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This shelf had 6 shocks and parts to be placed into the area they belong on the trucks. The first two had been installed a long time ago by another volunteer.
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Here is Car Barn cat he lives at Brightside and has chosen the SP 9010 to live underneath, This is as close as he let's us get to him. He always makes sure we feed him though!
The gear you see belongs to the Number 1 Transmission but that transmission is not there ad will not be there.
That is...
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Had to go help some other volunteers hold up a car and move a truck out while working on the SP 9010.
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There is ALWAYS more dirt! More grease and more walking. Of course there is something like 68 feet in length and 11 feet in width for the 9010 and I am ALWAYS at the far end of everything.
More cleaning areas
Since I could not reach into this small narrow space with the needle gun I had to...
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Thankfully there are some shop vacs around (cannot always find a hose but...)
At 11:00 it is lunch time! Usually, I am making lots of noise and have no idea what time it is. Since everyone wants to eat in piece the guys will just walk over to the timer switch on the compressor and turn it...
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Well after getting these cleaned up I washed the areas down with soapy water a few times because nothing with the 9010 is clean. Howard wanted the original color to be painted inside Dark Lark Grey
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The actual job that Howard "hired" me for (We both volunteer) was this one..... On the Krauss-Maffei are eight shocks and springs under those shocks. The springs are installed currently (you would have to lift the body of the locomotive off the trucks to access the springs). Where these...
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Where is this on the SP 9010?
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Red Ticket
First ride for the true Pioneers.
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M200 is in front of the Pioneers ready for the opening ceremonies.
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The 10:30 train headed to Niles leaving the track open for the M200 to cross back towards the station.
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Brian Wise (son) and Howard Wise (dad) the SP 9010 Krauss-Maffei Crew Chief. As the story goes Brian was around 5 years old when his Dad Howard brought him to Castro Point (where the original railroad started). Brian grew up at the yard there and learned to repair locomotives. After the PLA...
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