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Thursday, October 20. 2011TMS Project - October 19, 2011It has been some time since we posted an entry on this project. But there is a lot of news!! The new tires were ordered some months ago and the promised delivery date is fast approaching.  The Truck One of the trucks from TM 972 has been on Track 42 at the east end of Barn 4. John Faulhaber and Gerry Dettloff attacked it with the idea of dismantling the assembly to get the wheelsets out. In this pic the traction motor is out, and the main truck bolster has been chained and is being lifted free.  Naked Truck With the bolster assembly removed and set aside, we can see what the 'next layer' looks like.  Sideframes The final step was to remove the lower sideframe castings, journal bearings, and journal boxes. At days end the two wheelsets were out, marked, and ready to ship. It is not too late for you all to help on this project. A substantial amount of match money has been pledged to the project, and some of it still remains. So every dollar you generously contribute to fund R TMS will become TWO DOLLARS!! Please consider a year end donation to this project. |
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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...