Today Frank and I used the Google camera we had been able to borrow to take a series of 360-degree photos of the streets used by visitors, and along the aisles of Barns 6, 7, 8, and 9. Frank will be uploading these and making them available so that people anywhere in the world can take a virtual tour of the Museum.
It was mounted to one of our golf carts. I got to drive while Frank did the programming.
In other news, I did some switching to turn the 309 around so I can finish repainting the roof. Frank Sirinek did the work to acquire some more canvas paint of the right shade. Thanks!
And then, I cleaned the feed valve from the 309 and reinstalled it. It was adjusted to the correct pressure using our official calibrated gauge. After a while, these valves tend to become clogged with water, rust, and various kinds of junk, but it's fairly easy to disassemble and clean one.
When installed, it looks like this:
And then I cleaned a spare one also, to keep on hand for one of the other cars.
Gerry found a box full of these castings, which we were unable to identify. If you have the answer, let us know.
And speaking of mysteries, the shop areas are much cleaner and neater than usual. That's rather unusual, but I think I may have the solution: Arnfest is coming soon to a car shop near you. That makes some money for the Museum and provides education and entertainment for friends of ours.
But first, our Museum Showcase Weekend, otherwise known as Member's Day, is this weekend. On Saturday evening, the Museum will open until late at night. If you're not a member, you need to buy a ticket, but trains will be running until almost midnight, if not beyond. You won't want to miss it.
2 comments:
I am pretty sure those are the ends of post handrails for an open car. Probably the open car IRM got from a museum in the East, and then the body fell apart and rotted away. I think it was scrapped in 1984 by the paid weekday crew.
O. Anderson
Aha, an open car! That's one thing we didn't think of. Where else would you have double handrails like that? Thanks. The car you mentioned was the Fitchburg and Leominster 14, which sat for many years behind Barn 4, badly rotted out and leaning to one side.
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