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MCEM-1949-11.Pdf Photo Contik^ Winners Named (Other Prize Pictures on Pages 12-13) FIRST PRIZE in the Candid Class by L. E. Lamson, Portland Linwood E. Lamson, clerk in the railroad service in 1944. His pictures engineering department, Portland, of shop activities are familiar to emerged as winner of top honors in Magazine readers. the Maine Central Railroad Maga• Winning prizes of $5 each for third zine Snapshot Contest this month by prize were Olyn A. Darling, ticket capturing first prize in both the Can• clerk at Bangor, and J. "Pete" did and Scenic classes. Ascher, trainman, of Chamberlain. Lamson's expert technique and Darling's win was in the Scenic class, artistic eye for composition, gained a murky portrait of a windswept tree for his entries the unanimous de• entitled: "A pprpaching Fury." cision of the three judges on the first Ascher won in the Railroad class ballot. His two first prize money with an action shot of No. 20 enter• awards total $50. Lamson entered ing the east yard at Union Station. railroad service at Portland in 1943. In addition to the prize winners, First prize of $25 in the Railroad five entries were selected from each class went to Trainman A. L. Wake• class by the judges for Honorable field, South Portland, for his unusual Mention. They were: silhouette (opposite page) of an Class I—Candid—C. B. Cressey, engineer at the controls on the Moun• building superintendent, Portland; tain Subdivision. He entered rail• William L. Nickerson, freight han• road service in 1941. dler, Bangor; Miss Elizabeth S. Only other two-place winner in the Thomson, agent, Bingham; Nelson S. Contest was Mary E. Morse, clerk- Soule, operator, Freeport; and O'Con• typist in the engineering department, nor. Portland, who took the $10 second Class II—Scenic—Dominique For- prize in the Scenic classification, and tin, trainman, Portland; Perry A. $5 third prize in the Candid class. Morse, Mary E. Morse, Lamson and Second prize in the Candid class O'Connor. went to Trainman John H. O'Connor, Class III — Railroad — J. G. Con• Cape Elizabeth, for his excellent nelly, Tower Three, Portland Term• Winter scene of two young Christmas inal Company; Maurice J. Allaire, carolers. stores department clerk, Portland; Second prize in the Railroad class Harold K. Marland, carman's helper, was won by Perry A. Morse, ma• Waterville; L. H. Eldridge, conduc• chinist at the Waterville Shops, for tor, Portland; and J. P. Ascher. his dramatic shot of a steam loco• Meeting at the Augusta House with motive backlighted by the setting sun Magazine Editor-in-Chief C. A. in the Waterville Yards entitled, Somerville, Judges Gardner M. Rob• "Power At Rest." Perry entered erts, Portland Press Herald-Evening 3 MONSTER LATHE added to modern Waterville Shops machinery recently at left, ready to be lowered into an excavation in the Wheel Room for its foundation. Right, Machinist Charles Whitney, left, and Wheel Room Foreman Ray Snow, right, with the machine completely installed and in operation Huge Lathe Installed at Waterville By G. K. STEVENS Waterville Shops Reporter Installation of a monstrous 40-ton Another time-saver is that part of wheel lathe marked another progres• each face plate is removable. Diesel JUDGING THE CONTEST ENTRIES at the Augusta House are, left to right, Clarence T. McKay, Ken• sive step toward increased efficiency wheels can be turned without remov• nebec Journal; C. A. Somerville, Magazine editor-in-chief, looking on; Norman Webb, Bangor Daily News, through modern equipment recently ing the bearing housing. Only the and Gardner M. Roberts, Portland Press Herald-Evening Express at the Waterville Shops. outside cover need be removed. Push-button control speeds the The lathe embodies several new and tool carriage in and out. Each car• Express; Norman Webb, Bangor improved devices designed for greater riage has a turret head with four Daily News; and Clarence T. Mc• Coaches Built Over For accuracy in the cutting operation and tools. By turning the turret easily, Kay, Daily Kennebec Journal; sifted Work Equipment will nearly halve the working time. two roughing tools, a rough forming through approximately 200 entries to The machine will handle wheels tool, and a finish tool may be applied decide the winners. Transformation of 18 w o od e n from 28 to 50 inches in diameter and to the tread successively. While decision on the two first coaches purchased from the B&M is especially efficient for work on Other features include a "one-shot" prize awards was unanimous, the into spacious and comfortable work diesel wheels. oiling system that sends oil through judges twice cast additional ballots to equipment cars is underway at Wat• It is anticipated that all deluxe all parts of the machine merely by determine position of other entries erville Shops under the supervision passenger steel wheels and most of pushing a small lever, and an air and once cast three ballots for a de• of Foreman Eddie Johnston. the freight wheels now will be han• lock that holds the tail stock in posi• cision. Interior of the coaches must be tion. The latter formerly was hand dled by the huge lathe due to its ren• tightened with a wrench. A point system of rating was used stripped out, passenger service steel dering a more true tread. with each judge awarding points for wheels removed and replaced with Like an iceberg, nearly half of the first, second, and third, place to the cast iron, new window glass set, and Leading the time-saving improve• huge lathe is below floor level. A individual entries. Pictures were many other renovations made. ments in handling are the hydrauli- hole approximately 12 feet deep, 40 judged solely on merit. Names of Three of the coaches will become cally driven jaws on the face plates. feet long and 20 feet wide was exca• entrants were not revealed until after cook cars with a cook's room, fore• Formerly the jaw-lock bolts had to vated by power shovel in the wheel each class had been judged. man's office, two T" bqnl^jlining be hand tightened by wrench, where room. Two feet of gravel and 60 Checks to winners of cash prizes table, and cooking bench. A large now a small wrench is inserted in a cubic yards of cement were poured are being mailed, while winners of water tank, refrigerator, heater stove hydraulic pump and the four face to form a foundation for the machine. Honorable Mention will receive a let• and large cook stove will be installed. plate jacks run out together—30 sec• The herculean task of unloading ter of citation. Three others will be recreation cars onds work as compared to 10 minutes the huge machine and installing it Many of the entries submitted, with chairs and tables, while another or more the old way. Completing on its base was performed by Wheel while not of prize winning caliber, will be refurbished with 12 lockers, this phase, the jaws are released Room Foreman Ray Snow and Ma• six "T" bunks and partition for track quickly by a needle valve, eliminat• chinist Alden Finnemore under the are excellent for Magazine purposes. ing the necessity of backing off the Contestants may see them published supervisors office. The coaches will personal supervision of Superintend• replace cars 1387, 1352, 1341, 1359, tail stock and running the jacks back ent Frank H. Bennett. Machinist over a period of time in the Maga• by hand as formerly. zine. 730 and 1336. Charles Whitney operates the lathe. and Calais and that it was a near cer• The new melting tender will join Bowlers Form Leagues, tainty the Easterners would compete. Two Tenders Into One those in use by 701-702 at Rigby and The strong Waterville Shops league For Snow Melting will permit two tenders to be hooked Eye Directors' Trophy that spawned the trophy winners last together for greater melting capacity. year, has an eight-team field under• Picked up by a conveyor, much like way. Due to personnel changes the a potato digging •machine, the snow winning streak of Machinists, led by is dropped into the tender manhole last year's Tournament Chairman and, striking the hot steam, is quick• Abbott McKenney, may be threat• ly vaporized. The 701-702, only Hud• ened by the Apprentices who have son-type locomotives owned by the two high men from the tourney team Maine Central, were converted to in their ranks. Other teams in the snow melters for their high steam Waterville League are Electricians, pressure—240 pounds to the square Painters, Passenger Room, Freight inch. Room, Rip Track and Yard Crew. The new tender was made from the At Portland the combined Maine combined tenders of Santa Fe's 653- Central-B&M league at the General 657, scrapped last Spring after faith• Offices have eight teams in competi• ful service on the Rigby-Bangor and tion. The league again is under man• return runs. agement of Jim Finley, captain of last year's tournament team. At Rigby Manager Roy Tibbetts WISSIN'S WONDERS reports organization of a strong NEW ADDITION to the snow melting forces is this Eastern Division employes spying the special tender under construction at Waterville by following excerpt from the "50 Years league. The Terminal Company boys Boilermaker Tommy Simpson, right, and his crew. have had a covetous eye on the Tommy has a record of 58 fine years with the company Ago" column of the Ellsworth American Trophy since last year's competition. gleefully expressed belief Ellsworth Agent C. D. Wiggin has had a profitable Another foe of Winter snows will sideline lo these many years.
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