Electrifying things going on at the Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. Steam Shop. This facility has been disused since 2000, until Kentucky Steam purchased the facility in 2018. Thousands of volunteer hours have gone into achieving this milestone, with many having been put in by master electricians Kenny Stewart and Kris Davis.

Help us keep it going by making a contribution at https://kentuckysteam.z2systems.com/np/clients/kentuckysteam/donation.jsp?campaign=1& ... See more

Small steam choos need love too. Think about this, most Crown Metal Products locomotoves are coming up on 50 years old. Would that be "post steam era vintage"?

Trains Magazine awards $10,000 for restoration of Kentucky steam locomotive | Trains Magazine

Some great news in preservation!

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/10/26-trains-magazine-awards-10000-for-restoration-of-kentucky-steam-locomotive

Annual Preservation Award benefits Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 No. 2716

A spectacular image showing 4014 assaulting the Wahsatch Mountains. Spectacular showmanship on the part of Union Pacific Railroad.

Captured by Steve Alder

A cab forward Big Boy? 😉

Yesterday at Steamtown National Historic Site, the UP 4012 had its tender removed and was positioned to the rear of the backshop for an upcoming abatement project.

During the 2010-2011 abatement program, That Steam Guy served as a project lead in the abatement of 11 locomotives and 15 passenger cars at the National Park.

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A year ago today we did a very big thing with the always gracious help of CSX and the assistance of Hulcher Services.

It's not every day one gets to oversee the extraction of an auxiliary water tender from rail, through a ditch, and onto a Schlatter Boys Transport truck! ... See more

It takes a village to raise a child, and a team effort to rebuild a steam locomotive.

Hats off to all those who labor tirelessly to make merchandising happen successfully at all of the museums and tourist railroads out there! ... See more

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Some wonderful images of the recent transformation of the Southern 4501 into the L&N 1593. Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, and the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Historical Society combined forces to create this striking, and faithful representation of an L&N 2-8-2.

A critical component of this was the use of an original L&N headlight, and whistle from the well curated collection of Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp.'s board member, Chad Harpole

That Steam Guy was the Co-Project manager on the restoration, and worked through 2.5 years to the locomotive's completion. ... See more

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Just when I thought I had seen everything.... actually dipping an entire appliance in a rust dissolver.

This is the stoker motor (steam engine) for the Nashville Steam #576.

A before and after shot of soaking an entire steam stoker engine in a vat of Evaporust overnight. Wow, what a difference! This engine is to be restored for the Nashville Steam Preservation Society to go on the N. C. & SL No. 576 Steam Locomotive they are restoring. This steam stoker engine was mounted in the locomotive tender and powered an auger that would move coal from the tender into the boiler firebox. we at VintageMachinery are really looking forward to this collaboration restoration with Nashville Steam! #vintagemachinery #steamlocomotive #steamengine #stokerengine #nashvillesteam #nashvillesteampreservationsociety #stripehype #restoration #evaporust @evapo_rust @nashvillesteam @ Brookfield, Georgia ... See more