Repainting of Cape Race exterior under way! - Part 1
The primary reason that the Museum is closed until November
12th is to allow for the repainting of the exterior of Cape
Race.
While much of our restoration work is done at a more placid
pace by our enthusiastic community of volunteers, we do contract some work when
we either do not have the skills or we need to get the work done quickly. Cape
Race is being painted by a professional painter, Bob Merriam. Yesterday, he completed one side of the car and an intrepid group of TRHA
volunteers worked into the evening to move a number of engines and cars around to
allow us to pull Cape Race out of the roundhouse, turn it around on the
turntable and put it back in the roundhouse to have its other side painted. The paint job is looking great as the image
above might suggest).
The story of the Cape Race is documented on our website
(click here). As most people know, way back then, the toilets on the passenger cars
dumped directly onto the tracks as the trains sped by. This led (on our TRHA forum) to a discussion
about “honey pots” which were connected to the passenger cars when parked to dispose of toilet waste. Grant Kingsland then found and shared the three pictures below of the Cape Race connected to “honey pots”.
Posting by Russ Milland; Images by Michael Guy (above) and Grant Kingsland (below)
Click on each image for a closer look!
Vancouver, B.C. - June 13th, 1977 |
Vancouver, B.C. - June 12th, 1977 |
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - June 17th, 1976 |
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