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Love me some #Eurostar action. Really friendly train team too. Yay. #interrail #WineOnTrains #ChooChoo
I also started blasting 102 years of paint and grime off her builders’ plates, to get ready to have them powder coated (then the text re-painted). It’s a slow process but I don’t want to damage it, so am running fairly low pressure and more walnut than glass bead in the blasting media mix. #choochoo
Spent a bunch of time inside #9’s firebox today, getting more stays fit up. It used to be pretty bright inside from all the holes, but as we get most of the stays in it’s gotten super dark!
In normal operation there would be more stuff in here (still to be assembled), and the floor would be made of grates and covered in coal (which someone would be shoveling in through that big hole in the back sheet). It would also be a fair bit warmer :) #choochoo
Flexible stay day! The boiler is made of inner and outer sheets, between which is water when in operation. As things heat up the geometry changes and, if everything was securely bolted together, it would break its bolts. Flexible stays get welded to the inner sheets only, with the outer side having a ball on it that fits into a collar with a cup. This lets the sheets move relative to one another but still stay where they need to stay.
We cut many flexible stays to the right lengths and fit them today, in the next few weeks we’ll be ready for the certified welders to come in and finish welding everything up! #choochoo
Heading north again. I'd hoped to go from here to Málaga and then Barcelona but the tickets were too expensive and so I'm just retracing my routes. Anyway. #Choochoo #Renfe #Algeciras #Madrid
So much going on at the shop today. First off, 1012 has a broken cooling fan mount, so it’s been pulled apart and the cooling fan assembly taken out to weld. Definitely the largest fan I’ve seen in awhile! #choochoo
Spent the day cleaning really a lot of grime off #9, our 1923 MLW 0-6-0, as part of her refurb. Shines up pretty well for a locomotive of 102 years old! This bit alone is about 4 hours of work with brake cleaner, rust remover, and scouring pads. #choochoo
My first go on a Spanish #Renfe #train which is already late. First class "is not here today".
The old Spanish women in the seats in front of me have the ability to speak continuously without being bothered by trifling matters such as stopping for breath. Some French passengers opposite them are optimistically demonstrating the whisper.
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Today, I invite you to the crazy place that is the XMPP Railway Yard!
This #Jabber / #XMPP channel has a wide variety of people from all over the world, from #train geeks to #FuckCars fanatics to everyday folks who just think trains are cool.
https://xmpp.link/#trains@conference.jabjab.de?join
(Warning - brain damage!)
As before, if you're new to XMPP, this guide has everything you need to get started.
https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html
#Zug, but not the #choochoo kind.
Sparkly-tat tour, day two: Zug – Siège avec vue
https://siegeavecvue.eu/2024/11/28/sparkly-tat-tour-day-two-zug/
Also welcome WCRX 8140 to the team, an EMD SW1200 that was getting a shakedown run in between the holiday train runs today. Mostly good, just a few minor things found. #choochoo
Not #BlackFriday, but the #Interrail site seems to be having a 25% off sale on global passes until the 17th December. #choochoo
250,000lbs running along a siding that hasn’t been used in a bit sure makes a lot of creaking! #choochoo
(This was all one move, couple engine 1002 to coach 1978, couple 1978 to coach 1437, couple 1437 to baggage car 81, pull them all out one car length so welding could be done outdoors on 1437 and ladders could be set up alongside 81 in the shop for lighting work) #choochoo
Lots of shuffling trains around today as we gear up for holiday train season! #choochoo