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This is the engineer's side of the cab shortly after the 918 was delivered to Castro Point. To say that was a disastor would be putting mildly. |
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And here is the fireman's side taken at the same time as photo #1. |
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The ceiling is insullated with fiberglass which had become filthy and would rain nasty stuff on your head if touched. The ceiling panes were pulled, the roof cleaned and new fiberglass applied. |
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Once we took a good look at the cab, we decided to replace the floor as the old 1 inch T&G plywood had become oil soaked and spongy. This is the floor area immediately behind the firemans seat. |
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Randy Minton did a lot of the beautiful work in the cab. We lost a good worker when he moved back to Virginia. His Bondo and sanding work made my painting an easy job. |
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And, the engineer side once everything had been removed. |
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The engineer's side with new floor and linoleum applied. The interior of the cab was cleaned and painted while the rest of the work was in process. |
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The fireman's side boiler control panel. |
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The engineer's side comlete. |
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And, the fireman's side complete. |
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A nice, wide angle view of the entire completed cab. The only thing missing at this point is the observers seat which was installed at a later date. |
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Chief grease chaser and generally great helper John Follansbee at work on the fireman's side stair kick plates which he made new, out of stainless steel. |
All photos and text by Howard Wise
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