WORK SESSION D - DAY TWO
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 7:33 pmLots of progress evident during the second day in Chama!
Tomorrow, we'll cover the on-going work at Antonito (car shelter and frameless tank car restoration).
Ted
Tomorrow, we'll cover the on-going work at Antonito (car shelter and frameless tank car restoration).
Ted
- New door has been constructed and installed in the Rotary OM display; plexiglass has been placed in bottom third and you can see the reflection of the depot in this photo.
- The top of the door is heavy wire only. This will give a much better view of the interior of Rotary OM display
- By mid-day Tuesday, new siding was visible on the remodeled tool car
- New tongue-and-groove roof has been installed on Sheep Stock Car 5633. It is covered with 30-pound felt paper. The new metal roof should last a whole lot longer than a wood roof!
- Team working on cosmetic restoration of Engine 483 continues to make progress
- On the Derrick OP project: new oil ports have been drilled and welded to the pipe flanges
- TL Russ Hanscom, Derrick OP restoration, applies heat to the top in order to distribute the heat so the piece will cool evenly (preventing warping)
- TL Russ Hanscom and Mike Wissler work to remove two-inch block so they can insert a one-inch block under the OP "donkey" engine
- Builder's plate shows engine on Derrick OP was purchased from Morse Brothers Machinery and Supply Co. in Denver, Colorado - approximately 1908. Engine shows it was manufactured in New York...
- Spero Bettalico, the "Paint Man", sprays Chama Depot deck with a 50-50 mixture of burnt linseed oil and paint thinner.