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[Barney]

Outstanding if that's the word or better still fantastic !!!
Barney

[Ray Dunakin]

Awesome!

[Bill Gill]

Like Russ said, It's terrific to see paint on the Hulett. The color and weathering look right. And the sign does too.

[Peter_T1958]

What a tremendous work! And I am getting fairly dizzy when I think by myself, what lies still ahead of you.
Yes, the aim is certainly a very, veryambitious one. But as you are very disciplined and also clearly focused on this one project...

Cheers, Peter

[Stuart]

All is shaping up very nicely.

[Bernhard]

Thank you for your interest and your comments.

I already reported in an earlier post that the dismantled Huletts on Whiskey Island were finally scrapped this spring after more than 20 years. It's a real shame that no solution was found for the preservation of these interesting technical witnesses to the times.
Nevertheless, the scrapping does have a positive aspect: during the demolition work, interesting insights were gained that would hardly have been possible otherwise.

Before demolition, all the vegetation was removed, allowing a better view of the remains for the first time in over 20 years.









(Photos: droneohio.com)

[Bernhard]

I then came into contact with Tim Murphy via a Facebook post. That turned out to be a real stroke of luck. He was one of the few people granted permission to enter the site during the demolition work. He took many interesting photos during two visits. He was also able to dismantle various smaller components, which he intends to restore and give to local museums. He kindly shared the pictures with me, and I would like to show you some of them here.

Here are a few pictures of the trolly.





(Photos: Tim Murphy)

From the rear you can see that the rear part of the roof has been torn away and the traction motor is missing. Among other things, the sheaves from the lifting drive of the walking beam are also no longer present.

And this is what it looks like inside the trolly.





(Photos: Tim Murphy)

I always wondered what was stored in this room. As you can see now, a lot of electrical equipment was installed there. It also served as a checkroom and lounge for the operating crew.

[Bernhard]

And now look what I found a few days ago: a photo of the production of the trolly.



I was quite surprised because I've never seen pictures of the manufacture before. A very interesting find, although it's certainly not a trolly for Whiskey Island.

[Bernhard]

I've never seen the larry car like this before. In the old photos, it is always difficult to make out between the main girders. Unfortunately, it is not intact either. The rollers are hanging down and some are missing. The drive side on the left is damaged.
However, with the help of these photos and an original drawing, I was able to reconstruct how the scales worked. Until now, I had no information on this at all.



(Photo: Tim Murphy)

The access door to the driver's cab, seen from the water side.



(Photo: Tim Murphy)

The inside of the driver's cab has always been a blank spot, no information to be found.
Here you can now see the scales. This is apparently a decimal scale with sliding weights for measuring the payload.



(Photo: Tim Murphy)

[Bernhard]

Here are two nice pictures of the driver's workplace.





(Photos: Tim Murphy)

The driver was not sitting facing the direction of travel, but was looking out of one of the large side windows. From this position, however, he could not see the flaps of the larry car. To position the larry car over the railroad hoppers, he had to use the markings on the inside of the larry car track as a guide.



(Photo: Tim Murphy)

If you look closely, you can see numbers under the marking arrows (2, 3). I assume that these were the numbers of the railroad tracks.

The larry car driver must have been quite a busy man. He had to operate the disc hopper to take over the load. Then he had to weigh the load and enter the weight in a list. Then he had to drive to the right railroad track and place the load in the rail car. He had to make sure that the rail cars were not overloaded. For safety reasons, overloaded rail cars had to be uncoupled from the train. Then drive back and take on the new load. All this every minute. And it was a cardinal sin to leave the Hulett operator waiting at the bunker.

[Bernhard]

A few pictures of the shunt engines. One of the engines has been on display at the Lake Shore Railway Museum in North East for some time.







(Photos: Tim Murphy)

[Bernhard]

And finally, three more pictures of parts that Tim has rescued and, in some cases, already restored with great dedication.







(Photos: Tim Murphy)

I will share more pictures later when I describe the construction of the corresponding assemblys.

Bernhard

[finescalerr]

You found a treasury of fascinating and useful photos. -- Russ

[fspg2]

Hello Bernhard,

that's a great find - I'm delighted that you came across it! Congratulations

[Krusty]

What fascinating photos. Thanks for posting them.