August 15, 2018 07:34AM
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OK, Chris, I found some pictures that I took of C&TS #19's TMs back in 2000. I thought I had taken better photos but this is all I found so far, so much for memories from 18 years ago, eh? The top photo shows a rebuilt TM (note how "clean" the blue shell looks) mounted in the truck. It is what I call a c-face motor mounted to the gearbox and actually fits between the wheel sets and is not axle mounted as such. The other two photos are of well-used (and abused) TMs either on the other axle of the same truck or out on the floor. Don't remember which motor was which but I was mostly concerned with documenting the condition of the interior of the motors so that I could provide a recommendation on how to better care for them. Dirt and road grime are the biggest problem exacerbated by the fact that the access covers over the commutators/brush boxes were missing. This led to the brushes being thoroughly stuck in the boxes. I could not break them free a channel lock pliers pulling on the shunt (wire lead, see the lug exposed in the middle photo). Using a lot of contact cleaner, I was eventually able to free the brushes up. One cover was located along the ROW a few miles west of Antonito, the other needed to be fabricated. One of the motors had grounded out which is why it was being changed. It actually had evidence of having flashed over throwing copper beads from the comm. Later that week I had a great visit discussing the 15 and the 19 with the late john Hammond at GLRR. This unit and now John's beloved #15 are performing yeoman service on the C&TS presumably getting better care then back then. Lots of stories of pushing the 19 beyond its engineered/manufactured abilities but hopefully most of that is in the past now. Still, the thing to remember with these non-forced air cooled TMs is that they have a limited duty cycle due to heat building up, need to have the brushes checked regularly to make sure they are not too short and move freely in the boxes and keep the dirt out (i.e. keep the covers on). Beyond that, there are others here that have way more experience with TMs than I do
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