I was working on doors for the 460 again. Gerry helped me move them, as they're both very heavy. The train door was moved from the table to lean against the wall. It's upside down because I wanted to smooth out and repaint some of the inside surface of the bottom rail. But I think it's now ready for final paint.
And here's the bottom of the side door. The bottom rail was completely rotted away, along with the bottom few inches of the stiles. Ugh. I cleaned it up as much as I could with a chisel.
It's not obvious, but the top surface of the bottom rail was slanted so that water, which is liable to get into a drop-sash door, will be drained out through the three slots into the inside of the vestibule. Why not outside? I suppose they thought those slots would look stupid. But your guess is as good as mine.
After some work, I had a blank for the new bottom rail. It still needs work which I can do more conveniently at home. Notice that the steel sheet is held to the rail with screws. That's good.
And on top of the bottom rail, this rubber tube was attached to act as a shock absorber if the window is dropped down into the door. It's pretty tired, but still useable.
Well, enough of that. I checked that the new scraper castings fit properly; the bolts line up. They look great, and a lot of thanks to Gregg for transporting them for us.
Speaking of which, here we see the IRM janitors sanding and cleaning the floor in the Green Bay car. This will really make a nice bowling alley.
Meanwhile, in the 306, among other things Phil was touching up the paint. Note the mirror-like finish on the varnished woodwork!
Meanwhile, Gerry is working on the piping. Almost all new pipes are required, and here he is in the process of installing them one by one. This is the west (#2) end.
The east end is complete, except for some parts under the floor.
And finally, Tim is working on various parts of the 268 at once. The interior is being varnished...
and new flooring in the west end of the car.
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