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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 26, 2023, 04:35:14 am

Title: Monon DS-50 Restoration Work Update February 25, 2023
Post by: Rick Berg on February 26, 2023, 04:35:14 am

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Monon DS-50 Restoration Work Update

Update by Les Beckman
February 25, 2023

HVRM President Todd Flanigan doing some recent needlescaling of the sandbox wall of Monon SW1 diesel # DS-50.

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John Melnik cutting some of the rusty bolts today, next to the sandbox on the DS-50.

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John and Todd are discussing plans for attaching the replacement cab to the DS-50.

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Don Phillips is seen putting some new bolts temporarily into the holes where the replacement cab will eventually be attached to the DS-50.

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John is smoothing the rough edges of the replacement cab.

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Tom Rainford is seen inside the replacement cab removing wood trim from around the rear cab door.
The wood trim for the windows on both sides of this door, were also removed.

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The Monon projects continue ongoing at Hoosier Valley!


Much more still to do, but we're getting there!

Title: Re: Monon DS-50 Restoration Work Update February 25, 2023
Post by: Chuck Stewart on February 26, 2023, 06:37:34 am

Thanks for the update!

Title: Re: Monon DS-50 Restoration Work Update February 25, 2023
Post by: Ryan Rybarczyk on February 26, 2023, 08:33:51 pm

Thank you for the update Rick!