Another ‘Milwaukee Road family’ member Dick Melzer has joined the X-5000 team. Dick’s Father, worked on the Dynamometer car in the 1950’s-60’s as it’s engineer. Dick has many fond memories of his Father working on the car, even going back to the steam era.
Dick himself then worked briefly for the Milwaukee Road as an electrician apprentice under Mr. Dick Donovan (seen in the video on the x-5000.org homepage) in the early 1960’s. He said he would see the Dynamometer car in the Milwaukee Shops routinely, but he never went aboard the car until today that is!
Today he helped us fabricate tongue & groove ceiling boards in the IRM Wood Shop (picture on the IRM Wood Shop blog 2/9/13) and he looks forward to helping with other woodworking-related restoration work.
Welcome Aboard Dick!!