Doors to Progress

Saturday was a typically busy day at the Museum, with several different things going on in the car shop.  Did we ever tell you that doors are important in this business?  I turned the 460's door over, finished sanding and stripping the paint from the vestibule side, and primed it as seen here.  It should be ready for finish paint and/or installation.

I then went over to Barn 8 and started on inspection of the 319.  It's only four weeks until we're supposed to have three wood cars ready for operation -- yikes!  I did what I could without the car being over the pit, and no problems were found.  The air system works fine, which is of course important.

Then I had some time to sand down and prime the door to the blower cabinet in the 460.  It wasn't feasible to remove the door, and in any case there's no reason to refinish the inside.  The other guys are doing a great job on repainting the smoker.

So let's see what the other people are doing.  John continues tirelessly on repainting doors, windows, and other parts of the 306.

Steve Iversen drove up from Oklahoma again, and picked up Frank Sirinek.  Along with Mike Stauber, they were working all day on doors for the Kansas City PCC, 755.

And here's what the roof of the 1808 looks like from inside the car.  Tim has mounted a jack to raise the roof into position so the new carlines can be installed.  It's an impressive project.

Bill is sorting out and inspecting our supply of window shades and parts.  

Let's see, who else am I missing?  Norm was working on the overload relay for the 306 again.  Joel was there along with several of the younger members whom I don't know because I've mostly been coming out on weekdays, hard at work on various projects.  And there were others who were there for the car cleaning session.  You just have to be there in person to see it all.