Paint and Varnish

Paint and varnish is usually the main subject of our work during the cold weather.  We are certainly lucky to have a large heated area to work in, otherwise we'd be forced to stay home all winter and watch TV.   

Instead, most of the Saturday regulars are hard at work.

John Faulhaber really gets into his work painting parts for the 451.

Victor and Bill P. continue to paint newly-made wood for the Pennsy cabin car.

Bill W. shows off a polished controller top for the1797.

As for me, I started by varnishing the inner side of the arm rests for the 309.

I know this picture isn't very good, but this is the inside of the train door of the 36 before repainting.  It was repainted while still mounted in the car, so there are lots of little problems.  This picture is taken looking up from well below floor level, so it's something you'll never see when the door is in place. 

After repainting it looks much better.  I decided to leave the lettering as is.  That's what they would do at Wheaton.

Keith continues to work on parts for the 1754.  Incidentally, Tim showed up later, although still on the DL (knee).  He was not able to play in today's game, but could offer encouragement from the bench.  Here's hoping for a speedy recovery!

"I've been framed!"   Jack Biesterfeld continues work on windows for the GB&W 110.   He somehow got left out last Wednesday, for which I apologize.

Jon Fenlaciki shows a color card for matching roof paint on the 65.

Young Nick is working on magnet valves for the 4410.

I spent some time sorting and stacking seat frames and other parts in the 150.  This is safer than storing them on end.

Jack tells me there are 52 screws per window that have to be removed.

And by the end of the day, I was able to turn the arm rests over and put a second coat on the outer side.

Well, I certainly need a new camera.  Among other things, I took a picture of Richard and Joel using our recently restored hydraulic testing device to calibrate air gauges, but it seems to have disappeared.  Anyway, the message is that our Car Dept. experts are going to be enhancing our ability to calibrate and correct the operation of air brake systems.  And as usual, there were several other things going on that I didn't get a chance to capture.  But a good time was had by all.