Steam & Excursion > ORHC - turntable control booth - new door

Today in beautiful sunlight, master carpentery Phil Barney unveiled the new door on the turntable control booth at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland, Oregon.   Many thanks Phil for your expertise and for this photo.    Arlen

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Fantastic craftsmanship. Stunning. 
Regards,DK

What's origin of door hanger-rollers?
They look to be from the 1920s era.
 Very nice looking control cab.
Expertly crafted control, cabin.


Once they add the handrails and approach-track ( where appropriate)
derails.... it'll look original to the installation -----  and been there for decades...
 ( I can hear some old-timers relating stories about this turntable, 
    right here, turning SP locos ---" on this very spot, in the 1950's...
      Swear-to-God!..." 😊).

​W.

( I think I'll add to my  contribution$...
  The bottom of the sliding door will probably get door-guards
  to control the door from flopping away, or against the house..)



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Wow, great!

Thanks Arlen.  I will say this to those who think it looks like 1920s work then he wanted it to look like that.

About four months ago, Phil and I were discussing the then under construction 'control cabin' and he explained to me how he was using 'exactly' the same techniques that were used to roof it.  In his work he even used 1920s dimensioned lumber.  Phil is a master craftsman.

JOHN

Works like a barn door or boxcar door?

Victor Baird

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This picture has been posted before but it shows exactly why the control cabin couldn't be saved.  Obviously the turntable was saved and rehabbed.  I'd also bet that the door on what was left after this incident, is also a barn style door.  I doubt that a door swinging in or out would have worked well.

JOHN

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I remember working on the 1869 but not that time.

WoW !   That is really Deluxe.  Is it going to get the sign on the roof like the original ?   Nice job Phil and anybody else that helped.

Craig Hanson, Vay, Idaho

As I understand it the sign on the roof of the Control Cabin was put on after an earlier "near miss" and had a warning on it to "go slow" although I haven't been able to locate what was said on it.  Maybe the Oregon Historical Society would be a place to look.  I doubt if anything will be placed on the roof as that would not be original.  If a picture of what was exactly on the sign, maybe a replica could be made and put up as a display somewhere.

JOHN



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Is this the second cabin, installed new or fabricated from parts of the original after it was damaged?

https://cdn.trainorders.com/attachments/fullsize/633000/AFTrailfanTT.1.small.jpg
 

I don't know when the first roundhouse picture was taken but the safety fence on either side is not original I don't believe as I thought the original was pipe.  That is what it will be (pipe) when it is installed.  At least that is what I have been told.  Also, the roof on the Control Cabin in this pic is flat and sloped so it is not original.

In the second pic the sign on the Cabin is the best I could do.  Maybe somebody else can figure out the actual working or know where to find a better picture.

JOHN

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“Do not exceed _ MPH going on-off turntable”.

What I gather.🤷‍♂️

Regards

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I think this is the closest that I have seen.

It is reasonable since I don't believe that this accident shown previously was the first.

No parts were saved from the previous control cab but it was built by Phil using the ORIGINAL plans from the 1920s.

JOHN

Beautiful job. I see you have a metal walkway in place also, which I have not seen before.

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It's a beauty.

So the original plans used the sliding door, I assume. That's a feature which I never noticed on turntable control cabs.

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> assume. That's a feature which I never noticed on
> turntable control cabs.

Just a thought but, a "swing-out" door would interfere with any locomotive passing by, and a "swing-in" door would be in the way of the operator. Thus, the sliding door is ideal.