This week/weekend was almost exclusively dedicated to working on the 633. During the week, Jerry and Wes Lloyd tackled the low voltage issues. They were able to solve most of them! The horn now works, as do the turn signals and blinkers. We also have interior lights, half the windshield wipers, and the ancient mini driver’s fan also now works. Over the weekend, Jerry and Richard continued to work on low voltage and wiring stuff (making more progress along the way) while I started on a thorough cleaning of the coach’s interior. And I mean thorough – I started at the back of the coach and after 2 full days of cleaning have only progressed to the back doors. On the down side, as the coach was sitting in front of the garage Tuesday, the left rear tire blew. They are all pretty dried out from living in the desert for 25 years so this wasn’t totally unexpected. It’s just unfortunate it happened so soon. So in addition to all the shipping costs that we have coming up, if we want to see the coach out again, we now need to spring for a new set of tires for the 633 (about $1,500). If anyone would like to help, please consider making a donation to the “Trolley Bus Department”. Our department is in the midst of exciting times, but expensive times. Sorry no pictures this week, don't want to bum anyone out with a flat tire picture.
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...