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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Thursday a run day, projects and repairs

Today we had a group of disabled people coming from a school in Minneapolis. We got going a little after nine and worked on several projects. Today Rich and Jack worked on Dougs locos and the club one-inch diesel F7A&B units. They installed new batteries and refilled the gear boxes with oil.

I worked with the tunnel lighting project preparing the metal jar lids for the light sockets. I wound up having to make a jig to hold the jar lids so I could clamp them in a vise. I bored the holes to clear the bushings that fit into the conduit for the light sockets.

Then I went up to the station to help the guys with the students. It turned out that we had many of the people needed and I was mainly a backup for whatever was needed. Finally lunch time and a chance for a break. After lunch back to help in the station until we got down to the last train and since they needed a conductor, I offered to help out and got a ride along on John Hamre's train. When we got back to the station we were done running.

Back to the tunnel light project and more holes. I was starting to get good good at making them in baby food jar lids. Next I started gluing them to the bushings and when that was done, then cleaning the adhesive from the labels off the bottle glass. Now it is all done I feel this is a good place to stop.

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