Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum: January 2003

Museum volunteers attend Book of Rules class

As part of its ongoing safety and training program, the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum held a Book of Rules class today to train and re-train those members involved in any railroad operations around the museum. A special thanks to our partner museum, the New York Museum of Transportation, for allowing us to use their heated display gallery. With the temps hovering in the single digits outside, the gallery was a welcome place to attend class! We're always looking for new volunteers to get involved in train operations, so come out and join us!

R&GV Railroad Museum members attend the annual Book of Operating Rules class.

Buda engine re-assembly continues

Work continues to re-assemble the Buda engine on our Plymouth BL. This work day saw the final touches put on the valves and the final pieces installed so the oil pan could be reattached which was accomplished by the end of the day. The next hurdle will be the construction of a new intake & exhaust manifold. The many years of exposure was not kind to the original. With that, a few other small parts, a temporary radiator and some warmer temperatures, it is hoped the engine can be started soon.

The Buda sits waiting the days re-assembly to start.

Work continues. New lifting rings have been installed in the engine's head and the museum volunteers work on installing the oil pan.

Volunteers start re-assembly of Plymouth BL Buda engine

The Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum rosters a small Plymouth gas-mechanical Model BL locomotive. This locomotive was donated to the museum several years back in derelict condition; not having run in many years. At the heart of the little loco was a rather large 4 cylinder Buda gasoline engine. Seized, missing parts and full of rust, the Buda engine looked like a basket case.

Over the past two years, a few volunteers from the R&GV RR Museum have rebuilt, remanufactured, recreated and on Jan 4th started the re-assembly of the engine in preparation for what we hope is future operation and the complete restoration of the Plymouth BL. So here are some pics of the re-assembly that took place on January 4th. Enjoy and look for more to come. And kudos to the R&GV RR Museum volunteers who have made what looked like the impossible, possible!

The engine still carries its original builder's tag with model and serial numbers.

The engine block is brought into the R&GV RR Museum's Restoration Building after having one bore sleeved at a local engine shop and then completely re-worked in one of the R&GV RR Museum's volunteer's home shop.