Session F1 photos from the chroniclers 22, 23 and 24 July

[Sharon Evans]

As with session E, the length of these thread gets way too long if I try to put the entire week into one, so am splitting F1 up. This thread will contain 22 July as well as 23d.

Outside the CRF as the sun rises on a new work day

A Friends member is in the parts room

Pat Maufrais is hard at work getting the photos done

Cleaning is all important in this time

Two of the fine Friends pose for their picture

Working on the shop press

The walkway boards over the tracks have been secured

This is a piece of support equipment that I have not seen before, an all terrain forklift

The tank car sitting on its cribbing as it waits the new truck

This heavy duty fork lift is setting the rebuilt truck down

The replacement truck for the other end is being rolled into place

The truck is being replaced at the other end of the tank car

Greasing the bearing plate of the truck before the car is set back down

One of the old truck sets from the tank car

Working on the roof of a caboose, 5635 maybe or the 0306

The top of the MW02 as it is stripped

A close up shot of a roof corner on MW02 showing the work needed

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[Sharon Evans]

The photos for 23 July work day.

Raking in the new gravel bed for the walkway

The loader is moving a load of gravel

Doing some finishing work on the new walkway

The new walkway looks finished

The new decking on the steel flat car is done and waiting sealing

The heavy forklift is moving a rack of some kind

Touch up work on the railings of this caboose

The MW02 is slowly coming apart

Looking at the end of MW02

The builders plate to a Fairmount machine, the MW02 maybe

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[Sharon Evans]

The final day of session F1, 24 July.

The new deck of the steel flat car has been sealed

Touch up work continues on the caboose

New couplers with their hardware

A nice overview of the motor for MW02 from the right side

A nice overview of the left side of the motor for MW02

Looking at the interior panel of the MW02

Looking at the inside of MW02

Looking down at the bottom sill showing the condition of the wood

Further look at the deterioration of the wood inside MW02

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