Free Parking

First of all, we have exciting news on the Buildings and Grounds front: paving of our spiffy new parking lot behind Barn 4.  And remember, it's free for working members!  Otherwise your car will be towed and melted down into spikes.

And looking west from the end of the sidewalk between 42 and 43.  Quite an improvement.

And the department has some new projects that are evidently being started.  I believe this is one end of North Shore car 250, which will be part of a display.

Another project that we'd like to start soon is making third rail beams for the CA&E steel cars.  This one is nearly complete, it just needs a little wood putty and epoxy.

On a more serious note, I really want to get started on replacing the leaf springs on the 36, so it can be put back into service.  The trailer truck will have to come out from under the car, so we need to remove the third-rail beams and pilot at a minimum.  The third rail beams were not too hard.  These are ones I made back about 2013.

And the pilot is almost disconnected, except for one bolt I was unable to break loose.

Barn 8 will be closed to the public until spring, so some of these parts will be stored in the aisle.  Don't walk through Barn 8 in the dark!  We've got lights.

And just as I was leaving, the department regulars were starting on switching some of the storage cars back into Yard 4 East, around the tight curves.  Progress never stops.