Well, I've been managing repairs on Old Pueblo Trolley's 1960 General Motors transit coach (Old Pueblo Transit Company No. 135). Last weekend, the starter motor blew up on it. For some reason, the pinion gear failed to disengage from the ring gear after the motor started. That chewed up some teeth on the ring gear and sheared the gear off the ( Read more... )

Just a couple of photographs from Thursday night when I went to Old Pueblo Trolley, Inc.'s most recent Board of Directors meeting.


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I've been a bit quiet lately due to RL-nothing bad but just very busy. I was out of town three of the last four weekends and busy managing the project to get our 1960 TGH-3102 transit coach back in full working order. We completed all of the required tasks within five weeks-not bad considering that the fuel tank had to be cleaned and inspected, ( Read more... )

Well, yesterday my cousin and her husband added our newest member of the family-daughter Eliza Ann Watson. She's named for her Dad's mother and her Mom's late grandmother. My cousin's parents arrived in Seattle late today. Dad and I travel on Friday, but to Reno, Nevada. We are going to the National Championship Air Races and will be there through ( Read more... )

Today was fairly busy as I spent all morning at the bus garage. Our museum was supposed to provide a bus for a function last weekend and unfortunately had to back out of the commitment due to the failure of the starter motor on the bus (Warren Bisbee Lines No. 8). Unfortunately, we have no reserve bus available at present. That should change within ( Read more... )

Is where I spent most of Saturday afternoon, along with another Old Pueblo Trolley volunteer. Specifically, we were under Old Pueblo Transit No. 135-our 1960 General Motors Model TGH-3102 transit coach. We had started the day working on replacing the starter motor on our Warren Bisbee Bus Lines No. 8-our 1938 Yellow Coach. It was due to operate for ( Read more... )