CF 518216 restoration

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Jim,
For the lumber you need locate a lumber "Mill" someone who supplies  
hardwoods for furniture builders. You can have all the lumber you need Milled to  
the exact dimensions you need. I use Groffs in PA but they are all over the  
country. They will actually ship to you if there is not one in your area.
Ray Russell Sr.
 
 
In a message dated 12/13/2015 8:57:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

This morning I had the great pleasure of meeting with fellow  N&WHS member 
Dave Moorehead at the Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati,  where he is 
hard at work restoring N&W caboose class CF #518216.   Dave has made some great 
progress, but is in need of some help/information to  help him move to "the 
next level" on the restoration.  According to Dave,  he hasn't been able to 
find a source for "full-size" tongue and groove siding  or for 
correctly-sized lumber for reproducing the end doors.  A little  Googling educated me to 
the fact that standard sizes for dimensional lumber  have changed (shrunk) 
every couple decades since 1900.  Since this  caboose was constructed in 
1917, the boards used to build it were considerably  bigger than what you get 
at the big-box lumber yards today.  Does anybody  out there have experience 
with such restorations projects and/or know where to  obtain "over-sized" 
dimensional boards?  I believe some of you also  belong to/work with the 
Roanoke Chapter of the NRHS.  Can someone give me  a good contact for that 
organization who is involved with their restoration  work?  Also, does anyone know 
of any sources for CF parts, perhaps from  one that has been deemed 
irreparable?  Any and all help/information will  be greatly appreciated.  
Jim Cochran


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