The frame components were completed by May 25. Two tracks enter the building: the west track includes a drop pit and table. The east track will continue through the building to the property’s south side. Wood roundhouse doors will be installed in the large frames on the north and south walls. In mid May the …
In late April the concrete floor slabs, drop table and pit areas were complete and cured. On May 7th, the erector crew started assembling the Enginehouse frame. These photos show quick progress in just a few days.
The south end of the Enginehouse concrete slab was poured in three separate segments. Because pouring required dry weather, some were completed in the middle of the night. After the concrete set up, crews fitted special forms to shape the flangeways between the rails.
Before the south half of the Enginehouse concrete slab could be poured, crews put in place rail for the locomotives. Plumbing pipes stick out through the rebar and the drop pits and table are surrounded by form work.
Before the building slab could be poured, the two tracks were put in place and rebar readied for the concrete floor. In early March, 220 cubic yards of concrete were placed in the grade beams, pile caps, and drop pit areas by a massive concrete pump truck whose boom could be seen for blocks away.