Victor Humphreys is cleaning years of rust and sludge from the "BR" truck sideframe. That is the right hand side of the truck on the "B" end of the car.
And then when clean, Victor is busy imitating a contortionist as he proceeds to prime paint the truck.
Here is the next round of lettering on the right side. Two patterns are on the car side, and we are checking the placement of the General American logo.
Yes, that is me (Kirk took most of these pics), applying black lettering enamel to the car.
And here is the added lettering finished on Sunday. You will note a three inch "R" near the plug door. That denotes the right hand side of the car. Many specialty cars, such as reefers, had shipping instructions as to which door must be spotted next to the unloading ramp or plant door.
Next see an "RB" to the right of the capacity line. This is the AAR type code for our car. You might suspect that this insulated boxcar would carry an "XMI" code, but ours apparently was classed "RB" for refrigerator, bunkerless. This car has no provision for any refrigeration, ice or mechanical, in its present configuration. But it was built as a refrigerator car before modifications, and thus continued to be classed with refrigerator cars.
Finally see the addition of lettering to the right of the "LT WT" line. That shows the station name symbol and the date of the current re-weigh for this car. If this represented the shop re-weigh as built or rebuilt, it would likely say "NEW" instead of "MIL", for Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (GATC owned URTC and had a large shop in Milwaukee.) And the date for when it was re-weighed.
Ray Schmid and Jeff Brady are making new wood parts for the roof of the 28, in our wood shop.
A sizable crew was busy hot riveting the new pilot for the ME 28. Our crew of Norm Krentel, Jeff Brady, and Ray Schmid were assisted by Bruce Wells and Dr. Bill Fronczak (visiting from the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum) and Walt Stafa from Ohio.
Monday, August 3. 2009
We are hoping to add new workshop space to Barn 4 yet this year. Here, Max Tyms is being assisted by summer intern, Nathaniel Berele, to set a new service pole and remove the old one.
Monday, August 3. 2009
Not exactly the WOOD SHOP category, but we are helping a small bit on this project.
Pictured is Karolina Ash, daughter of longtime member Fred Ash. Fred has been leading the way to use one of the Michigan ArtTrain cars for a new exhibit at IRM. Karolina helped, with some friends, in cleaning the display cases, and sprucing up the car interior. Lights are working, and I suspect the first display boards were mounted late yesterday.
Comments
Sun, 02-21-2021 21:12
Hi Ethan The 428 has been worked on recently but the focus now is on the maintenance and repair on the 1630 and the Shay. This Spring we will [...]
Sun, 02-21-2021 15:10
How is the UP 428 Steam locomotive engine is most done being fixed. OK Roger.
Sun, 02-21-2021 13:18
Hello Max The answer is Yes, the Dover will be used along with our other Pullman cars only in special event operations. When not in use [...]
Sun, 02-21-2021 12:30
Hello Jim We will be operating the Dover this year depending upon its mechanical condition. I hope to use the car in display venue as well as in [...]
Sun, 02-21-2021 12:24
Hello Kirk Hello, Yes the Dover is now in great shape. There are a couple of little projects to accomplish when the weather changes. I am [...]
Sat, 02-20-2021 18:55
Will the DOVER STRAIT be operational for Museum trips
Sat, 02-20-2021 17:06
I’m really impressed with the wonderful job your volunteers are doing to restore this historic passenger car. Once the restoration is complete, does [...]
Sat, 02-20-2021 14:02
It is great to see the work that Bob Hunter and Gene Macowiak started in the 1990’s. Great work done in finishing the two bedrooms and the buffet [...]
Fri, 02-19-2021 18:41
Very good article. I definitely love this website. Continue the good work!
Tue, 02-02-2021 10:15
I know it is wintertime, and the Virus is making getting people in to do work is difficult, so in a few months, when it's warmer, would someone please [...]
Sun, 01-31-2021 14:37
Hello Jack Thank you very much We in the coach dept are working very hard to have these trains restored Thanks Roger
Sat, 01-30-2021 18:45
pre oiler is a great idea saves lots of wear and tear on engines. a pat on the back for the diesel crew