There are many separate projects in progress in the car shop, as always, but here are a few that caught my eye during a brief visit yesterday.
First, the center ceiling panels are all in place in the 1754, and the fixtures have been installed. Everything appears to be up to Tim's usual exacting standards.
And on the next track, ceiling panels are also going into the Electroliner!
There are others being prepared over in the Lean-3.
Buzz is restoring the velocipede. Some of the wooden parts need to be replaced. It's mounted on a frame so you can crank it up and check the mechanical action, which seems to be fine.
I wonder if they ever made left-handed velocipedes? Finally, here are some seat pedestals from the 757, which is still receiving interior work. These have a fairly complicated mechanism.
I spent some time discussing what we need next for the 309 bearing project with Bob Sundelin and Richard Schauer. Once the big oven is wired up, we should be able to solder the two halves of the bearing together. Stay tuned! And then there was more sorting and storing of parts.
4 comments:
Some of the younger members of the Western Railway Museum restored our Fairmont velocipede. The visitors realy get a kick out of trying the thing. So did I!
The #1754 is going to be another classey Elevated Car!
Ted Miles, IRM Member
Will patrons need to be rules qualified to take the velocipede out for a spin? Any updates on re-articulating the Electroliner?
C Kronenwetter
You can probably ride the velocipede right after you ride the pump car that's been chained down forever in Barn 7- sometime around the 35th of Never.
I know a place where 1 or 2 handcars will be out for action hopefully this spring and fall but probably not in the summertime.
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