21st-century renovation Sierra No. 3

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sierra no. 3 in roundhouse @ railtown 1897 state historic park in 2011



sierra no. 3 next other steam locomotives in roundhouse @ railtown 1897 state historic park



sierra no. 3 s original boiler removed during rebuild, photo taken 2011



renovated movie star sierra no. 3. taken on labor day 2011


preliminary repairs completed in 2000–2001 deferred maintenance funding state of california. included dismantling locomotive. project progressed until 2007, when major fundraising campaign began. @ time, budget project estimated @ us$600,000, based on assumption existing boiler saved.


in fundraising appeal, clint eastwood described sierra no. 3 treasured old friend. eastwood had ridden locomotive in career on tv series rawhide, , later used locomotive in own movie productions pale rider , unforgiven. eastwood wrote, sierra no. 3 resides @ railtown 1897 state historic park. housed in original roundhouse still in use. these 2 assets provide rare opportunity experience history 109 years ago. funding renovation project provided california cultural , historical endowment, irving j. symons foundation, sonora area foundation, california state parks foundation, teichert foundation, dupont , many individual donors.


the rebuild included boring out cylinders , turning drive wheel tires on lathe. when work on disassembled locomotive resumed, , boiler inspected thoroughly ultrasound testing, discovered new boiler necessary. old lap seam design made retrofitting modern standards costly, , risk of boiler losing historical integrity risk railtown staff decided not take. engineering drawings , other technical assistance needed build new boiler provided strasburg rail road in lancaster county, pennsylvania. old boiler shipped used pattern chelatchie boiler works of camas, washington, fabricated new welded boiler @ cost of us$600,000. boiler shipped historic southern pacific shops in sacramento, california , fitted on original frame. locomotive trucked jamestown, california final assembly. old boiler on display @ railtown 1897.


the current configuration of locomotive represents appearance during year 1929, when movie virginian filmed , provided first known evidence of presence of 3-spot s steel cab. final cost of rebuild us$1.6 million, , locomotive officially returned service on july 3, 2010.








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