The Whitcomb boys were treated to a cab ride in the museums 25 ton GE locomotive. Thank you engineer Steve. We love the Whitcomb but were very impressed with the simplicity and smoothness of the diesel electric. See a short video here.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Winterizing the engine
October 19th Hank and I went to the museum to winterize the Whitcomb. We wanted to run the Whitcomb so we got the water hose from the station and put 4 hoses together to reach the Whitcomb radiator.. With water overflowing the radiator, I started the Whitcomb. We ran it for about 15 minutes and then shut it off and went to lunch. After lunch Hank said ‘start it up’. It came back to life and I moved it back and forth a couple times. Then it was time to winterize it. We drained the radiator. There were drains on the exhaust and intake manifolds. There is a drain on each of the 3 blocks and the air compressor cylinder. We put RV antifreeze in the water pump and the exhaust manifold. We went back to work the next day and the GE locomotive was open. Steve gave us cab rides and I took video. After operating the Whitcomb the day before I was just amazed at how well the GE ran and operated
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