Steam Locomotive Oil Conversion – Machining the Valve Control Rod

When the boiler on the Reading 2100 steam locomotive (soon to be American Freedom Train 250) is fired up again, instead of coal, it will be running on oil. As a result, there needs to be a way to regulate the flow of oil into the firebox using a new valve that will be controlled by a power quadrant. We have already machined a new bushing for the quadrant, the next step is to machine the control rod that will attach the handle to the oil valve itself.

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