Welcome back to the start of NESCo work days! The crew was happy to see each other after taking the winter off.

The crew got right to work cleaning up the end of the boiler tube and flue removal! Brian and Hannah from Maine Locomotive & Machine Works removed the last the tubes and flues from the boiler on March 11th. On Sunday, the crew worked to remove the pile from the shop. We are embarrased to admit that it took until the last 12 to work smarter, not harder. Look at that clean floor :)

Did you catch the article about the 470 restoration in the April 2023 issue of TRAINS magazine? A lot has happened on the project, even since the article was written. Here is a lovely look inside the boiler, sans tubes!

The work session included many quality of life improvements around the shop. The office container is now about half primed with Kilz. Eventually it will store all of our archived historical documents on MEC. A new air compressor is now wired up and plumbed into the system. All of the new hose reels are mounted and 470's machinery has been oiled!

Present for our first work day of the season was Bob D, Hanna, Paul V, Ron and Al J, Roger B and Will T