The weekend again had a flurry of activity. CTA 4391 had its inspection completed and was released for service.
IT
415 had a journal bearing (Brass) replaced. It seems that the
Lubricating pads (Sheep) are getting to the end of their useful life
and will all have to be replaced as soon as new ones can be obtained!
The
Sand Springs 68 made three trips around the car line for equipment
testing & Ect. It is one of the cars that are being prepared for
the annual Trolley Pageant on July 4th. There are plenty of cars that still have to be looked over before that event.
Truck
replacement on one of the two New York Subway cars was done over the
weekend as well. For anyone that hasn't seen that done before, it was a
very exciting thing to see. (As much as I could see going around it
every 15 minutes). They jacked up the car, slipped out the old wheel
set, and slipped in the new one.
The wood for the Charles City Western 300 engine is being prepared for the deck around the hoods.
Three windows for the CTA S105 are in their final coat of paint with the rest of the windows following along.
Work on the Michigan 28’s roof continues. Installation of all new tack molding was nearly complete at the end of the day Sunday.
New
ballasts were installed in 4 of our high output overhead work lights!
Charlie Strong of the Car Dept. skillfully rehung the Fixtures and
thanks to his help, for the first time in many months, all of them are
is service again!
CTA 22&41 had some interior lighting
repairs made and an a height adjustment made to one of the Pilots. They
found out that the Pilot was brushing some of the newly spread ballast.
The work on the "Baldy" CTA 4146 continues as well.
Respectfully Submitted,
Joel Ahrendt
Comments
Wed, 12-04-2013 12:37
Thanks John for the info. Any and all help is much appreciated. J.Sakash Co. has just donated a brand new drawbar sling to us, very useful. We also [...]
Wed, 12-04-2013 05:57
This reply not in its right thread, but I was having trouble posting a comment there. Again, not my Department but I believe the Olympus was scrapped [...]
Tue, 12-03-2013 08:39
Hello I have a question about one of the passenger cars that IRM was going to acquire. What happened to buying the CB&Q Olympus? Just curious as you [...]
Tue, 12-03-2013 08:34
Ah well that's a disappointment. Thanks for getting back to me.
Tue, 12-03-2013 05:19
Not my department but I know plans have been made for acquisition. When some of them became available in the first round of those retired, [...]
Tue, 12-03-2013 05:16
I am not sure I understand your comment on the pictures. In the BLOG entry the thumbnail is the image you see. If you click once on anyone of them [...]
Mon, 12-02-2013 19:07
I have a question for you as one of the curators do you think the museum would be able to get some of the old Metra Highliner cars? I believe that in [...]
Mon, 12-02-2013 18:58
the larger print is the bomb
Mon, 12-02-2013 17:25
Nice font...very readable, don't have to strain to read. Now, if the pictures were larger....the way they are posted prohibits enlarging by clicking [...]
Mon, 12-02-2013 08:22
Always nice to be able to see what I'm trying to read. That's an improvement, imho. Now, if something could be done to make the anti-spam code [...]
Sun, 12-01-2013 12:09
Hello Chris Thanks for your concern but there are so many holes in the car that there is plenty of air circulating in the car. Roger
Sun, 12-01-2013 12:07
Hello Kurt There is no active effort on the M-35. But little things are being worked on. Two people interested and always more jobs than [...]