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Thursday, October 23. 2008Roof completed, siding begins October 22, 2008By last Sunday the contractor had applied all the red roof panels.  South Wall And by the 22nd, most of the white wall cladding was up on the south side! Thursday, October 23. 2008Weekly Update
Just a quick update on things happening at the Electric Car Shop. In
addition to all the normal work being done. (S105, the Michigan car,
The PCC, L10). The NSL 160 needed to have a seat cushion repaired,
which was done. With the Terror on the Railroad event going on, It was
decided to service the batteries on NSL 714. It allowed the battery
lights to come on if the pole was lost; also, the vent system would
work as well. This is not the only work that's been done, but just some
highlights of the work.
Respectfully Submitted, Joel Ahrendt Thursday, October 23. 2008URTX 26640 Update October 22, 2008 Trying to Beat the Winter Weather A cold and windy day but Kirk Warner and Fred Ash are applying primer to the plug door and tracks. And you can see that we DID finish the first color coat on the west half of the south side - progress pics from last Sunday. Thursday, October 23. 2008UP 25086 Update - October 22, 2008 That Paint is Nasty Stuff The caboose got pulled out of the Barn 3 spot to provide better light for continued painting. Here you can see (l to r) Lee Regione hiding behind the scaffold on the left, Wayne Bates and Bill Leider on the platform. The red trim color is going on the grab irons, railing, and platform appliances. Monday, October 20. 2008URTX 26640 Update October 19, 2008Not too much good painting weather expected the remainder of the year, so, even though windy, we took the opportunity to get the first coat of finished orange on this car, the half side that was restored and ready for paint. Several remarked it looked a lot like the orange used on Michigan Electric 28.  Hard to Paint Grooved Siding Wayne Baksic from the coach department joined Victor Humphreys in this effort.  We Need Supervision The steam department technically controls this car and here we see the curator for steam, Tom Schneider, coming over to check on the paint crew. Bob Kutella, Victor Humphreys, and Wayne Baksic are too busy with brushes to talk much.  Huge Improvement Finally the brush work is done and a roller is being used to 'fill in' the stripes. Victor Humphreys does the honors while Wayne Baksic is still busy trimming with a brush. Why would any car builder choose v groove siding for a car? (Knowing the extra labor need to paint it.) Monday, October 20. 2008Woodshop Update October 19, 2008 Painting Frank Hicks is working on applying the finish coat of green paint to new trolley boards for the roof of Indiana Railroad 205. This is the car we got that last ran in Portland, OR and for which Frank is working on a cosmetic restoration as a display piece. Norm Krentel looks on. |
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Mon, 07-24-2017 17:21
We haven't decided which way to go with paint just yet, that is a few years down the road. The original passenger number was 102. The 101 number was [...]
Sat, 07-22-2017 23:02
Lets take it back to 101, original lettering, as painted, as delivered.I rode behind it once upon a time as 101! I am a Silver Pony fan and [...]
Thu, 07-13-2017 23:53
Mark Secco your the best. Your favorite Proviso yard pilot.
Thu, 07-13-2017 06:02
Jerry, we only have one six axle GE locomotive, and that's BN 5383 which is very much green and black. The only GE unit that has been in the location [...]
Wed, 07-12-2017 16:37
UP yellow is quite different that ATSF blue & yellow. This was a six axle unit as well. I will now go away being the only one to see a ATSF GE and a [...]
Mon, 07-10-2017 17:52
CNW was the "helper" on the Thomas train this past weekend, also power for the bilevels used to pick up the stranded passengers after the simulated [...]
Mon, 07-10-2017 14:58
CNW 411 has been running just about every day a diesel has been needed. It's helping Thomas with his train during his and Percy's visit this year.
Mon, 07-10-2017 09:41
It's a Union Pacific GE Dash8-40B #1848. Been on campus for a few years.
Mon, 07-10-2017 09:31
It's been running this season with the Bi-Levels and the coach train.
Sat, 07-08-2017 20:03
Any update on CNW #411? Really miss seeing that locomotive on the rails...
Sat, 07-08-2017 18:20
Sorry about running this on the 9908 topic, but I couldn't get a new topic going. Anyway, I do know my diesels and it was not the ATSF FM unit. The [...]
Tue, 07-04-2017 17:17
What is the current status of this car? Is it still waiting to be moved?