texasgeartrain
Titanium
- Joined
- Feb 23, 2016
- Location
- Houston, TX
A few weeks ago I had to take a trip to a sister branch in Belle Chase, LA. I typically stay in Texas, but that particular week we were super busy, and short handed. So I got sent over to give those fellas a hand. My primary gig is commercial marine work on tugs, barges, supply vessels and such. Of that, I predominantly work on the engine side of things, but tend to get my fingers in other pies on occasion as well.
This is a bit of a continuation of an off topic thread I started nearly a year ago on EMD engines to show some correlation between marine work, Heavy Iron, and manual machine work still being done today:
O/T V8 EMD Engine
First stop was Marine Systems in Belle Chase:
Their high speed engine side covers Caterpillar, John Deere, Detroit, and Cummins. Medium speed department covering EMD's, and another somewhat internal department covering gear boxes such as Falk and Reintjes marine gears.
A high percentage of the work is done in the field, on both the engine and marine gear side. Including some of the machine work to the gear boxes where line bores, and bore work that is done for bearing seats and the like.
While not an every day use machine, the marine gear side does have the pleasure of having an L & S Powerturn:
The machine originally shipped in December 1967. Whether at that time, or later, it made a stop in Los Angeles CA at some point:
This is a bit of a continuation of an off topic thread I started nearly a year ago on EMD engines to show some correlation between marine work, Heavy Iron, and manual machine work still being done today:
O/T V8 EMD Engine
First stop was Marine Systems in Belle Chase:
Their high speed engine side covers Caterpillar, John Deere, Detroit, and Cummins. Medium speed department covering EMD's, and another somewhat internal department covering gear boxes such as Falk and Reintjes marine gears.
A high percentage of the work is done in the field, on both the engine and marine gear side. Including some of the machine work to the gear boxes where line bores, and bore work that is done for bearing seats and the like.
While not an every day use machine, the marine gear side does have the pleasure of having an L & S Powerturn:
The machine originally shipped in December 1967. Whether at that time, or later, it made a stop in Los Angeles CA at some point: