205 Ventilators Installed

Most of my time today was spent working on the 205, and most of that was spent working on ventilators. I installed all 12 ventilators on the car. Several had been hastily patched by the car's previous owner and sport a line of rivets they didn't originally have, so those were put on the unrestored (north) side of the 205. You can see the results of this work here:











Sharp-eyed readers will note that the ventilators are a different color than the roof; that's because the sample we used to mix the first gallon of paint for the car had undergone some sort of chemical change during its decades of storage. The ventilators are the correct color of Indiana Railroad dark green.

I also spent some time taking care of a few inspection items on the 308 including tightening down bolts on the roof (always important) and cleaning the compressor's air strainer. I also helped out very briefly in positioning new tack molding pieces on the Michigan car.