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A subset of the Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with the mission of preservation, restoration, and interpretation of CTSRR historic assets. The Springs group is primarily involved in restoration. See below for blog archive of older postings.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

More arches 5-1-2010



Bob is going bungee jumping again, but on a very short line.  On the right, up he goes, ridge pole in hand.


Handling the ridge poles without dropping, and aligning and fastening, including tapping screws into the joints while lying in the basket leaning out, required a fair amount of agility and strength, to say nothing of being a little "out there."  On the left, above, others in the crew are setting and fastening the last four arches.



Above, left, we have adopted the latest technology to insure the arches are properly aligned.  Your trusty blogger forgot the tripod for the transit.  However, eyeballs and a level on a straight edge served to help everything to come together properly.  The end of the last brace on the last arch is being taped by Ray on the right.  Next will be the framing for the end enclosures and the covers.

1 comment:

  1. Great site. Wish I'd found it sooner. A link from the Friends' site might help.

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