During this fall period the south wall supports were united with the new outer sill and the ceiling jacks removed. Work started on replacement of the outer sill on the north side of the car. The wall framing on the north side is in better shape since it was more out of the weather than the south side.
The new south sill will be bolted to the bolster. John is drilling holes in the sill for the bolts.
Craig is working on a mortise in the sill.
This is a completed tenon and mortise joint with a tie rod next to the vertical member. The cuts in the wooden framing members were located so as to have access to the nearby tie rods for welding safely.
Here Joe is cleaning up the end of a tie rod before welding.
This is a "busy" joint with a vertical support, two angled supports and a tie rod through it.
This photo shows the bolster mortised into the under side of the new sill and two bolts fastening the sill to the bolster.
Joe is clamping a sleeve onto the ends of the old and new tie rod pieces before welding.
Getting ready to weld.
Dean is gluing the lap joint in a vertical member.
This photo from the middle of September shows good progress replacing the ends of the wall supports and fitting them to the sill on the south side. Note that the jacks are still in place.
This photo shows a tie rod fastened to the underside of the sill with a washer and nut. The excess length will be removed after tensioning.
This is one of the quiz answers from the previous posting. This "curvy" piece of steel is one of the truck chain anchors. It will be bolted to the end of the sill.
This photo shows one of the anchors in place on the north side of the car.
Joe is getting ready to weld another sleeve joint on one of the angled tie rods. Click on image to enlarge.
There he goes!
The lap joints have been glued and sanded.
The vertical tie rods have been secured under the sill to help hold the mortise joints together.
Moving to the north side of the car, this is a view of one of the bolsters attached to the deteriorated outer sill.
This is a view of the northeast corner showing the angled tie rod and anchor which has been bent outward. The top of the truck chain anchor can be seen on the top of the sill.
This is a view of the north sill from near the west end showing an angled tie rod and anchor which have not been disturbed.
Going back to the south side, notice that the roof jacks have been removed. Many of the cross bracing plates between the intermediate and outer sills were cracked and had to be replaced. I believe that is Mike putting a new plate in place.
Joe is drilling a hole in the sill for a new horizontal tie rod end to be welded on. The original was cut to remove the old sill.
The new end in place.
The sleeve has been installed between the two pieces and they are ready to be welded.
This view shows the new cross bracing in place between the sills. In the lower right of the photo the end of a horizontal tie rod with a washer and nut are visible.
The end sills will be replaced and there are several tie rods holding them securely to the car. One has been cut and John is teasing it out with a crowbar.
More tie rods to go. This one is coming out more easily.
A closer look at the southwest corner.
This is the northwest corner showing the tie rods still in place. They have large square heads welded on them.
These are two of those tie rods that have been removed.
The southwest corner after tie rods were removed.
A view of the interior looking toward the west at the end of October. The roof jacks are in place on the north side ready to work on the north outer sill.
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