Wood Shop

New Arrival

I guess we should start with a TEASE.  On Tuesday we had a new arrival all wrapped up for under the Christmas Tree.  Any guesses on its identity?  Hints include that it was built east of the Mississippi River 99 years ago.  When I left Wednesday, another car was loaded and on the road.  More to come this week?  YES!!

Department Work

A freight train on a Wednesday!  Thanks to crew work by JIM WEST and PAUL CRONIN, the cars shown here were dug out of storage and on the move to Track 41 for maintenance and inspections. 

And the Work

Now on Track 41 where a crew of Paul Cronin, Dave Rogan, Simon Harrison and Victor Humphreys went over them with a fine tooth comb.  These cars were approved for operations and you will likely see them on two different assignments before the end of the month.

Up in the Air

For a change we had a sunny day on a Wednesday and Dave Rogan was in the bucket truck needlechipping while Jim Leonard did the same on the roof of Chicago Great Western X 38.  Progress with several areas cleaned and primed by the end of the day.

On the Other End

Dick Cubbage worked on the other end up on the roof to wire brush and clean up an area previously chipped free of paint.

Trolley Bases

Randy Hicks was in the shop fairly late in the day priming two trolley bases.  If I know Randy, these will soon be painted and on the roof of one of the wood cars in our CA&E collection.

Getting Bent

John Faulhaber and Gerry Dettloff bent two pieces of milled tack molding and the process took several weeks of soaking and then drying in forms.  With the pieces free of the restraints, they were fitting and trimming them to be soon mounted on the ends of Lake Shore Electric 810.

Caboose Work

Several weeks ago you saw reports of a wheel change on ICG 199458 steel caboose.  It has been relocated to Yard 5 and now our Wednesday Special Projects crew is on the move to clean up the interior, scrape, prime, and repaint it.