Locomotive restorers hope to steam ahead

 

(Albuquerque Journal) Volunteers have been putting steam locomotive Santa Fe 2926 back together for more than 15 years, and it looks as if the old engine will soon be rewarded with some fire in the belly.
“A few more months and we will probably be able to make steam in the boiler for the first time since 1953,” said Michael Hartshorne, president of the New Mexico Steam Locomotive & Railroad Historical Society, the organization dedicated to bringing the locomotive back to life. Continued