| June 4 - Opening Day |
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How often do you see 36" gauge track panels? Materials are staged in the parking lot for the reconstruction of the Meadow Street crossing next to the EBT station. |
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While #14 is out of service, M-7 poses next to the flag pole at the picnic area with a regular passenger train. |
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The skilled welders of JC McHugh Locomotive Crane & Locomotive are busy doing major repairs to one of #14's spokes. |
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FEBT crews are busy rebuilding this side dump hopper for ballast work. The rebuilding is being done with heavier steel than it was origionally built with. |
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While a mason works on the bricks of the boiler house, a group works on the coalbin. They are preparing to demolish the structure to make way for a new reproduction. |
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Daniel brings the train to a stop to allow the brakeman to throw the wye switch. |
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One last photo of the Meadow Street crossing before it is ripped up Monday. |
| July 24 - FEBT Work Session |
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All that's left to do in the smoke box is to install the screen that helps keep large cinders from blowing out the stack. |
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FEBT members are helping EBT crews install the new boiler jacket on #15. |
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Frank is up on the ladder screwing in brackets that will draw the jacket sheets tight. |
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At one end of the paint shop windows are being painted for the creek side of the building. |
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Hopper 802 is progressing with the installation of slope sheets and some painting. |
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Over at the shop are rebuilt and repainted windows leaning against the buildings waiting for installation. |
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Rebuilding of the coal bin is coming along very well. The two wall frames have been erected and one wall is underway. |
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The previous evening, M-6 operated for the first time in almost 10 years. "All it needed was a clutch adjustment." A couple things will be repaired or replaced before officially returning to service. Big hand to Courtney and Henry. |
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Lee Rainey is hard at work on the overhaul of flatcar 119. |
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A sheet of jacketing is cut to fit the firebox. |
| September 11 - FEBT Work Session |
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EBT #15's number plate has been repainted. Imagine what one of these would sell for on Ebay. I hope we never find out. |
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JC McHugh is doing the repairs to M-7's blown generator. Her horn is being rebuilt while she's out of serive. |
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There's a lot of activity going on here at the shops. FEBT members are in the process of finishing painting the north wall of the machine shop. |