[Jolly Amaranto]

I help restore old railroad passenger cars and cabooses for museums and tourist railroads. These cars are loaded with heavy brass door locks installed on toilet/wash rooms, storage cabinets, electrical cabinets, vestibule doors, et cetera. Over the years most of them have been disabled or broken and the keys are usually missing. I have a collection of various keys used by the different railroads and usually can find the correct one but sometimes have to make a key after disassembling the lock and figuring out what it should look like. If I have a key that works but need spares, I can sometimes find new ones on line or I can make a copy myself. Most are a type of skeleton key. Sometimes I have to machine new parts for the inside of the lock. It is all volunteer work and the challenge is kind of a hobby.