June 30, 2016

Discussion Pertaining to Work Session D - 2016

June 30, 2016

Unread postby Joe Kanocz » Thu Jun 30, 2016 4:09 pm

Here are some pics from Cumbres, Osier and Antonito

The sill beam and siding are done at the section house
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At Osier we had folks in period costume
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At Antonito we have one sharp looking tank car. Chris and his team were working on brakes
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Work is continuing on the drop bottom gondola. A bit more involved since the center wood beams need replacement
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Work on passenger trucks continues. Look at the superb job done by Russ Hanscom and his teams. Right now we need appx $6,000.00 per car for springs. If anyone can help, please call the Friends Albuquerque office
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Re: June 30, 2016

Unread postby John Cole » Thu Jun 30, 2016 5:45 pm

Thanks for the photos Joe. Now that the Gramps name is in silver, the foamers can sleep now. :lol:
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Re: June 30, 2016

Unread postby John Cole » Fri Jul 01, 2016 6:38 am

I wish that bolster had been finished when we were using Andy's sandblasting rig last week. All of that slag just exploded when we hit it with a 200cfm sandblast nozzle, and had all of the surfaces all clean ready for prime paint in no time.

Well at least we cleaned and primed 3 of the 4. Looking good Russ, nice to see you can weld too. :mrgreen:
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Re: June 30, 2016

Unread postby John Cole » Sun Jul 03, 2016 6:55 am

Those re-inactors really live the part when they dress up in those old period clothes. We hosted the Civil War group at Orange Empire RR Museum a month ago and had 160+ of them living the 1860s for the weekend. Net stuff.

Did you notice how someone fixed the truss rod about picture 7 just above the wheel with PIPE? I have done several similar repairs over the years but old superheater tube works, (and fits) much better. I wonder if that was done by the Rio Grande or some early CATS worker.
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