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Reichard Industries, successor to the William B. Pollock Co. and the only domestic builder of hot metal cars, has begun doing some welding work on the J&L 58 frame. Their task is to weld the front plate onto the frame as well as attach a rear frame extension. This heavy welding is beyond my abilities to do and Reichard volunteered to donate this work, which we are immensely grateful to them for.
After this work is completed and the ice at the museum melts, the frame will be returned and placed back onto the drivers. Then the real fun begins!
The Reichard plant was originally the Youngstown Car Company, an early 20th century builder of freight cars. In the background a new barrel for a bottle type hot metal car is being fabricated.