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The John Cole Collection (2016)

by Jason Rose » Thu Aug 04, 2016 5:15 pm

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: Bill McCall is replacing deteriorated siding on the Concession car..jpg (37.61 KiB) Viewed 7415 times

: Bill Oltmanns and Jim Florey are finishing the B end today of the Rider Gon..jpg (51.1 KiB) Viewed 7415 times

: Roy Lloyd is painting the top of the OY tank car MOW gray; IMG_0812.JPG (118.43 KiB) Viewed 7415 times

: Robert Van Kamp and helper and Chris James (new dispatch editor) in background are filming a PBS story about the railroad and the Friends; IMG_0818.JPG (128.52 KiB) Viewed 7415 times

: Afternoon train coming into Chama; IMG_0821.JPG (124.92 KiB) Viewed 7415 times

: Roy spraying, and Wayne Klatt helping paint OY’s water car; IMG_0824.JPG (100.06 KiB) Viewed 7415 times

: Wayne painting the metal parts on the Jordan Spreader, (wood parts are painted in session F this week) with Chris Jensen and Tom Hindman watching; IMG_0825.JPG (113.56 KiB) Viewed 7415 times

: Chris James getting images for the Dispatch; IMG_0829.JPG (174.71 KiB) Viewed 7415 times

: Al Stevenson, Tom Hindman, Steve Meeks removing all of the old wooden deck on the Gramps oil rack so they can prep the metal frame for painting.; IMG_0830.JPG (174.56 KiB) Viewed 7415 times

: Al Stevenson, Tom Hindman, Steve Meeks removing all of the old wooden deck on the Gramps oil rack so they can prep the metal frame for painting.; IMG_0834.JPG (140.91 KiB) Viewed 7415 times

: Al Stevenson, Tom Hindman, Steve Meeks removing all of the old wooden deck on the Gramps oil rack so they can prep the metal frame for painting.; IMG_0836.JPG (134.7 KiB) Viewed 7415 times

: My Mule meets the Iron Horse as we transport old deck wood to the shop wood pile for this winter’s fuel for heating.; IMG_0837.JPG (83.74 KiB) Viewed 7415 times

: Different views of the Jordan Spreader with new paint job. We had to manually extend the wings in order to paint the mechanisms.; IMG_0842.JPG (135.32 KiB) Viewed 7415 times

: Different views of the Jordan Spreader with new paint job. We had to manually extend the wings in order to paint the mechanisms.; IMG_0843.JPG (127.15 KiB) Viewed 7415 times

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Re: The John Cole Collection (2016)

by Jason Rose » Thu Aug 04, 2016 5:18 pm

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: Different views of the Jordan Spreader with new paint job. We had to manually extend the wings in order to paint the mechanisms.; IMG_0844.JPG (122.91 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Different views of the Jordan Spreader with new paint job. We had to manually extend the wings in order to paint the mechanisms.; IMG_0845.JPG (134.77 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Different views of the Jordan Spreader with new paint job. We had to manually extend the wings in order to paint the mechanisms.; IMG_0846.JPG (150.39 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Different views of the Jordan Spreader with new paint job. We had to manually extend the wings in order to paint the mechanisms.; IMG_0847.JPG (117.3 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Different views of the Jordan Spreader with new paint job. We had to manually extend the wings in order to paint the mechanisms.; IMG_0848.JPG (139.23 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Different views of the Jordan Spreader with new paint job. We had to manually extend the wings in order to paint the mechanisms.; IMG_0849.JPG (146.92 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Different views of the Jordan Spreader with new paint job. We had to manually extend the wings in order to paint the mechanisms.; IMG_0850.JPG (140.65 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Different views of the Jordan Spreader with new paint job. We had to manually extend the wings in order to paint the mechanisms.; IMG_0851.JPG (136.42 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Gramps oil rack with new paint; IMG_0852.JPG (104.24 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: SEVEN tank cars in the Chama yard ready to go! When is the last time you saw that?; IMG_0853.JPG (80.68 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: SEVEN tank cars in the Chama yard ready to go! When is the last time you saw that?; IMG_0854.JPG (121.78 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Roy and Wayne pulling in the wings and Chris Jensen touching up the new paint on the Jordan; IMG_0857.JPG (140.1 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Roy and Wayne pulling in the wings and Chris Jensen touching up the new paint on the Jordan; IMG_0858.JPG (110.04 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Roy and Wayne pulling in the wings and Chris Jensen touching up the new paint on the Jordan; IMG_0859.JPG (122.69 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Roy and Wayne pulling in the wings and Chris Jensen touching up the new paint on the Jordan; IMG_0860.JPG (122.29 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Roy and Wayne pulling in the wings and Chris Jensen touching up the new paint on the Jordan; IMG_0861.JPG (122.78 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Roy and Wayne pulling in the wings and Chris Jensen touching up the new paint on the Jordan; IMG_0862.JPG (109.13 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Tank car line in the yard; IMG_0863.JPG (86.06 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Oil rack painted ready for new decking; IMG_0864.JPG (101.84 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Roy and Wayne installing new semiphore Roy built from drawings supplied by NGDF members; IMG_0867.JPG (101.1 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

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Re: The John Cole Collection (2016)

by Jason Rose » Thu Aug 04, 2016 5:40 pm

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: Different close-up views of Roy’s workmanship on the semaphore and it’s new light on at dusk

: Putting back the oil rack shack and R/R spotting a tank car for us to get measurements for the gangplank; IMG_0874.JPG (103.99 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Putting back the oil rack shack and R/R spotting a tank car for us to get measurements for the gangplank; IMG_0876.JPG (144.4 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Putting back the oil rack shack and R/R spotting a tank car for us to get measurements for the gangplank; IMG_0880.JPG (82.75 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Putting back the oil rack shack and R/R spotting a tank car for us to get measurements for the gangplank; IMG_0881.JPG (114.67 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Putting back the oil rack shack and R/R spotting a tank car for us to get measurements for the gangplank; IMG_0882.JPG (89.21 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Putting back the oil rack shack and R/R spotting a tank car for us to get measurements for the gangplank; IMG_0883.JPG (109.45 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Steve Meeks (first work session volunteer) helps me unload another load of old decking. Steve was in charge of building the decking on the oil rack and did a GREAT job!; IMG_0886.JPG (82.45 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: View of solar panel board that Chris Jensen built and wired to provide power for the semaphore lights and power to the lights inside the section house.; IMG_0887.JPG (116.84 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Inside control cables for the semaphore flags, they work great.; IMG_0888.JPG (121.44 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Finished Gramps oil rack with new paint, decking, and gang planks installed to the oil tank cars. (Chris Trunk reports that the 8th tanker, (the Gramps lettered one) is finished in Antonito so hopefully we can get it over the hill and fill all of the oil rack filling locations. WooHoo!; IMG_0889.JPG (142.54 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Finished Gramps oil rack with new paint, decking, and gang planks installed to the oil tank cars. (Chris Trunk reports that the 8th tanker, (the Gramps lettered one) is finished in Antonito so hopefully we can get it over the hill and fill all of the oil rack filling locations. WooHoo!; IMG_0890.JPG (129 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Finished Gramps oil rack with new paint, decking, and gang planks installed to the oil tank cars. (Chris Trunk reports that the 8th tanker, (the Gramps lettered one) is finished in Antonito so hopefully we can get it over the hill and fill all of the oil rack filling locations. WooHoo!; IMG_0893.JPG (155.96 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

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Re: The John Cole Collection (2016)

by Jason Rose » Thu Aug 04, 2016 5:56 pm

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: Inside control cables for the semaphore flags, they work great.; IMG_0899.JPG (96.32 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Finished Gramps oil rack with new paint, decking, and gang planks installed to the oil tank cars. (Chris Trunk reports that the 8th tanker, (the Gramps lettered one) is finished in Antonito so hopefully we can get it over the hill and fill all of the oil rack filling locations. WooHoo!; IMG_0901.JPG (152.91 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Finished Gramps oil rack with new paint, decking, and gang planks installed to the oil tank cars. (Chris Trunk reports that the 8th tanker, (the Gramps lettered one) is finished in Antonito so hopefully we can get it over the hill and fill all of the oil rack filling locations. WooHoo!; IMG_0902.JPG (107.18 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Finished Gramps oil rack with new paint, decking, and gang planks installed to the oil tank cars. (Chris Trunk reports that the 8th tanker, (the Gramps lettered one) is finished in Antonito so hopefully we can get it over the hill and fill all of the oil rack filling locations. WooHoo!; IMG_0903.JPG (127.22 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Finished Gramps oil rack with new paint, decking, and gang planks installed to the oil tank cars. (Chris Trunk reports that the 8th tanker, (the Gramps lettered one) is finished in Antonito so hopefully we can get it over the hill and fill all of the oil rack filling locations. WooHoo!; IMG_0904.JPG (159.85 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Finished Gramps oil rack with new paint, decking, and gang planks installed to the oil tank cars. (Chris Trunk reports that the 8th tanker, (the Gramps lettered one) is finished in Antonito so hopefully we can get it over the hill and fill all of the oil rack filling locations. WooHoo!; IMG_0905.JPG (152.89 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: BAD shots of the semaphore lights on at 9pm. (needed a tripod...); IMG_0910.JPG (43.91 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: BAD shots of the semaphore lights on at 9pm. (needed a tripod...); IMG_0911.JPG (46.44 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: BAD shots of the semaphore lights on at 9pm. (needed a tripod...); IMG_0912.JPG (40.44 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: BAD shots of the semaphore lights on at 9pm. (needed a tripod...); IMG_0913.JPG (39.71 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Clearing viewing area by Cresco tank; IMG_0920.JPG (180.11 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Clearing viewing area by Cresco tank; IMG_0921.JPG (170.86 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Clearing viewing area by Cresco tank; IMG_0922.JPG (173.5 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Clearing viewing area by Cresco tank; IMG_0923.JPG (170.93 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Clearing viewing area by Cresco tank; IMG_0925.JPG (182.54 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Views of Lava pump house walls after we washed them down of dirt and roots, hopefully we will be back here soon.; IMG_0932.JPG (160.54 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Views of Lava pump house walls after we washed them down of dirt and roots, hopefully we will be back here soon.; IMG_0933.JPG (153.98 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Views of Lava pump house walls after we washed them down of dirt and roots, hopefully we will be back here soon.; IMG_0935.JPG (159.7 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Views of Lava pump house walls after we washed them down of dirt and roots, hopefully we will be back here soon.; IMG_0936.JPG (149.04 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Views of Lava pump house walls after we washed them down of dirt and roots, hopefully we will be back here soon.; IMG_0939.JPG (145.76 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Views of Lava pump house walls after we washed them down of dirt and roots, hopefully we will be back here soon.; IMG_0940.JPG (174.38 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Views of Lava pump house walls after we washed them down of dirt and roots, hopefully we will be back here soon.; IMG_0941.JPG (123.6 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Views of Lava pump house walls after we washed them down of dirt and roots, hopefully we will be back here soon.; IMG_0942.JPG (146.04 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Picture of the pipe to Lava tank that leaked BADLY when we pressure tested it. We had a muddy river coming back at us.; IMG_0943.JPG (194.32 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Picture of the pipe to Lava tank that leaked BADLY when we pressure tested it. We had a muddy river coming back at us.; IMG_0944.JPG (194.97 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Putting the door back on the (stealth) potty car used in charter work.; IMG_0945.JPG (115.72 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Putting the door back on the (stealth) potty car used in charter work.; IMG_0946.JPG (117.31 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Putting the door back on the (stealth) potty car used in charter work.; IMG_0947.JPG (97.57 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: Old toilets for car, (bet you wanted to see these things...); IMG_0948.JPG (122.8 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

: High side rider gon ready for paint and then charter work.; IMG_0949.JPG (90.42 KiB) Viewed 7412 times

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Re: The John Cole Collection (2016)

by Rebecca Falk » Sat Aug 06, 2016 6:15 am

Nice pics of the many different projects being worked on this year. It is hard to keep up with all of them. Thanks, John.

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Re: The John Cole Collection (2016)

by John Cole » Sat Aug 06, 2016 7:13 am

Becky, the amazing part is that other than the first two and last five photos were our projects. We were all over the railroad getting our stuff done.

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Re: The John Cole Collection (2016)

by Sharon Evans » Sat Aug 06, 2016 9:14 am

Nice stuff John and it was a pleasure meeting you.

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Re: The John Cole Collection (2016)

by Jason Rose » Sat Aug 06, 2016 1:04 pm

All of the captions from John have been added. My apologies for the wait.

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Re: The John Cole Collection (2016)

by Tom Casper » Sun Aug 07, 2016 7:20 am

now you get to correct the mis labeled ones. the fun never ends.

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Re: The John Cole Collection (2016)

by John Cole » Sun Aug 07, 2016 2:03 pm

Hi Sharon good meeting you too. Thanks for posting photos, I feel like I am the only team leader showing what we do on the internet.

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Re: The John Cole Collection (2016)

by Sharon Evans » Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:31 am

Thanks John, I will be posting more once I get them processed.

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Re: The John Cole Collection (2016)

by Robert Brigham » Mon Aug 08, 2016 2:30 pm

John,
Speaking as one who has not been out there in about 25 years, "the internet" thanks you very much for posting these pictures - we get to see what's been going on 'off-camera'. Hope I get to meet some of you folks at the fall photo special in October.
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Re: The John Cole Collection (2016)

by John Cole » Mon Aug 08, 2016 6:20 pm

Gee Robert your right in my neighborhood. I taught Auto Shop at Westchester High School and live in Granada Hills. Must drive by you almost every day.

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