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We are moving right along,,, But now it looks like we are going to have to remove the top deck on both sides of our prime mover. five of the six radiator sections have been taken out and sent out to be rebuilt, # six , the one at the far end of the pictures from last week, is giving us some trouble.

We also had some trouble with the gaskets for the top decks. In this pic you can see where the engine block attaches to the timing cover, the section sticking up on the left with the bolt holes in it. That gasket extends past the top of the block and requires the whole timing assembly to be removed. This is a lot of time consuming work to get remove. Time is a thing that we do not have a lot of, because excursion season is coming up quickly. So we will do an alternative repair to the vertical gasket as to not disturb the timing section. The same problem also exists at the front of the block near the blowers. New gaskets will be cut for both ends , 4 total, and the top deck reinstalled.

   

Otherwise the gasket is ready to go for the rest of the deck.

   

And the other side is now ready to be removed.

   

While all of this was going on, just one track over, A class was given to a group of engineers on operating the Number 6-ET brake on the 26.