With the great weather this Easter weekend, I figured it would be a good day to go the shop and try to get something done.  There are a lot of little projects that need completion.  The thing is to find the one project that can be done in a relatively short period of time.  Today, that was the ex-CNR caboose stove which has been sitting in my shed for over 10 yrs.  There is some damage to the stove itself, but it is complete, and it really only needed a good cleaning and a coat of paint.  Each piece was wire brushed to get the surface rust, cobwebs, dirt, etc off, then was given a coat of flat black.  The base was painted silver, which is the colour it was when I received it. Plus, it stands out better when people are walking around the shop. 

The NRM has quite a few railroad signs as well.  While most of them are in storage, we do have some out at the shop.  I took 10 minutes today and mounted some of them to a 4×4 for display beside our crossing signal.  The round railway crossing warning sign is yet to be hung up, but will be by the May open house.