Wood Shop

It always seems to generate a lot of interest when a project is active and you can see work being done.  Case in point is the Cleveland PCC, CTS 4223, which has taken enormous steps forward with the painting of the exterior.

Interior Trim

The car is now back in Barn 4 and Eric Lorenz is fitting interior sheet metal moldings under each of the standee windows.  Part of the plan is to soon start installing glass in the many openings in the car body.

Will it Fit

Here is the tie in to the wood shop.  A plywood template was made and Eric checks each opening so we can assure that when new glass is cut, it will fit the openings.

Jack Block

Yes that is an odd caption.  For Michigan Electric 28, Jeff Brady is repairing a large block of wood to be installed in the roof framing where a smoke jack will go through.

Brass

We continue to clean and polish brass window lifts for the Sand Springs 68 as a sort of fill in task.  They sure do shine, but it takes a fair amount of time to get this far.  Once clean they receive a coat of clear lacquer, and then we will start to install them.

More Brass

John Fenlaciki continues the seemingly endless task of restoring windows for CA&E 451.  These are brass sash which must be cleaned and then clear coated, latches made to work, and new rubber weatherstripping installed at the bottom.  In spite of doing all 'his' work he showed me some of his magic, by cleaning up the worst crud off of three of the SS 68 latches.  Thank you, Jon.

Passenger Car

Shelly Van Der Schagen and Mike Baksic were in the wood shop, working on the latest seat frame for the Santa Fe heavyweight car.