Passenger Car Department

Saturday night, March 8th, Shelly Vanderschaegen captured a night shot of the RDC in fog. Car lights are shining on the RDC and the lights were turned on inside the car for the shot.

RDC night shot from 3/8/14 by Shelly

Sunday, March 9th, Michael Baksic began by installing a handle on a stainless steel cabinet door located in the vestibule between the 1st and 2nd Exhibit cars. The door did not have a handle previously and it wasn't known at first that the door was stainless steel. Drilling and setting screws was problematic.

Handle installed on stainless steel cabinet door by Michael Baksic

Sam Polonetzky and Mark Gellman at lunch

Buzz Morisette and Jon Habegger having lunch in the Birmingham

Ray Mormann installing a threshold in the Birmingham

Buzz Morisette was back at work in the Ely for the day to check on the light fixture placement. He drilled pilot holes through the roof and then went up top to check his position. One end was lined up perfectly but the other end was off by seven inches.

Buzz drilling a pilot hole through the Ely roof

Buzz on the Ely roof checking his pilot holes

The pilot nail was seven inches off from where the wiring conduit is located on one end of the Ely dining room

Speaking of holes, Shelly captured a top side image of a gaping hole in the roof of the Ely near the kitchen area. It goes all the way through.

Hole in Ely roof near the kitchen

The barrier built by Jon and Mark was stained by Shelly and was ready for reassembly on Sunday. In the image below, a reflection of Jon is seen in the plexiglass while Sam looks on as Mark taps the frame together. It was a tighter fit after the staining so the grooves to hold the plexiglass were enlarged a bit to accommodate the panes more easily.

After staining the barrier was put back together

Jon Habegger and Mark Gellman work to get the plexiglass into the stained frame

While assembly of the barrier was going on, Kevin Kriebs scuffed the white conduit with Scotch-Brite to prepare it for painting next weekend.

Kevin Kriebs scuffing conduit with Scotch-Brite™

Mark captured this image of the Arrival/Departure board

Jon Habegger took this photo of the finished barrier

Michael McCraren was working on Saturday and Sunday in the Pacific Peak continuing the long process of taking down the layers of paint that have been applied to the interior of the car over the years.

Mark Hoffman was in attendance on Sunday working on the Pullman Car John McGloughlin.

Thanks to everyone for their time and efforts!