Doodlebug Report

Gregg Wolfersheim sends us another report on the Union Pacific M-35.  He writes:

I've been involved with other museum projects this year. Also, I've been hired part time at IRM to take care of several areas for the general manager on a part time basis. Now that the operating season has slowed down quite a bit, I'm able to get back to Union Pacific M-35. During a few rainy days last week, I was able to get the rest of the carlines on the roof. They come as a kit with 3 parts:

This is a carline assembled on the floor. Some fitting is required before the 6 wood screws are put in to make this whole.

Then it is installed between the 2 steel ribs. We're looking across the car in this view.

And here we see it clamped in place. A hole is drilled following the hole in the steel. Then a 3/8's bolt is applied. The wrenches are on the bolt and nut in this picture.

In this photo we see the last one installed as we look towards the front of the car. Ongoing work is adding the rest of the bolts (13 total per carline) to the 3 that were initially put in place. As the weather gets colder, more work will be done in the heated shop!