This will be #155's last winter exposed to the elements, so she gets to sit it out holding the mainline. John Stinchfield moved her from the disconnected siding (right, background) on 12/31. Sometime before operations start in the spring she will be moved, probably to one of the new roundhouse stalls.

Well, we haven't made good on getting this car under cover, but we have moved her to the newly laid roundhouse lead #0 to get her off the mainline. The good/bad news is that we have more equipment than we can fit in even an 8 stall roundhouse. That's why we need a carbarn.

The rollover damage to this car, knocked it out of square, popped the seams on the roof, and damaged some sheathing. So, this car has come back to the active projects list for mare work.

The suggestion had been made to simply re-solder the seams on the old roof, but a quick inspection showed that the original tin was too far gone for that.

Here, the original tin has been removed. You are looking at the underside of the tin and can see several rust throughs. Note that the tin was secured by nailing through the bottom half of the seams.

Naturally, with a roof covering in as poor a condition as the original was, we had to replace a number of the boards.

Here, Ken Berlo is replacing the trim work so the new roof covering can be applied.

Here is the new roof. Rather than tin, we used galvanized steel, but maintained the same sheet sizes as the original. The flat seams are also done the same way. But, rather than nail through the seams we used galvanized strapping strips (Laconia method) to allow placing the nail away from board edges, knots, and marginal wood.

One of the next tasks is to finish up these two NEW swing bolster trucks and get them under the car.

The completed roof, painted, and with walkway.

Essentially finished. She still need roof walk end supports and a final coat of paint.