More progress on the Erie #C254

More nice progress has been made on the maintenance work on Erie Railroad caboose #C254 over the past week.    The entire west side of the car has had its first pass on buffing, and is looking really good.   Work on the east side has also started.

#C254 with the west side polished.  04.28.2012
Where we started from...

Progress on the east side.  04.28.2012
Before polishing...
Work on the roof has also continued with most of the needle scaling complete.   Only the edges that roll over to the sides need to be done.   It has been a real team effort.   The focus has now shifted to wire wheeling the cleaned roof to get some of the rust off before sealing and painting.   Again, that has been a real team effort with no fewer than five different volunteers lending a hand.
The south roof completely needle scaled and ready for wire wheeling.   The steel plates welded to the roof are where the roof walks original to the car were once attached.   We are considering adding them back on prior to repainting to further restore the car.
Where we started from...