Hello all, and here's a few things that have happened over the weekend in the Electric Car Department.
CNS&M
749 got some wire replaced in the Battery Charging Circuit Box. Because
this car has been modernized, with electric conductor bells, the
batteries have to be kept charged, so work has been done to make sure
they do charge. The grids were replaced for that circuit last year, but
this year, the wires that are missing the insulation have been
replaced. There will be some pictures of this showing up in the Member
Photo Gallery on Joe Stupar. (But their not there yet).
CTA 3142 has had it's brake beam put back in and set correctly, as well as some more work on the line switch.
The
Michigan car has had more work done on the roof and tack molding. This
is part of the long process it takes to get a roof ready for the
canvas. Of course, once the canvas is on, it's a long process to get it
all weighted down, tacked on, and painted.
Work on the doors
continues on the PCC car that's in the Barn 4 work area. These cars,
being all metal and running on salted streets, seem to have a lot of
metal work to be done. It's moving along which is always a good thing.
We
have taken the air tanks from the TMER L10 over to the steam shop, and
when they run the hydro machine next for their own tanks, they'll run
these two for us. Much thanks in advance to the Steam Shop for this.
Rusted
air pipes are being replaced on the Baldy 4000 series CTA car that is
also in barn 4. These pipes have to be cut, then bent to the correct
angles (and let me tell you, if you don't do this often, you always
need a practice pipe to work on to get the bends right); then they get
threaded on the end.
The Lake Shore Electric 810 box car had
some more work done to it. The air system is slowly being returned to
it's appropriate spots.
There was also a board meeting, the last
one with this configuration, on Saturday. As always,
if there was other work being done, please comment it below. And if you
see there are some comments; please read them :)
Respectfully Submitted,
Joel Ahrendt
Comments
Mon, 06-17-2013 09:50
Wish I could be there to help.
Fri, 06-14-2013 16:50
Matthew, Any special event is the decision of the museum Board. My personal opinion is that it is likely that there would be a special event to [...]
Thu, 06-13-2013 18:33
Hi, I have a question, if or when she is restored and back up and running this or next year. Will their be a special event set up for the return of [...]
Tue, 06-11-2013 22:36
The whistle 1630 wore for a while that you're thinking of was a Frisco 6 chime donated by a former member of the steam shop. It was on it a few times [...]
Tue, 06-11-2013 18:03
You are talking here about something well before my time !. I have not seen her with anything other than the whistle she now carries. If she [...]
Mon, 06-10-2013 16:17
i'm curious here. Will 1630 ever wear the ATSF 6 chime she had on for a while? Better defines her, I love the deep whistle she has now but the higher [...]
Sat, 06-08-2013 15:15
Many many many many many thanks for getting the Spaulding webcam working!!!!!
Fri, 06-07-2013 16:55
The donation was to the museum as a whole. How it is used and whether any comes to steam department projects will be the decision of the museum [...]
Fri, 06-07-2013 16:53
Basically the plan is "ONLY" reassembly. As far as we know she is is reasonable mechanical shape. The big mechanical problem that stopped her (slack [...]
Fri, 06-07-2013 16:28
Nigel I read you guys got a one million dollar check donation!!! Will this be used to finish 1630 ,428, 5 and get started on the others next in line?
Fri, 06-07-2013 16:16
So does 1630 basically only need reassembly? With the boiler in particular. Does her tender or running gear need any work before she's ready for the [...]
Fri, 06-07-2013 12:00
Hello.. The voltage we are using and presumed the RR also used is 120 vac. The system is a little unique because the lite bulbs are each 60 volts. [...]