Wednesday Report

As always, we have several different projects in the Car Shop to report on.

Gerry is moving a traction motor for the L4.  This will be taken to Calumet for rebuilding, so the locomotive can be put back into service.

The inspection process continues.  The 4391 is over the pit.

Pete continues painting windows and finishing interior trim.

Tim has refinished more interior pieces for the 1754.

Gerry is doing welding repairs on the 306.  Many of these replacement parts were fabricated almost 30 years ago, before the project took a temporary halt.

Ed is finishing up another of the ceiling panels in the Liner.  He mentioned that before they reinstall the panels, he needed somebody to check the light circuit wiring, but wasn't sure what to do.  That sounded like a fun project that wouldn't take long, so I got out a ringer and the megger, and checked all the light circuits for continuity and isolation from ground.  

The Liner uses 30V bulbs in 20-bulb series circuits, and everything in this compartment appears to be fine.  And the rest of the train used to work, so it should be good to go.

And as it happens, next door Tim was working on the light circuits in the ceiling for the 1754.  This is a much earlier version of car wiring, and it looks just like the way Jewett wired up their CA&E cars.

I spent some time sorting parts and putting together a new set of shelves for storage.  I also made some modifications to the wooden frame for sanding down axle bearing surfaces.  As seen here, the two blocks are beveled on the bottom surface, where they will ride on the axle.  The cross beam will support weights of some sort, yet to be determined.

And then two outriggers will be attached to the plate and fastened to the truck frame with C clamps.  All of this probably has to be adjusted from one truck to another.  In any case, this should be a definite improvement.

 And work continued on the Cleveland PCC truck and other things, which I somehow missed.  Tune in next time!