Charge the battery and watch trains.

The Whitcomb locomotive Is run in warm weather. Right now the N.S. Dash 8 has the Whitcomb penned in. I charged the batteries in Feb 2014. Here is a video from March 2014.

The Whitcomb was painted by Jeff and Jim. I painted the inside of the cab 3 years ago and it needs freshened up.

Train watching in North East Pa

I heard that the Whitcomb is going to be repainted by a group from Greeville Pa. Here is some video from June.

Summer 2013.. Whats going on at the museum? Well 3 passenger cars are leaving on lease to a scenic railroad. 3 Passenger cars are “coming home” from being stored at other locations. Norfolk Southern RR donated a GE manufacture Dash 8 locomotive to the museum. In preparation for the Dash 8 locomotive the Amtrak passenger car was moved around. Since the track in front of the station was clear, we had a chance to move the Whitcomb around. Mark and Ray removed the chocks and I ran the loco up to the driveway. Mark has that video. Here is the GE 25 ton moving the Amtrak coach.

Tuesday May 1st I charged up the battery in the Whitcomb. CSX had some ballast equipment on the siding. I am working on the Museum’s A6 speeder replacing the plywood on the cars end platforms. The Whitcomb has several small problems that I have not resolved yet. The front of the locomotive seems to slope down for some reason or it’s the section of track that it is on. The clutch does not fully disengage causing the gears to grind when putting in gear and after it runs down the track and back it seems starved for gas.

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.

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.