Re: Como roundhouse 1981 "reaching the point of no return"
Posted by Todd Hackett on Dec 14, 2020; 12:16am
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Here are some of my photos of Como from the '80s and '90s. I spent a lot of time there during those decades, but that was the film era where it wasn't very convenient to snap a few photos every time we did something. I probably have a lot of B&W photos from that time period, but I haven't scanned most of those.
1981:
This is how it looked before the restoration efforts started.
1985 (January):
This was the day that we measured the building for the Colorado Scale Models O scale model. Bill Kazel owned it by this time, but the initial clean-up had barely started.
The boxcar shed before Greg Kazel and I stabilized it:
The stone built-up on the north wall to match up with the wooden additions was still in place. Bill tore it down soon after because it was in danger of falling.
1985 (September):
This was the first big volunteer workday, which was spent mucking the sawdust and horses#*t out of the building.
1989:
After much work...
1993:
1994:
Boxcars have been uprighted and braced, but not yet painted.
New roof installed on bay 1 (pictured here) and 6 using original structure with added support and I think some joists salvaged from other bays. Stone repair on the parapet wall were still underway:
1995:
Roof replacement on bays 2 through 5, using composite TJI joists since 2x12s that long were difficult or impossible to locate, and probably wouldn't have been strong enough. These photos were taken after removing the old roof while preparing for the new.
1996 (June & July):
Building is basically sound and weather-tight.
1996 (September):
A bit of a set back... Lightning struck the building shattering the cap stones in the corner of bay 1.
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Here are some of my photos of Como from the '80s and '90s. I spent a lot of time there during those decades, but that was the film era where it wasn't very convenient to snap a few photos every time we did something. I probably have a lot of B&W photos from that time period, but I haven't scanned most of those.
1981:
This is how it looked before the restoration efforts started.
1985 (January):
This was the day that we measured the building for the Colorado Scale Models O scale model. Bill Kazel owned it by this time, but the initial clean-up had barely started.
The boxcar shed before Greg Kazel and I stabilized it:
The stone built-up on the north wall to match up with the wooden additions was still in place. Bill tore it down soon after because it was in danger of falling.
1985 (September):
This was the first big volunteer workday, which was spent mucking the sawdust and horses#*t out of the building.
1989:
After much work...
1993:
1994:
Boxcars have been uprighted and braced, but not yet painted.
New roof installed on bay 1 (pictured here) and 6 using original structure with added support and I think some joists salvaged from other bays. Stone repair on the parapet wall were still underway:
1995:
Roof replacement on bays 2 through 5, using composite TJI joists since 2x12s that long were difficult or impossible to locate, and probably wouldn't have been strong enough. These photos were taken after removing the old roof while preparing for the new.
1996 (June & July):
Building is basically sound and weather-tight.
1996 (September):
A bit of a set back... Lightning struck the building shattering the cap stones in the corner of bay 1.
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