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Friday, September 13. 2013CGW X38 Update - September 11, 2013The weather was not the best but the crew soldiered on through some periods of drizzle.  Under the Roof Jim Leonard was up in the bucket truck and working under the front roof overhang. That surface was previously needlechipped and now it was more overhead work. Jim wirebrushed large ares of this steel in the morning. I bet his arms were hanging heavy by lunchtime.  Priming And Jim followed through on the job with prime painting up there. Nick Rindt finished needlechipping some more area on the right side plow wing, and that also got primed.  Operators Seat Victor Humprheys painted some more finish gray in the cab cupola in the morning and here we see Buzz Morisette wrestling with the restored operators seat on the right side. Not much room to work up there, and not much room to stage a good photo.  Ready To Go The seat is in, and most of the cab painted. Victor Humphreys is enjoying this setting as though they were ready to pull out for plow duty. Come out Saturday for our open house from 1-3 pm and place yourself in the spotlight. Paul Cronin and Kirk Warner tested the operation and both wings work. Paul and Kirk also did some blacksmith work by straightening a floor mounting plate for one of the flanger cylinder rods.  Pipe Dreams We will close this entry with the last of the small diameter piping that had to be removed to allow the new windows to be installed. Here is a gauge branch tee, two sets of window defoggers, and the whistle valve and piping. Friday, September 13. 2013Wood Shop Update - September 11, 2013There are a lot of topics and pics this time around. I will lump most together in this entry, and make a following entry for the CGW X 38.  What is a Clamshell The crew working on Cleveland Transit System 4223 has a nickname for everything. In this case there is no mistaking the formed metal head lining going into the front end of the PCC. It is not really that thin, so it is pretty heavy and required many hands. To lift it, hold it up, and take deep breathing exercises while some screws were driven into place.  Another View In case you did not recognize all the players in the first picture, here is another view of the crew on the clamshell job. Maybe this is the better side that you will be able to set names to.  Ad Card Panels Nick Rindt set up some horses on the outside and scrubbed paint off of several of the metal panels that were used to hold ad cards.  Primed Al Reinschmidt came over to the shop near the middle of the afternoon and set about taking the above panels, wiping them down, and applying primer.  Have a Seat John Mc Kelvey is working on another seat for the LAKE CITY. This bench seat is destined to go into the smoking lounge of the Men's Lavatory.  Canvas John Faulhaber (shown) and Gerry Dettloff have spent a few extra days on campus this week. The result is a new piece of roof canvas in place on the Lake Shore Electric 810. This traction trailer has been a long time in the shop and now it appears the end may be near. The canvas has been stretched and tacks are being driven.  Speaking of Roofs Just across the aisle from the LSE 810 is our Michigan Electric 28. Jeff Brady and Norm Krentel have labored long and hard and here is the result. A new wood roof, sanded, painted, and ready to receive new canvas of its own.  Put a Shine On It Jeff Brady was in the shop and had set up a buffing wheel to polish brass window lifts and other hardware for the ME 28.  And the Window Another restored window for the ME 28 receives some attention from Jeff as he mounts the needed hardware on the sash.
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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...