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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