Tuesday 7/24/18

[Sharon Evans]

Some of the work from Tuesday:

The tender for rotory OY is being painted

Work continues on taking high sided gon 100 apart and in the background the stencil crew works on the flat

The conduit for wiring inside the box car is being done

Porch decking is going in at the car inspectors house at Cumbres

The old fire brick is gone and the crew working on the fire place digs out a new base

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[Chris James]

A couple more from Monday and/or Tuesday:

Good lettering is all in the details!

Dissasembly of High Side Gon 1000 continues. This is very historic car, as it was the first of the series of High Side Gons.

Conversion of the P-Box back to a "real" boxcar continues

There is very little happening in Antonito this week (Passenger Trucks and two Tank Cars). No photos available from there yet.

[Sharon Evans]

Some more from Tuesday which were uploaded today.

The crew on 3090 are replacing the roof walk boards

Another part of the 3090 crew are mounting some door hardware

Having marked the location they now drill the holes

Patti Loundsburg shows another member of the stencil team something on the flat car

The crew working on converting P-Box 213 to box car 3476 cut some wood for it

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[Chris James]

Busy happenings in Antonito now. Here are shots from Tim Smith from Monday and Tuesday. There will be some Wednesday shots, too.

Lots of finish work on the set of Passenger Trucks. Almost completed and it's hoped they will be ready to install under the RPO in Session G!

Hot riveting the brake beams:

Chris Trunk and Randy Worwag continue restoration of Tank Cars 11050 and 11056

One might forget just how BIG a coupler and drawbar are until you see them detached and up close