General

I guess the heat wave is over and winter is on its way.  Far more pleasant to work outdoors on site yesterday than it has been for the last 6-8 weeks.

Lounge Chair

How does he do that?  Our upholstery guru, John McKelvey, has just finished recovering a lounge chair which will be used in the rear compartment of Illinois Terminal 234.  I do not hesitate to take a log and reduce it to sawdust, but I doubt I could do half the job in twice the time, than John can do with a basket case chair or seat cushion.

Roof Boards

Lorne Tweed and Dave Rogan were dry fitting and doing the first assembly work for a new roof board structure for Cleveland Transit System 4223.  There is a lot going on in a small space.  Now, how to hoist that up and over the car to mount it on the roof?

Off the Grid

Pete Galayda is assembling another resistance grid box for Charles City Western 300.  John Neligan assisted throughout the day.

Venting

Fred Zimmerman was on an outdoor bench working to restore galvanized sheet metal patent roof vents for one of our elevated cars, CTA 4412, a 1924 product of the Cincinnati Car Company.

On Site

He's here!!  Our blue friend arrived today and was unloaded from his semi truck.  The large tents are being erected, and our electricians were busy running power and cables.  Nine days from now you may come out and help with the event, and meet several thousand of your closest five year old friends.  BUCKLE UP!