The weak that was at Arden Dec 9-15

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Opening on a positive note is this photo from Scott Becker with Michael Buchta showing off woodwork he refinished for Red Arrow 73.  The electric cart he is working on was conceived by Sarah, Bear Kendlick and various young people, with 4013 and the PaTransit and T decals that Sarah produced and applied. Doesn't it look great!  I recently noticed that Devin Mooney posted photos of this previously here on the Volunteer page.

 

  

Starting with December 14 here's the crew erecting the frame for the new sign at the Electric Way entrance.  It's just a sign and not animated like the one at the old site.  As of Friday the electricians were still working to get the wires over to it along with wiring for the street lights for which bases were poured.

 

If you are reading this, congratulations for having too much time on your hands and being curious.

 

I noted this pallet full of stuff at reliance on Thursday. I have to get the aftermath photos this afternoon.  Perhaps needless to say the west entrance needed to be rendered less inviting to those pulling in thinking PTM was still there.  Below is the the new wide open sidewalk!

Next is a whole group of photos of my focus for this week.  The big day for this work was Tuesday when Jack Demnyan was able to come help on 8042.  I was concentrating on the trip gate for the lifeguard basket while Jack sanded and painted a seat for the car.

Bill Shaw prepped the "sticks" for the lifeguard basket and the trip gate seen above.  He rounded the edges with a hand router and then I got the gray paint on them.  I lined up the metal brackets and sticks on the work table and am now in the process of installing the gate on the car. 

This photo shows Keith Bray's craftmanship in the making, fitting and hanging of the folding doors.  Keith also made a new folding step board and fitted up the linkage so that everything works in tune.
 

 

Further craftsmanship is illustrated with the fitting of the dash aprons.

 

 

This past week we received a pair of Peckham 4.5' wheelbase trucks 5'2-1/4 gauge, removed from Philadelphia Transportation D7

 

 

 

Here's a look at the seats for 8042 which Keith removed for the rebuilding of the left rear bolster end back in 2020.  They were painted brown for the 1976 overhaul of the car for use at Independence Hall.  Jack Demnyan has strained the green paint and applied a couple of coats to the first two seats.  We will be painting all of these forward facing seats as work to overhaul the interior continues.