Tuesday Report

Tuesday was another busy day in the car shop, and I have a few pictures.  

As mentioned last time, two of the third rail beams on the 319 need to be replaced.  If one of them were to break in half in service, it could be disastrous.  I went to Owl and got the wood for two more beams this morning, and brought them out to the Museum for cutting, planing, and gluing. 

 Here we see the two halves of a beam being notched for the sleet scraper.

And by the way, Steve Keller joins the illustrious ranks of our photography pool:

Finally, they were glued and clamped.

Meanwhile, several of the guys continued work on the 306.  I believe we have here Gerry and Steve installing piping and the gong.

Tim and Frank K. were working on L car parts, and Jack on the 109, but I don't have any pictures.  Just too busy.

Work is progressing on Barn 7.  Name those cars!

Finally, Ron Seavers was running the 431 as a one-man car all day.  That's not ideal; it would be good to have a two-man crew for an interurban car like this.  We always need people to sign up for weekday service.