Pictures of renovation work done before

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Year 2009

The woodwork on the roof and eaves is completed. Also the clerestory, ie the Raised center portion along the length of a roof featuring "clerestory windows" along the sides to allow natural light into the car, is ready. In spring 2010 the car will be pulled out of the shops to make a bitumen roof similar to original.

Inside the carriage the 3rd class compartment is now paneled and primed. On the 2nd class side the old oak panels have been cleaned of old lack and dirt and sanded smooth. Its aim to use as much as possible old panels, but also some new ones need to be installed.

On the outside walls of the carriage lists to cover the tip of eaves have been made. The 3rd class wooden benches have been fixed by filling, sanding and priming them several times. The benches will be installed as soon as the walls of the third class have been grained and lacked. Also the interior doors of the car have gone complete cleaning and lacking.

Year 2008

The platform roofs have been under construction and the clerestory roof is almost ready.

The dividing walls of passenger compartments have been built.

Doors and benches have been cleaned of old paint and filling of holes and cracks started.

The structural frame of the car body is completed and also the paneling of ceiling. Also part of the walls are already paneled.

Inside the walls and ceiling a tar paper + wood fiber isolation has been installed

Year 2007

More of the car body vertical posts have been built and only about ten posts are missing.

The Humppila end of the car where the toilet and the third class is located has already a couple of meters of the clerestory roof built.

Year 2006

The end walla of Humppila end has been renovated by fixing the lower parts of supporting posts. The wood needed for supporting the roof have been bought.

The first birch wood posts to support walls have been made. The posts are made by attaching two separate pieces of wood together and the working out the arched shape of this piece of wood. After that the posts are worked to to have the joints on both ends as well as joints for vertical beams of walls. It takes about one day to make one post and there are about 50 posts needed for the whole carriage!

The toilet on the Humppila end of the car has been built on top of the new floor, but it has to be dismantled once before final fixing.

Year 2005

The project was advancing very slowly in the beginning of the year. Only in autumn something was done.

In the beginning of November the new floor was nearly completed. In the end of October the new flooring was installed and half of the car body was dismantled.

In September and October the supporting structure of the new floor was built up.

Year 2004

In the beginning of year new vertical beams for the lower parts of the car body were ordered together with the floor timber. In January construction of the new floor was planned. The original plan was to build the lower part of the wooden car body separately and place it the on top of the metal car frame.

In February a truckload of timber arrived for the car project. This included the lower vertical beams, flooring and wall and ceiling panels.

In February the car body that was earlier detached of the metal underframe was lifted on top of temporary scaffolding.

At the end of February the renovation of metal under frame was started together with making the wooden car body beams.

In July the trucks of the car were dismantled and cleaned for sandblasting. Also the underframe had been repaired and prepared for sand blasting and painting.

In October-November the sandblasting and painting was completed just before snow and frost arrived. The trucks were put together and installed under the car frame in November. After this the floor building could finally start.

Year 2003

The renovation work started in 2003 by dismantling the roof on the Humppila end of the carriage. Under the roof built in 1940s structures of the original clerestory roof were discovered.

During the year also all the metal sheeting of the outer walls was removed and the end platforms were dismantled. Also timber for carriage was order together with the inside air vents.

In the end of November the wooden car body was detached and lifted on top of small wooden supporters. Some corrosion in the metal underframe was found.

Also the first new wooden part of the car body was manufactured: the lower part of the door post on Jokioinen end of the carriage.