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Tuesday, February 7. 2012TMS Project Update - February 4-5, 2012A lot is happening very quickly on this project. As reported previously the next step is to do repair and rebuilding work on the dismantled truck now in our shop. The immediate focus is on the pins and bushings which hold together brake rigging, the slack adjusters, etc.  Pedestal Liners Before we get into the details of that work we were pleased to note that an entire set of new pedestal liners has been fabricated and delivered. These are wear parts to allow the journal boxes to slide vertically as needed, when the car is in motion.  Engineering Jeff Brady has been busily engaged for some weeks as the truck is dismantled, taking careful measurements, and tabulating the needed new parts.  Schematic Jeff created this schematic to help keep track and identify the complex connections and pieces. Note that there are 78 bushings and 26 pins, needed for EACH truck assembly!  Pressing Task Greg Kepka was pressing out the old bushings from the various rods and levers. It was somewhat disconcerting to hear screeching and clanking like breaking glass as the rusted old bushings broke free and became loose.  Links Here are some of the links, old bushings, and newly loosened bushings that Greg was working on.  As the Rod Turns Rod Turner was turning new alloy steel rod to size in the small lathe.  Some Like It HOT Here is the new small furnace/oven for heat treating newly fabricated pins and bushings to case harden them. Four of the new pins are on the bench in front of the oven, having undergone their particular version of a trial by fire. Tuesday, February 7. 2012CTS 4223 Update - February 4, 2012 Wainscotting Work continues. Perhaps the most visible and exciting thing to happen was delivery of new fabricated panels for the interior of the car. Eric Lorenz went to work quickly to start installing them. These are the panels which go below the windows and are pre-painted the correct interior color. Why now? Well, the puzzle of the car construction as designed by the builder requires these to be installed, to allow window post caps to be installed in the interior, to then allow installation of the window tracks, and ultimately the windows.  Finished Windows Alex Randow began the day stripping masking from many of the sash which have by now been cleaned and clear coated.  Back to Cleaning Alex pitched in on a few other tasks then went back to never ending job of cleaning the aluminum frames on still more sash. Tuesday, February 7. 2012Wood Shop Update - February 4, 2011 Planning Gwyn Stupar, Victor Humphreys, and Greg Kepka are working on a project to produce new cab windows for Norfolk & Western 2050. We initially tried to trace the frame outlines on flimsy cardboard, used those to create working drawings, and now this crew is tracing and cutting thin plywood templates. After those were made, they climbed up on the running boards and into the cab to confirm size and shape. The result is some minor edits to the drawings, which should make these window just right.  In a Jamb Buzz Morrisette has made all new jambs and sash trim for the 14 new windows he is making for caboose ATSF 1400. He painted the red finish color on all those pieces and on most of the new sash.  Clearly Then Buzz and Frank Sirinek cut twenty eight pieces of glass for the project and washed and cleaned those.  Sharp Buzz is looking over a new machine recently donated and added to our shop arsenal of tools. It is a mechanized saw blade sharpener, I think able to take up to 20 inch diameter blades, and it has several settings to allow it to file different positive or negative hook angles on the teeth. Anyone want to give it a run? |
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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...