D&RGW Outfit Sleeper 04951...

Work continues on the former Denver & Rio Grande Western outfit sleeper number 04951. All the framing repairs have been completed and the new siding is going on at a rapid pace. 

Here you see the original boxcar framing and the new interior sub-wall prior to the insulation and moisture barrier being installed. The interior is also being redone as well with tongue and groove going over the strand board sub.

Another coat of primer and the siding will be ready for paint. The 04951 will carry the earlier boxcar red with white lettering scheme as opposed to the later grey with black lettering. 

As the siding goes on the hardware is also being reinstalled. Most of the bolts have been replaced, but the vast majority of the hardware itself is original to the car. 

Jerry Huck has been building new windows. When the car arrived from the Sundown & Southern it was found that the original mullioned windows had been replaced with single panes. During the current  refurbishment the original window patterns have been replicated.

Two done, two more to go.