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Monday, December 21. 2009CA&E 36 & 319 Update
Nick, Joe, Charlie and I went to Cleveland to prepare the 36 & 319 for
Silk Road which will load the cars on Monday. The trucks come mid week and
the cars will not be shipped until next week due to permits and Christmas.
This trip was short notice and that's an understatement, Nick called me at one thirty in the afternoon Friday the 18th and said that the cars will be loaded on Monday the 21st, then I called Charlie and Joe, within a few hours of finding out we were on the way to Cleveland. We arrived in Cleveland around two am Saturday morning, got a few hours sleep at the Red Roof in and unwillingly woke up at seven thirty am Saturday. Grabbed a quick breakfast and headed to Brookpark to meet with Tim and Ken which already had the 303 pumped up and ready to do some switching. Thankfully Tim is a fan of IRM and allowed us to work in the shop which was heated, well lit and had a full length pit. The plan was made and we quickly got to work knowing that we only had till two pm to get this done and if not finished we were going to work outside in the snow. Charlie and Nick went to the roof and removed bases and poles along with Tim. Joe and I went deep and removed brake rigging and motor leads along with labeling everything. Once this was done Nick, Charlie, Tim and Joe removed pilots and steps from one end of each car. We also took down the globes and secured anything that may break while in transit. We got done around three pm and cleaned up, put tools away and washed up, then went to lunch with Tim. After lunch we hit the road and headed west toward Chicago and when I got home I passed out and woke up Sunday afternoon. This is one of two trips to Cleveland for preparing the cars to ship and the next time will involve much more work. Three cars which are all complete and one even has a pan to remove. This again will be extremely short notice and I hope to get one or two more guys to come and help. Tim will attempt to move the 451/460 to Central Rail this week to install the rebuilt DH25 onto the 451. Once that happens he will bring both cars to the terminal and get the remaining steel cars. The 451/460 and 409 as a half motor will pull the two dead cars all the way to Brookpark and round two begins. Here are some photos taken this weekend. IRM is soliciting donations to cover the costs of transportation of these cars from Cleveland, Ohio to Union, Illinois, please consider a donation today. Stan Wdowikowski Monday, June 29. 2009Friday, April 17. 2009L7 Controller Cover Restored primed controller cover One of the two controller covers has been restored and ready to install. The first picture is the Controller Cover freshly sanded and primed for paint.  painted controller cover Painted and finsished Controller cover ready to istall in the L7.
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