After a short break work has begun to pick up again on the overhaul of our brake coach, No.E43172
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| Wooden steps being removed from the guards doors |
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| Steve grinding off the seized nut and bolt to remove the step on the other side |
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| East side step removed |
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| Michael W begins welding in a new support bracket for the carriage body |
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| First new bracket welded in place |
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| Two of the other intermediate support brackets, which support the body skin stanchions and are rotten, in the process of being cut out |
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| Steve cutting |
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| Brackets cut out and framework ground back, waiting to be built up with weld |
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| Onto the last support bracket as well as half of the step which had rotten on the bottom and bulged up |
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| Half of the step and the support bracket cut out |
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| Ground back |
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| On the north end of the carriage, Michael D begins sanding back body filler |
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| Michael W building up the framework with weld |
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| Metal for the new step being cut to length in the donkey saw |
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| Marking out for more cutting |
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| Steve cutting |
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| New vs old |
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