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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.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

End Plates - 6-26-2013

In a previous post we showed the making of
a pattern of the wood end panel over the door of 
the car.  One of the originals was fairly well 
preserved.  

The first photo shows the pattern 
as well as the two steel plates that were 
made from the pattern.  These will be fastened 
over the doors and become part of the steel 
reinforcement at each end of the car.




The second photo shows Bob and Lenny
clamping the plate in place.  It was installed
with minimal forcing although I did wear
my earplugs.










Another view of the plate in place.  Tom is
applying a clamp in the center.











A little re-shaping had to be done to fit the
wood trim.  The two ends were very similar
but not identical.

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