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Thursday, September 11. 2008URTX 26640 Update September 10, 2008 Steel Parts get Needlechipped James Faulhaber is pitching in on the needlechipping task in the door area.  Trimming bottom Tails Kirk Warner is setting up a fence to trim the excess length off of the newly installed siding.  Progress Progress really shows at the end of the day, with extra hands making the work go faster. Want to help? Thursday, September 11. 2008Milwaukee Streetcar 972 September 10, 2008 Middle Paint Band Pete Galayda will have the first color coat of ivory on the entire south side window band by the end of the day. Monday, September 8. 2008Weekly Update
As you might have noticed, I haven't done an Electric Car Department
Update in a while. There were a few reasons for that, the biggest was
the two weekends that had the visit of Thomas, the Tank Engine. There
was work done in the shops on the various cars. The TM L10 engine has
working air in it now. The Michigan car has had several updates that
are under the Freight Car department blogs. Work also progressed on the
Milwaukee 972 street car.
Repair work was done on CTA 3142's trolley pole and wheel assembly. The pole will now track around the carline now, and not de-wire as much. Some repair work was done on the trolley shoe of CA&E 308, as well as other minor repairs. In addition to all of that, there was some inspections and test runs of equipment that will be running for Showcase Weekend, this upcoming weekend. I certainly invite all of you to come out over the weekend, and see historic equipment running. We should be back to normal reporting after this weekend. Respectfully Submitted, Joel Ahrendt Monday, September 8. 2008URTX 26640 Update September 7, 2008 Millwork Kirk Warner is routing the v groove on new siding wood.  Other Departments Pitch In And Mark Gellman assists in the siding prep early on a Sunday morning.  Bats! Kirk Warner is removing 10 boards of old siding which are in poor shape. Inside - a bat nest complete with bat skeleton!  Field Work John Baletto is applying primer to the back of the new siding and Kirk is nailing them in as fast as he can paint them.  AHHH! The results of the day's work on the south side of the car. Sunday, September 7. 2008News and Views - August 23 - September 7, 2008I thought I would just HAVE to add some general shots of news and views taken around the property. If I am carrying around the camera, worth a picture or post of what is going on. August 23, 2008  Like on a Baby Buggy I snuck in time for a pic at lunch today during the Thomas Event. And I found Eric Lorenz working on the Cleveland PCC (CTS 4223) in Barn 4. Here he is fabricating and installing new side bumper rails. August 27, 2008  Soon to be Painted - We Hope A contract worker is shown sanding and doing some bodywork on Cleveland's PCC CTS 4223, inside Barn 4. September 7, 2008  Self Propelled! Illinois Terminal combine 277 has just emerged from the carbarn, operating under its own power for the first time in 18 years! Thursday, September 4. 2008NYC Dover Strait Update September 3, 2008 Diaphragms are Good! Bob Hunter continues to 'manufacture' and install the second diaphragm for the car. This will be the only passenger car in our collection, at this time, with complete and operating diaphragms. Thursday, September 4. 2008URTX 26640 Update September 3, 2008 Off With the Old Victor Humphreys is sanding some of the wood siding after most of the remaining paint has removed.  Grunge Disappears Kirk Warner is using the air powered needle chipper on the metal door and related parts.  Clean White Primer And finally, Victor Humphreys is applying white primer to the siding. There is plenty left to scrape and sand before winter - come on out! |
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Tue, 04-15-2014 16:44
Yep. IF there were ever to be incentive or funding to put one of the larger items of the steam collection into operation, my personal favorite would [...]
Tue, 04-15-2014 15:20
yes, i remember one of the guys in the steam shop telling me that the size of 1630's wheels make it difficult to navigate the modern railway. but if [...]
Tue, 04-15-2014 10:50
John, We are not intending to repaint the tender end and sides. No #1630 does not carry cab signaling. (She left Frisco service long before it [...]
Tue, 04-15-2014 10:43
Jeron, I do not think this is something we would seriously consider. The IC car is already part of the collection. It did run on passenger trains [...]
Mon, 04-14-2014 20:42
I don't see any stripping on the tender..will that be repainted too? Also, I'm not sure how relevant this is to the discussion, but does 1630 have [...]
Thu, 04-10-2014 01:58
Nigel, I know the auxiliary water tender for Frisco 1522 was for sale a year or two ago. I don't remember if it was sold, or is still for sale. I [...]
Wed, 04-09-2014 22:32
Yes. We are looking at what it would take to rig it like the existing one to use as a water back up for #1630. It currently lacks the [...]
Wed, 04-09-2014 10:34
It is interesting to see both the milk cars together. I had been wondering if the steam department would use the IC car. The Railway Express reefer [...]
Sun, 04-06-2014 17:53
Perhaps because it would be months of work to lift the tender from the trucks and then ship the trucks to a facility with a bath big enough to do [...]
Sun, 04-06-2014 17:51
Not to my knowledge
Sun, 04-06-2014 15:24
Would the passenger car department be interested in some donated "Pullmman Style" wool blankets and/or travel type pillows for display purposes in the [...]
Mon, 03-31-2014 08:40
I've heard rumors that the museum is trying to get another GTW 0-8-0. Is this true?