Re: More White Pass/D&S 107 September 3, 2020

jessica stacey Wrote:
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> I wonder if they are doing diesel motor work?

diesel engine work? -- I don't see any of the doors open around the diesel engine in these photos --- but that might just mean not today.

electric traction motor work? -- with the trucks under the locomotive body about all you can do is hook up the power cables, inspect the commutator and the carbon brushes, replace the brushes, check and top-off lubrication of the various bearings. Since the trucks arrived before the body, the checking of the commutators, brushes, lubrication would have easiest done at that time.

Brian Norden
many years experience with electric traction motors



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/03/2020 05:46PM by Brian Norden.