Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Half a Cannonball

 What would happen if you sawed a cannonball in half?  I really don't know, but a tremendous explosion seems like a good guess.  In this case, I'm expecting (or at least hoping for) an explosion of enthusiasm when we pull out four operating cars, half of an eight-car Cannonball,  for Member's Day/ATRRM Convention on Saturday.  It'll look like this.


The morning was spent doing some more work to make the 36 ready for operations, and in the afternoon I switched the cars around, and then did lubrication.  Bill Pollman from Seashore helped with the switch moves, much appreciated.  Thursday and Friday we'll have a two-car train available for ATRRM throttle twisters, and we're planning to run all four cars for a couple of trips on Saturday, and one or two cars that night.   You cannot possibly find a better way to spend your weekend.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think you would call it the "Johnson Ball."

I am so glad to see this. Maybe someday the fifth car could be added, if just trainlining air and control?

lee wells said...

I would also love to see/ride a 4 car steel train. Maybe a cannonball in two sections!

Randall Hicks said...

The four-car steel train is definitely still in the plans, once a few other projects are completed. A five-car wood train, not so much. First we would have to put it on trucks that would match the brake rigging. That in itself seems like a lot of work for little benefit. As always, we could use more help....