The Memorial Day long weekend was a very busy time for WP668, our backyard caboose. Now that the rough electrical inspection has been passed, on Saturday, we finally filled in the trench running through the ballast under WP668. Vince Taylor delivered and installed our new stained glass bay window, and the three big red bookcases were delivered by Crate and Barrel. We were getting ready for Sunday when we served a brunch to the winners from the SAMA Auction. We did not get everything done but the caboose looks great and our guests said they had a wonderful time.
It was a delight to see the lovely windows Vince created. You can see his initial drawings and art glass samples on my
11 Feb 2008 blog entry. Here are some photos from Saturday:
John finishing exterior wiring![]() |
Open pipe trench![]() |
Filled in pipe trench![]() |
Vince and John prepare bay window![]() |
1st stained glass panel going in![]() |
Train silhouette![]() |
Lizard silhouette![]() |
Vince in window![]() |
Vince and John![]() |
Vince starting on 2nd window![]() |
Two windows done![]() |
3rd window ready to go![]() |
Three windows done![]() |
Vince in window![]() |
Delivery truck![]() |
1st bookcase arriving![]() |
3rd bookcase going in![]() |
Glass and bookcases in place

Images Copyright 2008 by Katy Dickinson and John Plocher

















