Electric Car Department

Gerry Dettloff has submitted some images for you to pore over.  He is not too much for words, so with apologies, here we go.

The Car

Here is the car as of 2003.  This is an iconic but seldom preserved piece of electric railway work equipment.  Ours is from The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company, or TM for short.  It is known as a DUMP MOTOR since it is operational and self propelled and the pan between cabs could be dumped to the side, either left or right.  It was built in 1920.

Front

Gerry, has been helped for some years as he works on this, by Henry Vincent and John Faulhaber.  This series of pics focuses on the cab at one end of the car, as they strip the roof to bare framing and painstakingly make new wood parts.  Above focuses on the new front end of the roof and tack molding.

Letterboard

At the side of the cab was a wood letterboard extension that had no two square sides to it.

Almost Ready

Here is the new roof almost ready for new canvas, showing the trolley lead which will be mounted to the trolley base.

Cab Rear

Wood was repaired or replaced at the rear of the cab also.

Work Light

There is a five bulb series of lights  (5 x 120v = 600v) on the rear of the cab and this has been extensively rebuilt.