One of the first tasks was to choose the appropriate roundhouse stall for the long term work. Here Tool car #562 and Flanger F&M #5 are being moved out of the selected stall. They will be moved one stall to the right. Note that only two stalls have track laid to them at this time. The second stall is a little less dark, and has more room to work around the car.

Stripped of it's sheathing while it resided in the end stall, the coach is sitting on the lead for the second stall about to be put into the roundhouse and the body raised off its platform. This was August 1996.

Tucked away in the roundhouse.

Heavy planks have been screwed to the body framing members and cables rigged over lifting beams in preparation for lifting the body off it's platform.

The old platform rolled out from under the coach body for inspection.

Here is the new frame constructed by Wes Spear and Stan Waterhouse with occasional help from others.

The new frame was built upside-down as most of the hardware is underneath then the frame was rolled upright.

The hardware under the middle of the car is the rather unusual SR&RL brake system. If it seems like there are too many brake system components, it is because this car still had both the Eames Vacuum and Westinghouse AB components in place and piped. We carefully retained this arrangement. On the left is the air brake cylinder, the reservoir right and the two can-shaped vacuum brake cylinders are toward the center.

After the framework was done, it was rolled into the roundhouse for the floor to be nailed on.

On October 28, 2000, the car body was lowered onto the new platform. OK, that takes care of replacing the side sill! There is still much work to do!

In December 2000, the car body sits quietly on its new platform, waiting for the spring thaw.

All those painful braces have been removed!!!

One end of the roof with the carpentry work almost done.

The other end of the roof with completed carpentry work.

The sheathing has been mostly applied.

Not only has she been sheathed, but the new window sills are installed.