East Broad Top Pictorial 2002

FEBT Rockhill Furnace Restoration Work Session, August 24-25, 2002

These photos are presented in roughly chronological order. Person and vehicle identifications are always in the order from left to right. All photos taken with a Canon Eos RebelXS camera with either a Tamron 28-80mm lens or a Canon 75-300mm lens. Film is Kodak Gold 200 or Max 400. All photos in this section copyright 2002 by William Adams.

This set of photos skips over a work session on August 10-11, 2002.

Car shop [2002aug24,carshop1] 600x410 (48k) - 1200x819 (146k)
After the previous session and the first day of this session, the car shop windows are looking good and the windows tackled earlier are getting a final coat of paint.

Car shop [2002aug24,carshop2] 600x413 (31k) - 1200x825 (79k)
By the end of this session, two more missing sashes have been replaced.

Caboose 27 [2002aug24,cab27] 329x480 (31k) - 616x900 (77k)
Caboose 27 has been taken out of storage, given a fresh coat of paint, and awaits stencilling. This job was not performed by the FEBT, but contracted out by the railroad.

Servicing locomotive 14 [2002aug24,14-1] 600x409 (55k) - 1200x818 (148k)
Sunday afternoon the crew tends to locomotive 14 before putting it away for the week.

Servicing locomotive 14 [2002aug24,14-2] 600x410 (45k) - 1200x819 (118k)
Sunday afternoon the crew tends to locomotive 14 before putting it away for the week.

Bunny! [2002aug24,bunny] 600x410 (67k)
Caption 1: Even the bunnies are in the spirit, clearing weeds from the yard.
Caption 2: Eat more!
Caption 3: A modern hopper in the yard.

South shed [2002aug24,shed1] 325x480 (35k) - 609x900 (93k)
The shed has received brand new doors. The originals were long gone, and reference material on them had not been located, so the replacements were built in a common EBT style. A reference found after the fact showed them to be quite close.

South shed [2002aug24,shed2] 600x412 (44k) - 1200x823 (118k)
A replacement window frame and sash was built for the south wall, copied from the surviving rear window. It was test fit this weekend, to be installed later.

Wye switch [2002aug24,switch] 600x410 (52k) - 1200x819 (148k)
Upon further review, I think the work in this photo was done July 13.... Still, first thing Saturday morning, FEBT assisted EBT and RTY in replacing three ties under this switch. The job began at 9am, and the spikes were going in as the 11am train departed on the adjacent track. The job was done just as the train returned (and traveled over this switch). This photo was taken after the fact on Aug 30.

Saltillo station [2002aug24,salt] 600x408 (51k) - 1200x815 (141k)
Saltillo station's still there.

Saltillo station [2002aug24,stereo1] 394x342 (45k)
This is a stereo pair of the rear wall of the station.

Saltillo station [2002aug24,stereo2] 527x192 (33k)
This is a stereo pair of the back wall and passenger end of the station.

Saltillo station [2002aug24,stereo3] 577x196 (38k)
This is a stereo pair of the trackside wall and freight end of the station.


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