Thanks to Gregg Wolfersheim, who has sent another progress report on Green Bay & Western 109, the wood coach currently in Barn 4 for a quick cosmetic restoration...
The south side of the 109 has had some of the original siding sanded down. The old Marquette & Huron Mountain RR yellow has come through. It's mostly in good enough shape to leave as a base for repainting. Around the arched glass it was very loose, so we sanded down to bare wood. White primer has been applied to that, and any new wood.
A close-up of the stained glass area. Notice the new trim applied by Ralph and Jack.
While sanding above these windows, I decided to clean up the glass. I used a wire wheel to remove the oxidation and soot revealing some fancy stained glass!
The scissor lift made it easy and safe to work on the arched glass and letter board.
The man from Chernobyl showed up, too! Actually it was Marcus Ray running the belt sander and later the pad sander.
The area where the bay window was has been enclosed for now. Car siding was installed by Ralph and Jack.
Most of the south side is in primer now. Several holes were filled in with epoxy. Next will be Pullman green.
1 comment:
I just love that stained glass; it is so uncommon to find it under the sheet metal after that is applied. TM IRM Member
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