Here's 28 early in the day. The sheathing and new window frames are in place on the sides. Lee Rainey & worked on the South end. Throughout the day we worked on one corner, the Southwest. It's very tricky because you must account for the bolt heads protruding from the beams as well as the fact that you can't drive nails thru the steel beams. So, you must fit the pieces together like a puzzle.	175K
	Bill Adams & Wade Woodcock working on the North end. By the end of the day's session all the planking on this end was in place and secure. A lot of careful cutting and fitting went into this.	169K
	A volunteer mixes mortar in a wheelbarrow to bring up inside where cribbing has been installed and repairs are being made to the top of the boiler house wall.	243K
	The boiler house. You can clearly see all the repairs that have already happened in this wall. Today, work was being done on the inside, at the top of the wall.	230K
	And now, stepping inside, here's Jim Bacon working on cleaning out the old, worn mortar and brick. The cribbing is installed so that the volunteers can safely access the high area. Jim relayed to me that it's very tricky up there because there are old steam pipes all over the place that you are constantly climbing over and under to get back and forth across the cribbing. View is Northwards.	162K
	Jim grabs some tools from atop the boiler.	184K
	Another shot.	154K
	Now farther back. You get a better idea for the size of the cribbing.	187K
	Wade, Tom Kozub & Bill work on drilling holes for the North end of 28's hardware. All the hardware was carefully removed, cataloged and stored.	162K
	Bill, Tom & Wade again.	167K
	Here's Lee doing some careful measuring before chiseling out a recess for a bolthead in the South end of 28. The siding was custom milled for the project by an amish miller in Pennsylvania.	186K
	Another overall shot of 28. You can see the new electrical wiring that was installed to replace the old stuff which was largely on the exterior of the car. This new system will allow for lights to be installed inside the car. A stove is being refurbished as well for the interior.	155K
	Back to the North end, the planks have been removed for final priming. Here you can see the new steel plate that was installed and painted a nice gloss black. That is some durable paint. Also, strips of fiberglass have been installed on the plate which will go between the planks and the plate. These will provide for space to allow water to drain out much easier preven,ting rot.	231K
	West side. What do you think of that paint scheme!?	131K
	North end.	202K
	Ok, this is going back to the very first work session I ever attended 9/21/02 where one project for the day was pouring concrete for this new footer at the North end of the car shop. Here's the result, a year and a half later. Looking good!	223K
	Earlier in the week, the EBT had pulled out all the equipment, marking the approaching season opener. Caboose 27, Tank 116, and Boxcars 181 & 170 bask in the sun. It's rare to see 116 ouside, which seems to only come out for special trains.	191K
	View westward between the boiler house coal bunker and the foundry.	160K
	Walking thru the opening in the previous photo, we pass the generator room (to the left) and come to the main shop entrance, where Chris Coleman is perched atop some scaffolding repairing a window. The difference the window repairs make to the overall look of the buildings is probably the most dramatic and beneficial.	192K
	Chris installing glazing compound. Chris mentioned that some of the panes in this window had to be custom cut, and were very unusual as they were somewhat trapezoidal!	175K
	Generator room, nearly a year after we finished the exterior repairs. Plans for this small room include replacing all the interior planking, and fixtures. Then the room will be repainted, the hardware cleaned and we hope to turn it into a showcase for the work the FEBT is doing at the EBT.	198K
	Caboose 27, number 28's sister. Throughout the day, Lee & I walked out and refered to and took measurements from 27 to see how the siding was installed.	136K
	116, West side.	126K
	116, East side.	177K
	Standing on Track number 3 in the yard, facing North. This track was repaired over the last year by the FEBT. A number of ties were replaced and the track was leveled. Spikes were driven and more leveling took place. Now the Railroad has a second track thru the yard; something that hasn't happened in decades. The RR has expressed interest in us replacing even more ties on track 3 so that the steam engines could use it. As it stands now, only the lighter diesels can pass over it.	197K
	Orbisonia Station, awaiting the opening day.	181K
	After lunch, we set out for the sand house to find some elusive storage space. Here, Lee leads us thru the locomotive shop, past the drop pit (to the right) and the "canyon" area (to the left) where the terrible roof leaks occur. This is one of the hi-priority items for the FEBT to tackle, because the roof degradation is so bad.	169K
	Another wider shot.	164K
	And here is the "canyon". Temporary bracing has been installed to help in the sagging, but much of the damage has already been done. This area will need a major overhaul, as so much of the supporting roof structure has rotted away and is unusable. Water literally POURS down (I've seen it) thru a bucket-sized hole in the roof right in the middle, where that big rusty "drain" pipe goes up thru and you can see some light coming down.	168K
	Looking back the other direction, into the shops, there's an old unused switcher, a track cart, and a motorized track car, covered, in storage. Also note those beautiful windows with sun pouring thru! That's the work of the FEBT crew, restoring the windows, letting light back into the shops. Before, they were planked over like so many more around the shops.	156K
	View out the South end of the Loco shop. Carpenter shop is in the distance.	147K
	Another project we tackled was rolling these tires (several hundred pounds each) off of the carpenter house wall where they were leaning and stacking them in an open area.	256K
	The sand house. This building has a very bad lean and is also in need of some attention. Apparently the thing still has quite a bit of sand in it. When Lee opened the door, he found it would only go about half way. Reason? Sand! Lots of it on the floor. No storage space here. The large pile of wood in the foreground is where the loco crews get kindling for the loco's fire. In the last 2 years, I've seen this pile grow enormously as the FEBT has tackled so many projects around the shops!	240K
	South end of sandhouse, looking down the paint shop track lead. FEBT has been working in the creek clearing brush too.	174K
	Here's a shot showing some before and after. In the foreground is the current state of the creek. In the background you can see the clearing that has gone on. The creek has badly eroded away the right of way, making it unusable. The idea is to clear the brush, and redirect the stream away from the R-O-W. To give you an idea of how bad the erosion is, that switch stand in the distance is hanging in mid-air, above the stream.	251K
	Sand house, South end. That chimney is pretty cool.	118K
	Sand house, South end.	171K
	Facing the other direction, South, we see the engine house lead, to the left, joining the paint shop lead. Carpenter shop is to the left, with the open storage shed behind that.	241K
	The front (East side) of the sand house, showing the spigot apparatus.	119K
	The North & East side of the sand house, where the ice house once stood. You can sort of make out the severe lean this building has.	192K
	Drying room & sand house. Some day we'll get to these buildings, hopefully.	214K
	Store houses.	211K
	At the South end of the boiler shop is the privy.	200K
	North & East side of carpentry shop.	159K
	Privy. And here you can see how much work we still have left on the windows around the shop!	190K
	Tire closeup.	212K
	South end of loco shop..	185K
	Southwest side of car shop. Here some tires still lean against the building. These will need to be moved in the near future. You can also see where someone rolled on a coat of paint, but never finished. More windows beg for attention.	178K
	The North end of the lumber storage shed. This structure now houses many bits and bobs associated with the RR - pipes, engines, tubes, sheet metal, vehicles, etc.	184K
	Looking into the loco shop, facing North.	171K
	Back to 28, it's the end of the day. In the day's period, Lee & I managed to install three boards around the corner of the car! The hardware (railings, etc.) were temporarily installed in the interim between our next work session.	181K
	28. It was also decided that the roof needed to be removed and replaced, as it was determined that it had deteriorated too much.	171K
	EBT Scale Car #30. Parked inside the shops, this car is used to calibrate the scales. Seeing as there are no more in use, it doesn't see much service these days.	196K
	30 again.	190K
	Last year the FEBT was able to bring two wayward souls back home. EBT Combine 18 and Baggage-Express 29 had been sold off many years ago and eventually ended up in Colorado, left to rot at a stillborn tourist RR. When they came up for auction, the FEBT stepped in and purchased the cars, transported them back to Rockhill Furnace where the EBT has graciously agreed to store them temporarily in the shops. Here they sit (this is number 18 in the foreground), cocooned and slumbering, awaiting the enormous restoration effort which must take place. For more info, Click Here.	190K
	Number 18 in the foreground, number 29 behind it. (thanks Kevin Strong).	175K
	View North, back out of the shops.	170K
	Inside the car shop, here are some of the belts and pulleys which used to operate various saws and tools.	149K
	Another shot of some of the huge apparatuses.	164K
	One more shot of number 30, of the South & West sides.	181K