Commentary about volunteering to overhaul the 200 hp LeRoi engine in a Whitcomb switch locomotive for a non profit museum. I got it running in 2009. TitanX Donated a new radiator core in 2011. Plymouth locomotive arrives 2014.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Fairmont A6 heavy duty speeder was obtained by the museum in a trade from the Ashtabula antique engine society. The speeder was used on the Bessemer and Lake Erie railroad located in NE Ohio and North Western Pa. The speeder looks pretty rough. Its got a lot of suface rust and its been canabalized.
I plan to change the gas, oil and antifreeze, replace the missing carburetor and brake parts and see if it runs. When the weather gets better I will wire brush and scrape the rust and paint it. I would like to paint it New York central Gray but the museum might want it BLE.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
I have been charging the battery and starting the Whitcomb about once a month during the summer. The town of North East Penna. hosts a wine festival in September of each year. The train museum is on the bus tour for the festival and featured an all night photo shoot this year. I charged up the battery and topped off the radiator in preparation for a short run. Several museum members including Charlie helped me run the Whitcomb, Charlie's wife took the picture below.
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