar. We brought RS3 #2 back to life after sitting in a field for years. I actually wrote up the #2 story for the August 2010 NRHS News. While there is much fun & games in bringing dead Alcos back to life, the time spent is worth it. More Alco fans need to step up and twist a wrench. ...

I'd throw in LO604, the HH660 in Mankato, MN, owned by a scrap yard, and recently displaced by an EMD, as a prime preservation candidate. This HH was originally EJ&E, and is either operable or close to it. Also, the ex RI C415 listed in the scrapped Alcos thread is actually on the outskirts of K...

I’m going to throw in to the GU debate. I’m not quite the average railfan, having I worked as VP of 2 shortlines, sat on the board of a third, and worked as a shortline management consultant, before leaving the life in 2005 for more profitable enterprises. I’m going to throw down my comments, and le...

Thanks to the previous post, we got hold of folks at Orange Empire Rwy Museum, who were able to help up work through the governor issues. RS3 #2 is up and running pretty well, if I do say so. We have to replace a broken truck spring, then she is ready for a blue-card. #2 is the only running Alco in ...

At Oklahoma Railway Museum, we have one of the last Rock Island RS1s existant (743), along with a wood sided RI caboose. Both of these are in line for restoration, as funding permits-problem is, funding never permits. What we do have is: The 743 already painted as RI; A full shop building and tools;...

Not one, but two, museum/quasi railroad historical groups, screwed this up. As a guy who spends lots of time covered with grease from various rare museum locomotives, I am completely outraged by this. It is an affront to the entire railroad preservation community. I spoke with the St Louis guys seve...