Wednesday, August 21, 2024

IT 277 Progress

Today we bring you some more impressive pictures from Gregg Wolfersheim of his progress on the baggage compartment of the 277.
 

I started painting the ceiling last week after clearing out the emergency tool box. 


Progress as of last weekend.

As the ceiling was finished, the left side wall and back side of the motorman's cab were painted.
Both the inner and outer sash for #14 were restored and put back in today. #13 and 15 are in the process of being painted and will go in soon.

The tool boxes and fire extinguisher box also reappeared!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Are there any cases you know of in which the emergency tools were actually used? I could see first aid supplies getting used but not so much an ax or saw.
C Kronenwetter

Randall Hicks said...

Good question. The accident reports I've seen generally don't go into that level of detail. But all interurban cars seem to have had wrecking tools, so you would think they must have been used at least once in a while.