Building UP 844: Cylinder Block, Heads, Sleeves, & Steam Chests

Welcome back to Building UP 844 here on The Steam Channel. In this series installment, we will highlight the fabrication process of UP 844’s cylinder block, cylinder heads, cylinder sleeves, and the steam chests. Work on our Little Engines Union Pacific 844 ALCO Northern is coming along very smoothly at Gemini Industrial Machine Group and we would like to thank Gemini’s team for their continued hard work on the project! Enjoy and thank you for watching The Steam Channel. 00:16 Piston Valves/Slide Valves 00:40 Cylinder Block Mill Setup 01:02 Port Face CNC Milling 02:05 Port CNC Milling 03:05 Cylinder Head Machining 04:43 Cylinder Center Plate Test Fit 05:11 Completed Cylinder Heads 05:19 Steam Chests 05:47 Cylinder Sleeves 07:34 Pressing In Cylinder Sleeves Into The Cylinder Block 07:57 Cylinder Assembly Time-lapse We’d like to thank our YouTube & Facebook members and our Patreon patrons supporting our productions. A special thanks to Jonathan Grueber for his support! _________________________________