Week 275

Week 275

Sunday, November 3, 2019 thru Saturday, November 9, 2019

Sunday, November 3, 2019

NTA

Monday, November 4, 2019

No train day today.
Rob Fair was sick.
I did get some work done on the 85' piggy-back flat cars.

First, I decided, after many years of inactivity, to finish two 85' piggy-back flat cars.

Laying out all the parts.

Removing the plastic wheel sets.

Metal wheel sets installed, now ready for the hitches.

Almost done. Just need to let the hitch system dry after gluing together.

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

More work on the RR...

Finished assembling the flat car kit.
Now time to weather...

I used the brown wood filler stick and gray grout powder to weather.

After car inspection and now ready for test run.

Loaded with "piggies"

I bought some hitches, but I don't think these will work.
I will contact Atheran and order the parts to complete what is incomplete right now.

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Train Day!
with Cam (4-5:45pm 1.75 hrs.) and Jordan

Cam getting ready for Train Day!

Working on getting some tunes on the tablet.

The UP/CNW engines return to Engine Facility.

On their way...

We set up the 3 sections of the test train and now ready to put it together.

Here are the three sections of trains that will make up our test train.

We brought out the SD38-2 CNW sound engines to run the test train.
Here you can see the train has been put together and heading eastbound.

Jordan doing a little jig before he calls it a day.

Jordan gives his farewell greeting which looks a lot like his hello greeting.

Thursday, November 7, 2019

NTA

Friday, November 8, 2019

I subbed today but had a break midday to come home and work on the train.
Check this out...

I'm finally going to put this kit together today!!

A discontinued blue box kit.

Here are all the parts laid out nice and neat.
I don't have My directions so I hope I can figure out what goes where.

I'll start putting together the pieces that are obvious.
Here we go.

I glued the truck wheel assembly to the underframe.
Another successful project completed.

I installed these door bars on the back of this semi-trailer.
Another successful project completed.

I was going to update the maintenance log, but realized I can't remember which cars were actually on the test track. It may be easier to fill out paperwork first and then do the d a tablet entry after the test is run from the completed paperwork. Yes, it's a work in progress.

 After I returned from my SUB assignment, I finished the well car kit...

I started with the walk ways...

Next, I added the weights.

After the weights, I began to attach the trucks.

Then I added the couplers between the well cars.

That left the coupler supports between each well car and the two brake wheel assemblies for either end.

Finished!
Here they are on the mainline.

Drone shot.

Another perspective.

Back at the workbench...ready for the next project.
You can't really see it, but I'm going to get an EOT device working in a cupola UP caboose.

More tomorrow...

Saturday, November 9, 2019

Here's the 5-car Well cars ready for container loads.
Watch the loads on the left of the screen disappear and reappear in the well cars...next picture...

Here they are ready to be added to the train waiting at Proviso Yard...next picture...

Here's the 5-car well cars hitched up to the rest of the intermodal train at Proviso Yard track 1 UP westbound.