Part 3: A royal treat! 1948 & 1950

The final of a three part series on the mechanical restoration of two beautiful Royal Blue engines.
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[@Cbtrainnut]

Excellent video with great information as always! Keep them Coming Austin. Have a great weekend!

[@AustinsAmericanFlyertrains]

Thanks! You too!

[@williamloeber6253]

Wow, you do great work! Thanks for sharing. 😊

[@thomastrout9997]

Savior of trains in need, indeed. Very nice, tight work, start to finish Austin. Quite amazing (and satisfying), made that much better by remembering back a few years. Congratulations, my friend!

[@AustinsAmericanFlyertrains]

Thank you Thomas. Great memories to be sure!

[@ronalddevine9587]

Great job, Austin. All that's missing is the prewar version!

[@jaystuckey4920]

Love the content of the video. Always glad to see the differences in the Royal Blue. The music...is ah some kind of Circus and partying Shriners convention combination. Maybe a Shriners Circus. I say that reluctantly as my Grandfather, Uncle and Father were Masons and Shriners. My cousin and I failed to keep the tradition going. But, I have lots of AF and keep it going. The constant trouble of everything being "just right " or it will not run for you. These Persnickity rascals are so bad you have to make a checklist based on experience...of what made you growl at the workbench. I have an AF 356 silver nightmare that will not crank despite all I have done for it. As soon as I pull my extra stuff from the attic its going to be a scheduled surgery again.

[@MygrandpasTrain]

I think the song is called Smoked Kielbasa Polka. I've worked on many engines too, and some need minimal work to operate like new, and some just do not want to live. Fix one thing, another breaks. But it was very satisfying when it finally ran correctly!

[@AustinsAmericanFlyertrains]

@MygrandpasTrain it certainly is rewarding.

[@MygrandpasTrain]

I have a lot of engines missing their oil wicks. I wonder if late models never had it? It's neat to see the variety of engines from shiny new looking to very well worn.