Step By Step

Inch by inch, slowly I turn... we're making progress on restoring our new acquisitions to operation.

Much of the day was spent sanding down the south side of the 319, as seen here. I now have the lift available, so it went fairly quickly. The rest of the goofy decal lettering was removed.

I also dug out a CA&E trolley hook for Rod, who will use it to make several new ones. Some of them were lost or stolen in Cleveland.

Les Ascher was showing some visitors from Montreal around, and they got a tour of the interior.

Dan Gornstein was here today. He was our expert on how to install the tower platform on top of the South Shore line car. It was pulled over to the steam lead so it would be out from under trolley wire, then the platform was lifted into place with the fork lift. Dan had lots of helpers: Joel, Joe, Stan, Tom Hunter, Rod, Warren, and I'm not sure who else.

By the end of the day, I had finished this side of the car. I also removed four windows and took them to the shop to be repainted, and installed one which was already repainted.

Meanwhile, Greg C. sanded down four window frames and painted them with primer.


And Rich Witt finished making a wooden frame for the sign box on the 409, and here he is painting it with primer. It looks great!

Of course, there were many other projects being pursued, too many to mention.

By the way, does anybody know for sure what this device is for? It has no obvious function.

I won't be out next weekend, I have something else to do: the Verdi Requiem at Rockefeller Chapel. You won't want to miss it!