Upcoming Work Session on Johnstown Traction Company #311: January 11-12, 2013

Happy New Year!

With the holidays coming to a close, the efforts of the Rockhill Trolley Museum to complete the restoration of its first car, Johnstown Traction Company #311, are moving forward again.

There will be multiple work sessions in the winter and spring of 2013 to complete the project and return this historic and popular car to public operation.  The first of these work sessions in Friday, January 11 and Saturday, January 12, weather permitting.

Joel Salomon will be at the museum starting at noon on January 11 for any volunteer who wishes to get an early start on the weekend.  I will be joining him on early Saturday morning, January 12.

In the event of extremely cold or inclement weather, a cancellation notice will be posted to this site and an email sent to the RTY Maintenance Distribution list by 7AM Friday, January 11.

Prioritized goals for this session are as follows:

• Continue underbody preservation work (see photo below)
• Continue overhaul of door engines
• Move rebuilt 77E trucks from Carbarn 2 to Buehler Shop for pre-installation work and move 27F trucks for Valley Railways #12 into protected storage in Carbarn 2

If sufficient help is available, it would also be desirable to move STC sweeper #107 to the front of Carbarn #2 and P&W plow #10 to the front of Carbarn #1 in the event of heavy snows later this winter.  However, this is the lowest priority for the session.  We want to get #311 completed!

December 2012 Work on JTC #311

Additional progress was made on JTC #311 this past December 8, thanks to the dedication of Rick Hoffmeister with a little assistance by me (although the vast majority of work completed was due to Rick).  Progress made was as follows:

• Marking of underfloor members to be replaced in their entirety
• Preservation work in the area above the air compressor

The photo pasted below shows the area completed by Rick.

 

We hope to see you on January 11-12.  New Volunteers always welcome!  Feel free to contact me at mwntrolley@aol.com or Joel Salomon at jdstrolley@ptd.net for any questions.

 

Best wishes,

Matt Nawn