Rock Island 2612

                                   

                        After  coming back from a vacation to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina,  I was amazed by the progress brought about by Gary Sherman.   Thanks Gary!                              

 Wednesday, April 16th, found  the two of us back at it.   About 11:30 am Brian Lakemper arrived and decided to help us.   What a nice surprise!   After some introductions we put him to work disassembling some seat frames and helping Gary install screws into one of  the newly installed wall panels.

Gary and Brian began drilling holes for the installation of  more seat frames.  

    We moved a few seat cushions around and tried out the newly repainted seat frames.

Here they are installing more screws into the panel that the nickel seat is attached.   There is a lot of repetitive work in this coach so bare with the different scenes.  

After lunch our long awaited delivery of parts showed up.  Here are the two new stairs contracted and built by R and B metal of Woodstock, Il    Thanks John, Ken, and Joe of R and B.  Also delivered were end pieces made  to replace the rusted ones.  Please see the picture below.  Your donation to the RI 2612 fund helps pay for the manufacture of these replacement parts.                       

      They really did a beautiful job!  You have to see them in person to appreciate them.   Makes you wonder what these cars really looked and smelled like when they were brand new!!   O' to go back in time....   O well....                                                                                                                                                    Remember....     your donations to this project does make a difference!    RI 2612 does need more Dollars.       Thanks                 Roger