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Durango Railroad Historical Society Work Sessions

2016 SPECIAL WORK SESSIONS

Plan & Schedule
Durango Railroad Historical Society

The DRHS has finalized our plans for this summers work sessions.

We will have 5 week long work sessions, some of sessions overlap each other, giving a choice of which project that you would to help with.

Session #1 June 13 - 17 D&RGW Water Service Bunk Car Durango, CO
Scrap, seal, fill, sand exterior sheathing
Paint base color on exterior
Seal floor and paint walls and ceiling
Seal and paint window frames, then install
Install stack on roof and metal shield for stove

Session #2 June 13 - 17 Const. Silverton Northern Oil Shed Silverton, CO
Frame floor, walls, and roof
Install corrugated metal to exterior walls and roof
Run electrical wiring from engine house and wire the shed

Session #3 July 18 - 22 D&RGW Water Service Bunk Car Silverton, CO
Paint lettering
Clean out journal boxes and add new wool waste and oil
Perform other tasks not completed in June work session

Session #4 July 18 - 22 Const. Silverton Northern Oil Shed Silverton, CO
Install electric wiring
Insulate walls and ceiling, then drywall same
Paint interior
Move furniture from boxcar to shed

Session #5 Sept 11 - 15 D&RGW Stock Cars Silverton, CO
Remove floor planks at both levels from doorway of double deck car
Seal and install new floor planks at both levels from doorway of double deck car
Install door post protectors (steel angles) and other misc. hardware
Finish lettering cars
Clean out journal boxes and add new wool waste and oil

You are all invited to come join in the fun, for 1 day or the whole week(s). Even if you think that you don’t have the skill set thats needed, We will have plenty of work for you to help us with.

If you will be coming out this way, Let me know, and I’ll get you started on the rest of the process.