I was boring holes in the next wooden beam on Thursday. It's pretty much the same old thing as before.
This time I used a chip brush to paint the insides of the holes that won't be covered. It worked pretty well, not as messy as my previous attempts.
And the shoe assembly is now a nice shiny black.
Next, we'll look at what was happening in the 306. John shows off the nice drop sash in the front windows at each end of the car. They can be set to several different heights.
And at the other end, Jim Ward and Fred Zimmerman are wiring up the controller. Jim is looking at his phone to see exactly how the 415 is wired, which is what they want to duplicate.
It's taken an unbelievable amount of effort by these guys to undo everything that was changed by Shaker Heights. So it will certainly be a great accomplishment when there is an historically correct Fox River car running again, another item in IRM's vast collection that we can be proud of.
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While it wouldn't be operationally necessary nor safe for the museum to have a working third rail, since so much of the museum's rolling stock utilized third rail power, has consideration been given to creating a mock up exhibit of a run of third rail? Seems like an opportunity to complete the as-built restoration of much of the rolling stock.
Yes, we're planning to install a grounded third rail along the east track at the 50th Avenue platform, where only L-compatible cars operate.
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