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Thursday, September 10. 2009UTLX 17222 Update September 9, 2009For a project long mired in the effort to get a good paint job, things are coming together nicely.  Dome Boards Dick Cubbage replaces the dome boards after the car has been painted.  First Lettering  Layout Work More layout work and measuring to place additional patterns on the car.  Dome Diamond This symbol is applied to indicate the car has been equipped with an approved manway cover.  Wet Paint Here I am caught in the act (of painting)! It requires two coats of the chrome yellow lettering enamel to provide good coverage over the black tankcar body.  Days End Here is the car by day's end. Amazing that I work so slow with today's work consuming most of 5 hours. But that yellow lettering really stands out from the black background! Thursday, September 10. 2009URTX 26640 Update September 9, 2009More milestones today in spite of shared workforce with several other projects during the day.  BL Truck Victor Humphreys got shiny black enamel applied to the BL truck frame. The code means LEFT truck sideframe on the B END.  B End Speaking of the B end, Kirk Warner substantially completed needlechipping the remaning old paint from this end. |
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Fri, 08-18-2017 00:52
Hi John T, We would love to have a copy of your Ohio crane information. Please contact Mark Secco concerning anything about rail bound cranes. Thank [...]
Fri, 08-11-2017 00:05
Randy, The 543 was never in that paint scheme. It'll likely be restored to the zebra stripe scheme whenever it does get restored. Jamie
Thu, 08-10-2017 17:46
If you ever get the money to repaint this engine, I would hope you would repaint it to have the big letters Santa Fe instead of the small print. [...]
Thu, 08-10-2017 10:38
I would like to know if these MR #649 and #542 were part of FEVR excursion in Nebraska? Awesome to have them to be part of IRM collection!
Sat, 08-05-2017 23:30
They need to restore Milwaukee road 33 and 37c along with the 3 Milwaukee road f units hey have
Wed, 08-02-2017 20:01
It was supposed to be restored and sat behind the NS Altoona shops for the better part of two years, waiting for that to happen. We finally had it [...]
Tue, 08-01-2017 02:42
those 2 Milw cars would actually look good behind one of the Milw F7's or the E9's.
Sat, 07-29-2017 22:02
I just donated to the Save the 800 campaign. Should the campaign fail, I would like my donation re-directed to ATSF FP45 #92 please. Please tell the [...]
Sat, 07-29-2017 13:14
I see Conrail 4601 has finally arrived. I suspect a cosmetic restoration and getting donations to put it in a barn are in order?
Sat, 07-29-2017 01:51
It was restored at Altoona before coming to Union from the Essex, CT area. BTW, is or was it going to be restored as a Virginian engine? or kept as a [...]
Fri, 07-28-2017 11:54
It appears to be the E33 that IRM aqquired a year or two ago.
Thu, 07-27-2017 14:06
What is the 4601 locomotive parked in front of the diesel shop?