As usual, this is a random sample of what was going on in Barn 4. Several other working members got cheated out of their rightful share of publicity by not being in the right place at the right time. Luckily for me, most of them are not the litigious sort.
Of course, I tend to focus on what I'm doing, because it's right there in front of me. Installing new wood at the #2 end of the 453, for instance. (The C clamp is just acting as a weight for the glue.)
Then more of the tack molding got our magic epoxy rejuvenation treatment.
New wood fitted and installed for patching up this gaping hole in the roof.
Followed by installation of some of the thin strips we had on hand from an earlier project. This is mostly just the first layer.
Zach was working on end windows for the 757...
and since he had the paint out, he was nice enough to finish putting primer on Frank's signal box.
It's still a matter of conjecture and contention just what this was for.
It's over in the truck shop that the heavy lifting takes place. Greg is working on one of the trucks for the CLRV, which need to be regauged. Ugh.
Ed is moving parts for the Cleveland PCC truck.
Finally, Bill is putting up pieces of newspaper so he'll have something to read while he spray-paints the grid boxes on the 1754. There are still some parts of the underbody equipment on this car that need finishing.
And as usual, it was more fun to be there in person.
2 comments:
Randy, how does one go about regauging a truck like the Toronto ones?
C Kronenwetter
I can field that question. The short answer is you press in the hubs on the axles, the same way you'd regauge anything that can be regauged. The long answer involves changing dimensions on the track brake carriage, moving wheel fenders, etc.
Wheels are press-fits on the axles on just about any rail equipment. The final gauge depends on how far along that press-fit you push the wheels in. The CLRV trucks are not really much different, except that they have resilient wheels, so you press the hubs instead of the whole wheel.
R. W. Schauer
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