The Tender Swing – Crew and Timeline:

Official Crew:

Project Officer                         Ken Dusenberry

Safety Officer                          Jon Spargo

Assistant Safety Officer           Paul Sutton

Ground Crew lead                   Bob DeGroft

Ground Crew                          Clem Harris

                                                Larry Koblinski

                                                Randy McEntire

                                                Pete Ormson

Wrangler lead                          Jim Hills

Wranglers:                                  

Car mover                                 Clem Harris

Car mover brakeman/forklift     Travis Atwell

 

Photo and Video                       Dave Traudt

                                                 Doyle Caton

                                                 Mike Hartshorne

 

Crane Service operator              James Scott May 60 Ton crane

                                                 Shane Shivers 75 Ton crane

 

Standby / observational staff :

Ed Strebe, Al Leffler, Marlin Allison, Ernie Robart, Rick Kirby,

Paul Uhland, Al Hill and many others

 

Absent - Excused:                    

Steve “Pigpen” Bradford

Lawrence Harmon

FrankGerstle

 

9/7/07

1630 practice move of 2926 to GSA dock

1700 on site Pre-briefing for participants.}

9/8/07

0500  Lurch moves 2926 west along GSA dock.

0530  Lurch moves passenger car east move across 8^th

0630 Crane Service Operators arrive

0645 Safety Briefing

0700 Crane set up 75 Ton west, 60 Ton east

         Final lubrication of truck bolsters

0720 Booms up on both cranes

0740 Forward truck rigged

0800 Forward truck placed on GSA spur

0815 Rear truck rigged

0820 Rear truck placed on GSA spur

0830 Trucks moved to exact spacing

0845 Reposition Big Bird crane and 75 Ton crane

0900 Rig spreader bar / 75 Ton crane for forward end of tender

0933 Rig spreader bar / 60 Ton crane for rear end of tender

0940 Front of tender rigged

0957 Rear of tender rigged

1000 Tender in the air

1010 Tender 12 inches over trucks

1013 Tender almost touching trucks

1019 Rear end of tender bumps down

1024 Front end of tender bumps down

1034 Cribbing from tender removed

         Rigging Fuel bunker / 60 Ton crane

1039 Fuel bunker in the air

1045 Fuel can on the ground – transfer rigging to 75 Ton crane

1054 Fuel can set in tender

1059 De-rig fuel can

1100 Journal photographer Roberto E. Rosales arrives

1105 De-rigging 75 Ton crane

1125 Mexican lunch in the shade of the tender

1200 De-rigging 60 Ton crane

1205 Lurch moved to passenger car east across 8^th Street

1215 60 Ton crane depart

1221 75 Ton crane depart

1225 Lurch moves passenger car west to BIA site

1230 Lurch takes tender west along GSA dock

1245 Tender back on site

1300 Lurch moves 2926 back on site

 

All was safely done and a good time was had by all ! 

GOOD JOB NMSL&RHS

 

Recorded 9-8-07:

Mike Hartshorne, President, NMSL&RHS

 

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