Located at Penitentiary
Glen
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Our first scheduled work day at the track this year and we found that a tree service cut down the big oak tree by our smaller turntable. It was a massive oak tree that had dead limbs up in the top of it an needed to be removed. |
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We understand that the trunk was cut into logs and sold for veneering the lumber that it could be milled into. Unfortunately for us the tree dropped across the end of the tracks and the end of our turntable and bent things up pretty bad. |
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The tree drove the tracks into the ground along with the end of the turntable and support rail. Two more trees were felled, one adjacent to Willis Car Barn(center of picture) and a larger one (stump in upper left by boulder) but no damage to track. |
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The steel toggle handle, switch for the air compressor, on the GP38 was snapped off and found when we pushed the engine out of storage. Frank Smoley is removing the existing switch remains and replacing it with a new switch. |
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At Hose Master, our winter headquarters workshop, several riding strattle cars were fitted with a bulkhead of 3/4" plywood to protect the gap between the riding cars. Owners cars, such as Paul Zorko's riding cars were also fitted out with the bulkhead. |
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To maximize foot space, spacers were added at the ends of the cars on each end in case the cars were turned. A pair of riding cars showing how the bulkheads look when fitted to the cars. |
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In this case the spacer looks to be a 2x6 that was fastened to the end of the car and the bulkhead fastened to the spacer. On our 8 foot cars a 4x4 piece was used for a spacer which also helped for handle clearance. |
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Two of the oak logs giving you a size comparison with the truck in the background. Paul Emch and John Koontz looking in the barn as Ron Trenhaile, Wayne Boron and Frank Smoley check out the engine. |
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