CCW 300 Update - June 17, 2011

Pete Galayda is project manager for this restoration and he sent a few additional images of the work to restore the electrical and headlights for this locomotive.

Jacks

Not the children's game of JACKS but some of the old jacks and blocks for plugging in and making the electrical connections for the arc headlights, and the new set made in our shops.  Clearly, the old split and rotted wood need new replacements made.

Arc Lights

Earlier this week I posted an image in the wood shop report of one of the new lights installed on the locomotive hood.  Here is a better shot of NEW vs OLD.  It may be only a small part of the overall project but it is a significant amount of work, more than cleaning and repainting some old metal.  John Nelligan has worked to document and discover the old wiring schemes, conduit has been replaced, the switches cleaned and repaired, the headlight resistance unit fixed, and so on.  Pete and John both deserve a lot of credit for this and all the other work to bring this locomotive back to life (eventually) and make it an attractive and worthy display in our collection.