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January 15, 2009 The "Miracle on the Hudson" the emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, after a flock of geese disabled both engines shortly after takeoff. Thanks to the skill of Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles, all 155 people on board survived.

Well, we got around 6" or so of snow last night and it is snowing heavily right now. Another foot or so is forecast for today so I plowed some just to stay ahead of it. If I get too much then the big tractor and blower may need to come out. The 520HC is resting in the heated shop now. It is currently 9F with a wind chill of -2F so I wore my warm jacket and insulated pants to stay warm.

Today I took a portable train layout for an assisted living facility for show and tell. I had some pictures projected upon a screen of how I made some of the items and a video of my layout at home. Talked about how I got into trains (wife's uncle passed and left them to us). Answered questions how I made mountains, buildings and other items. I anticipated spending 30 minutes or so and ended up over an hour. The residents (some 20 of them) seemed to enjoy and appreciate The activities director asked who and where they rode trains. Interesting stories. Lots of laughter and memories for these folks. One funny part. I normally run my trains pretty slow--just looks more natural. Someone asked "will it go faster?" Another "Yeah, lets see it go fast." So I opened up the throttle and nearly all of them cheered! Not too bad for a 79 year old engine.

I have an 875. First year for the "Wheel a Matic hydro which has slight differences with the later Hydrogear and Piston Piston models. The only more modern attachment that can work that I know of is the long frame snowplow if it has the extra hole to move the rear mount bar closer to the front.

Oh, you would fit in this cab. I have not even started this tractor yet this season but I am keeping the battery charged so it's ready to go.

For $100 it would be in my shed by now. Worry about what fits and doesn't fit later.

He ran out for coffee and donuts?

Don’t really need another tractor but I saw someone selling an 875 for $100 in my area. From what I can gather it’s a 1965 model year only, first automatic? I’m assuming none of the later attachments from the C series and 300 series fit. Just wondering if anyone has any input. Like I said, I definitely don’t need another tractor but for $100, it caught my eye.

Still lifting, still trying to be healthy. Tuesday, I received my 8 gallon pin donating blood. I donate often enough, that being on a regular schedule they say I am 1 day off of eligibility and have to wait until the next 8 week visit from the blood center. So it’s been 24 weeks now, but I’ll be back in another 16 weeks. Since I donate double reds, it takes twice as long for me to be able to donate. This morning, I lifted 360 lbs!

Go save it ... yes first year and no not only year ... a '66 876 and a 1076 in a long frame in '66 as well. X 100 Worth that in parts alone. A bucket list tractor on this ranch. PO had this one listed for an outrageous price ... just to keep the riff raff off it he said. Wanted it to go to a good home. I got it for 350 ...

They can be addicting. I keep telling EB he needs to cull some of those C-160s ... I'd take one ... and get a nice little round hood for a putt around and tub duty. I think he fears he would have to have more than one ... They sure are nice getting on and off for us old turds.

Front tach assembly ready to install. Tractor frame ready for front tach assembly ready to be installed. Front tach assembly loosely bolted on with regular non-locking nut just to hold it in position. Front tach assembly bolted on with nyloc nuts torqued to 30 ft/lb. Front tach installed. Crow foot socket required to torque top center bolt of front tach. The two lower bolts can be torqued with a regular socket and a short extension.

I too have that same searchlight car. I had to rewire it and run it on my Christmas train as it searches the skies for Santa You can almost hear that Detroit Diesel running!

@Handy Don I had a train set as a kid, but real trains are much more fun to run.

When I was in college, the family went to visit my sister and her husband in Vermont. One of the stops we made during the trip was to ride the cog railway up to the top of Mt. Washington. Was still steam powered at that time. Quite a ride.

Trains and trolleys were my transportation while working in Europe. My fave was the cogged train to the base of the Matterhorn at Zermot.

If the hydro is good I'd be all over it.

Drilled out and rethreaded the gearshift setscrew And then ground down the end of a setscrew to fit in the gearshifter. So transmission is rebuilt and ready for paint once it's warm enough

Seconded. We've started removing the cylinder head and hand planing it on ALL our restorations.

Great and not so great ... call in sick to work and go get it today. Before it's scooped up by a mud mower Boss finds out you ain't really sick I'll drop a dime on him...

IMO, any complete WH roller is worth $100.

Actually done this yesterday but forgot to post it. Mounted new Deestones tri rib’s on 73 12hp-8 also new front wheel brgs., made up a short frame snow plow, put snow plow and bracket on 857. Took 1257 home and 857 to Moms and waited on snow that never came.

I have the same searchlight car, box car and Caboose. My Hudson and tender was about 1954/5

They still run that steam once a week.

Not too much interesting to report, but the tractor is torn all the way down and cycling parts through the dip tank and getting primer on them, starting to have more parts cleaned and primed than dirty so that's good, made a good order from Wheelhorseparts, a bunch of odds and ends that I'll need to put things together so I'm excited to get that in the mail. The engine ran really well so I don't plan on tearing that down although I have taken the shields off to get ready for paint and clean the whole thing up. I plan on just cleaning everything well and painting the block and the shields and putting back together.

This morning

This is the axle assembly cover, fabricated from 13x12 .125 steel. Debating powder coat IH Red or paint Sunset Red-Rustoleum?

ya could had painted and put on time you typed all this .

I think I saw that too. Worth it for sure if its the same one.

The Frostburg Flyer in Western Maryland is a scenic ride.

Good thing that chip didn't go through the timing gears.

Hello, sun!

I use this style, works good.

Couple of pics

Picked these vices up at a flee market, thay are cheap but they work. First one was $15 and second one $10, they were pretty dirty and banged up. I made the crank handles

Yah she's a humdinger, she has to be right in the middle everything. Found the camshaft, cleaned it up, should work. Will clean up the block, new gaskets, couple seals, I already rebuilt the fuel pump, and carburetor. Had to make bushing NLA, come out great, new shaft and made some foam gaskets out of a pre air filter .

At my first Big Show, a member I’d never met pressed me to take an initial cruise around the show to get a feel for the place--using his Suburban! He gave me the required warnings about the “wheelie” tendency and not to over-choke it. Off I went. It has taken iron discipline to limit myself on acquiring more.

Not very picture heavy today. One of today's goals was to clean the engine up to prepare it for paint. Part of that goal was to investigate the oil seepage from the head gasket. When I pulled the head, this was the scene. Way too much piston wash for my tastes, not to mention the small puddle of oil laying on top. Given this knowledge, well.. this happened. Thanks to @WHX?? for helping me tear the engine down. Measurements were taken and it looks like it will need a new set of rings & some gaskets. Not a planned event in this resto but nothing that can't be fixed.

I agree with pulling the head to see what's what. I pulled the head on a non-smoking engine on this years resto. Found that it had a fair amount of piston wash & you could use the cylinder as a mirror to shave with. Piston should have a black coating most all the way across. Was an unplanned rebuild but I will feel better when it's done.

I forgot to say that I got my right pedal off but it's missing the pulley that goes with it so I don't know if it's much good for anyone but if someone wanted it and paid the shipping I'd send it off.

@ebinmaine found these on Ebay, just got to know how wide new vice is. Under $10

Well you know dang well tiz better to ask forgiveness... sides you can keep it ... err ... hide it... at my place At least get us some pics...

No cabs. Thanks. Me 🐻 not fit in cab.

I tried to match one up for the jeep project and came up dry. Ended up with a set of the ones shown from agrisupply. I think there are runs made at times then changed and discontinued. Discontinued seat.

It depends on exactly what happens and when. On paper each cylinder should be able to lift 4500 lbs, and so should be capable of lifting anything I will ever put on this lift (that Explorer is literally the heaviest thing I own that isn't a building, at about 4300 lbs curb weight), so one cylinder should also be able to hold it up by itself. However a leak in any part of the hydraulic system compromises the whole system since there is only one power head. If it is a slow leak that started while I was working on something but didn't have it on the locks it should do as you said, safely and slowly leak down until it rests on the lock, or the ground if you are below the first lock ( vehicle approx 2 ft off the ground). The leak I had, if it had started while something was already in the air it may have not been so slow, but the locks should still have stopped it. On the other hand I saw a video recently where a guy was in the process of lowering a Mustang when a cylinder failed, so he had the locks released. The car was on the ground before he could react. Let's just say, there is a reason I chose to reseal both cylinders at the same time. Also, when I took the "good" one apart, I inspected the pressure seal carefully before disturbing it at all. These are a mildly pliable plastic material, not a teflon or rubber seal. The pressure seal on the "good" cylinder was intact, no breaks, no chewing wear like on the failed one. As soon as I tried to stick a pick under it to work it out of its groove it shattered.

@WHX?? the blue is magic marker, poor man's Persian blue. Put it on sandpaper on glass, check the high spots

Todays adventure - rebuild the steering system. To start off I turned a portion of 5/8" stock down to 9/16" and threaded it to 12 pitch. Next drill a hole in it and tap the inside of it to 3/8-24. Then use a parting tool to cut it to length. OK, what am I building here ?? Remember the fan gear that the PO messed up by welding the drag link to it? The hole in it was too large for a heal-a-coil. So I tapped the hole in it to 9/16-12. What I made was an insert to repair the require 3/8-24 hole in the fan gear. Inserted with Loctite plus I peened the edges to ensure that it does not move. Next - take a peace of 5/8" x 4.5" stock, turn a 15/16" length of each end down to 7/16" and thread it to a 20 pitch. One new drag link. Now for the tie rod that was butchered up. First off, position the front axle and spindles so that everything is held strait. Then cut a 1" x 5/16" flat bar to length. Use a transfer punch to mark the outer holes. Drill the 1/2" holes in each end and the 3/8" hole for the drag link and test bolt things together. Looking good, now it was time to turn the two 1/2' bolts into part #3949 clevis pins. Cut to length and then drill an 1/8" hole 1" deep into the end of the bolt. Drill & tap the end to 1/4-28 to a depth of 3/8" for a grease zerk. Drill an 1/8" cross hole to meet up with the 1/8" length wise hole so that grease can get to the pivot point. Front end repaired & almost ready for some paint.

I normally take the pics outta my post "quotes" but this deserves to be seen twice. Nice work. Here's a couple I meant to post yesterday and today. Saco Bay ME. Portland ME. Warren Avenue headed east from my warehouse this morning.