Hurray, the Cumbres Pass section house is no longer doing a 'Titanic'

Bob Conroy came out from Calif. for Session E in late July and lead two teams in sessions E&F pulling off all the rotten siding on the east and west ends of the building and replacing it with all new material. They even added wire mesh up by the eaves to prevent those #*@&% birds from destroying the new siding like they did the old material.

Since the work sessions which ended in early August Bob and his team of Geof Gordon, Ron Horejsi, Bob Reib, and Dave Ferro are still up on the hill working on the foundation and footings that have sunk SIX inches over the years. It is amazing that the building hasn't suffered major structural damage with all of that sag, but it is no longer in danger of collapse on the west side.

Those guys are like pit bulls, they bite on a job and don't let go until it is finished, no matter how long it takes. Well done guys!

Joe's photos of the ongoing work on the Cumbres Pass section house

Joe's photos taken earlier of the section house work


There is ONE MORE work session G coming up Sept 29 to Oct 3, so if you would like to come out and help preserve some of our narrow gauge history, and have a GREAT TIME working with some really nice folks, sign up and come on out and work on the prototype in 12" to the foot scale.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/30/2014 07:04AM by John Cole.