Greg Ceurvorst, John Faulhaber, and Fred Zimmerman are discussing the days work - what else - more windows!
Greg was doing some finish sanding on the new Villa Falls windows. Earlier, he, Fred and Victor Humphreys moved some structural steel from the Barn 4 floor to inside the B&O boxcar.
Fred and Victor were repairing another step well for the ATSF caboose. Fred is all suited up and the sparks are flying!
Randy Hicks has just completed some tricky notches for a new poplar window sill for the IT cars undergoing repairs in Barn 4.
Earlier, Randy completed post repairs on the IT 277. There was a lot of woodwork and tricky parts to replace rotted members, under that wide window post steel plate.
Or rather - sign box of the times. Mike Stauber and Frank Sirinek have removed the front signbox from the Kansas City PCC and they had it in the shop. Disassembly, cleanup and repairs ensued. Done with that stage, it is ready for primer and repainting.
Our Cleveland Transit PCC car came outdoors yesterday in a move from Barn 2 to Barn 8. THANKS to Randy Hicks who shared these images of his. As you can see remarkable progress has been made during recent months to get this car painted in Cleveland colors - for the first time in decades!
As you can see the interior still needs a little work. Thanks again Randy for the eye candy! I wonder where he gets all that energy?
This has been a challenging winter season, weather wise, but here is an opportunity to place names with faces. These hardworking volunteers have worked in the Barn 4 shops, on projects, regularly on Wednesdays over the winter. Those who do not have the opportunity to visit the shop often may not have met them, and the same goes for readers here who are not located in our area. But here is a chance to notice their work and congratulate and thank them for the work.
Rich Witt was instrumental in helping to take the images and load them. And of course you may go back to the BLOG entries to see specific projects that are active and perhaps consider a donation to help keep them moving forward. So, here in alphabetical order, are the ROGUES. Thanks guys!
Comments
Mon, 09-08-2025 08:22
Good job on the Burlington Nortern 9976. OK.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:56
No new news that I have heard of thus far.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:53
I'll also be doing another update on it soon. Keep en eye out for that.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:47
A little work was done to it for Diesel Days this year. You'll see photos floating around for the temporary short term job that was done to make it [...]
Wed, 08-06-2025 13:01
Is steam car CN 15444 going to be coming to museum several times it was to be moved to muesum
Sat, 07-19-2025 18:56
Yeah, sadly it's still there as of 7/19/2025
Thu, 06-12-2025 19:14
Its been 14 years guys, where is the unit? Like really? Did you guys misplace it? Or are repairs taking that long? At this point be might we will have [...]
Wed, 04-09-2025 17:40
Jamie Thanks for the update. She's gonna shine like every thing else you guys do! Smeds
Thu, 03-06-2025 16:28
Yes, there is a wye. Those two have been MU'ed on diesel days a year or two ago.
Wed, 03-05-2025 14:04
7009 number boards look good. Is there a way to turn a locomotive around at IRM? In case you ever had a mind to connect 7009 and 6847?
Fri, 03-29-2024 21:26
We're slackers and spend more time working on the equipment in the shop than keeping all you readers updated. We'll work on it, but I'm sure updates [...]
Thu, 03-14-2024 08:02
What happened to the Department Blog? It's been over 2 years and I still regularly check for updates, but nothing comes...