This morning Rich Witt and Bob Kutella helped me assemble another control pipe hose, with its unusual gladhand, and that was all that was needed to get the brakes on all four cars working in unison. I checked the control systems, for which I needed another control jumper. Luckily, the 409 and 431 were nice enough to let me borrow theirs, which they weren't using. And everything worked! I only ran the train about a car length back and forth, but that was good enough as a proof of concept. We're ready for the pageant!
Tomorrow, if the weather is favorable, I would like to pull the 36 over to 50th Avenue for lettering. There won't be any pictures until then, but there will be several other projects to look at also. Don't go away!
