CNC Machines, Field Work, Project Management

Look What Followed Me Home

August 11, 2020

In August 2020, some friends helped me salvage several large machines from a backyard shed. These machines probably shouldn’t have been put in a backyard shed! After a day securing the machines for transport and other preparation, my hauler showed up with their 53 foot Landoll trailer and announced they couldn’t get into the site. […]

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Finished "space buggy"

Electronics, Engineering, Heavy Industry, Machinery, Metalworking, Project Management, Railroad

Space Buggies

January 5, 2015

Three custom “space buggy” rail cars refined and built in short order

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Electronics, Engineering, Machinery, Metalworking, Project Management, Railroad, Volunteer, Welding

Hy-rail Boom Truck

December 6, 2014

Custom hyrail crane truck enhances safety and convenience on a shoestring budget.

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Electronics, Engineering, Field Work, Heavy Industry, Machinery, Project Management, Railroad

15 ton Crane Modernization

December 14, 2007

Crane modernization brings locomotive shop into the 21st century.

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Heavy Industry, Machinery, Project Management, Railroad, Volunteer

75t Turntable Move

December 6, 1998

Multi-year project relocates historic railroad turntable, 75 tons and 100 feet long.

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Unloading baggage car

Heavy Industry, Machinery, Railroad, Volunteer

Railroad Car Move

October 6, 1998

Many months of effort move a historic railroad baggage car long stuck in North Carolina.

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