Today I made good use of the Rustoleum rusty metal primer that we purchased during the week. It was 80 degrees and sunny, so I toted the six 12' long 2x6's that will serve as the 205's roof boards outdoors and put a coat of primer on all of them, the sun drying the paint quickly enough to do both sides. After this was done, I used our new pad sander to sand down the previous coat of primer on the two new door leaves for the car and put a final coat of primer on those; now they're ready for Indiana Railroad orange, and then final hardware fitting and installation! The doors are shown below left. I also got to show blog reader Glenn Prow, who has helped us with Hicks Locomotive & Car Works research, through the 309 before his Take the Throttle trip. And there has been progress on Barn 11 - the roof trusses and stringers at the west end of the building are in place, as shown below right.
News and views of progress at the Illinois Railway Museum
Saturday, September 27, 2008
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