Tuesday Report

 Lots of interesting things to report from Tuesday, so pull up a chair.

The 453 roof project went rolling along.  Here we see the third, and perhaps final, coat of canvas paint being rolled onto the center of the roof.  You can easily see the outlines of the roof boards, which is what we want.

I then went around the sides and finished putting a second coat on the lower sections of the roof, with the exception of small areas at each end.  But those can wait until later.

I also finished painting the running boards, but didn't take a picture.  And I put some more Bondo on the rusted-out section of the #1 end.

Then, one of the added layers of canvas was tacked in place, where trainmen gain access to the roof:

And this was then painted.

John Sheldon continued work on the 306.  We looked at these little brackets, which he found attached to some of the old window frames.  He finally figured out that these are essentially nuts, which were screwed onto bolts from the inside of the structure.  He spent much of the day sandblasting various parts.  Gerry was working on the car also, but I didn't get any pictures of him.

And turning to the 1754, here's the truck frame which Frank K. has sandblasted.

Jon F. was working on the roof of the 65, and finished installing the ventilators.

Photo by Jon Fenlaciki

Finally, let's pay another visit to the 50th Avenue station.  Please watch your step.

Tim was trying to get the doors at the north end of the building to work properly, but it's frustrating because the building itself is not quite square.  The floor is level, but the posts are not exactly vertical, so the doors have to be trimmed at odd angles -- as you might be able to see here.

But this work has its rewards.  While working on the station, Tim found a 1901 silver half-dollar and a 1925 penny.  The silver half-dollar is rather beat up, but still quite a find.  I don't know anything about coin collecting, but as Tim says it's at least worth its weight in silver.

And then there's this label from the original flooring lumber, which is pretty funny.

Our second-grade lumber is the world's finest!