Basement Renovations are Affecting the JSSX

Doing some renovations to another part of the basement here, including new drywall in one of the other rooms.  My layout room and the space being renovated share a few feet of one wall.  And that meant...dust. More than enough of it, even with doors closed and a plastic barrier put up. I was hoping it wouldn't be too bad, but I was wrong. 

So, with pretty much every thing and every inch on the entire layout receiving at least a light coating of grey drywall dust, that meant plenty of cleaning and vacuuming and moving stuff around. I took a moment or two to grab some photos, so here's a sampling.

Next to the layout room, the walls in this room had been covered in wood paneling from the 1960's, so this is new studs and insulation and the drywall stacked on the floor.

Sorry for the blurriness, but with new wiring going in the lighting was non-existent for a few days.

So a couple of views from the workbench and layout areaFreight cars and engines to be brushed off and vacuumed are stacked up on the workbench

A whole bunch of accessories and detail bits from all over the layout to be cleaned off after the freight cars and engines are done.

Peter Mumby passed away on Thursday, the 20th of March.  First day of Spring.  I met and was fortunate enough to get a little bit acquainted with Peter through many train shows. I remember that it was him that bought one of the first freight cars I'd ever weathered, a blue Pillsbury covered hopper.  I was quite pleased that it was Peter that thought it was done well enough to buy.

Here's Peter and I when he and George Dutka visited me and the JSSX almost 6 years ago.  Such a nice guy. Condolences to Peter's family and friends.