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Ground is built to the top of the foundation.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_1211-copy.jpegIMG_1211 copyVernon River 1981. Looks as if a whole new door frame has been installed and the earth around the foundation excavated, man door remains above foundation.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/14457347_1702470643407880_6276349165345746629_n.jpg14457347_1702470643407880_6276349165345746629_nMorell. Year and photographer unknown. Ground built to the top of the foundation.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/14457347_1702470643407880_6276349165345746629_n-copy-2.jpg14457347_1702470643407880_6276349165345746629_n copy 2"Shelter" over truck door.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/14457347_1702470643407880_6276349165345746629_n-copy.jpg14457347_1702470643407880_6276349165345746629_n copyFreight door and small window along foundation.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/warehousemap.jpgwarehousemaphttps://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20935076_1902309463423996_4088096629602011681_o.jpg20935076_1902309463423996_4088096629602011681_ohttps://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_1213.jpegIMG_1213Year and photographer are unknown.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_1212.jpegIMG_1212Vernon River 1967. Photographer unknown. It looks like the door is removed at this point; too bad the car is in the way. The proportions of the removed door seem correct for it to be resting on the ground right where the car's roof is. That would indicate that the earth is built up to the foundation's top.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_1211.jpegIMG_1211October 1st, 1981. 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with VSCO with a1 presetProcessed with VSCO with a1 presethttps://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_1255.jpgProcessed with VSCO with hb1 presetLoading potatoes at St. Peters Bay, PE. - Jim MacKinnon collection.2021-01-28T07:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://cnrpei.ca/2020/03/14/scratch-building-cns-40%e2%80%b2-wood-end-bunker-reefers-pt3-fabricating-fishbelly-centre-sills-and-z-bracing/https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_1331.jpegIMG_1331https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_1327.jpegIMG_1327https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_1324.jpgIMG_1324Finished sill plates ready to be assembled.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_1323.jpgIMG_1323https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_1322.jpgIMG_1322Pushing the sill plate against the 1x6" strip and a machinist square.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_1305.jpgIMG_1305Freshly cut sill plates. I used a Sharpie pen to flow some ink into the cuts so I could better see.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_1332-e1584229288924.jpegIMG_1332The final Z-Stockhttps://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_1106-e1584229155396.jpgIMG_1106The jig made from scrap styrene.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_1105-e1584229117197.jpgIMG_1105Feeding the three strips of styrene through the rear of the jig.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_1104-e1584229210696.jpgIMG_1104The three strips are glued together with Tamiya Extra Thin Quick Drying cement as they exit the jig.2021-01-28T07:09:07+00:00monthlyhttps://cnrpei.ca/2020/03/15/a-new-tool-arrives-at-the-charlottetown-car-deptartment-a-brand-new-cricut-maker/https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_1284.jpegIMG_12842021-01-28T07:07:13+00:00monthlyhttps://cnrpei.ca/2020/04/03/scratch-building-cns-40%e2%80%b2-wood-end-bunker-reefers-pt4-rivets-installation-of-the-centre-sills-z-bracing-and-crossmembers/https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/60753719966__51c9be7e-28a4-4ef0-a7ab-c59859c6da26-e1585891798515.jpeg60753719966__51C9BE7E-28A4-4EF0-A7AB-C59859C6DA26https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_1448-e1585891758988.jpegIMG_1448https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_1447.jpegIMG_14472021-01-28T07:03:23+00:00monthlyhttps://cnrpei.ca/2020/09/04/back-in-the-game/2021-01-28T07:00:36+00:00monthlyhttps://cnrpei.ca/2020/09/25/peirwiki-ca/https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/e80c5ee3-2023-4192-8b34-838c86f20266.jpegE80C5EE3-2023-4192-8B34-838C86F202662021-01-26T03:36:48+00:00monthlyhttps://cnrpei.ca/2020/10/06/scratch-building-cns-40%e2%80%b2-wood-end-bunker-reefers-pt5-underslung-charcoal-heaters-their-piping/https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/832ac37b-e4ef-46bc-acdb-aa4c943395f4.jpg832ac37b-e4ef-46bc-acdb-aa4c943395f4https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/img_4118-2.jpgimg_4118https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/img_1486.jpgimg_1486https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/img_4119.jpgimg_4119https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/img_4118-1.jpgimg_4118https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/img_4118.jpgimg_41182021-01-26T03:34:55+00:00monthlyhttps://cnrpei.ca/2020/02/04/scratch-building-cns-40%e2%80%b2-wood-end-bunker-reefers-pt2-doors-and-corner-bracing/https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_0329.jpgIMG_0329https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_0328.jpgIMG_0328A NWSL Chopper II with the guide set to the proper length was used to ensure uniform cuts of the corner braces.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_1015.jpgIMG_1015A exacto knife with a brand new #11 blade was used to score along the bottom of the car siding. I used a screw driver to snap the cut pieces back.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_1014.jpgIMG_1014A razor saw was used to cut through the frame. Much care was used to ensure I didn't cut int the car siding. In hindsight it may have made more sense to cut these "notches" out before I installed the car siding over the core.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_1057.jpgIMG_1057https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_1061.jpgIMG_10612020-10-13T16:37:32+00:00monthlyhttps://cnrpei.ca/2020/01/10/scratch-building-cnrs-40-wood-end-bunker-reefers-pt1/https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_0977.jpegIMG_0977The spacing jig I made to ensure a uniform 6" of the main core remains visible all the way around the car body.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/reeferbottomsides.jpgreeferbottomsidesThis view shows the visible 6" of the main core that represents the visible steel under frame of the prototype. Eventually Archer and Micromark rivet decals will be used to detail it.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/reefercores.jpgreefercoresThis view shows the three layers of the car body. The holes drilled in the core's floor are there to flow glue into when the time comes to permanently install the car floor.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_0974.jpgIMG_0974Starting to look a little less like a time consuming rectangle and more like a wooden reefer!https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_0967-e1578634601457.jpgIMG_09674 car sides made of Evergreen freight car siding cut and marked for their door openings.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_0730.jpgIMG_0730The car body on the left shows the main core and car floor installed around the inner core. The car body on the right shows just the inner core on its own.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_0727.jpgIMG_0727A view of the car bottom with the floor installed. The car floor totally hides the inner core when installed.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cn208571.jpgCN 208571 T.A. Watson photo, Ian Cranstone collectionCN 208571 T.A. 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Steve Hunter photo.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/str21235a.001.aa_.cs_.jpgSTR21235a.001.aa.cshttps://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_1274.jpegIMG_1274https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/710x528_29918340_15982037_1575675912.jpg710x528_29918340_15982037_1575675912Test print of my HO Scale CNR 70 Tonner footboards. The 3D printed parts will be used as a master for casting.2020-12-03T04:22:09+00:00monthlyhttps://cnrpei.ca/layoutspecs/https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/vr1958layoutair69.jpgVR1958LayoutAir692020-02-26T16:02:32+00:00weekly0.6https://cnrpei.ca/2020/02/24/a-sunny-winters-day-prototype-visit/2020-02-25T02:01:15+00:00monthlyhttps://cnrpei.ca/2020/02/24/testing-the-track-plan/https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_1192.jpegIMG_1192Chris and I study the 1958 air photo as we put some #8 switches over the track plan.https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_1144.jpegIMG_1144Chris admires Taylor's True-Line boxcars on the Vernon River public siding.2020-02-25T01:40:41+00:00monthlyhttps://cnrpei.ca/2020/02/11/benchwork/https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/resized_20200208_151521_8000.jpgResized_20200208_151521_8000https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_1095.jpegIMG_1095https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_1096.jpegIMG_1096https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_1094.jpegIMG_1094https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/vernonriver.jpgVernonRiver2020-02-14T17:08:02+00:00monthlyhttps://cnrpei.ca/2020/02/01/vernon-river-murray-harbour-subdivision-traffic-pt2/https://cnrpei.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/7751-on-murray-harbour-sub-cn002589.jpg7751 on Murray Harbour Sub CN0025892020-02-01T15:11:32+00:00monthlyhttps://cnrpei.ca/2020/01/25/vernon-river-freight-traffic-types/2020-02-01T14:10:44+00:00monthlyhttps://cnrpei.ca/contact/2020-01-06T01:27:47+00:00weekly0.6https://cnrpei.ca/home/2020-01-06T00:55:39+00:00weekly0.6https://cnrpei.cadaily1.02023-07-21T14:17:02+00:00