Lake Shore 73 update

Thanks to Bob Harris for sending along another set of photos documenting progress on the last Chicago Lake Shore & South Bend interurban car, CLS&SB 73. Recent work by project workers Glenn and Gary has focused on installing new copper sheathing on the car's roof. While this is an unusual roof coating for interurban cars, it was used by the Lake Shore and (I believe) some other high-voltage lines early in the 20th century.

 Note the intricate bends needed to shape the copper around the clerestory window frames. I'm not certain how much of the clerestory will get copper sheathing.

The following photos were taken a few days after the previous ones and show significant progress being made as the copper steadily marches down the length of the car:

Here we see Gary working to seal the seams of the copper sheets:

The curves at the corner of the car's roof give you an idea of the craftsmanship needed to create something like this: