I spent Saturday morning (Feb 12) at the HRRM. I've been wanting to do this for months, but my schedule never seems to line up with the monthly work days. This was a great day for things to work out; the weather was cool (26 at dawn) and the work was something I could easily help accomplish.

 

The mission for the day was to begin replacing all of the air hoses on the equipment. The museum is making preparations to move to a new location (not yet determined) some time in the next year. All of the existing hoses are older than the allowed 6 year life-span. So, all must replaced before UP will move the equipment.

 

The work was fun and the crew was great to hang out with. I'm looking forward to going back when our schedules align again.

The new air hoses

Here's the old hose on

the Helium car, just prior

to it's replacement

ATSF RPO 3401

The Helium Car

New and Used Air Hoses

Dave gets started

on the HE Car

George (top), Al (left),

Dave (right)

The Museum as viewed

from MP RPO 1416 at

the far east end

The end of the

 Museum's trackage

Al heats up a stuck connector on one of the old air hoses

A replaced hose

Al working hard

Two more replaced hoses

Dave and Al changing more air hoses.

Not all were easily accessible.

Applying pipe dope

 to a new hose

Teamwork

This isn't a view the average

tourist will ever see.

Heating up a stuck connector

Two new hoses ready to go.

Dave and Al hanging

a new hose

Dave connects the new hoses

Old hoses.

A few photos of the museums collection of equipment.