Steam Engine Parts...

Working on a 100+ year old steam locomotive presents some challenges.  Other than hardware and plumbing, parts have to be machined or fabricated.  Case in point - bushings for the crosshead.  On this locomotive, two of the four bushings were worn out, the other two were missing.  Since these are unique parts to a steam locomotive, new ones had to be machined out of aluminum-bronze barstock.  They are custom fitted to each position in their respective crossheads, so I marked them with a magic marker to keep them in the correct place during reassembly.  Just another step on the way to getting another old steamer running...