Tuesday Brief

Hardly a day goes by without notable progress in the Car Dept., and I can only catch a little of it.  Here's part of what was happening on Tuesday.

Over in Barn 8, Steve Smunt and Paul Hough are making great progress on the interior of the 277.  The main compartment is essentially finished, and they're now working on the vestibule.

Here Steve is stripping paint on the door frame.  Finding a good camera angle is not easy.

There are a couple of window shades and other details that still need repair in the main compartment, but it looks great.

Steve Iversen continues working on the Kansas City PCC.  There's an awful lot of rusted metal to be repaired.  But he doesn't give up.

I don't want to keep making third rail beams for another year, so maybe it will go faster if I can do them two at a time.  

Gerry and Steve K. were working again on the air piping for the 306, and it's nearly done.  

The plumbing on this car was drastically changed by Shaker Heights, but after a lot of work they finally have it back the way it must have been on the Fox River.  So this is a huge accomplishment.