Week 399

 Sun, Mar 20, 2022 thru Sat, Mar 26, 2022

Sun, Mar 20, 2022

No train activity today.

Mon, Mar 21, 2022

Train Day!

w/Rob Fair & Jordan Osborn

6-8pm 2 hrs.

Did some work, ran some trains, had some fun...

Our first order of business is to take care of 
Crossover Switch #3. Well done, Mr. Rob.

Jordan Osborn and his friendly greeting! :)

Crossover #3 working fantastic!

Duration: 00:00:18 sec.

Picking up 2 cars that were left behind during
Train 5D classification

Finishing touches on putting Train 5D back in order

Duration: 00:00:05

Pulling Four Road Power Engines all

GP38-2 for 1960's Train 3A

Duration: 00:00:30 sec.

Finished attaching the caboose to the end of Train 3A

Duration: 00:00:30 sec.

After connecting caboose to end of train,

Light Power Runaround to front of EB Train 3A

Duration: 00:00:18 sec.

Connecting Road Power to 1st Car on Train 3A

Duration: 00:00:00 sec.

Pulling Train 3A out of Proviso Yard CNW Track 2

Duration: 00:00:15 sec.

Making the 2% climb right out of the yard

Duration: 00:00:34 sec.

Rounding the bend after Oak Park Marion Street

Duration: 00:00:19 sec.

Train 3A rumbling through Geneva

Duration: 00:00:31 sec.

Finally, some feeder wire work under 

California Avenue Maintenance Facility

Duration: 00:00:31 sec.

Tue, Mar 22, 2022

Finished putting away 1960's Train 3A into PYUP Track 2.

I didn't need to split up the train so I have PYUP Track 3 still open.

Wed, Mar 23, 2022

At the workbench today...

I had a few cars that need some attention.

After putting them through inspection, I transfer
the Inspection report to the RIP Track section to 
prepare for the Test Run.

Here are the two cars waiting at RIP Track 3 for
the next Test Train.

Thu, Mar 24, 2022

More work at the workbench...

It's funny how once you get started, it's hard to stop.

I need to finish these two cars.

As soon as these cars are finished they'll join the
others at the RIP (Repair In Place) Tracks.

Fri, Mar 25, 2022

Since this car had couplers mounted to the truck,
I had to remove the couplers from the trucks, and
add them to the body. I had to remove the middle
piece and add the outer pieces to the end of the car.

Here's the car with the middle piece gone and the
draft gear box attached for the coupler.

These are two other cars I'll be working on today
and tomorrow...

Sat, Mar 26, 2022

Finishing up the car from yesterday. Now I've added
the couplers to the draft gear box and attached the cover.

The cars I've been working on the last few days
are now ready for the TEST Train.

My goal this week was to finish getting all the cars
in the cubbies ready for service.

Workbench is cleared.

These are all the cars I put through inspection and
adjusted accordingly.

Each car has it's own separate Inspection Report.