At least that's what the blue sign says. Today I did the inspection on the 308, and everything got finished. Tim helped for a while by running the pump for lubricating the armature bearings. I should have taken some pictures of what he's doing on the1268; today he laid out the numbers on the sides of the car, among other things.After the lubrication was done, I pulled the 309 out and made up the train in preparation for revenue service. As mentioned before, we'll be running all three days over Memorial Day weekend.
Here's a couple of close-ups showing how a Van Dorn coupler is mounted, if you were wondering. I measured the springs, and it appears either one should compress no more than 2". 
Somehow it seems like a lot more than that when we're switching!
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