A typical Wednesday at IRM involves a good number of people working on various projects. This is only a sampling, because I have other things to do.
John Faulhaber is painting windows for the Sand Springs 68. Here he is explaining why the windows are being repainted.
Henry is finishing up the black paint on stepwells for the 451. Gerry (not shown) was needle-chipping the support brackets out in the shop.
I started by making a piece of plywood to protect the window in the 36's train door. Then I could burn paint off without risk of breaking the glass.
I had wanted to remove the grab iron, but that could not be done easily, so I was able to wire-wheel it in place without much trouble.
And it was not possible to detach the wire connection to the headlight bracket, so that also got wire-wheeled in place. The bracket was painted red at Cleveland, and I had quickly put a coat of silver over it before the car entered service, but the red was starting to show through. That won't happen again.
Finally the kick plate was cleaned up out in barn.
The inside of the plate was badly rusted, but it won't show.
Later, John was cleaning up the pilots for the 451.
And Jon Fenlaciki continues work on roof parts for the 65. Let me think, what else? Buzz installed new tubes in the overhead light fixtures to improve the illumination, as well as helping Jon with his woodwork above. Norm was bolting up pieces on the 28. Victor and Dave were working on the Pennsy bobber in Barn 10. Roger Kramer and Jeff Button were working on windows for the 110; Roger was giving Jeff advice on stripping wood, or maybe the other way around. I'm not sure. And so on. Sorry, no pictures. You had to be there.
By the end of the day I had the door latch and the kick plate installed with new screws, with the inside surfaces already painted. The back of the headlight bracket was painted to keep it from rusting any more, and next I should be able to finish stripping and start painting the outside.
2 comments:
What remains to be done to put the 451 into service? Might it go into service in 2018
Kirk, Here's what needs to be done on the 451. The step boxes, pilot and support brackets need to be needle chipped and painted before they can be mounted. Mounting will be done on the pit. If the Liner is being put together, the 451 will wait. When it's warm enough, the roof needs another coat of canvas paint. After that the saddles, trolley boards, bases and poles can be mounted. Then we can see if the car will run. The windows need to be installed in the end doors. Hardware of all sorts needs to be installed. The interior ceiling needs to be cleaned and painted. The interior needs to be cleaned. The seats need to be cleaned and some reupholstering done. 2018 is probably not feasible for service. The 451 will have to share workers with service cars, the SS 68 and maybe the liner.
Gerry Dettloff
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