Passenger Car Department

                                    Yes,  the latest coach, RI 2612, is begining to look like a coach once more!!   Matter-of-fact one of the electric car members visited yesterday and even remarked it sure looks a lot better!!!                                                                                                      Here are the amazing results of just a few hours efforts.   Warren Newhauser and Paul Cronin are watching the old paint just fall off the celiling    Another Rock Island fan and new volunteer, Brian Patterson, really got into peeling the old carpet off the wall.  In many places it peeled off right to the bare metal.   Thanks for your help,  Brian.   See you next time,when it's a little warmer.     BTY, as you can see in this picture,  Warren was  working without his coat.  After I removed the gray curtains the sun came thur and warmed the entire car.  It was quite comfortable.    Here we all are working away this last Saturday Feb 2, 2013                                                                                                                                                                        As you can see with just two days of work the car has  been transformed into a work of?                        NO,  not yet!  Much work to be done.      Next,  removing the green fabric on the indidvidual seats and scraping more paint; then sweep,sweep and more sweep.   Want to help?         Please come out on a Saturday and/or Sunday and stop by Barn 3 to say hello.  If you can't make it please consider a donation to Rock Island 2612 fund to help  pay the track storage fund.       Remember,  with all our efforts  this Will happen.......................   More good news is coming....  Roger Kramer