Saturday Sample

A quick sample of some of the things going on at IRM on Saturday afternoon:

A recovered cushion installed in the 319:

The seat backs in the 319 are similar to the lower-numbered 300's, but the cushions are about 2" wider.  The backs have a different type of bracket because of this.

And here's the next back to be replaced.... 

Meanwhile, several other projects were in progress in the shop.  Tim is painting a door for the 1808:

Inspection on the 3142:

Another view of the new barn extension:

Fred and Phil were refinishing interior parts for the 306:

Victor and Bill were working on parts for the tool car:

And finally, work is starting on what will be a new display in Barn 8 of various historical rail sections, seen in front of the display case at the bottom.  And presumably there will be explanations of where and when the various types of rail were produced and used.

I should point out that these display cases themselves are museum museum artifacts.  They came to us from the Field Museum.  And modern high-priced museums like that have generally gotten away from just displaying things in glass cases.   Not us, though.