Maintenance Shop

Happy June to all ~

This week I snapped some photos in the Laurel Yard, and did some maintenance-type work in the Train Room.

On Sunday, while returning from picking up some top soil at a greenhouse, I checked out the happenings near the turntable in the Laurel Yard. I saw some MRL and BNSF locomotives, and one out-of-place UP engine. Nearby, the railroad-tie train was parked, which I wrote in detail about in a previous posting. Also standing by was a Loram track-testing train.

In the world of Model Trains, I did some office work. We store our important papers in a filing cabinet in the Train Room, and some sorting was long overdue. So, I put away a lot of papers and shredded the ones we didn't want to keep. After that, I got out the Lionel Service Manual and the Lionel Maintenance Kit. I familiarized myself with what parts of the locomotives required lubricant or oil, and serviced the following engines: MRL SD6, CNW GP7 1518, PRR GG1, CNW E4, Handcar, CNW 0-8-0, and the Trolley. I tested everything well, and let the lubricant settle in. I only serviced the visible parts - I did not perform maintenance on the motors this time around.

I hope you enjoy your week, and keep your rails shiny ~

Lionel Maintenance Kit and Service Manual

Applying lubricant to the gears on this truck