2-8-0 steam locomotive rebuild

[UP5521]

Hello All,

I just need to know how long does it take to restore a steam locomotive like a 2-8-0 consolidation locomotive for instance, from the ground up and to operational status?

 

[illinoiscentral]

Depends on resources such as labor and funding...

Monticello Railway Museum has been restoring our Southern 2-8-0 since 1995.
She will done this year or next March.

 

[BLACKWATCH]

They finished restoring an 8F this year, from "scrap" condition to turning a wheel under it's own steam ................

28 years. Watch it on Utube here http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic.php?f=143&p=1189620

 

[SR6900]

At TVRM we've been doing a major overhaul on SOU 630. I forget what class, but it's is the most or next to the most extensive rebuild you can do to a locomotive. I think it's been in around nine years so far. We just got the all drivers on which have been off for over seven. We've stripped everything off and now we're starting to get everything back together. Hopefully, we'll have her steaming next year.

 

[UP5521]

Good luck with the 630's restoration!She is a good sized engine to operate,but was it a S160 class 2-8-0 locomotive?

 

[SR6900]

That's 610. It's what we currently run. Once 630's out, 610 will go in for her 1472 day inspection.

 

[UP5521]

Sorry I got the engine numbers wrong,but your right that the 610 is similar to the 4501 in size.

 

[UP5521]

I really have to say that the UK does an outstanding job on restoring this and other steam locomotives that have been sitting in the scrapyard for many years to near /operating order,and yes that does include the 8F class 2-8-0.

 

[SR6900]

Sorry I got the engine numbers wrong,but your right that the 610 is similar to the 4501 in size.

No, :hehe: The 610's boiler could pretty much fit inside 4501's and 630's boilers.