A bar as you describe has been used in the past for lifts at Mid-Continent. In fact, you can see it used in our Badger #2 "Fish Car" Returns video. The methods used during a lift are established ahead of time during an on-site visit by the crane operator. At that time they tell us what will be needed and how the lift will be done. Other than us telling them what we want lifted and where it needs to go, they pretty much handle the rest of the decision making.
Volunteers working on the locomotive are hopeful to have Saginaw Timber #2 ready to run sometime in 2015 but that could vary significantly if unforeseen difficulties crop up during inspections and test runs.
A bar as you describe has been used in the past for lifts at Mid-Continent. In fact, you can see it used in our Badger #2 "Fish Car" Returns video. The methods used during a lift are established ahead of time during an on-site visit by the crane operator. At that time they tell us what will be needed and how the lift will be done. Other than us telling them what we want lifted and where it needs to go, they pretty much handle the rest of the decision making.
Can wait to visit the museum for the first time this summer and see #2 operating!
Curious as to why you guys never use a bar over the top to hook each end of the boiler onto. Like you would a car engine as example.
When is it going to run ? I think I heard this summer ?
Volunteers working on the locomotive are hopeful to have Saginaw Timber #2 ready to run sometime in 2015 but that could vary significantly if unforeseen difficulties crop up during inspections and test runs.