Hello all,
The workday went well at Steamtown today, I had a Two man crew plus my self of course. We now have a skilled Carpenter and a Fork Lift Operator on the team.
Today I work with our carpenter looking over the windows and doors for 565 and determine that there not the originals, so to do this right we need to fine out what kind of wood was used and what the windows and doors looked like.
Our fork lift operator "JT" was doing sandblasting on some of our larger parts.
Front driver's journals and grate shakers, plus we moved around a few bins in the store age room to see what else parts we have. We found out we have both connecting rod cranks and all the bolts and nuts that gose with the drive rods.
We also found out the Original wood is still in the cab and looks in radder good shape, a few pices needs to be replaced.
Our Carpenter lives in New Jersey and used to work with the Black River & Western Railway. So he knows steam a huge plus.
Here are a few pictures of the before and after of the parts that were cleaned.
Len.
PS. if I could have more help we could get more done.
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Here's one of the Engineer's side windows
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