Week 64

Week 64

brought in much better progress as you will see in these pictures...

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

 Dean Hatzis getting ready to start the work day.

As you can see we've cleared out the Metra/West Chicago yard.

This is one of two projects to work on this week.

 Ed Nelson getting some tools ready for Project 1.

 Jordan Osborn is my "go to" guy.

If I need a tool he is the guy to "go to".

Yeah, it looks like he's sitting on the job, but really he and I worked on Project 2.

We picked up where Carlos left off on the feeder to bus wire suitcase connections.

So all our work tonight was done on the ground.

 Back to Ed and Dean working on the Metra/West Chicago yard.

I purchased a slip switch at B&G this afternoon.

They are figuring out how it fits into the yard.

 Making progress on Project 1.

Jordan Osborn taking a look over their shoulders.

We had a visitor. My son, Ben, stopped by to say, "Hey".

 The three amigos putting the finishing touches on Project 1.

 Another shot...

And then across the isle.

 Here's the finished product.

Can you spot the slip switch?

I needed the slip switch so the commuter coaches from the cleaning tracks (foreground) wouldn't have to go back through the repair shop to get back to the yard.

 Jordan and I nearly finished the feeder to bus suitcase connectors on the Proviso Mainline tracks.

Wires still hanging from the elevated mainline tracks to the right.

Neat and tidy on the Proviso Mainline tracks to the left.

One more shot of the suitcase connectors where Carlos finished last time and we picked up this time.