Sunday Report

Frank writes...

Sunday was a very pleasant Father's Day, sunny and warm, and there was a rather large crowd out - I was told it was our best-attended day so far this year.

I spent most of my time on Shaker Heights 63, shown above in a view you're probably getting tired of. It's hard to tell, but the belt rail stripes now have a first coat of maroon, while the drip rail below the standee windows is now in primer all the way around the car. I also marked the belt rail stripes down the left side of the car in preparation for masking them.

Brian and Joel were working on finishing up the 277 brake rigging project; all the new bushings have now been pressed into place, some in the original brake heads and beams and some in newly fabricated brake beams, and any needed grinding has been done. The 277 is on the schedule for Trolley Weekend, coming up this weekend, so the guys will be working on reinstalling all the rigging during the week. A couple of the other car shop regulars were in revenue service. In other news, Jacob brought out the advertising cards shown above. These seem to range from the late 1960s to maybe the late 1970s, so you won't see them in our CA&E cars, but they're perfect for some of our CTA 'L' cars and buses.