Today we continued with levelling and straightening the car. We placed I-beams under the frame at about where the bolsters (trucks) will be as a base. This meant rolling up one side of the structure as shown in the photo. Fortunately we had a good crew to lift, and we have one end on a sawhorse in this photo.
In the second photo, the beam is levelled and we are starting to slide it over the ties and under the car frame. Thanks to Regis from the Trolley Museum who was cheering us on, we have some photos while I was helping lift and shove.
Here John and I are helping to slide the beam in from inside the tent. We have help on the other side of the car.
This is the view from below. The beam rests on the ties that have been blocked up from the rails installed initially, and jacks were used to make room for the beams.
Tom is manning one of the jacks at the end of the car. The ends tended to droop due to the flexibility of the frame, and had to be levelled.
Here is the same thing from the other side with John M. and Tom F.supervising.
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