Michael Sol Collection - Milwaukee Road Archive

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Electrician Ted Veres is shown as he
fabricates a wiring harness. Over one
mile of new control wiring is installed
Electrician Ted Veres is shown as he
in each unit as it undergoes rebuilding.
fabricates a wiring harness. Over one
mile of new control wiring is installed
in each unit as it undergoes rebuilding.
GP-9s that were upgraded to 2,000
horsepower. The financial rewards
gained GP-9s inthat thewere 1970upgraded programto led 2,000 to
the horsepower. decision to The go ahead financial with the rewards current
gained program, in the Mr. 1970 Upton program said. led Theto
experience the decision gained to go then, ahead coupled with the with cur­
what rent he program, and his Mr. staff Upton have learned said. The in
visits experience to other gained railroads then, enaged coupled in with locomotive
what he and rebuilding, his staff is have resulting learned in in
the visits production to other railroads of a unitenaged superior in to lo­
anything comotive turned rebuilding, out byis the resulting shops in in
the the past. production of a unit superior to
anything The current turned program, out by which the shops is exin
pected the past. to extend into the early part
of 1973, The current has a team program, of25 experienced which is ex­
rebuilders pected to assigned extend into to the it, including early part
machinists, of 1973, has electricians, a team of25 boilermak­ experienced
ers, rebuilders carpenters, assigned pipe fitters to it, and including laborers.
machinists, Production electricians, averages about boilermak­ a unit
and ers, acarpenters, half per month. pipe fitters and laborers.
Production averages about a unit
Rebuilt Units Assigned
and a half per month.
to Coal Consists
The first Rebuilt of the Units rebuilt Assigned units went
into service during to Coal Consists April as part of a
coalThe trainfirst consist of the onrebuilt the Terre units Haute went
Division. into service Present during plans April call as part for the of a
remainder coal train consist of the on units the to Terre be given Haute
similar Division. assignments Present plans on thiscall high-den­ for the
sity remainder coal run. of the units to be given
similar assignments on this high-den­
From Lambs to Lions
sity coal run.
Once in the Milwaukee Shops, it
doesn't take From long Lambs for the to Lions 15-year-old
units Once to be in transformed. the Milwaukee First, Shops, theyit
undergo doesn't take a complete long for stripping. the 15-year-old Then,
the units frames to be are transformed. cleaned, straightened First, they
and undergo painted a complete and all salvageable stripping. parts Then,
are the reclaimed. frames are Next, cleaned, the long straightened hood is
straightened, and painted and repaired, all salvageable modified parts and
painted. are reclaimed. The height Next, ofthe thelong shorthood hoodis
isstraightened, lowered and the repaired, hood itself modified is modi­ and
fied painted. to accommodate The height aof new the headlight­ short hood
number is lowered boxand assembly. the hood Aitself newis modiprewiredfied to electrical accommodate cabinet a new isheadlight added.
Next, number a new box engine, assembly. a rebuilt A new generapretor,wired air compressor electrical cabinet and various is added. other
parts Next, are a new installed engine, and a rebuilt aligned, genera­ and
the tor, entire air compressor unit receives and its various final coat other
of parts paint. are Finally, installed before and aligned, being re­ and
leased the entire into unit trainreceives service, its thefinal unitcoat is
of paint. Finally, before being released
The into Milwaukee train service, Road the Magazine
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