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UP Steam Update: Making Parts for a Living Legend

Stay bolt manufacturing photo

A steam-era manual turret lathe is used to fabricate the stay bolts needed for locomotive No. 844.

When it comes to working on a Living Legend, it’s the details that matter.

In this month’s Steam Update, UP's Steam Team talks about the tooling made while working on locomotive No. 844 and also shows the process of fabricating a stay bolt from beginning to end. It's a rarely seen inside look at one of the many intricate, important projects involved in bringing a steam locomotive back to full operation.

UP Steam Update: November 2015

In this month’s Steam Update, UP's Steam Team talks about the tooling made while working on locomotive No. 844 and also shows the process of fabricating a stay bolt from beginning to end. It's a rarely seen inside look at one of the many intricate, important projects involved in bringing a steam locomotive back to full operation.

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