On the Assembly Line

Production generally goes faster when you have an assembly line, as well as qualified and motivated workers.  So that's our goal for process improvement.

Exhibit A, I suppose, has got to be Tim's production of a complete car's worth of window frames of varying sizes and shapes.

And Paul Hough was out again today, and as you can see he has a regular process for cleaning up and restaining the armrests for the 306. 

Pete and Fritz continue to work on new doors.  These doors are big, heavy, and complicated, so there's only two under construction right now.

And speaking of new members, Steve Sanderson stopped by while working on the Electroliner, to introduce his new dog.

He's a nice, gentle dog.  His name is Pax.

I was working on the 460 again, of course.  I brought the next two trolley boards into the shop and made the necessary cuts.  Then they were painted with primer.

And the previously painted boards are ready for installation.  One of them developed a crack which is being glued up, but this is what it looks like so far:

Since it's Wednesday, let's take a break and visit the model railroad guys.  On the way, here's the entrance booth that was mentioned in a recent comment.  It was originally from the North Shore Line, so it's part of our collection of historic buildings.

I guess I haven't been here for a while, because I noticed a lot more things on display on the walls around the layout room.  It's very impressive!

And the Pullman Library had several volunteers working also.  This is a huge improvement from the old location on Main St.

Finally, getting back to the 306, Buzz proudly shows off his full-size reproduction of the Fox River Electric herald.  He says it took him about a week - I don't doubt it!