To add to my father's post below, after finishing with oiling the armature bearings and axle caps on the 309, I went back to work on the new grid box for the 308. I was able to find some mica tubes in the grid car but we will need to order more if we want to have the ability to rebuild very many more grid boxes so I grabbed a short piece to measure the ID and OD and get a quote. But besides that, I was able to complete assembly of the box for the 308 as shown below.
Other activities around the car shop included a small group working on the truck from the Sand Springs car that had been removed a couple of weeks ago (the truck is now disassembled) and Norm working at putting another coat of paint on the roof of the Michigan car. And then there were Richard and Greg, who were over on the 50th Avenue west track stripping parts off of one of the CTA 2000s that we are going to be scrapping. This car, the "1992" (aka CTA 2008 if memory serves), is shown below with its grids on the ground next to the car and Greg preparing the torch for removal of the battery box. In case you're curious what's next in line, beyond the "1992" is Milwaukee Electric L3, Shaker Heights 63, Boston 3344 and Shaker Heights 18 (under the tarp), quite a motley assortment of oddities even by IRM standards.
