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Thursday, April 8. 2010Wood Shop Update - April 7, 2010 Stripping Parts We welcomed the return of Bruce Plaxton to the shop and put him to work removing hardware and glass from some of the CA&E windows.  The Glue Press We have a wonderful tool, an 80 plus year old gluing table manufactured by Greenlee in nearby Rockford. Optimistically, we hoped to be able to glue up a few of the new windows by days end, and Steve Holding and John Faulhaber have just set up the rails and dogs to work on the dimensions of these windows. Bit first we went to our mortising machine and did 16 slots for an additional four CA&E windows slated for the 409.  Tenons Next, Rich Witt, John Faulhaber, and Steve Holding began cutting the tenons on the window rails.  The first THREE At the end of a long day three new frames had been fit and glued, in the press. Rich Witt, Steve Holding, and Victor Humprheys are checking the squareness and seeing that the frames are held tight and true. WOW!  Aliens Randy Hicks and Mike Alterio stopped in to exhange info and parts for new hardware that Mike will fabricate for the cars in the Trolleyville collection. Is it just me, or do they look out of place in a room dedicated to making sawdust? Thursday, April 8. 2010Upcoming WW II Days Planning Rebecca Tulloch was in the wood shop meeting with Henry Vincent. Who knows what evil plans they are hatching, but look for some exciting enhancements and additions to the WW II re-enactments which will occur throughout the Memorial Day weekend. I would have guessed the better category for this was more properly "News and Publicity" but as of now I do not have access to that, and they were meeting on our Shop! |
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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?
Sun, 07-02-2017 07:56
A bit more information: ATSF 543 is one of only 3 Fairbanks-Morse H-12-44-TS yard switchers ever built. They had an extended frame and short hood to [...]
Thu, 06-29-2017 13:28
For the BN unit I would keep to when it was work for BN on the metra lines but get some bi levels and take metra off the side of the bi levels and put [...]