Wood Shop

I cannot blame any of our volunteers, but in this weather they burrow into the cooler wood shop areas - it almost like being held hostage by the brutal summer weather.  So here is a glance at some of the projects.

Seating

Frank Sirinek and Mike Stauber continue their work on Kansas City Public Service 755 PCC car.  Here they have gotten themselves into a painting frenzy on a seat frame and a lot of the loose parts to fix and remount it.

Floored

Victor Humphreys and Kirk Warner decided to dodge the rain by doing some repairs inside our B&O wagon top boxcar.  It appears that there was a hotbox on the number four axle on the right side in its past.  The inevitable result was that a goodly sized hole had been burned through the floorboards.  I assume the car was empty and had no lading, since if it was loaded there would have been no opportunity to reach the fire and extinguish it.  So, out with the damaged boards, and here Victor is seen with the new decking mostly in place.  When those guys came out of that steel boxcar for some air, they were SOAKED!!

Windows

Buzz helped earlier loading new lumber for three of the freight car projects, and then cooled off a bit in the shop painting new windows for the AT&SF 1400 caboose.  Behind Buzz, are three of the new doorposts for the CGW X 38 snowplow.

Ceiling

Yes, Chicago Rapid Transit 1797 can again operate under its own power and it really looks good from the outside.  Inside, let's just say that is a work in progress.  Tim Peters has several ceiling panels stripped, primed, and with the first coat of paint applied.