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Saturday, September 21. 2013Wood Shop Update - September 18, 2013Well, I see that the BLOG site has the expanded screen size problem again. So far as I can remember, that has only happened after Roger Kramer has made a post. If I were Sherlock Holmes I would be beginning to make a deduction. Hopefully Jamie can fix it again. This will be very short since I seem to be in the 'fuzzy picture' mode as happened to me eight months ago. The images are bad, even for my blurry vision. But here are two.  Open Space Concept As reported elsewhere on the web, we are hosting a national meet of the members of the Old Woodworking Machine group. There are 93 registered this year which would make this the largest so far. We spent Wednesday on the annual spring cleaning of the wood shop areas, and managed to fill the dumpster, and hauled some away to another dumpster. The result is a clean and seemingly larger shop, with an open space concept. Folks are on hand as I write this now, giving clinics and demos, and from far away places - including Virginia, Georgia, Texas, and California. Did I mention North Dakota?  Ceiling Plates The crew on the CTS 4223 thought they were all done with these, but during the cleanup, we 'discovered' another eight or so. So Al Reinschmidt cleaned them up and went about the painting tasks. |
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Wed, 04-16-2014 16:21
3007 would be primarily for outside excursions with help from LOTS of volunteers, funds, and class 1 support. lets pretend Iowa Interstate decides to [...]
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 [...]