Joel was despondent at the thought that everyone's favorite railroad passenger coach, Green Bay & Western 109, might be departing the Barn 4 Electric Car Shop soon for "Pullman greener" pastures. We told him he really shouldn't worry! While he recovers his composure, our favorite freelance photographer, Gregg Wolfersheim, has sent along a progress report.
We have Ralph on his knees applying a coat of varnish to the lower baseboard area.
Once the varnish was dry, I started priming the floor. First was doing the edge by hand.
Then I followed with a roller doing the middle.
An hour later, and it was done.
A couple of days later, the same routine with Tile Red floor paint. The edges are first.....
And, again rolling the middle.
This was after a second coat was applied. There's just a little bit left to do at the far end behind our partition and around the stove.
The demonstration gas light fixture is up on the ceiling. Unfortunately, the part that attaches to the stem in the middle is not around. We had one we thought would work, but it has a different set of threads that won't screw into this bracket. So, we're trying to locate the correct one.
These are the trim pieces we had made for the arched windows. The thin straight pieces at the left go between the right and left hand curved pieces.
Some of the precut pieces before priming.
Jack was busy today installing these trim pieces on the south side of the car. Soon they will be painted green to match the rest of the car.
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