GRS ground frame
latch rod handle .
Appears after some cleaning the handle is of a different metal however still rusted.
Of all the parts that took a lot of effort and CLR baths seems these two handles a bit harder to clean up well in the creased inside portion which for some reason had a lot of rust and crud.
The majority of the handle cleaned up very well so i put primer
and a thin coat of RED as a mask while working on scrubbing
with a wire brush and consecutive baths in CLR.
The black dots are still built up rust and these do cause pock marking usually resulting in metal loss when removed but where this is, it still wont be all that noticeable.
One thing of particular note, while ground frames void of shelter, those were generally painted all black, sheltered frames or machines had painted levers .
I decided, while i cant find any more other than one image of ground frame as an example the use of one at Medfield junction, which a site does show an image and eludes to which site on the net it was..
Yes there was a machine inside of the station but Medfield
also had a exposed ground frame and that was painted solid black.
Clinton junction was exposed ground frame but to my knowledge images of the ground frame i have not seen except for
the New Haven signal maintainers interlocking diagram showing a ground frame .
With that i decided to paint the ground frame as faithfully
as any machine would be, if i decide to paint the thing black at a later time, it will be a very easy correction and this ground lever wont be a permanent outdoor display for long or be exposed to inclement weather .
GRS ground frame
latch rod handle .
Appears after some cleaning the handle is of a different metal however still rusted.
Of all the parts that took a lot of effort and CLR baths seems these two handles a bit harder to clean up well in the creased inside portion which for some reason had a lot of rust and crud.
The majority of the handle cleaned up very well so i put primer
and a thin coat of RED as a mask while working on scrubbing
with a wire brush and consecutive baths in CLR.
The black dots are still built up rust and these do cause pock marking usually resulting in metal loss when removed but where this is, it still wont be all that noticeable.
One thing of particular note, while ground frames void of shelter, those were generally painted all black, sheltered frames or machines had painted levers .
I decided, while i cant find any more other than one image of ground frame as an example the use of one at Medfield junction, which a site does show an image and eludes to which site on the net it was..
Yes there was a machine inside of the station but Medfield
also had a exposed ground frame and that was painted solid black.
Clinton junction was exposed ground frame but to my knowledge images of the ground frame i have not seen except for
the New Haven signal maintainers interlocking diagram showing a ground frame .
With that i decided to paint the ground frame as faithfully
as any machine would be, if i decide to paint the thing black at a later time, it will be a very easy correction and this ground lever wont be a permanent outdoor display for long or be exposed to inclement weather .