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| Project: Restore cook car X54 as RPO 54. Todd Frazier drilling a pilot hole on the outside sill. |
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| Project: Milepost and whistle board maintenance. (L-R) Daniel and John Ferrell painting the new 307 milepost. |
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| Project: Scrap car 5510. G.O Gish is removing the number board from stock car 5510. This item may be offered at next year’s auction. |
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| Project: Rebuild of high side gondola 9558. Lee Parks is using a large pipe wrench to remove a pocket brace from high side gondola 9558. |
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| Project: Osier water tank ladder guard construction. Front view of the ladder guard. |
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| Project: Osier telegraph pole and wire installation. Kyle Norcross working on the telegraph pole. |
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| Project: Re-roof and walkway replacement on bunk car 04407. (L-R) George Detwiler, Michael O’Nele and Carl Olson working of the roof of 04982. |
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| Project: Rebuild of high side gondola 9558. Bill Pratt (team leader) is making measurements and notes to facilitate the rebuild of high side gondola 9558. |
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| Project: Rebuild of high side gondola 9558. Wendell Schweitzer and Bill Gartner are using a pipe wrench with a pipe extender to remove a square nut holding the coupler of high side gondola 9558 in place. |
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| Project: Chama freight car painting. Jace Drennan is painting the side of the intermodal container with boxcar red latex paint with instructions from Don Stewart (team leader). |
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| Project: Scrap car 5510. On the morning of day two, stock car 5510 is partially disassembled and has been moved in order to make parts removal easier. |
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| Project: Maintenance of wheels, brakes and safety appliances. Art Randall (team leader) is testing the air line on drop bottom gondola 811. |
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| Project: Restoration of derrick OP. Cletus Wander, Jim Millhouse, Jr., Bill Bigger, Jace Drennan, Don Deuell, Russ Hanscom (team leader). |
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| Project: Rebuild of high side gondola 9558. At the end of day two, the sides, ends and floor of high side gondola 9558 have been removed. |
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| Project: Restoration of derrick OP. Russ Hanscom (Team Leader) hammering one of the brace rods loose. |
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| Project: Rebuild of high side gondola 9558. (L-R) Bill Gartner using a helper rod to remove the nut while Marshall Smith holds the torch. |
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| Project: Restoration of Caboose 0503. Christopher James, Chuck Everitt and Mike Thode (team leader) are making final adjustments on the rebuilt truck for Caboose 0503. |
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| Project: Restoration of Caboose 0503. Bill Lock (Site Leader) watches Chuck Everitt and Mike Thode (team leader) roll the rebuilt truck under Caboose 0503. |
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| Project: Scrap car 5510. The Kubota pulling a coupler. Volunteers are Dennis Sterosky and Ted Smith. |
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| Project: Restoration of derrick OP. (L-R) Fred Kuhn and Daniel McGunegle removing bolts from the side of the A-frame. |
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| Project: Chama freight car painting. Don Stewart (team leader) is applying oil-based primer to the cupola of caboose 0503. |
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| Project: Restoration of derrick OP. Fred Kuhn looks at the mast after the rest of the A-frame has been removed. |
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| Project: Scrap car 5510. (L-R) Dennis Sterosky and Bill Lock (site leader) directing a railroad employee where to lay the truck on the track. |
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| Project: Rebuild of high side gondola 9558. Lee Parks is measuring for hole drilling on the second side sill for high side gondola 9558. |
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| Project: Restoration of Caboose 0503. David Priddle holds the tent flap as Marshal Smith continues to push caboose 0503 into the tent. |
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| Mast of derrick OP lowered to deck. |
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| All that is left of stock car 5510. The trucks will be used in the rehabilitation of stock car 5784. |
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| Scaffolding used to disassemble and lower the mast of derrick OP. |
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| Group photo of stock car 5510 demolition crew. (L-R) Dan Pyzel (team leader), Dennis Sterosky, Bill Lock, George Lawrence, G.O. Gish, Bryant Gish, and Bob Mundis. |
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| Using the Friends’ tractor to move a coupler from 5510 in preparation for transporting it to Antonito. |
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| Tom Schaffer, head of project ocumentation Tom Schaffer. Tom is from Florida and is serving as a summer intern with the Friends. |
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| Coupler and end sill being removed from stock car 5510. The couplers from 5510 were later moved to Antonito for use on newly acquired long stock car 5995. |
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| The Rio Grande method of locknuts: A piece of wood nailed to an intermediate sill. |
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| Removing decking of stock car 5510. Dennis Sterosky (left) and George Lawrence. |
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| Moving equipment by rolling machinery from OP platform car to adjoining flatcar. |
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| Moving of new side sill for high side gondola. It took man and machine power to move this puppy. |
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| Damage to side sill of derrick OP platform car. |
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| High side Gondola No. 9558 removing side sill. |
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| High side Gondola No. 9558 with sides and decking removed. |
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| View of stock car 5510 being demolished. |
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| Machinery and gears for derrick OP. Note the patent date on flywheel: June 10, 1890. |
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| Moving platform car out from under cab of derrick OP (moved to adjoining flatcar by rolling platform car out from underneath). |
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| Preparing to move OP’s cab. Foreground Bill Bigger, background Russ Hanscom (team leader). |
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| Side view of cab of derrick OP being lifted off of platform car. |
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| Lifting cab on derrick OP prior to removing to adjoining flat car. |
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| George Lawrence working on stock car 5510 (see car number on inside end sill). |
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| George Lawrence (foreground) and Dan Pyzel working on stock car 5510 demolition. |
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| Dennis Sterosky preparing for demolition of stock car 5510. |
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| The “B” end of stock car 5510 prior to demolition. Bryant Gish with tools ready in the foreground. |
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| Stock car 5510 prior to beginning of demolition work. |
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| Side of the passenger car “Cresco” with the Chama depot reflecting in its windows. |
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| Project: Osier water tank ladder guard construction. Gene Balderston, Ron Carder, and Emmanuel Lopez installing official D&RGW water tank safety door. |
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| Project: Osier water tank ladder guard construction. Gene Balderston, Ron Carder, and Emmanuel Lopez installing official D&RGW water tank safety door. |
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| Project: Osier water tank ladder guard construction. Water tank safety door latch. Bruce Bloom and Emmanuel Lopez. |
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| Project: Osier water tank ladder guard construction. Ron Carder painting water tank safety door. |
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| Project: Osier telegraph pole installation. New telegraph poles on the east side of the dining hall. |
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| Osier Session D crew photo. Front row (L-R): Fred Kuhns, John Norcross, Gabe Karns, Ted Norcross, Johnnie Ruhr, John Ruhr. Second row: Chris Trunk, Chris Norcross, Emmanuel Lopez, Bernadette Karns, Maggie Karns Back row: Dan Robbins, Kyle Norcross, Scott Hardy. (Andrew Norcross taking picture.) |
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| Project: Osier telegraph pole installation. Adding cross arm. Kyle Norcross (on ladder), Fred Khunes. |
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| Project: Osier telegraph pole installation. Adding cross arm. Kyle Norcross (on ladder), Chris Trunk, Emmanuel Lopez, Chris Norcross, Maggie Karns, and Gabe Karns lending support. |
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| Railroad gravel work. Chris Trunk, Emanuel Lopez, Gabe Karns, Chris Norcross, Bernadette Karns, Maggie Karns. |
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| Railroad gravel work. Chris Trunk, Emmanuel Lopez, Chris Norcross. |
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| Railroad backhoe. Emmanuel Lopez, Gabe Karns. |
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| Project: Osier telegraph pole installation. Kyle Norcross (operating), Chris Trunk, Emmanuel Lopez. |
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| Project: Osier telegraph pole installation. Pole line looking west toward dining hall. |
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| Project: Osier telegraph pole installation. Installing missing ground wire. Kyle Norcross (operating), Chris Trunk. |
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