Wood Shop

I have been having more trouble getting around lately, so have had to take time off from the shops.  But I managed a short visit yesterday and was very pleased at the smell of fresh sawdust in the air.  Here is the short report.

Framed

Victor Humphreys is standing beside a stack of eight new windows while John Faulhaber is FRAMED by the ninth completed sash.  All were run through our nearly 100 year old BERLIN drum sander and that was accompanied by some DRAMA.  By day's end these sash were silky smooth, and all the extensions of the stiles had been trimmed.

Masked Men

Tim Peters and Eric Lorenz hold up some of the new painting masks prepared by Buzz Morisette.  These will be used on Chicago Rapid Transit 1797 and for Cleveland Transit System 4223.

Puzzle

For many of us anything electrical remains a puzzle.  Here, an intrepid group of wizards examine some original electrical schematics for the CRT 1797 project.  Victor Humphreys, Bill Wulfert, Tim Peters, and Randy Hicks confer on a vexing problem and the solution.

There was a lot of other work going on as usual, just not where I had a camera in hand.  The Electric Car Department had cars on and off the pit for their annual pre-operations inspection and lubrication.  CNS&M 714 was one I saw.  For the TMS project, all the new hardened heat treated bushings for one of the TM 972 trucks are made and installed. 

And a new project has been launched.  We have several TMER&L locomotives and the L 4 is getting some attention.  This homebuilt 1920 steeplecab is operational and offers a unique feature.  The TM installed a large cable reel and stinger on one of the hoods.  This allowed it to be run for short distances on sidings and other track without overhead wire.  For several months now both of our two small internal combustion switching locomotives have been out of service, so L 4 work is being done to have this electric locomotive able to operate and make some of the many car moves waiting in the queue.