Wood Shop

With the holiday the normal attendance pattern did not hold, and quite a few volunteers showed up on Friday.  It developed into a good three day weekend.

Measuring It Up

Buzz Morisette unloaded a lot of new lumber and began making several new windows for caboose ATSF 1400.

Let The Chips Fall Where They May

Of course, surfacing that lumber to the correct thickness through our planer generated a lot of chips.  Victor Humphreys and Buzz start lugging out a barrel of fun.  Anyone out there need some MULCH?

Trimming Rails

Rich Witt worked again on two new windows for the GLEN SPRINGS.  He was assisted by Tim Peters, and even I looked over his shoulder a bit.

Next

Another One

Speaking of Tim, four more new windows got assembled and glued, continued his effort to make 20 new windows in five calendar days.

To all our faithful readers, members, and friends

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Rails

Despite the nearby Holiday on the calendar, there were some diehards working in the shop.  Tim Peters is a virtual wood working shop all by himself.  I bet this week, the new windows seeing work approach twenty.  Here he fitting a rail for assembly into another new window for CRT 1797

The Stack

From the other side of the table you can see the ever growing stack of dry fit frames, and sharp eyed viewers will see two larger two lite frames behind him.  Yes, Tim still needs to use a crutch.

Morning Work

First thing in the morning, Tim glued two more large sash.  Roger Kramer is in the background working on passenger car windows.

CCW 300

Pete Galayda is acting like a paint chemist as he prepares to paint more parts for the Charles City Western 300 locomotive.

Mortising

Tim Peters has suffered another bicycle accident, yet he was in the shop on crutches, here balanced before our mortising machine as he works on another 'production' run of many more new windows for the CRT 1797.

Painting

This is the only image I managed for the CTS 4223 project, so I will not post a separate entry for just this.  Several folks worked lustily this weekend and the result is this collection of many loose parts.  These are to be primed and painted off site, many cans of paint and primer set out.  Most of these have been dry fitted to the carbody, and once painted, will allow us to mount them to the carbody, making a big impact in the visual 'completeness' of the car.

Yes More Windows

Roger Kramer made another of his regular appearances, working in the woodshop.  This time continuing to make little pieces of mahogany from big pieces, new windows for the IC heavyweight.