319 Brake Work

We had noticed that the 319 was not operating quite right when running in one direction; there was a rubbing noise and a noticeable retarding effect. I pulled it over the pit today to investigate. We were suspecting a problem with one or more motors, but now think this is due to a brake problem. That's good news; it will be perhaps easier and certainly cheaper to fix a problem with the brake rigging. I made some changes to the brake rod connections and replaced two brake shoes. We'll want to replace at least two more. Joe Stupar helped a lot with this difficult task.

The 308 and 309 were operating today; they'll be running again tomorrow. Jerry was working on two of the 1-50 cars, which gave me an opportunity to move our scaffold back to track 84. This will enable us to finish work on the roof.

And our friend Ray Cosyn was visiting from California. In late afternoon, it started to rain, so we had to put everything away quickly. It was just like one of those cartoons where there's a little dark raincloud right over somebody's head, pouring water over him while everybody else is dry. But we're used to it.