Huckleberry Railroad No. 152 Now Operational!
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 11:58 am
Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad wrote:It's an exciting day at the Huckleberry Railroad Shop, even though it is 90 degrees. Engine 152, after a long rebuild process that started in 2016, has finally been pulled out of the Railroad Shop for a test fire. The project included dismantling the entire locomotive. The boiler was removed from the frame and sent out for testing and repair. Shop staff tested valves, re-profiled the drive wheels, replaced wear parts, rebuilt the tender car and gave the jacket a fresh coat of paint complete with hand painted numbering. Later this summer the beautiful restored engine 152 will be able to make its way down the Huckleberry Railroad tracks thanks to a large grant from the Mott Foundation that funded the project. There is even an impressive new lubrication system that includes 214 fittings! Once test firing is complete, staff will inspect the operating systems and begin doing test runs and fine tuning the locomotive before putting it back into service.