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MONON Rolling Stock Collections at the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum => Monon EMD SW1 DS-50 => Topic started by: Rick Berg on February 13, 2022, 02:17:56 pm
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Monon DS-50 Restoration Work Update
Update by Les Beckman
Feb 12, 2022
A very cold day in North Judson today but the wood stove in the West Annex of the shop building, kept things comfortable.
HVRM member Tom Rainford pounding out a slight bow in a metal step from the stepwell leading in to the SW1's cab.
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The engineers side of the cab after the complete removal of the wood floor.
Note the round hole where the control stand sat.
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This shows the center portion of the cab looking toward the electrical cabinet.
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Here we see Mark Belmonte (at left) and David Miller, starting their effort to remove the steel electrical cabinet.
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The work to remove the cabinet, was successful.
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Here is the electrical cabinet and the control stand, sitting on the floor of the museum's Shop.
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