Odd Jobs

Yesterday was occupied with a few odd jobs, some odder than others.

First, somebody brought in the lights from a crossing signal and dropped it off at Frank's place of work.  So that wound up getting loaded into my back seat for transport to IRM.   We always appreciate the donation of items like this.  If the signal department can't use it, they can sell it.

In the shop, I noticed these nicely repainted retrievers.  It's always good to have spares of the correct color available, in case something goes wrong.

Pete Galayda is working on interior parts for the 160.  Here he is experimenting with refinishing the wood trim parts.

And one of the baggage racks after sandblasting.  Pete says only the two shorter racks had this combination of brass brackets and steel rods; all the others were entirely steel.   They will be painted.

And here's a view of the vestibule ceiling in the 1754.   It looks great.

I spent most of the time sorting and straightening parts in my storage cars.  While doing this, I remembered that the 319 was missing one its ticket clips, for some reason.  So that got fixed.  Every little detail helps.

Finally, I might point out that the west end of Barn 3 now looks much better.  Eventually the lighted sign will be reinstalled.