Altoona Railway Museum Club: The Turntable and Roundhouse Project

	Dan Moringiello kneeling; Bill Temple and Joe DeFrancisco in rear.		Neil Myers,
	--		Neil Myers, and Joe DeFrancesco (front); Frank Givler and Dan Moringiello, (rear). Lunch break at McD's.
	Dan Moringiello, Frank Givler and Joe DeFrancesco working on turntable wheel sets		--
	Joe DeFrancesco		--
	Primered on 8-26-2006 by Neil Myers. Painted in black on 8-29-2006, by Neil. During the prior two years, rust and dirt and old paint was removed by a superior needle-gun crew (more on that later).		First of four wheel sets placed in museum 8-19,2006.

The turntable bridge at the museum is to be lifted into place tomorrow, Wednesday, Aug 30th. The wheel/trucks for the TT were re-assembled last week and installed in the pit on Saturday, Aug 26th. Wheels and bearings have been re-conditioned by ORX Railway Corp of Tipton. Friction bearings were converted to roller bearings to reduce maintenance issues.

	--		A pefect fit, in two sections!
	Neil Myers, Director of Operations		Frank Givler, Scott Cessna, Neil Myers, Dick Charlesworth, Gerard (Jar) Nale, Andy Mulhollen, Dan Moringiello, Dave Seidel (Absent from 'bridge' photo: Bill Temple, Denny Walls, and Joe DeFrancesco).
	Toasting the turntable installation - with no surprises. Gerard (Jar) Nale, Dan Moringiello, Dave Seidel, Bill Temple, Andy Mulhollen, Frank Givler, Dick Charlesworth, Scott Cessna, Neil Myers. Absent from photo Joe DeFrancesco, Denny Walls. These are most of the crew who labored on the bridge for two years to prepare it for installation...in various capacities. 99% are volunteers from the Horseshoe Curve Chapter, National Railway Historical Society.		Frank Givler, Dick Charlesworth, Dan Moringiello, Andy Mulhollen, Gerard (Jar) Nale, Scott Cessna and Neil Myers The Keystone is in the west wall of the 105' turntable, replicating a similar keystone in the east wall of the great East Altoona turntable pit : 1942 at 110'.
	Reflecting on the days work!

The Roundhouse/Turntable project is a project of the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum.
PRR K-4s #1361 is owned by the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum. The Museum is a business partner with the Horseshoe Curve Chapter, NRHS.
Reporting on the restoration of PRR k-4 #1361 is done under agreement with Museum Officials.

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	Neil 9-15-2006		Scott 9-15-2006
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