Restoration of the only surviving
Baker 20-40 Steam Tractor
Assembly
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Front
wheels back on, primed but not painted yet. The axle housing being installed. |
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Axle installed, rear wheels going on. |
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Back on all four again. |
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Installing the front skid bands. |
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Installing the differential. |
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Differential installed. |
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Installing one of the studs that were broken. |
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Boiler ready for installation. |
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Boiler Installed. |
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Condenser assembled after radiator shop tested each tube
and resoldered the tubes on both ends. |
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New lugs installed. |
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Pouring a new valve guide |
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Lawrence admiring the pour. |
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Outer tubes of the super heated removed. The will be
replaced. The inner tubes are good. |
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Nicholas guiding the engine proper into place |
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Nicholas guiding the intermediate gear into place. |
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Steering quadrant installed. |
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Nicholas installing the pump rod. |
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Eileen cutting shims out for the intermediate shaft
bearings. |
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State of Minnesota boiler inspectors thickness testing the
rear flue sheet. After the thickness test passed for 300 lbs, a hyrdostatic test
to 375 lbs was performed. The boler passed for 300 lbs. This is what the engine was designed to run. |
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Lawrence pouring filler between the boiler and cradle it
rests upon. |
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Lawrence and Nicholas installing the clutch. |
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Installing the fan pully drive wheel. |
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Installing the flywheel. |
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Installing the condenser. |
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Current progress on June 12, 2015. 13 days before NTA
starts. |
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Major items left include completing the superheater, the firebox
and piping. The restoration crew is optimistic it will be completed and
operational at NTA’s 2015 Baker feature. |
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