Another Day, Another Dollar

Of course it actually costs a little more than that to drive out to IRM, but it's worth it nonetheless.  Now in the "less is more" department, there's a lot less on top of the 460.  Here we see a patch job, whether from Wheaton or North Olmsted I'm not sure, but it needed to be cleaned up.  I really don't know why that little metal plate was there.

And with some work, I removed most of the remaining trolley boards, all but two saddles, and lots more canvas, including patches.  This car had many more patches on the roof than either of the others, so this will take a while.  The goal is to find every spare tack on this vast expanse of roof and remove it.  Maybe at some point I'll start offering prizes.

And at the east end, we can see how little is left.  I will be leaving this one section in place for a while because it makes it much easier and safer to climb onto the roof.

All the obstacles need to be removed, with the exception of the ground connection for the lightning arrestor.

And then I continued working on the side tack moldings, and got half-way done on the north side.

Buzz was making some display shelves for the Milwaukee Road Historical Society, since he is a member of the society himself.

And John continues to make new parts for the 306: here we see some of the old, badly worn window shade tracks next to the new ones.

Among other things, they need to be sanded.

And then, he needs to stop and do some machinery repairs. All in a days' work.

Meanwhile, Tim was working on the 1808, installing new letterboards and fixing parts of the structure.

It was unseasonably cold and damp, with intermittent rain.  Incredibly enough, the track guys were out there constructing a new switch for the steam leads, but I decided I didn't even want to walk that far to get a picture.   Sorry!