Entries by Robert Kutella

Framing

Pete Galayda is continuing on this large project.  He has moved to the second end of the locomotive and has cleaned and primed the steelwork in this photo.  John Nelligan looks on (supervises) from inside the cab.  Pete has also completed a fairly extensive re-build and restoration of the roof mounted fusebox.

Mysteries

Meanwhile John Nelligan continues to delve into the mysteries of electrical schematics and wiring.  After the locomotive arrived at IRM there was the usual flurry of activity and this resulted in several rats nests of disconnectied wire and cable with no documentation of about what went where and what any of them do.  In this pic John is burrowing under one of the hoods as he attempts to unravel some of the mysteries.

Sign Box

Rich Witt made a rare Sunday visit to the shop and fit all the thin beading strips needed to mount the glass.  Then later, he proceeded to begin applying the first coat of finished red paint, since this is slated for CA&E 409.

George Clark was working on the Lake Shore Electric 810, I managed some more repair work on the SS 68, Kevin Tudor and family glazed two windows for the C&IM coach, and we also did a clipper lacing splice on a leather drive belt for the steam shop.