Southern Pacific #18 – Museum Project Update, November 2016

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Grading in process

A quick update on things at the museum: The grading and dirt work has been completed and we now have a finished building site. Huge thanks are due Federal White Aggregate, Inc. for donating the 1000 yards of fill material needed to do the grading. Thank you to Dry Lake trucking for their help in moving the material as well.

Next up on the agenda is the concrete foundation.

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Finished building site

 

Southern Pacific #18 – Mini Update – November 2015

With the Thanksgiving holiday and the work schedules of both of us webmasters we are running behind on posting the goings-on from November. Since we will not be working on the engine in December, in the coming weeks we will get all the visual evidence posted from November as well as do a brief rundown of the remaining work to be done in 2016 before the engine is complete. We should have some museum building news to report as well, so check back soon.

Until then check out Ed Flemings newest short video of the restoration, and as a reminder of how far this project has come, below is a picture from December 2009 just before our first work party in April 2010.

December 2009
December 2009