[Thursday] A new engine arrives

[Timothy Straw]

Sorry I couldn't make it. I had to work in Newport Thursday morning.
Looking forward to seeing this new behemouth.
Tim

On Fri, Oct 26, 2018, 6:32 PM Louis Vertefeuille via Thursday <
thursday at newsm.org> wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> Big doings this week...Wed. saw the trailer truck with the new engine on
> board arrive at the museum gate and considerable discussion followed
> concerning the ability to get onto the museum grounds. It was decided that
> the exhibitors gate would be the best bet ....it took three tries but
> squeezed in with only inches to spare. Once the truck was in the field we
> found the field was too soft to go any further than right at the gate so
> all unloading was done from there. The BIG Unloader fork lift worked very
> well and was able to handle all the pieces  without too much strain. Please
> note the tire tracks when you come in next week...the loads were heavy.
>   Randy, Ernie, Ken and Lou were on hand to get it all accomplished.
> Thursday we were able to finish the job and get the cylinder head and axle
> with some misc. parts into the shop.
>   The boiler and steam fire pump on the hill were jacked up and new
> blocking was installed to get those pieces off the ground. I was unable to
> get pictures of that part and finally figured out why that light was
> blinking on my camera.
>
> I am going to try to add a few pictures to this mailing and send
> additional pictures on separate mailings. I don't really know how to do
> this so if you don't get them you know I've failed in the attempt.
>
> Yours truly,
>
> Johnny Dollar
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