I went up to the museum the second week of May. I charged the battery on the Fairmount A6. It did not start right away. I put a little device on the spark plugs to check for spark. I was getting spark. I took the air cleaner off the carb and put some gas in the carb. the engine started up and ran well.

More pictures of the museum's 1939 GE Box Cab locomotive.

Night at the museum photos.

I went up to the museum last week. I charged the batteries on the Plymouth, the Whitcomb and the Fairmount. The weather was supposed to be nice but it was rainy windy, and cold. Here are a couple pictures of the Fairmount A6 speeder taken last week.

GE Boxcab waiting for help

The president of the Railway Museum applied for several grants for money to restore the 1939 GE Boxcab locomotive. One grant was turned down but the museum did receive a grant for about nine thousand dollars. That will be a help but the Boxcab is a big job. Many of the controls inside the loco are rusted solid. The whole inside was painted a light green color. all the paint is blistering. There is a lot of copper in the generator and the contactors. All of these electrical surfaces are corroded and need cleaned. There are many sub systems air compressor, air brakes, diesel fuel pump, lines, filters, cooling, electrical generator, motor and wiring that need overhauled.

Ray painted the GE 23 ton boxcab blue. This locomotive was first used by Lehigh Cement in New York. Jerry has made some new window frames for the cab and replaced some of the glass. Ray has obtained some grant money to repair and restore the boxcab. We are looking for some companies to donate some resources to repair the components and sub assemblies.

This is a video of the Museum's 1939 Boxcab locomotive. It is very original inside and hasn't been run in many years. It was parked outside for 8 years and the windows were broken by vandals. First priority is to make wooden window frames and get the broken glass replaced.