More Miscellaneous Maintenance

Frank finished up his current round of painting on the 205 today, over by the pit. The good side and most of the ends are now nearly ready for finish paint. Here are some details. It will look great in Indiana Railroad orange!

The interior will be left as is.

The lower half of the anticlimber was green, the upper half orange.

Meanwhile, several of the guys were hard at work installing the repaired traction motor for the 3142 in its truck. The car was then reassembled, and successfully tested later in the day.

Note that these are outside-hung motors (on the outer side of the axles.) This allows a shorter wheelbase for the sharp curves on streetcar track. Interurban trucks always have the motors between the axles, for a longer wheelbase and better stability at high speeds.

I spent some time repairing seats in the 308 and 309 which had gotten out of whack. Frank and I then spent most of the afternoon switching cars in Barn 8. This turned out to be harder than it looks, but everything is safely arranged back on track 84, with the 277 and 518 at the door.