Steve is still occupied with home projects so you have to suffer with another of my updates.
Shop Activities
The Pontiac Chieftain Hy-Rail Car No. 26:
The rebuilt wiper motor was received and installed. In fact Ed enjoyed the installation so much it was done 5 or six times. A piece to have it work correctly was missing so Ed did the engineering work and fabricated the required item. The part is now installed and appears to be working as per factory specification. Car is still hard to start so this needs to be addressed.
The OCR Woodings CBL Speeder:
Speeder was painted inside and out. The interior was reinstalled and the lights are in the process of being reinstalled. As soon as the decal and safety stripe are obtained and put on the project will be virtually complete. Now we need a place to run the beast.
The Spreader:
The repaint of the spreader continues and the car is in the shop which gives the paint a chance to soak in while drying. The rotten wood has been cut out of the upright and a patch is being fabricated by Ross from a piece of oak.
The Baggage Car:
Charls continues his painting and patching. All big doors are now done and the feathering on the fence side is nearly complete. Lettering has been sourced and should be available soon. The painted side is now ready for lettering and numbering. The major repair patch to the side of the west door was welded in by Dave Elliot. Work is ongoing on the patch work needed for under and to the side of the end door. This will probably be welded in over the next two weeks. The rotted plywood floor near that door has been cut out, two layers of ¾" and the plywood is on hand for the repair. Ed Sr. has commenced the engineering to fabricate new pins to hold the diaphragm fabric. Work has commenced on the diaphragm to get it ready for installation. Painted east end door has been removed for some remedial weld repair.
TNVR #10:
The coupler lift lever on the front end was removed, straightened, had the lifter holder crack welded, and was reinstalled. It appears to have had a hard coupling (couplers missed) with the tender. The lift lever on the tender (boom car end) was also damaged and needs to be straightened and have a crack welded.
Sundry Bits:
The balance of the coal was sorted by felicity and Tim. The was some shelf clean up done as we searched for baggage car parts.
A revised job jar list follows.
The Pontiac Chieftain Hy-Rail Car No. 26:
1. There is still a minor leak in the hydraulic system. This needs to be located and corrected.
2. Complete the installation of the rebuilt windshield washer motor and reinstall wiper blades.
3. Source (including some quotes) for the repair/replacement of the interior upholstery (we believe we have found a contact for the job)
4. Since the tasks is virtually complete go through the remaining parts on the work shelves and either put remaining items into stock or dispose of them.
5. Repair the windshield washer system. New hoses required.
The OCR Wooding's CBL Speeder:
1. Complete interior.
2. Wire in remaining exterior lights.
3. Order OCR decals and safety stripes
4. Take for a spin.
Coach #4977
1. Wash roof with TSP.
2. Do roof repairs if required and paint roof will alkyd gloss black enamel.
3. Lacquer new window frames. As of this writing 3 more coats of lacquer are required.
4. When lacquer is complete opposite side needs two coats of coach green.
5. Install windows when tasks 4 & 5 are complete.
6. Sweep and wash car interior. Check for any ceiling leaks.
7. The south side of the coach could use a fresh coat of green.
Baggage Car:
1. Complete installation of west end door by installing remaining hardware.
2. Paint and stencil both end doors.
3. Complete the feathering of Bondo into welding seam on fence side of car in preparation for painting.
4. Install steam heating piping at east end of car.
5. Fit and install weather stripping on all side and end doors.
6. Needle gun west end of car (just the areas that are not primered. (the device for hooking up two needle guns in in the boxcar0
7. Repair floor at west end of car. Plywood is in car but sub floor should be treated with wood preservative (green container in paint cabinet) before new plywood is installed.
8. Sweep or vacuum sand out of interior of car. Repair floor as required.
9. Prepare diaphragm for installation.
10. Install west end diaphragm.
11. Complete painting and letter car.
Box Car
1. Needle gun and paint car ends.
2. Paint and reinstall ladder on east end.
Tender
1. Remove and repair the coupler lift lever at the boom car end of the tender.
2. Design an auxiliary water holding system in the coal bunker area of the tender. There are some tanks that can be used for this project beside the boxcar.
3. Design a "looks like we have a load of coal" cover for the coal box.
4. Install small portable steam pump (it is in the box car) somewhere on tender to pump water from tender to crane water reservoir.
Sundry Bits:
1. Restore extra caboose stove. It is stored in the baggage car.
2. Service & paint air jacks and move to warehouse storage when complete.
3. Service other speeders.
This should keep us busy for the next little while. If I have forgotten an tasks let me know and I will add them to the list.
Paul Bown
3 August 2011
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