Mastodawn

Back at the shop today, trying to sort out why the speeder still won’t start. After extensive testing it looked like there was a severe exhaust restriction somewhere, so we started disassembling the exhaust system and found one! Sorted that out, replaced a fouled spark plug while we were at it, and it fired right up despite having been sitting outside at around 0°C all day! So happy to hear the putt putt sound again after all this time.

Now it’s on to all the smaller stuff. Sort out the rusty fuel tank, alternator issue, some lights, replacing some wood, and a bunch more. #choochoo

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Bob Jonkman Feb 21

@sen

I love the slighly irregular rhythm of that engine.

And was that the tourist train I heard in Elmira on Friday afternoon?

#WaterlooCentralRailway

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sen Feb 21

@bobjonkman if it was this past Friday we weren’t running passenger service, you probably heard us up switching freight cars around for Lanxess. They contract us to do their switching work at the Elmira plant a few afternoons a week. This helps fund our operation, keeps our equipment running frequently which it all prefers, and also the plant gets better service from us (who cares about their needs) than when they used to contract CN to do it (who very much did not) :)

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Bob Jonkman

@sen

Cool! Yes, yesterday afternoon I heard the train crossing whistle, and I know that other trains don't run during the day. But I didn't know Waterloo Central Railway did more than restore trains and run the tourist trains.

Yes, better to have local people invested in local wellbeing looking after the stuff in Lanxess railcars...