SP 4449 - The #2 Babbitt Bearing Project

The #2 Babbitt Bearing Project: Gallery 2 - Part 1

The babbitt bearing spent the last week at the Brooklyn Roundhouse, getting a new set of brass and a newly poured babbitt, which they were then machined down to specs.

Back in Albany on April 14, 2007, the babbitt bearing is reinstalled, and the #2 driver put back underneath the locomotive. An all-around successful week!

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A bare babbitt bearing

The babbitt bearing

Fitted with new brass

Doyle M. drilling holes

Doyle machining the bearing down to specifications

Machining the bearing

Dave B. and Ed B. look at the brand new bearing

Brand new bearing

Ready for installation

Bruce C. and Doyle M. in an interview with Albany Democrat-Herald

JJ T. cleaning the rods

With the repaired bearing installed, #2 is positioned

Hoisting #2 into the air

Positioning it over pit

Lowering onto droptable

Ed B. keeping the #2 from swaying or turning

The view of the bearing, minus its spring-pad lubricators

Doyle makes one final inspection

Lowering into pit

View of chassis and the #2 soon to fill it in

Slowly inching the #2 over

Pulling the drop-table

A few more feet...

Rich H. waits to call out when flange lines up with rail

Pat T. observes closely

Doyle and Luke make final preparations before raising the driver into place

Moving the #2 up

Raising the #2, inch by inch

Inside the shop

Chris D. and Shane

Doyle ensuring the driver doesn't snag anything

Todd

Pat T.

Todd and Rich

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