For the last six months or so I've been turning out third rail beams for our CA&E cars, and it may seem rather monotonous. But I'm not done yet. I just got the wood and started assembling the eighth one of this series. We need to make some more cast iron parts to complete the next ones. And that will be expensive.
Here we see #7 waiting to be painted black, while the wood for #8 has been cut to size and glued.
I paid a visit to Barn 8 to resolve a couple of problems with the beams recently installed on the 460 there, and while in the area I stopped in at the 277 to see how Steve Smunt and Paul Hough are doing. They're doing an excellent job on the main compartment interior, and I'll get some pictures next time. Here Steve is working on one of the window shade boxes.
Tim is finishing the floor at one end of the (1)268.
The 306 guys are making progress on the air piping; at the west end the air gauge is in place.
Now that the Kansas City PCC is in Barn 4, Steve Iversen can make further progress. Here he shows how the tail light will be mounted.
On the other side, when the outer layer was removed, it appears the side sheets were more badly rusted than expected. This happens with used cars all the time. Buyer beware!
Finally, I have figured out how to repaint all sides of a beam on the same day. #7 is done.
And that's no joke.
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