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Monday, May 31. 2010Trolley Bus Dept. - 05/31/2010This weekend was a FULL one to say the least. We spent the previous week pulling seven coaches out of the Andersen Garage and readied/helped decorate it for the USO dance Saturday night. The weekend itself was filled with troubleshooting (the Edmonton coach which gave us some minor problems), filming and even a little baseball. In addition, we provided service to and from the dance starting at about 6pm until the end of the dance at around 10pm on Saturday night. We were also able to clear out the garage and return the coaches to the building by 6pm today (Monday). Richard Schauer was a HUGE part of making this weekend go as smoothly as it did for us. Thanks so much Richard!!!!
The personal highlight for me had to be the opportunity I had on Sunday to fly with one of the WWII planes that were adding to the battle realism all weekend. Here are a few of the photos. (I’ll post video on YouTube as soon as my editing software starts cooperating).
Thanks to the pilots Steve and Randy who graciously offered to take me up to get photos and video to help promote the museum in print and on TV.
June is our target month to start on the restoration of the LA Brill. Monday, May 31. 2010URTX 26640 Update - May 30, 2010 Black Trim Victor Humphreys worked to add more paint to contrast areas shown on a recently discovered photo. Here is the black 'wear area' below the doors on the south side of the car. On the north side that has also been painted, along with a drip eave. Two costs of white paint were applied to the MILW herald areas - all this done during fairly warm and humid oppressive conditions. Monday, May 31. 2010Wood Shop Update - May 30, 2010I did not get a chance to take any pics on Saturday, but work continued on site. Jeff Fryman was painting new CA&E windows, John Faulhaber glued together the last two new windows for the IC 9792 caboose, a bit was done to move forward on the 409 signbox frame, and work continues on the rehabilitation of MILW 01984 caboose. Recall that many new windows were made for this over the past winter, and now the work begins to repaint the exterior and make other repairs on the car. For yesterday, a big personal goal was achieved with the return of my trolley car restoration project, SS 68, to Barn 4. This will allow continued work to replace two damaged windows, and installation of more wiring and ceiling lighting.  It is a Lock Jeff Brady was continuing work on a new baggage door for the ME 28. A lot of FUSSY work is needed on the trimming out and adding hardware for this.  Hangars Dan Fenlaciki worked on the second new door adding widgets and trim hardware, shown here mounting the rollers at the top of that door, to allow it to be hung and mounted to the car. Thursday, May 27. 2010URTX 26640 Update - May 26, 2010 Pocket Repairs Thanks to a member/welder who has a truck mounted welding unit, the needed repairs were completed on Tuesday.  Hang It Then, on to re-install the coupler and related mechanism. Gerry Dettloff provided the heavy lifting (in the Bobcat) while John Faulhaber and Victor Humphreys wrestled the shank into submission. It does not look THAT HEAVY!  Stubborn It shouldn't be that hard but a lot of things have to fit and be in alignment all at once.  Done The smiling crew shows off the finished product. With their dedication and experience, it made short work of a heavy job that has been in the works for several weeks. Good job guys!  Corrections Victor Humphreys is repainting the letterboard or fascia strip black to conform to recently discovered prototype data. A small thing like that makes a big visual impact. Hot and humid until the thunderstorms formed, but at least this is on the shady side of the car.  Layout Work Victor snapped of pic of me while doing the measurements and layout for the MILW herald on the second car side. Look closely and you will see the black outline of the logo. Thursday, May 27. 2010Wood Shop and Other News - May 26, 2010 D13 Saddles John Faulhaber was making some additional saddles for the TM D 13 work car. Be sure to see this work in person when you visit for the July 4 Trolley Parade. Also in the wood shop we managed to get two new caboose windows for the IC 9792 glued up and in the press, the new 409 signbox sash was sanded in the Berlin Sander, and then followup trimming and fitting. As a sidenote the Berlin threw a drive key, but the problem was quickly remedied and fixed.  Yard 3 In the other news department, our track contractor began work in Yard 3, removing the worst of the ties and rails in preparation for re-installation. Note the storm clouds gathering in the distance. Tuesday, May 25. 2010Trolley Bus Dept - 05/25/2010Those of you who are members should be receiving your June issue of Rail & Wire shortly. They went into the mail 05/18 - a week ago today. Last Thursday, Richard Schauer and I moved 7 coaches out of the Andersen Garage so the WWII folks could start setting up for the USO dance that will be held there on Saturday, May 29.
We will join with the streetcar to provide service to and from the dance. We also did some waterproofing on the Seattle 4020. On Friday B&G came by to power wash the garage floor (thanks guys!). Afterward, I swept out as much of the excess water as I could. That night we had a table at the Rockford Riverhawks game promoting the WWII event..
In addition, Ed Rosengren did an interview with the radio play-by-play guy during the third inning.
We spent all Saturday and Sunday working on some nagging little issues - cleaning, oiling, etc., as well as reattaching the motor compartment cover on the Seattle 633. Yesterday (Monday) we had the Chicago Marmon running around for the WGN shoot. We also had to move the Edmonton 181 to get the Marmon down to the west end. Unfortunately when we went to put the coaches away, the 181 would not move. Richard worked on it for about an hour, but no luck. We ran out of daylight, so will be working on it again during the week and/or this weekend to try and get it going again.
Monday, May 24. 2010Wood Shop Update - May 23, 2010 Italian Ruins With apologies, here is a shot I meant to add to the entry for yesterday. Rebecca Tulloch leads a crew moving newly constructed ruin walls (thanks Henry Vincent) out of the shops for use next weekend.  Step Box Boys Tom Windmeier, half of the Step Box Boys, was in the shop working on the project. It is getting to be a nice pile-o-parts. Father, Jim, was doing duty in Operations.  Window Beading Jeff Fryman made several sets of window beading, cutting to length and mitering them, for CA&E 451 windows. Sounds simple, but often difficult to do a good job on these. The cut ends were later prime painted.  Sash Painting Later, Jeff started on the first red coat of paint on the other new CA&E sash. He had primed these sash earlier. It is good that one dedicated volunteer wants to see this work moving forward. |
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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?