Toronto Railway Historical Association

Where have all of the workers gone!

Norm Betts, a professional photographer, has been photographing the progress of work at the roundhouse. Norm has kindly allowed us to present this intriguing shot of the CLC Whitcomb at rest amongst the shrink wrapped equipment.

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by Norm Betts

Workbenches and lorries - a weekend's work!

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This weekend, progress was amde on several fronts with the team of Dave W., Jason P., James R. and Michael G. forming the work team. Dave and James did a great job finishing off the new work bench. It now sports a vice at one end and a bench grinder about twenty-feet away at the other end and is resplendent in fresh yellow paint. Jason and Michael worked on the CLC-W diesel's rear engine fuel system
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A start was also made on restoration of an old CNR speeder lorry. This was acquired a couple of years ago in an intact but run down condition. We flipped it over onto four saw horses and removed the wheels, axles and bearings. One axle and pair of bearings is now clean and ready to re-assemble, the other is ready to clean. While we have it apart, the wooden frame will get some work and a new deck will be built.

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By Michael Guy with pictures courtesy of James R.

The Pit Jack in Action!

In this video by Michael Guy, a pit jack was hooked up last Monday to check its condition and measure the height to confirm it can be used in the museum to service locomotive 6213 in the future. Clcik on the arrow to watch it in action
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by Michael Guy, TRHA

Wheelpits, Pit Jacks & Platforms

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The high work platform looks nice in new yellow paint in this photo taken by Dave Wetherald. The platform will assist us in maintaining our CLC-W locomotive. The second photo shows a wheel set from locomotive #136 atop a pit jack in the roundhouse in 1977 in a photo provided by Grant Kingsland. This locomotive is now part of the South Simcoe Railway operation in Tottenham, Ontario just north of Toronto (see http://www.steamtrain.com/). In the final picture by Michael Guy, a pit jack was hooked up last Monday to check its condition and measure the height to confirm it can be used in the museum to service locomotive 6213 in the future. Watch the video in the next news entry to see the pit jack in action

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by Michael Guy, TRHA

More progress on cleaning out the roundhouse!

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Last week, work proceeded on the removal of unneeded work platforms in the roundhouse. In the picture at left, we see the new museum locomotive work platform with the CLC Whitcomb awaiting servicing. The centre picture shows stalls 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 without the passenger cars Cape Race and Jackman and without the yellow work platforms whcih occupied much of this space. The picture at right shows the fate of most of those same platforms.

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by Michael Guy, TRHA