Many thanks to the head of our newly reorganized air brake shop, Brian LaKemper, who sends along a photo essay detailing some of his projects from this past weekend.
The first five photos are CA&E 451's S-16 governor as disassembly began. This governor clearly had some issues, and will need to be completely stripped down and repaired on both the electrical and air sides.
This governor is particularly nasty and will require at least several more hours to get it all clean and back together.
This photo is the governor that was previously in North Shore 251. It had built up a carbon track and was contributing to blown fuses, so it was swapped with a spare. Now, this one has been completely rebuilt and is ready to have the pressures set, having received new Glyptal insulating varnish, a new air filter, new rubber gasket, and fresh lubrication.
We swapped CSL 1374's motorman's valves as part of the annual inspection because they were getting stiff; fortunately a spare pair of valves was ready to go. This is one of the valves that came off the 1374. It will be cleaned up and go into stock to be used on 1374 or one of our other operating cars that use this valve.
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