Yes, perhaps you vaguely remember me. I also always commented on your good work, and posted my pictures of my detailed models, but then one day *poof*.
so where have i been?
I've been preparing for my eagle project ( and dealing with school). So far though, i've gotten loads of work done.
I've been helping my local railroad museum (the Pemberton Historic trust in Pemberton, NJ) but stabilizing their old CNJ wooden caboose. It is one of 2 left in the world as far as i know, the other being in Phillipsburg, NJ. I've also helped clean up around their rails to trails path
Here is a picture of my caboose in June-
It looked like that for the past 15 years, and did until just last weekend, when work began on it. First, the museum volunteers pulled some panels and really rotted wood off to see how things were underneath. it looked like this until this morning, when this picture was taken.
most of the damage wasn't so bad, except for one spot under a window that must have been leaking a long time. In this spot, the wood had rotted a hole throught he caboose. fortuneately, it does not affect it's structural integrity, and so it will still stand. this will eventually recieve replacement wood.
By the end of the day, the caboose had most of one side's panel's removed.
While they worked on the caboose, one of the younger scouts scoured the grass with a magnet thing on a stick to pick up dropped nails. Unfortuneately, that was the closest we got to working on the caboose as it was today. During this time, we were prepping the caboose's new sides with primer.
Yes, the primer is purple, so the caboose will be purple for a little bit, lol ( we will eventually paint red over it)
In the background of this shot, you can see an old PRR NX23 cabin car. they are actually pretty unique, being "kitbashed" from a boxcar. There is also a PRR N5C behind me in the picture. I need to take more photos of the different stuff they have, which i will do tommorow when i get the new sides put up on the side of the caboose.
I've been told tommorow i can get a tour of the insides of the caboose, and i'll be sure to take pictures of the rest of the stuff
Remember, even the smallest locomotives are still gargantuan (its a GE 100 ton switcher formerly from roebling steel)
I called the panel on the extreme right of this picture. Its scrap wood, but its the orignal side from world war two when the replaces the sheathing with plywood and batten. it still has the CNJ herald and road number if you look. If i'm lucky, i can take the red paint off the herald.
Chris
so where have i been?
I've been preparing for my eagle project ( and dealing with school). So far though, i've gotten loads of work done.
I've been helping my local railroad museum (the Pemberton Historic trust in Pemberton, NJ) but stabilizing their old CNJ wooden caboose. It is one of 2 left in the world as far as i know, the other being in Phillipsburg, NJ. I've also helped clean up around their rails to trails path
Here is a picture of my caboose in June-
It looked like that for the past 15 years, and did until just last weekend, when work began on it. First, the museum volunteers pulled some panels and really rotted wood off to see how things were underneath. it looked like this until this morning, when this picture was taken.
most of the damage wasn't so bad, except for one spot under a window that must have been leaking a long time. In this spot, the wood had rotted a hole throught he caboose. fortuneately, it does not affect it's structural integrity, and so it will still stand. this will eventually recieve replacement wood.
By the end of the day, the caboose had most of one side's panel's removed.
While they worked on the caboose, one of the younger scouts scoured the grass with a magnet thing on a stick to pick up dropped nails. Unfortuneately, that was the closest we got to working on the caboose as it was today. During this time, we were prepping the caboose's new sides with primer.
Yes, the primer is purple, so the caboose will be purple for a little bit, lol ( we will eventually paint red over it)
In the background of this shot, you can see an old PRR NX23 cabin car. they are actually pretty unique, being "kitbashed" from a boxcar. There is also a PRR N5C behind me in the picture. I need to take more photos of the different stuff they have, which i will do tommorow when i get the new sides put up on the side of the caboose.
I've been told tommorow i can get a tour of the insides of the caboose, and i'll be sure to take pictures of the rest of the stuff
Remember, even the smallest locomotives are still gargantuan (its a GE 100 ton switcher formerly from roebling steel)
I called the panel on the extreme right of this picture. Its scrap wood, but its the orignal side from world war two when the replaces the sheathing with plywood and batten. it still has the CNJ herald and road number if you look. If i'm lucky, i can take the red paint off the herald.
Chris
