Freight Car Department

It is time to start separate entries for our snowplow work again.  Yesterday was perhaps the first Saturday with weather good enough to move outdoors and resume work on the snow plow - our coming out party at the Spring Cotillion.

Rear Wall

In the plow interior Victor Humphreys is nailing in the last board for the interior wall wall lining at the back of the plow.  Some tricky work as we neared the top and had to be creative to get the boards in place.

Backlit Photographers Society

Yes, this is a poor image - but I get a free one month membership in the Backlit Photographers Society if I use it here!  The second new shop made window was installed on the north wall - all the trim mitered and fit almost perfect.

Framing Timber

Bill Peterson is at the radial arm saw to cut new framing timbers for the plow interior, these destined to allow interior lining for the roof.  Buzz Morrisette went out of his way and showed up early in the AM with a car load of new wood, and we wasted no time in taking the measurements and creating short pieces from long pieces.  Then Bill and I planed these to thickness, cut notches to clear structural angles, and drilled recesses to clear rivets.

The Tally

Here is a pile of new parts cut and fit, ready for painting during our next session.  The two new framing timbers, and 23 short pieces of new lining to start that work on the south side wall.  Add to the count the completion inside the plow of the rear lining, one new window, and then Victor installing four more pieces of wall framing on the north and south sides.

OH NO DEPARTMENT - In the background of the picture is Nick Kallas on his cell phone working on a new equipment acquisition for IRM!