Located at Penitentiary
Glen
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It lives! With the railroad signal light temporarily wired to see if we had all continuity through our wiring job we were rewarded with the individual signal bulbs lighting up. With such progress we could tackle the final wiring by placing the receiver and power supply in a waterproof box. |
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Paul Zorko laid on the ground and did the final wiring under the supervision of George Metts who was seated in the chair. They added the conduit box that's on the far side of the box you see that's open with the wires hanging out. |
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In checking out what the track crew was up to I found Rick Nagy and Dick Clark spreading ballast with our new ballast car that Karl Losely put together for us. The car is similar to the one that they saw at Bill Hayes' railroad but is modified to fit our storage area. |
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The engine maintenance crew were continuing the work on the new hydraulic system for the Park's locomotive. Steve Zaken stands behind the engine looking at the progress that has been made to date. |
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The crew had wrapped the exhaust pipe from the engine with the fiberglass cloth to insulate it from building up heat under the cowling. In this view you can see why we had to modify the pump mount housing to allow for clearance for the insulation of the exhaust pipe. |
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Wayne Boron pushes the Park engine off the lift into the storage barn as he's in need of parts that Dave Foster is supposed to be bringing later. At our ballast piles, Dick and Rick were loading the limestone ballast by shovel into the new ballasting hopper. |
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They only wanted a half load so the limestone was shoveled only into one half of the hopper instead of filling both sides with only a half level. I don't think anybody is going to miss those 5 and 6 gallon pails that we filled with balast which probably weighted between 60 and 85 pounds each that we lifted and carried and dumped in place. |
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The work train is now down to one gondola to hold our tools, rakes, brushes and shovels and the engine that pushes the ballast car. Dick uses a shovel to nudge the slide out that regulates how much stone will drop down through the spreading gate. |
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This shows the limestone ballast being dispensed through the gate as the engine slowly pushes the car forward spreading it along one side of the track although it is capable to do both sides at the same time. This is really slick and saves much backbreaking work. Thank you Karl! |
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This is how it spreads the ballast on the side of the track as the engine slowly pushes the ballast hopper along. Dick using the broom to just spread the ballast which is an easier task at this point. |
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Dick works his way down the track sweeping the ballast that they had placed after they lifted and leveled the track. Back up at the steaming bays the electrical conduit box has been mounted against the existing box and all the joints glued to keep out the water from the circuitry within. |
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