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Restoration and Operation Activities for 2025

Work continues in the care and restoration of our locomotives:

- repair vandalism by making 6976 somewhat presentable
- numberboards rehabbed from vandalism
- strobe lights on 231 re-wired
- air leaks located and addressed
- new fuel and oil filters for 231
- service locomotive batteries and cables
- updated turbocharger filter
- general upkeep and vacuuming throughout interior
- repair control stand reverser relay on 231
- drill and tap some fasteners around battery box


Repairing some vandalism with new pinstripe white and black.
Numberboards repaired from vandalism.


231 and 6976 at shop for pre-lubing and general maintenance.
Beautiful sunset!


New replica builder plates for 6976.
231 moved into shop due to inclement weather while servicing batteries.


Lew assisting with the servicing of batteries.
All twenty brake shoes replaced and recalibrated.


6976 cab prepped for new coat of paint.
New paint in cab of 6976.


New decals being produced at print shop.
New cab decals and reporting marks.


Cab decals being applied.
6976 and DYRX decals applied.


6976 in shop for air work as well as decals.
Decals being applied to how it originally appeared.


Jacob and Joe updating the train line air hoses.
Defective brake cylinder being disassembled.


Brake cylinder repaired with new rubber dome gasket.
Refreshed paint and decals complete!


Fired up and ready to begin the weekend (March 8-9, 2025).
231 and 6976 being fueled.


Up-close look of Operation Lifesaver decals.
6976 spotted to connect cables to 231 and assist with firing it up.


231 prime mover running, and leading the museum's weekend train on March 8, 2025.
231 at Railroad Pass in southern Nevada.


6976 and 231 MU'd together and operating out on the line for the first time since preservation 20+ years ago.
6976 and 231 pause for photos at the old highway crossing at Railroad Pass.


6976 and 231 during a photo stop at the casino area of Railroad Pass.


Colorful geology at Railroad Pass.


Volunteer special operating by Railroad Pass.


6976 working up the grade in Notch 8, clearing out the stack.


Sunset photo op along the Boulder Branch Line in southern Nevada.
231 and the passenger cars operating back to Boulder City.


View of the mountains from the cab of 231.
Looking through a hole in the rock at Railroad Pass.


Nevada State Railroad Museum's GP30 844 next to Amtrak 231.


231 taking a trip through the museum's back lot (view taken from cab of steam locomotive).


231 and a steam locomotive in the museum's back lot.
Union Pacific 844 and Amtrak 231 side-by-side.


231 crossing Cascata Bridge on the Boulder Branch.
231 and 6976 pause for photos at the cut near Railroad Pass.


6976 at the cut near Railroad Pass.


6976 rounding the curve near Cascata.


6976 taking the train up the grade to Boulder City, NV.
6976 crew at the end of a very successful day!
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