Located at Penitentiary
Glen
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Truman Hefner and Frank Foti pose for a picture after Truman delivered a engine lift purchased by Frank. Frank pushing the lift over by his engine. |
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Dick Clark and George Davidson discuss the layout of the new crossing. Dave Foster used AutoCad to make the layout and print it out full size on paper we taped to 1/4" steel plate. |
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Dick sights down the rail to check to see if it is straight. George is filing the ends of the cut rail to remove any burrs. |
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George Woodling using the hack saw until we found out the plant had a metal cutting band saw. March 1st I found that the progress on the double crossing had the main rails cut to length and welded down to the plate. |
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George Woodling, Frank Foti, Dick Clark and Joe Banzer taking a few minutes before starting work. Another view of the double crossing with the guard rails just sitting in place. |
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Two more views of the crossing and steel plate sitting on Franks engine lift. The angles were 90 degrees and 83 degrees for the crossings. |
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The guys are discussing the gap required and the trimming of the foot of the guard rails. Chris Ashley of Hose Master with the torch, George, Dick and Frank place guard rails in the vise to be heated for bending one end. |
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Chris heating the rail to a straw color. George is checking that the guard rails are not too long since we need them in all four sides of the crossing. |
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We had two rails welded together with a plate welded across the end about 3 inches up to act as a depth gage and slipped this over the rail to be bent to keep it from twisting when bending the end. |
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Here you can see the double rails that are welded together and the spacer plate at the bottom. Frank handing the quenched rail from the water tank in foreground to George. |
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George checking the bends and for burrs on the ends. Looking pretty good, the rails are laying flat on the plate which indicates that they didn't twist during bending. |
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Chris back at his welding station TIG welds the guard rails down to the plate. We placed 1/4" spacers between the rails for the welding of guard rails. |
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Here is what the TIG welding looks like without the flash from the camera as Chris works around the crossing welding the rail down. |
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A job well done, Thanks Chris. We even put weld between the rails at the ends to keep the guard rail from possibility of rolling from a derail. George checking the rail for wheel flange clearance. |
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Bill Deptowicz cutting the flange clearances in the mainline rails. Next time I'll bring my muffs and goggles. The finished double crossing in the back of Dick's van. A productive work session. |
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