A view of her "bad side" as she was when she arrived in Phillips.

Her "good side." This car is 50 ft long and had to have her coupler knuckles removed in order to cram her into the roundhouse.

Her sheathing has been removed to evaluate the scope of the work ahead.

By May 2009 the structural repairs had been made and sheathing applied to one side of the car.

Unfortunately, the second side still needed work. The car sits in a stall with a wall too close on one side to work productively, or even see what one is doing.

So, the necessary process of turning a 50 ft. car on a 45 ft. turntable begins. Since she lives in a stall that does not line up across the table, we need to use our "other" switch engine. In case you are wondering, the tractor is chained to the car so she can't get away.

Here the turn has been made and our Plymouth has moved back onto the table and coupled. Once the tractor is unchained, the Plymouth will pull back a bit so the Zetor tractor can get out of the way.

Part of this car has correct seats with flip over backs. The remainder has bench seats from a much later era. We intend to retrofit the entire car with the flip overs as well as produce similar seats for our two Laconia coaches as money permits.

Here the backs and seat cushions have been removed from one seat for inspection of their construction. This shows more clearly how the seat frames are constructed and fitted to the car.

The seat back construction being examined.

The bottom cushion is a rather simple box. We will retain the foam as the practical filler material.

We intend to use this car in the 2009 Halloween train (not for the color, but rather for the seating capacity). So, on September 20, 2009 she re-entered revenue service on her home rails for the first time since her common carrier days. OK, this is NOT her final color. In the photo, and in the shade of the roundhouse, this gives somewhat the appearance of a chartreuse coach. In the sun it looks more like Pepto Bismol pink to the naked eye. It is just another one of those cases where the paint color doesn't match the sample. The intended color is really meant to be Cherry Red which is the original Phillips & Rangeley livery. Yes, this car will run as P&R #4.