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  1. Rick Rowlands

    Large train derailment in Ohio.

    In THIS incident braking was not a contributing factor, but ECP braking and bearing temperature monitors are two completely different systems. The proposed rule was about ECP brakes and not bearing monitors. But given the tone and content of your comments, you are not interested in the facts...
  2. Rick Rowlands

    Large train derailment in Ohio.

    NS news release from yesterday. ATLANTA, Feb. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) announced further progress in support of the Village of East Palestine, Ohio. This follows a visit Saturday by Norfolk Southern President and CEO Alan H. Shaw. New Resource for...
  3. Rick Rowlands

    Large train derailment in Ohio.

    From time to time guidelines involving various materials are changed. Do I find it odd that they were changed recently? No. How is it that people who are likely to intimate some sort of conspiracy is chosen to write stories? Now actually reading through the guidelines, I find really nothing...
  4. Rick Rowlands

    Large train derailment in Ohio.

    NS tried to give people $1,000 each to help them with expenses but some lawyers scared the people into not taking the money because they claimed that it would limit their ability to sue the railroad later on. Truth is, the derailment is mostly cleaned up by now and there won't be any lasting...
  5. Rick Rowlands

    Large train derailment in Ohio.

    Starting in June we will be running trains every Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm. Check us out at youngstownsteel.org
  6. Rick Rowlands

    Large train derailment in Ohio.

    That was with regards to electro pneumatic braking which would not have made any difference in this derailment nor would it have made much difference in most other derailments either. There was a reason that it was proposed. It is not needed. Oh and BTW, even if that rule would have been...
  7. Rick Rowlands

    Crosby Steam Engine Indicator Spring

    OK this is a long shot, but thought I would ask anyways. I need a spring for a Crosby indicator with the number 100 on it. We are going to be taking indicator cards on our steam locomotive and I have everything that I need except for the proper spring. I have two 60s and a 70, but to get the...
  8. Rick Rowlands

    Large train derailment in Ohio.

    What has been determined to be the cause was a burned off journal bearing on a covered hopper just ahead of the tankcars. The hot box detector at Salem registered the heat at 103°, but they trip at 130°, and the detector that caught the train was the East Palestine detector at 210°, but the...
  9. Rick Rowlands

    Large train derailment in Ohio.

    I live 25 miles north of East Palestine. I have been in that town many times and when I worked for the Y&S railroad we crossed the stream that has the contamination. I went down there today and drove around to get an idea about the cleanup work. Environmental crews have a section of Sulphur...
  10. Rick Rowlands

    Steam Locomotive Experience

    Good to hear from you again! I still remember and appreciate your help when we were erecting the Tod Engine Building. Really helped me get through a tough spot.
  11. Rick Rowlands

    Steam Locomotive Experience

    I'm the person that they hired to load it onto a flatcar when it was shipped from Wellsboro Jct. to Meadville!
  12. Rick Rowlands

    Steam Locomotive Experience

    Our rebuild of 58 isn't an exact restoration, many liberties were taken to create a locomotive that is evocative of those found in steel mills while making improvements necessary to operate in passenger service. Different couplers, large tender, lights, bell, air brakes were all added to make...
  13. Rick Rowlands

    Steam Locomotive Experience

    With our J&L Narrow Gauge steam railroad now back in operation this year, we have been offering train rides to the public on every second and fourth weekend of the month through the summer. In addition to that I always wanted to offer some sort of an "engineer for an hour" program so that...
  14. Rick Rowlands

    LeBLOND HEAVY DUTY

    We have so many things going on that it is difficult to know where to start. Over the past 6 years we have built a 24" gauge steam railway on the property with one operational locomotive and two more likely to join the fleet next year. We have also acquired a 1920 riveted tank car to use as...
  15. Rick Rowlands

    LeBLOND HEAVY DUTY

    It has been fourteen years since Mike and I first laid eyes on that lathe, and I now have an update. For the past two and a half years I have been employed by that very railroad as a track inspector, and just today while talking with the locomotive mechanic I pretty much stated my desire to...
  16. Rick Rowlands

    First Post in a Long Time - I got the Steam Locomotive Running!

    I haven't posted here in a long while, but I did want to stop by and let everyone know that the 24" gauge Porter 0-4-0T that we acquired in 2014 is now complete, fully operational and operates one weekend a month at the Youngstown Steel Heritage Museum. Now that the locomotive is finished we...
  17. Rick Rowlands

    J&L Narrow Gauge Railroad Project in Youngstown, OH

    Our project to create a steam powered 24" gauge railroad in Youngstown was recently featured in a railroad podcast. Youngstown Steel Heritage - J&L 58 - The Roundhouse Explains everything from the preservation of the Tod Engine in the 1990s up through the present day. I am planning on...
  18. Rick Rowlands

    1943 Rockford Planer "The Beast"

    When the planer was in its previous shop it just sat on the floor on the plates. There were brackets at both ends to keep it from moving lengthwise but other than that nothing holding it to the floor except gravity. Compare that to a 98 foot long Ingersoll planer mill across the bay, which...
  19. Rick Rowlands

    1943 Rockford Planer "The Beast"

    Well if that is the Beast, this 50 foot long Gray that I'm installing at a local machine shop must be King Kong. :)
  20. Rick Rowlands

    J&L 58 Steam Locomotive Restoration Update

    The J&L 58 has been re-wheeled and I am now working on installing the left side motion work. Left side will go together first, then the right side. After the motion work has been installed the mechanism will be tested on air and then I'll move on to complete repairs to the saddle tank and...

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