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 Work on Red Arrow center door #73 Kicks into Gear McHugh truck turning from Haverford Avenue to 59th Street near Callowhill Depot        Michael works to remove upper sash from 73 that are badly dry rotted. At the top of the page: Red Arrow 73 seen in 1976 being delivered to city division for ill-fated Bicentenial operation at Independence Hall. Work has started to renovate and reactivate this car for wheelchair guests at the Museum.    The work on 73 has been progressing nicely with Michael Buchta spending considerable time removing the sash including the lift and stationary arched sash.  Saturday December 19 Michael was assisted by Operator regular CJ Bick.  Together they made a big effort to scraped paint and remove sash.  They also got out the needle gun and chipped all the paint off of the #2 end anti-climber.   In December Keith Bray inspected the car and removed samples of tack strip and roof sheathing.  He also disc...

Tony Desensi was a wonderful guy!  He left behind a memorable group of photos of our Museum friends that he captured over the years.  His daughter Linda and her daughters gave his "Museum Friends" photos to me for safe keeping after his passing in 2011.   Recently group of negatives came to light when I was cleaning out my "Stuff" from the TDB in preparation for the future use of the facility.  I scanned some of the hundreds of images from the negatives and quickly picked out those shown here, many for the first time. Bill and Tony on a trip to IRM in the early 2000s. Scott and Donna in 1996   Arriving at the Reception at the George Washington Hotel At the GW Hotel for the reception The Maid of Honor and the Honored Best Man  

Yesterday we sadly learned of the passing of dear family friend Jim Riedel...In looking for photos of Jim I stumbled on these photos of family fun times in Baltimore in 200 1, where our cute little assistant ops manager learned the trade.    We learned of Jim's passing just before our regular Friday Zoom call we dubbed this next week the UnFair.  I was in charge of the call and appropriately we had a visit by Rod and Ellen in California as well as our buddy Tom in New Jersey.  Jim's passing was a sad surprise at this annual time of year when he would always make a point of visiting.  Rest in Peace...our Great Friend!   County Fair was cancelled last month while the dirt dumpers continued to bring whatever quality of fill to the site just down the street.  I should get some photos to show the amazing terrain altering fill & excavation.    I have been busy on many fronts. all museum related.  There were a couple weekend...