Passenger Car Department

In the Ely, Buzz Morisette has two of the three panels up on the dining room ceiling. He was still doing a bit of work on the center area to make sure the middle panel will lie flat.

In the Exhibit Cars, Kevin Kriebs painted the floor of the walk way between the two cars a gray which really cleans up the look of the walkway. He also gave the wall by the Arrival/Departure board a new coat of chocolate brown which covers the formerly white conduit.

At the end of the day, Mark Gellman and Jon Habegger were outside talking. Jon decided to chip away the ice and then it became a bit of a game to see if they could get some of the larger pieces out. Mark is shown spreading out the snow/ice to get it to melt faster.

Michael McCraren took a picture of the wall he has been working on for some time. It is now down to the stainless steel and ready for priming. He says that next weekend will be the last weekend of winter work. He'll be taping up the trim and then spraying primer on the wall and the Bedroom F side of the divider door. Then he will clean up the rooms made messy by winter work for public display when the Museum opens. Next fall the process starts again.

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.

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.

Sam Polonetzky visited the Passenger Car Department on Sunday and joined the group for lunch in the Birmingham.

After lunch Ray Mormann and Michael Baksic installed a threshold in the Birmingham near the kitchen area where work had previously been done to fix the floor.

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.

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.

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.

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

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!