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Thursday 8/2/18

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 9:47 am

by Sharon Evans

: 2018-08-02 Its Thursday and the smoke says that all will feast on cook car hamburgers.jpg (99.99 KiB) Viewed 3979 times

Antonito:

: OK, here they are all the Antonito crew smiling at us

: No matter where you are and what you are doing, you just cannot get away from the paperwork

: The frame of the drop bottom gon is getting a red primer coat to protect the metal

: OK, it has to be done, but using a needle scaler is no fun work

: Grinding on what I think is a draw bar link

: Yes, I know its blurred, but those sparks flying off the grinder are great to see

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Re: Thursday 8/2/18

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 4:53 pm

by Sharon Evans

Chama
Conversion of the P-box 213 to box car 3476

: Sometines it just takes more force to get that old bolt out

: Drilling through the old end beam to attach a new roof center support

: 2018-08-02 attaching the center support to a roof cross member

: The roof is now going on with the supports in place

: 2018-08-02 Clamps are in place on the old member so it can be stablized

: 2018-08-02 Putting on the sealant to help this old wood stablize

: 2018-08-02 Cutting the tongue and grove boards for the inside of the conversion

: 2018-08-02 Here we can see some of the inside sheathing in place as they lever in some floor boards

: 2018-08-02 Wood filler has been used to make this old wood level

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Re: Thursday 8/2/18

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 5:25 pm

by Sharon Evans

Chama
Paint car 3686

: Getting the roof walks mounted on the paint car

: Drilling holes in the door hardware for the paint car

: Mounting the top guide rail for the door

: OK, everyone lift on 3

: The door is up and on the guide

: The second door on the paint car is mounted

: The small end door used to give ventiluation is now on

It seems like a nice day for a speeder ride.

: Looks like Brad and a helper are getting a speeder ride

: They have ended up at Labato bridge doing some measurements

One for Cumbres and the Car inspectors house
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: The porch roof at the car inspectors house is getting tar paper over the finished boards

Re: Thursday 8/2/18

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 6:32 pm

by John Cole

I talked to Brad, and he says they were treating the wooden walkway with boiled lindseed oil for a wood preservative. He said they finished early, so he walked down to Wolf creek. He said the view of the trestle was great, but walking back up was tough on an old guy at 8,000 feet.

Re: Thursday 8/2/18

Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:12 am

by Sharon Evans

Thanks John for letting us know what Brad was doing out at Labato.

Re: Thursday 8/2/18

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 8:55 pm

by John Cole

Please remember to click on each photo as they show up cropped when you are scrolling down, when you click on the photo you will get the extra 25% of the photo missing.