Wood Shop

And in the wood shop area, as is our custom, we produced a lot of sawdust and chips.  Production is at such a high level, the collection barrel needs to be emptied more than once every day the machines are running.

Painting

Victor Humphreys is our 'go to guy' for painting and he does a fine job.  Here are the new cupola cab windows for Chicago Great Western X 38 getting the first coat of maroon.

Fitting

Dave Rogan does careful work in fine tuning the mortise and tenon joints for the second CGW X 38 door.  We make it a practice to completely assemble and dry fit the door before gluing, and on occasion, fine adjustments need to be made.

Worth It

And at the end of the day it is worth it.  The second door is in the glue press curing as Dave makes a final check.  The first door  is done to this stage and can be seen in the background.

Trimming

John Faulhaber and Rich Witt are trimming a new roof board for the Lake Shore Electric 810.  The new boards are being installed from the top down towards the tack molding. 

Sanding

John is on the belt sander now making the final fit fpr this piece.  Nothing ever comes out exactly perfect when working on an eighty year old car body, so the last piece is a custom work of art.

Results Count

And here is the car, outside in Barn 4.  Three or four rows of roof boards are done, and the new tack molding has been installed.  Wednesday morning it was about plus 7 F and these guys were on the scaffold first thing.  At least they were out of the wind!

Door Repair

Henry Vincent has completed the new pieces for the repair on this door for Chicago Aurora & Elgin 36.  He has moved forward and is sanding old paint off, and preparing the mating surfaces for new finish before final assembly. 

Speaking in Tongues

Well, more properly, speaking OF tongues.  A good sized crew worked again throughout the day on new roof boards for Michigan Electric 28.  I think the goal is for something in excess of 1200 linear feet to be made.  That is not a trivial effort.  Here are the first boards off the shaper showing the new tongues.

Crew

Paul Cronin is acting as catcher getting the stock as it comes off the shaper, and Buzz Morisette is feeding the machine.  Not the only two working this project, others helped, but were not in this image.  Jeff Brady and Norm Krentel were outside in the barn, working on the top roof sheathing.

Progress was also made with the new Boston & Maine windows - beading, planing, and ripping.