Here is the project of the day - removing the coulper, and installing a new wear plate under the shank. Kirk Warner is swinging the sledge hammer to coax the cross key out, while the legs behind him belong to Ray Pollice. Nick Kallas is in the shadows at the controls of the bobcat.
At last, the coupler is out. HMMM - now how do we get it back in?? And then, on to the other end. By noon that was complete, done, both ends. What a crew!
At the end of the job, Shelley Vanderschaegen came by with some baked snacks, which brought a smile to the faces of Kirk and Ray.
This Baldwin Westinghouse electric locomotive has been at Union less than a year, but is seeing a lot of work. Over the winter, in the Wood Shop, two new doors, and several new windows were fabricated. See the WOOD SHOP blog entry for April, 2008 for details of some of this work.
And here is the completed stencil from 5/14. Redrawn, cut out, and ready to go.
Comments
Mon, 09-08-2025 08:22
Good job on the Burlington Nortern 9976. OK.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:56
No new news that I have heard of thus far.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:53
I'll also be doing another update on it soon. Keep en eye out for that.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:47
A little work was done to it for Diesel Days this year. You'll see photos floating around for the temporary short term job that was done to make it [...]
Wed, 08-06-2025 13:01
Is steam car CN 15444 going to be coming to museum several times it was to be moved to muesum
Sat, 07-19-2025 18:56
Yeah, sadly it's still there as of 7/19/2025
Thu, 06-12-2025 19:14
Its been 14 years guys, where is the unit? Like really? Did you guys misplace it? Or are repairs taking that long? At this point be might we will have [...]
Wed, 04-09-2025 17:40
Jamie Thanks for the update. She's gonna shine like every thing else you guys do! Smeds
Thu, 03-06-2025 16:28
Yes, there is a wye. Those two have been MU'ed on diesel days a year or two ago.
Wed, 03-05-2025 14:04
7009 number boards look good. Is there a way to turn a locomotive around at IRM? In case you ever had a mind to connect 7009 and 6847?
Fri, 03-29-2024 21:26
We're slackers and spend more time working on the equipment in the shop than keeping all you readers updated. We'll work on it, but I'm sure updates [...]
Thu, 03-14-2024 08:02
What happened to the Department Blog? It's been over 2 years and I still regularly check for updates, but nothing comes...