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CAMA Railroad Restoration Project: Part Two: Floor/Joining with the Cabin Tionesta Valley Railroad #111 Caboose Once the chassis was completed, it still needed a floor. The floor would also help stiffen the chassis. Provisions were made to allow eventually joining the caboose cabin/house to the chassis. The chassis is then joined with the cabin. |
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| ABOVE: The tongue and groove flooring was first notched on the underside to allow for bolt heads protruding from the chassis. It was then dry fit to assure proper alignment, and then spiked into the chassis. |
ABOVE: Provision was made in the flooring to allow joining with the house. Mortises were cut in the mainbeams and the flooring was notched. |
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| ABOVE: The chassis is ready to be rolled under the cabin. Flooring on the two end platforms was not completed pending setting the house into position. |
ABOVE: The four corner posts of the cabin had considerable rot near their ends but most of the rough sawn oak was still good. Oak cripples with tenons were fitted to these corner posts. |
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| ABOVE: The cabin was temporarily "hung" from the scafolding and cribbing (visible in previous picture) was removed. The chassis was then rolled under the house and then jacked up to meet the house. |
ABOVE: While being jacked into position, the four tenons on the corner posts are mated with the mortises in the chassis. Once the cabin is firmly seated on the chassis, the temporary bracing is removed and the mated assembly is jacked down onto the shop trucks. |