Commentary about volunteering to overhaul the 200 hp LeRoi engine in a Whitcomb switch locomotive for a non profit museum. I got it running in 2009. TitanX Donated a new radiator core in 2011. Plymouth locomotive arrives 2014.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
If you follow the Blog or look back to Oct 19th you see that Whitcomb's radiator leaked badly in several places. The bottom was broken out from water freezing in the bottom tank. A member of the LSRHS named Chris Bohn works for TitanX engine cooling in Jamestown New York. Chris approched the president of his company and TitanX agreed to donate a new radiator core for the Whitcomb. Thank you TitanX. Chris came and took measrements and made a CAD drawing of the new core. Hank and I went up to the museum July 6,7,8 to disassemble the radiator. We had to grind off many of the bolts because they were rusted tight and you couldnt get a wrench on them. We got the top tank free but we couldnt safely lift it off the radiator. A telephone man drove in and I asked him for help. We got the top tank off and got it on the ground. The side pieces and core were next. Both the top and bottom tank need welded.
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