Dan Silbaugh

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Still playing with trains! No pretty pictures of the South Park (even though the Aspens will peak in about a week). But I did crawl through a teeny tiny hole into the firebox to weld together a new oil pan on the locomotive. Of note: The tube sheet is still dry! No leaks! #southparkrail

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THAT is the one to watch. Can’t wait!

Still playing with trains! At my age! The boiler is holding water even better than it was, and by the end of the day it was up to 82°F. Which is good because as we put heat on it, the little weeps and leaks tend to take up and seal themselves. Also machining a steam manifold out of SA105.

This was an absolutely delightful episode. I learned that Eric is the human behind the fame of Dirt, and that’s super cool.

This is so incredibly funny. Especialkybthevrealization that he might just pop up all over the country doing community access stuff.

This is a great explanation of the logistics of #Landback and what it means for us settlers. Very well put.

Old guy still playing with trains? Sure am! Last week and yesterday. With a whole lot more train nonsense coming soon! Bet @mtrainierrailroad.bsky.social knows what’s coming soon…

Can we take a minute to acknowledge who was desperately trying to help? Mushers. August. ✊ Guarantee that won’t be included in the inevitable propaganda that P**a will put out. 🤬

Who else still plays with trains? Just me? Can’t be just me. I thought I was about done inside the boiler. Turns out I was wrong.

A day late. But played with trains yesterday. And will all week next week! I’m incredibly lucky to get to do stuff that I find interesting and lets my mind have to work a bit (I’ll be making a taper attachment bed clamp from scratch, for instance).

Damned straight. If “we” are so hung hi about defunding/privatising the USPS, then do it with the requirement that the private services provide delivery to every residence in the country and territories. No exceptions. ….something tells me the billionaires will get a lot less interested then.

Couple days of hectic train playing. Well, gathering supplies for future train playing. You win a railroad preservation prize if you can guess what the logs might be about, and otherwise I worked on a lathe. Getting ready for lots of screwing around with trains next week.

Absolutely this. When I was a union executive, we used to request the company release someone from duty to attend negotiations, just so we could gauge how serious they were about getting an agreement. Same goes for the boss’ schedule. They’ve got private jets and stuff, they can make time.

A political ad with a dogsled race? Say less. More of that. #uglydogs this is like meatorade for our votes. 🤣🤣

Surprise train working day! Wanted to redo some measurements inside the boiler (thats what the string line is for). But it was a nice day in the South Park! I even had the roundhouse doors open for a few hours.

Who plays with trains? I do. It’s me. Today we got the WW2 vintage Regal lathe in service, and then spent some quality time inside the boiler measuring to fabricate a new dry pipe.

Absolutely this. By far the most complex coalition building and navigating tricky situations has been from my union work. It’s not even close. Tell me you were a steward, a committee chair, an executive council member—and I know it means you have what it takes to deal with politics.

As promised: Played with TRAIN! Obligatory selfie, plus some details. Mounted the oil firing valve, relocated the hydrostatic lubricator, among other things today.

Well preparing to play with trains more today. Today I hauled a donated old lathe, a really nice Regal LeBlond 19” lathe up to the roundhouse. Tomorrow we will unload it and start setting it up, plus other train fun!

I just want say thank you Erik for posting such digestible Labor History stories.

Played with trains a lot this week. It was a lot warmer in the South Park earlier this week. Made a wedge for a valve rod (notice the BLW standard practice behind it), worked on the main rods (not pictured) and found more crap. This had a galvanised pipe attached to it. Should be SCH160!

Just a guy playing with trains (yesterday). The picture of me pointing to the boiler shows why mechanical standards are really important. On the boiler—The two studs on the bottom: 1912. Never leaked. The holes on top? Someone put in straight bolts. They leaked, chewed up the threads.

Just me playing with trains again! This crosshead took nearly a year to get installed. Careful measuring, shimming, reaming tapered holes, making tapered bolts, and then after all that it goes together in about 10 minutes. Very satisfying.