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Boiler House. Jim Bacon prepares his tools for the days work. The brick wall repairs are for the most part complete, and the windows have been rebuilt. For the winter, wood boards have been installed to keep out the weather and the fowl. On the North side plastic sheeting has been installed. For reference, here is a BEFORE shot from Chris Coleman's site. The door frame & windows have also been rehabilitated and was painted today. A shot of the finished door appears later. |
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The EBT side dump hopper sits on a turntable lead, behind #15's tender. The hopper is being repaired for ballast use. Much of the car is heavily deteriorated, so rivets are being removed and rusted sheet replaced. |
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Chris Coleman. |
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Inspecting some of the hardware. |
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Bill Adams grinding rivets. |
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Wide shot of the car. |
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#15's tender awaiting return to service. |
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Side dump hopper. |
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Roundhouse. Closed up for the season. |
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Paint Shop, South end. |
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Paint Shop, East side. The FEBT made an agreement with the EBT to lease this building for restoration projects such as the two passenger cars we recently brought back to the EBT and are currently residing in the Car Shop. |
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South end of Roundhouse. |
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Sign on the Southwest corner of Roundhouse. "A Klaxon was a wooden box with a shaft sticking out of it. There was a pedal on top of the shaft. The shaft had notches in it which actuated a wooden rattle much like an old time policeman's rattle or the wooden rattles used by european sports fans. The box was mounted on the floor of a car next to the clutch pedal and the affair was used as a warning device, just like the electric horn on modern cars which made the klaxon obsolete." Thanks John Webster! |
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West (back) side of Roundhouse. |
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North end of Paint Shop. |
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Door & sign on back of Roundhouse. |
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Retaining wall along Jordan Creek behind Paint Shop/Roundhouse |
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Paint Shop build date stone. Set in concrete with some small somewhat polished stones surrounding it, no doubt from the nearby creek. Nice touch. Date reads "1933, OCT.2". This paint shop replaced an earlier wood one which burned down. |
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