Northern Pacific 1364

12/26/2020

Inside the 1364 cab in 1967

08/23/2020

When you ask, "What is holding up the progress of the 1364?", the answer is "We are replacing staybolts!". What is a "staybolt". The picture below is a rare view inside of the 1364 boiler cylinder. Many of the fire-tubes have been removed for replacement giving us the room to photograph the inside. We are looking toward the rear tubesheet which separates the pressurized side and the firebox. Because of the intense heat of the fire in the firebox water must always cover the firebox or the steel will melt. Normally the cylindrical shape is self supporting with the 200 pounds per square inch. However because of the shape of the firebox the internal pressure would crush the firebox. The staybolts are rods riveted into the boiler cylinder and the firebox (note the arrow). Over time the staybolts either break or become unseated and leak. When this happens the staybolt must be replaced. Dave Pankey and Andy Breeding are working on this as we speak. Someday soon (no thanks to the virus) we will have this done.

03/30/2020

Did some more grinding on staybolts yesterday. Got some done but did destroy a burr and may have done in an air tool. So now wait for new burr to get here so I can do a little more work on staybolts. New air compressor works great.

03/09/2020

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FROM THE LATE 60S

¬¬A NEW PAINT JOB---Four boys and 5 months----that’s what it has taken to put a new finish on the old locomotive at the amusement park at Point Defiance Park. It started with a letter to the Metropolitan Park commissioners from Jack Anderson 14, right. He wanted to fix up the locomotive. They said yes, so he got some friends and went to work. Helping paint, from left are Tim Johnson 12, Matt Graham 15, Steve Thompson 16. Steve joined the group one day when he saw the others around the engine and thought they were vandals. When he found out what they were doing he pitched in. It took us 5 months to scrape it, and days to paint it. Jack said, “Now we want to replace some of the rotten wood and rusted metal parts.” Northern Pacific Railroad donated the black pint---all the work has been the boys.

02/19/2020

It is not often we can see all the parts on the 1364 as they get in the way of hydrotesting. But during the NPRHA convention of 2014 we put all the parts on to showcase. I found this pic amongst Pankey's picture collection.

02/06/2020

This is one of our early photos of the 1364. The original S-4s came with a Vauclain compound cylinder. High pressure steam would enter the first cylinder then exhaust into a low pressure cylinder using the steam pressure twice. This gave more horsepower per the same cost of fuel and water consumption but at a cost of high maintenance. For more information http://mzq.1be.myftpupload.com/vauclain-compound-cylinder/

01/11/2020

Maintenance log for 1364

01/02/2020

This is our oldest picture of the 1364. After various members viewed this picture came to the conclusion that the numbers on the tender are 1364. The pic was taken between 1902 and 1905. The wooden bridge crossing the Naches River was replaced by a steel bridge by 1905. The 1364 was built in 1902. There is a snowplow on the cowcatcher. Photo courtesy of Yakima Valley Museum.

01/01/2020

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