First off I will ask for forgiveness as I am not “Mr. Steam” and I might not get all the terminology right all the time. I will ask my father for input when ever we can sit down together and put information on this thread so that I can keep most of this thread straight and on the right path. Also, I apologize for any spelling, punctuation, and/or “forum educate” errors. I am new to posting on a forum anything this side of Facebook.
That being said, let me start with some history on this engine. This engine was sold new in 1922 at St. John, ND to Carl & Albert Abrahamson. The engine was bought by Ed Held from Oscar Abrahamson in 1953 or 54. When Ed passed away in 1975 he left a collection of engines, one for each of his children. Harold Held, my uncle, received this engine. Harold was killed in a car accident in 1977 and the engine went to his widow Judy (Jackson) Held. Judy had the engine on display over at Hampton ND. My father, Eldon Held, approached Judy about 3 years ago about selling it to him and a deal was struck. Dad ordered a boiler shortly after that and started disassembly. It took 2 years to get a boiler fabricated. We received the new boiler on Saturday, April 9th 2011. The rest, as they say, is history. Another interesting tid-bit is that while we were waiting for the new boiler to arrive, my father purchased another N&S 20-70, this one being a double. We are currently taking donations to get a new boiler for that one. Haha, just kidding, but it would be kind of cool. We are able to run the double at about 85psi at the shows. Both will be stored and ran at the Hawk museum shows. http://www.hawkmuseum.org/ We are very determined to have the single there and running this year.
I will get progressive pictures on here as soon as I figure that out.
At present time (04/20/2011) we are approx. 75% complete with assembly.
That being said, let me start with some history on this engine. This engine was sold new in 1922 at St. John, ND to Carl & Albert Abrahamson. The engine was bought by Ed Held from Oscar Abrahamson in 1953 or 54. When Ed passed away in 1975 he left a collection of engines, one for each of his children. Harold Held, my uncle, received this engine. Harold was killed in a car accident in 1977 and the engine went to his widow Judy (Jackson) Held. Judy had the engine on display over at Hampton ND. My father, Eldon Held, approached Judy about 3 years ago about selling it to him and a deal was struck. Dad ordered a boiler shortly after that and started disassembly. It took 2 years to get a boiler fabricated. We received the new boiler on Saturday, April 9th 2011. The rest, as they say, is history. Another interesting tid-bit is that while we were waiting for the new boiler to arrive, my father purchased another N&S 20-70, this one being a double. We are currently taking donations to get a new boiler for that one. Haha, just kidding, but it would be kind of cool. We are able to run the double at about 85psi at the shows. Both will be stored and ran at the Hawk museum shows. http://www.hawkmuseum.org/ We are very determined to have the single there and running this year.
I will get progressive pictures on here as soon as I figure that out.
At present time (04/20/2011) we are approx. 75% complete with assembly.