Restoration of an 1897 railroad car.

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1 Initial evaluation, or, are we really gonna do this?

So here is a pictorial listing of what’s wrong. starting on the left side, you can see how broken the lower frame is [IMG_2510.jpeg] A little farth...

2 What we have to work with. ( this entry is out of sequence, Operator error!)

Some of you are aware that I volunteer at The Nevada County Narrow Gauge RR Museum restoring late 19’th/ early 20’th century railroad stock. This i...

3 Splicing an intermediate sill

I’ve almost finished making the first replacement for the intermediate sill. We chose a splice used in shipbuilding. I am not opposed to using trai...

4 Finished cutting the scarf joint, added reinforcing plates to the joint.

Quiet week for us. I finished cutting the scarf joints and fitted them up. Unfortunately the beam twisted so things went a bit slow. [IMG_2540.jpeg...

5 Wrapping up the intermediate sill.

Sorry I missed last Wednesdays update, we were camping on the coast with family. I got all but one of the mortises cut when I reinstalled the beam...