Some further random shots of E

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Some further random shots of E

Unread postby Sharon Evans » Thu Aug 11, 2016 2:04 pm

I am going to try and group these according to project. All were shot with my personal camera and not one of the point and shoots that they were handing out.
I am starting with the wheel and tie car which basically had to be taken down to the framing and rebuilt.
2 Early stages of the Wheel and tie car.jpg

In this shot looking up the car, you can see the new beams that were installed.
7 Another view of the wheel and tie car showing all the new beams that had to be placed.jpg

Sometimes bolts need encouragement to fit.
8 Encouraging a long bolt to get into a tight space.jpg

This is the only shot I have of the block and tie car.
1 The early stages of repairing the block and tie car.jpg

This is the flanger OK and we see Bill and Billy working on the lettering.
4 Here Bill and Billy are working on lettering flanger OK.jpg

Showing some of the detail of the wings.
5 Some detail of the wing supports on the OK.jpg

Looking into an area not often seen, the journal packing box on the OK.
6 Looking into the journal packing box on the OK.jpg

Shot of the Gramps Oil loading rack crew getting the new decking up onto the supports.
12 Using a fork attachment on the loader to get the new decking on the Gramps Oil loading rack.jpg

They needed a tank car spotted at one of the loading points so they could adjust the filling nozzle and the gang plank to the car. We see Conductor Ray working with one of the crew to spot the car.
13 Conductor Ray works with the Friends at the Gramps Oil loading rack to position a tank car.jpg

This is how you paint the piping used to construct the oil rack, paint mit.
14 Painting the Gramps Oil loading rack tubing with a paint mit.jpg
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Re: Some further random shots of E

Unread postby Sharon Evans » Thu Aug 11, 2016 2:19 pm

The finished Gramps Oil loading rack showing the metering house at the left end, the gang boards at each loading position and the spouts.
21 This is the finished Gramps Oil loading platform.jpg

Lets now look at the work on the new kitchen storage car. Here the plywood interior sheathing is being applied.
3 Applying the plywood sheathing to the inside of the new kitchen storage car.jpg

The sheathing is done and painted.
15 The inside of the new kitchen storage car has been sheathed and painted.jpg

Mr. Beyer, the team leader, is laying the vinyl flooring which looks like wood.
17 Here we see Mr. Beyer laying the new vinyl flooring in the kitchen storage car.jpg

Flooring done, shelves are now being built.
18 The shelving is now being installed into the new kitchen storage car.jpg

Light fixtures are being hung on the ceiling.
19 Hanging the light fixtures in the new kitchen storage car.jpg

A shot of the hoist house of the coal tipple.
11 Inside of the hoist house on the coal tipple.jpg

The crew that painted the RPO in the 'new' green.
10 Paint crew working on applying the new green to the RPO so it can be filmed.jpg

Thursday is a very popular day at the kitchen car since hamburgers are cooked and served. Here Jeanne is doing the honours of cooking everyone's burger.
16 Thursday of each work session is a popular day at the kitchen car, hamburgers are serverd.jpg

As I noted in my first post about the session, the roof on the kitchen car was leaking. Here we see the work crew painting the new roof walk supports.
20 The new roof walk supports are being painted on the kictchen car.jpg
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Re: Some further random shots of E

Unread postby John Cole » Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:38 pm

Great photos Sharon, geez, you must have been standing right by me when Ray was backing that tank car under the oil rack boom. Tom Hindman, (the guy on the right pulling the new deck panels off of the tractor forks) broke his left wrist a few months ago, yet still came out to work session and was a BIG HELP. That boy is TOUGH!
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Re: Some further random shots of E

Unread postby Sharon Evans » Fri Aug 12, 2016 5:23 am

Thanks John...
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Re: Some further random shots of E

Unread postby John Cole » Fri Aug 12, 2016 8:07 am

Don says they started working on the wheel and tie car at the beginning of session C, there was so much decay in the sills that they had to take the car down to the wheelsets. About the only original wood on that car are the end sills as they were in good condition.

Don said that by the end of session F the car is FINISHED, only requiring painting and stenciling to make it roadworthy again. He said there are only 20 days of working on that car from start to finish. That HAS to be some kind of record for the Friends.
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Re: Some further random shots of E

Unread postby Sharon Evans » Fri Aug 12, 2016 9:40 am

I still think it is amazing what they do with the equipment.
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