Thursday was another fun day in the Car Shop, and I have the photographic evidence to prove it. I'm waiting for the 453's new canvas to arrive, but in the meantime there are lots of things that can be done. Mostly, that involves cleaning up and repainting various roof parts. In particular, let's start with the horns. This is the #1 end horn before work started:
Those lag screws in the bracket were frozen in place, and it took some work to remove them. The #2 end didn't have that problem, for whatever reason.
Either way, it took a while to remove the old paint and tar from these parts, mostly using the big wire wheel out in the barn. I even got to test both horns using shop air. I wish now I'd thought of that for the horns on the 451.
This will baffle you:
... unless you've been paying attention. I also spent some time cleaning up simpler parts of the roof, such as grab irons and one of these baffles for the horns. By the way, I'd noticed this on the 451, but the two horns have opposite ends of the union attached, and that way it's not easy to get them switched. I wonder if that was done on purpose?
I also spent some time inside the car, hooking up an old space heater brought over from the 451, and doing some more cleaning. I hope to get a chance to remove loose paint from the walls in between other tasks.
I was glad to see that the newly repainted trolley poles were put back into the car. They look so much better than before. Thanks to all the shop guys who have been helping with this project.
After stripping the horns, they were painted with primer...
and left to dry.
And I had a few other things to do that I didn't get pictures of. In the meantime, the other Thursday regulars were at work. John Sheldon was mostly working on fixing up all of the underseat heaters for the 306, and testing them. They really look good.
Gerry worked on grinding and welding the posts on the car, as seen here with John in the background.
Tim continues to work on the 50th Avenue ticket booth, and today that was mostly the door. This is really a complicated structure; the entrance door has a drop sash of the same sort as often used on the side doors of electric cars.
Entry is by invitation only. Unless you have the right key.
2 comments:
Randy,
Is the #306 going to be operational or is it just going to be a static display?
Ted Miles, 2021 member
Ted: We are certainly planning to make the 306 operational. Otherwise all of this structural work wouldn't be necessary, not to mention repairing the heaters, the floor, the window shade tracks, and lots of other things that a static display wouldn't need. Meanwhile, donations to the 306 project are always greatly appreciated.
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