Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company

Here is some new info and pics from our REPORTER, Mr. Gerry Dettloff.  Gerry and John Faulhaber have been consistently working on the D 13 cab at one end and have already rebuilt the roof structure and applied and painted a new canvas roof.

Mounting New Saddles

This week they are working to mount new saddles on the new canvas roof.  Where did the saddles come from?  Of course you have to plan ahead, there are many steps.  The saddles were made in our wood shop and previously primed and painted, ready to install.

Trolley Boards

With the saddles mounted and ready, they are now mounting new trolley boards to the top of the saddles.  Next step?  To mount the trolley base and pole and wire it up!

From Pete Galayda, here is an image of recent work.

Letterboard

The D 13 is a TM dump motor that Gerry Dettloff and John Faulhaber have been working on for some years.  Amazing - it runs and appears most years in our July 4th Trolley Pageant.  They have been doing a lot of work on one of the cabs, and this happens mostly in the summer season when weather allows.  Here, John is up on the ladder fitting a new piece of letterboard, while Gerry helps from below.

Here is a shot from the camera of Robert Kudder of the old car shop area in Barn 4.

Footboards

New finish paint is now on the second set of all new footboards constructed in the wood shop by Buzz Morisette.  In the background see a stack of refinished windows destined for CA&E 319.