205 Progress

I was out at the museum on Saturday and made some more progress on the 205. Mainly I was concentrating on applying body filler to the car's corner posts, where we had put in metal patches to cover over large holes rusted through the post sheets. After a couple of applications with sanding in between these areas are nearly ready for primer. I also started working on patching holes in the car's west end letterboard and completed patching the northeast corner post. Below left, patching work in progress; below right, work on the letterboard. Note the rusty patch above the new body filler; this is the former location of the mounting bracket for the horn installed by Portland Traction.









And, just in case you haven't gotten your fill of road construction photos, here's a shot of the hardy Buildings & Grounds crew at work on Depot Street in the rain. Left to right are Les Ascher, Jerry Lynn (in the ditch), Wally Ostopowicz and B&G Dept Head (and coordinator of the 205's move back to Illinois in 1993) Dave Diamond.