Starting the curved sheet rock

 Well, this is the last time I will be able to see this view open! I have purchased 13 sheets of bendable sheet rock in 1/4 inch thickness. Tonight is train night at the house and the guys are coming over to help get started on getting them hung. We are going to address the hardest part first which is under the overhead of the hung trackage at Mt. Carmel.

 This shot is from later in the evening after the worst had passed. No one wanted photos of that early work as they were in really convoluted positions! Jack and Alan are working on the back side, clamping the sheets to the frame to hold them while they are screwed on the other side.

 We could not use this approach, which was very beneficial, earlier in the process , as we had hung Masonite in that area as a base. This was a mistake that is now covered over. You can see the back of the Masonite with the white painted panels.

 This is the earlier work that was so difficult due to the low clearance between the overhead and the yard tracks - it was only about 28 inches! I will have a little embankment up against the lower part of the wall that is not covered by sheet rock. You can really see the bends here.

 Here is an illustration of working under the overhead. Not a very nice position. Ed Rappe was a trooper and did a lot of the screwing as we approached the more open sections.

 Here are Ed and Phil working closely together.

Here is a shot as we approach the end of the work for the evening. Everyone was sweaty from being in difficult positions, and pressing the drill home! Some one commented that in 5 years we will not be able to do this kind of work!