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Wood Shop Update - February 8, 2011 Posted by Robert Kutella in Wood Shop at 10:59

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Wood Shop Update - February 8, 2011

Here is a quick tour of some of the work we saw going on in the Wood Shop yesterday. You may notice the recurring theme of WINDOWS - good work in the shop during the winter, and we never seem to run out of them.

Fitting

John Faulhaber has been under the weather lately but we welcomed him back and promptly put him to work on fitting the frames for the new windows for Illinois Central 3996.

Beading

Buzz Morisette continued making new windows for Santa Fe 1400 caboose. Here he has manufactured small quarter round to be used in holding the glazing, and is painting them.

Odd Design

Victor Humphreys (pictured) and I worked to resolve the odd angles and many parts for new windows on the front of the cab for our Norfolk & Western 2050 locomotive. These are really different and seemingly no parallel edges. Tough work when there are only 'shards' of an incomplete original to work from.

Metal Sash

Simon Harrison continued cleaning the aluminum sash for our Cleveland Transit 4223 PCC car.

Hardware

Roger Kramer cleaned and primed several pieces of hardware destined for our Pullman FLOYD RIVER. I believe this car has examples of open section berths, once so common, and found in a few of the cars in our collection

Bushings

Here are four new bushings machined to order, here resting in the midst of their heat treatment. A total of six new were made today. Earlier in the week Gerry Dettloff did some fitting and grinding to mate the new pedestal liners to the truck frames.

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Mike Gorecki about Early February woodshop activies
Wed, 03-04-2015 08:42
If I recall correctly, that shelter was built last year by a TV production company for filming of the pilot episode of "Scandal", and was removed [...]

Roger Kramer about Early February woodshop activies
Mon, 03-02-2015 08:40
Thanks Jeron for the info. Roger

Jeron G. about Early February woodshop activies
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 [...]

Bill McCoy about Early February woodshop activies
Sun, 03-01-2015 07:14
Thanks Roger... It seemed too good to be true. Bill McCoy Strasburg, PA

Roger Kramer about Early February woodshop activies
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 [...]

Roger Kramer about Early February woodshop activies
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 [...]

Raphael about Energy in the Steam Dept
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

Bill McCoy about Early February woodshop activies
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 [...]

Zach Kaye about Steam Department Update January 2015
Fri, 02-27-2015 16:26
Thank you Nigel! We look forward to seeing 1630 in operation this season. Good luck with the repairs!

CGW RR fan about Early February woodshop activies
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 [...]

Nigel Bennett about Steam Department Update January 2015
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

Nigel Bennett about Steam Department Update January 2015
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 [...]