Excavations

We would like to have the 319 in service in just two weeks, and things are going along pretty much on schedule. On Saturday I did more painting:

The platform door got a first coat of red over the white primer seen last time. This method seems to work well. At least one more finish coat will be needed, but that's true for the whole vestibule compartment. I then put primer on one side door and some other areas (R). And finished priming the floor.

There are several miscellaneous issues that needed to be addressed. Rod helped me with fabricating a new part for the buzzer interrupter, which I'm repairing at home. And I needed a controller cover as a temporary replacement, since one of them is over in the paint shop, waiting for red paint. And more cleaning and straightening. Inspection will take place this week, starting Monday, I hope.

It was cold and wet, but that doesn't stop the heroic B&G crew. They were hard at work in the adverse conditions, excavating trenches in several different places to locate old utilities and install a lot of new electrical conduits.

(L) Dave is in the trench, with Jerry helping up above. (R) Max aligning the new conduits.

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