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Thursday, April 11. 2013Wood Shop Update - April 10, 2013 Winterized  Spring in the Air A sure sign of spring - although you would not know it by the weather this week. Dave Rogan and I went out to Chicago Great Western X 38 and removed the winter blank from the window in the rear wall. There ensued many fussy trim cuts, each one punctuated by the windy walk from the wood shop, and back to Track 41. Finally, the window slipped into place, just like it had been made to order. Wait, it WAS made to order. The window is back in the shop getting any fitting cuts primed and painted but as soon as the weather cooperates, you will see it finished and in place.  Trim With the window set in place, Dave is making a new interior window sill, and will next cut quarter round retainer molding for three sides. That got primed in the morning by Victor Humphreys, along with more station door priming, and one adjustment to the fit of the door lower mid stile.  Primed Henry Vincent continues on the train door restoration for Chicago Aurora & Elgin 36. The code string for this image is "BUM" - I wonder what that says about our crew?  Grids Pete Galayda and John Nelligan are like bulldogs, not letting go of a long and arduous journey to restore electrical control grids for Charles City Western 300, a steeple cab locomotive. Here, Pete is disassembling box number 7, the last one in the series.  Jointing Roger Kramer was in the shop, working beside our crew to restore a walnut paneled door for one of the heavyweight passenger cars. It is a beauty with a four way book matched solid walnut panel in the center of the door. In this view, Paul Cronin, Henry Vincent and John Faulhaber are jointing a new piece of walnut. John also spent some time making a steam bending jig, along with Rich Witt trying to locate the odds and ends to do that task. Thursday, April 11. 2013CTS 4223 Update - April 10, 2013I think I will split the Wednesday work into two reports this time, since we had a large and productive crew working almost exclusively on the Cleveland PCC.  Rear Interior Trim Simon Harrison was taking no chances as he is geared up to removing old paint from a piece of sheet metal to go on the left rear interior of the PCC.  Preparation There are a lot of old broken off screw stubs inside the PCC. Dave Diaz took a turn at removing them, Simon did more in the afternoon. We are doing that now as it will soon be time to mount more of the interior panels.  Out in the Barn Out in the Barn on a workbench, Jim Leonard processed several of the curved ad card panels, removing dirt, rust, and paint from the back side of these.  Priming As fast as they were cleaned, Jonathan Soucek was priming them, along with a sign box, and some of the other trim panels.  A Straight Shot Many of these ad card panels suffered through years of storage and had some bent corners or other dings in them. Dave Diaz did a very good job of taking all those out.  Wow By the end of the day all these seven were primed, and three more, two other miscellaneous panels, and the sign box. |
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Tue, 04-15-2014 16:44
Yep. IF there were ever to be incentive or funding to put one of the larger items of the steam collection into operation, my personal favorite would [...]
Tue, 04-15-2014 15:20
yes, i remember one of the guys in the steam shop telling me that the size of 1630's wheels make it difficult to navigate the modern railway. but if [...]
Tue, 04-15-2014 10:50
John, We are not intending to repaint the tender end and sides. No #1630 does not carry cab signaling. (She left Frisco service long before it [...]
Tue, 04-15-2014 10:43
Jeron, I do not think this is something we would seriously consider. The IC car is already part of the collection. It did run on passenger trains [...]
Mon, 04-14-2014 20:42
I don't see any stripping on the tender..will that be repainted too? Also, I'm not sure how relevant this is to the discussion, but does 1630 have [...]
Thu, 04-10-2014 01:58
Nigel, I know the auxiliary water tender for Frisco 1522 was for sale a year or two ago. I don't remember if it was sold, or is still for sale. I [...]
Wed, 04-09-2014 22:32
Yes. We are looking at what it would take to rig it like the existing one to use as a water back up for #1630. It currently lacks the [...]
Wed, 04-09-2014 10:34
It is interesting to see both the milk cars together. I had been wondering if the steam department would use the IC car. The Railway Express reefer [...]
Sun, 04-06-2014 17:53
Perhaps because it would be months of work to lift the tender from the trucks and then ship the trucks to a facility with a bath big enough to do [...]
Sun, 04-06-2014 17:51
Not to my knowledge
Sun, 04-06-2014 15:24
Would the passenger car department be interested in some donated "Pullmman Style" wool blankets and/or travel type pillows for display purposes in the [...]
Mon, 03-31-2014 08:40
I've heard rumors that the museum is trying to get another GTW 0-8-0. Is this true?