Equipment Car 1015 - Official Work Thread

[Marcel Levesque]

I think NASA launched a smaller one of these to Mars a few years back.......

[Jeff Schumaker]

Impressive work, Mike.

Jeff S.

[Bill Sample]

I'll bet Mike has already began to design some hi-rail gear for this

[Paul Uhland]

See if WW&F can get somebody to donate this mini cherry picker.
Wonder if Home Depot rents these yet? They do bigger ones.

[Mike Fox]

Well there are some wheels kicking around..would make a nice platform to shoot pictures and video from

[Mike Fox]

Snow day today, so I did a little puttering in my shop around the woodstove. I have gotten 2 of the bearing mounts assembled onto the springs.

[Mike Fox]

The modified tongue of the equipment car looks like this. It is still upside down. Kept this as a storage area.

[Jason M Lamontagne]

The storage area is working great- just as designed.

Car looks great.  Getting wheels done is a priority.

see ya
Jason

[Mike Fox]

Any flat surface becomes instant storage. You guys are going to miss having a table so close to your work.

[Jason M Lamontagne]

Man, those wheels are going to take a long, long time to finish...

[Mike Fox]

At least the paint will be dry then

[John McNamara]

At least the paint will be dry then

I saw a picture of Bryce and Dan sitting on it. I hope it was dry then, or they'll suffer from Yellow Butt.

[Mike Fox]

Lumber for the decking is now soaking in water. It needs to be bent Saturday during installation, and ringing wet is the way to do it.

[Paul Uhland]

Mike...I'm suspecting you are building in a slanted, load/unload ramp end. Can't wait to see the results!
Is re-gauging the axles a challenge?

[Mike Fox]

Not a challenge for me Paul. I let the machine shop crew figure that out. Jason made a plan, and they are almost done. Decking Saturday will really change the looks of the car.