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Sunday, June 6. 2010Freight Car and Other News - June 5, 2010 Hopper Repairs Our skilled 'master of metalwork', Mile Alterio, has been working his magic on our hopper GN 70104. Here, Victor Humphreys and John Faulhaber inspect the new tack board holders, straightened grab irons, and other work, including new brake bleed levers. Other freight car work included completing wood work on four new windows for IC 9792, with the help of John Faulhaber. Now they are off to the paint shop. Dodging rain showers, Victor Humphreys completed painting the roof on the URTX 26640 boxcar.  Pilot Two 'visiting firemen' were on hand to toil on the Michigan Electric 28. Here, Terry Borden is working on the catcher/pilot which was fabricated last year. With assistance form Walt Staffa, the beast was hung and in place, later in the day.  Illuminating Eric Lorenz continued work on CTS 4223. The headlight housing has been installed and here the fitting of the light itself proves troublesome. Later the crew worked on final mounting of the tail/stop lights on the rear, and then more work on the new doors. We finally found some time to work on the SS 68 and a new replacement window was fitted to the car opening, as well as some minor repairs to the window posts and paintwork on the upper sash. |
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Sun, 03-01-2015 16:46
That was sprayed on the cab while at East Troy. The locomotive is TE-1. It was built for Toledo Edison, and worked there its entire life until [...]
Sun, 03-01-2015 07:14
Thanks Roger... It seemed too good to be true. Bill McCoy Strasburg, PA
Sat, 02-28-2015 21:28
Hello Bill I hope someone from the Electric Car dept will respond to your question. I believe one of the members wrote that on the engine. It [...]
Sat, 02-28-2015 21:24
Hello Mr. Fan. I was wondering if you ever had conveyed your interest to the team restoring the plow? Not being involved but knowing the members [...]
Sat, 02-28-2015 18:16
while 428's cab is still on the ground, there could be some premature painting and decals that could go on the outside of the cab
Sat, 02-28-2015 15:50
The last picture in the woodsshop report shows the Electroliner and a yellow steeple cab with a CNS&M monogram and spray painted number 454. Could [...]
Fri, 02-27-2015 16:26
Thank you Nigel! We look forward to seeing 1630 in operation this season. Good luck with the repairs!
Fri, 02-27-2015 12:17
The UP sticker could be for a truck trailer. The headlight is neat. However for the accuracy nut, the plow originally had a style of Pyle [...]
Fri, 02-27-2015 11:44
Mike, Yep. We always like to think she may have been operated by Casey ...... but we will never be sure. Nigel
Fri, 02-27-2015 11:42
Zach, At this time we will not be offering "Take the Throttle" on 1630 this year. The issue is that, after not running for a number of years, we [...]
Fri, 02-27-2015 09:34
I am curious as to whether or not you will be offering cab rides on 1630 this coming season. I understand you did not offer any last year, as it was [...]
Wed, 02-25-2015 22:04
Hey I saw on the home page on the scroll ad for mother's day,is that shelter in the picture new? It looks as if it is right across the mainline by the [...]