It is always startling to come around the corner of the building and see a stunning wood interurban has appeared as if by magic. Randall Hicks motored it in to take care of more inspections, maintenance and lubrication. No question about it - he is one hard working volunteer. And the car looks pretty sharp!!
Lorne Tweed is MAKING TRACKS! Or more like making tracks straighter and cleaner. It is all part of the game for our Cleveland Transit System 4223.
And more tracks lead to installing more tracks and in this case installing the last window on the right side of the car. It is sort of an odd one, installed at an angle to accommodate the curved car ends, and partly obscured by the bodywork. Just in case you could not tell, Lorne is proud of figuring this one out.
Rich Witt is sitting beside a nice pile of box sides, ends, and lids. There is some more work to mill out grooves and joints, and in case you have not been reading along, these will become reproduction first aid boxes for our CA&E cars.
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...