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Thursday, August 26. 2010Wood Shop and Other News - August 25, 2010We will start this entry out with some images from Mike Alterio, who also did the work.  New Link on Left  The Pocket These are of our caboose UP 3786 which was restored in recent years by our group of 'regulars' who come out every Wednesday. We are trying to ready the car to run in train service and had three issues needing to be addressed. Brake shoes were incorrectly installed, broken or missing on some wheels. We fixed that last week. In these views you with see a sort of coupler shank carrier supported by swing links to allow for some side to side motion. We have not seen this design on our other cars. On one end it was disabled and broken parts missing in action. Mike was able to make and install a new link in a very short time. Done and ready to go. The third issue is a cracked coupler head which was removed for replacement. The old one is out, and still some 'engineering' to be done on getting the replacemnt one installed. More Mike Alterio help occurred on our ICG caboose which had missing air valves and manifold on one end. Mike fabricated this new, and yesterday Victor Humphreys and Henry Vincent installed it. A perfect fit!  CGW 601 Continuing with the caboose theme of this entry, we worked again (for the third week in a row) to get air brakes properly operating on our CGW 601. A tricky problem and we followed some false paths but finally resolved the problem yesterday. The final issue revolved around a defective retainer valve. Seen above complete and ready to go back to Barn 11 after being on Track 41 for the work. Many helped on this project throughout the day. Now complete and in running order, the fourth caboose for the service pool in 2010.  Henry V and John F And finally, since this a Wood Shop report, at least in name, Henry Vincent arranged for the donation of a tool cabinet to be used in the wood shop, seen here after he picked it up and delivered it. Other wood shop work included assembly for a new window for Sand Springs 68 and some troubleshooting along the way on our new planer. |
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Mon, 06-17-2013 09:50
Wish I could be there to help.
Fri, 06-14-2013 16:50
Matthew, Any special event is the decision of the museum Board. My personal opinion is that it is likely that there would be a special event to [...]
Thu, 06-13-2013 18:33
Hi, I have a question, if or when she is restored and back up and running this or next year. Will their be a special event set up for the return of [...]
Tue, 06-11-2013 22:36
The whistle 1630 wore for a while that you're thinking of was a Frisco 6 chime donated by a former member of the steam shop. It was on it a few times [...]
Tue, 06-11-2013 18:03
You are talking here about something well before my time !. I have not seen her with anything other than the whistle she now carries. If she [...]
Mon, 06-10-2013 16:17
i'm curious here. Will 1630 ever wear the ATSF 6 chime she had on for a while? Better defines her, I love the deep whistle she has now but the higher [...]
Sat, 06-08-2013 15:15
Many many many many many thanks for getting the Spaulding webcam working!!!!!
Fri, 06-07-2013 16:55
The donation was to the museum as a whole. How it is used and whether any comes to steam department projects will be the decision of the museum [...]
Fri, 06-07-2013 16:53
Basically the plan is "ONLY" reassembly. As far as we know she is is reasonable mechanical shape. The big mechanical problem that stopped her (slack [...]
Fri, 06-07-2013 16:28
Nigel I read you guys got a one million dollar check donation!!! Will this be used to finish 1630 ,428, 5 and get started on the others next in line?
Fri, 06-07-2013 16:16
So does 1630 basically only need reassembly? With the boiler in particular. Does her tender or running gear need any work before she's ready for the [...]
Fri, 06-07-2013 12:00
Hello.. The voltage we are using and presumed the RR also used is 120 vac. The system is a little unique because the lite bulbs are each 60 volts. [...]