Today, Paul and Bob reworked the staging for a better working height to drive rivets in the cab front wall roofline. Paul, Jim and Bob drove some rivets into the cab wall to roof brace. It didn't go very well, and none of them came out in a presentable fashion. We are going to have to rethink the process and make some tweaks to achieve better success rates. All part of the learning process!

Jim did some cleaning and oiling on the chassis. Roger worked on needle scaling the cab roof hatch frame.

Bob made a bit of an archeological discovery this weekend. A few weeks ago, the welded on cab hatch had been cut free from the hatch framework. We were never convinced this was the original hatch that had been welded shut. Having plans for the old steel, Bob did some cleaning up. There was no paint left on the outside of this hatch piece, but there were some splotches of black on the inside of it. Using a flapper disc to remove the paint, Bob went through black, primer and then found MEC green and yellow. So the hatch blank was made from a piece of another car or locomotive by the RR. There is no clear indication of when this was done. Maybe when other areas of the cab were patched. It is definitely a different shade of green than a few spots found in other cab areas. Quite a mystery!

Paul, Roger, Bob and Jim Armstrong in attendance.