Joe Posted July 1, 2010 Author Share #26 Posted July 1, 2010 You bastard, I left the cotter pins on the gear case for you! Haha. On the #1 end gear case, I cut my arm nicely on the plastic insulators behind the shoe beams. That nut was very tedious to tighten up. As for the car-borne tripping device..."oh for the love of George Westinghouse!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted July 1, 2010 Share #27 Posted July 1, 2010 BTW as an update to this thread MOST of 1689's truck is back together. All necessary welding/solder work has been completed (this was minor and unrelated to the structure of the truck), most of the truck has the cotter pins back in it, the car borne tripping device was reinstalled, and only a few things remain. Namely, dropping grease into the gear case, cottering up the gear case nuts/bolts, and possibly a second coat of paint. Also remaining is installing the cleats so that the motor leads are placed correctly and regreasing the center casting. After the truck is placed back underneath the R9, the shoe beams will be reattached. So we are nearing the end. Soon 1689 will be fully operational again, barring any unforeseen setbacks. TRIP COCK, it's a motherf**king TRIP COCK! Now is the train a lay-up or pit in and are all the angle cocks set? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted July 1, 2010 Share #28 Posted July 1, 2010 TRIP COCK, it's a motherf**king TRIP COCK! Now is the train a lay-up or pit in and are all the angle cocks set? Geez you sound like our resident chief engineer. Sounds like you got too much COCK on the brain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted July 1, 2010 Share #29 Posted July 1, 2010 On the #1 end gear case, I cut my arm nicely on the plastic insulators behind the shoe beams. That nut was very tedious to tighten up. My new thing has been pinching the skin of my index fingers, most recently between a bolthead and the truck frame... As for the car-borne tripping device..."oh for the love of George Westinghouse!" He'll get over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted July 1, 2010 Share #30 Posted July 1, 2010 Geez you sound like our resident chief engineer. Sounds like you got too much COCK on the brain... Someone's funny.... Is JH going to leave the trip functioning or is he going to cut it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted July 1, 2010 Share #31 Posted July 1, 2010 Someone's funny.... Is JH going to leave the trip functioning or is he going to cut it out? He's going to cut it out since it won't serve any purpose on the railroad except to unexpectedly cause flat wheels and long toss customers and crew should we encounter some debris or a well placed rock down the mainline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share #32 Posted July 13, 2010 Well the motor truck was reinstalled today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted July 13, 2010 Share #33 Posted July 13, 2010 Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted July 14, 2010 Share #34 Posted July 14, 2010 Well the motor truck was reinstalled today. Heh...I take it at 5:14am you had just finished reinstalling those cleats, that motor lead terminal, and huff and puffed that truck back under the car with the lining bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted July 14, 2010 Share #35 Posted July 14, 2010 Which truck is temporarily being used on 1689 while this one was getting repaired? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted July 14, 2010 Share #36 Posted July 14, 2010 Which truck is temporarily being used on 1689 while this one was getting repaired? A modified Broad Street subway car truck was used as a shop truck between November and this past week while we overhauled 1689's real motor truck. (The Broad Street truck was the really rusty looking thing you probably saw when you came up). Now, 1689 has its truck back. Soon, the car will be ready to run again barring any unforeseen setbacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 14, 2010 Author Share #37 Posted July 14, 2010 Pulled the battery box out today as well as began working on the brakes. Before anything, we have to find a good equalizing portion to put on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 14, 2010 Author Share #38 Posted July 14, 2010 Just a quick mobile phone photo of the car in the shop. It's a lot more imposing in-person than it appears to be. The car is much longer and wider than the cars that usually find themselves in the shop. The truck you see in front of the car isn't related at all to 1689 (it's a truck for an Atlanta streetcar). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted July 14, 2010 Share #39 Posted July 14, 2010 Are you going to be there this Saturday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 14, 2010 Author Share #40 Posted July 14, 2010 Yeah, Saturday will be my last day in 'staven this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted July 14, 2010 Share #41 Posted July 14, 2010 I might come up and do some work on the car, what else is in the works for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 14, 2010 Author Share #42 Posted July 14, 2010 The brake rigging needs to be connected, new battery box made, controller serviced, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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