Freight Car Department

In between other activity, work on the trucks continues and new lettering continues to be applied to the hopper car.

Truck Bolsters

Victor Humphreys was in an uncomfortable position as he has worked his way under the car, here removing years of dirt and crud from the truck bolsters.  By the end of the day the bolsters on both trucks had been cleaned and primed.  Why you ask?  We try not to ignore the hard parts and these are quite visible through the open framing on the ends of this car.

Builders Data

Car builders often applied lettering to blow their own horns, and Pullman was no exception when these cars were built.

Lube

The Great northern was a classy outfit and stenciled a record of when the car received grease and lubrication.  The "Y" indicates this work was done in Superior, Wisconsin.

In Date Testing

Rules required application of an IDT stencil.

Turning Time

As the fall leaves turn, so it was time to turn the car, end for end.  This presents the unlettered side for more work in its location.  And presented another rare opportunity for a photo.  This right hand side now has all lettering completed except for the 'medallion' graphics.

B End

The B end also has all its lettering.  On Sunday I did not grab any more images but work continued with a second coat on some of the applied lettering, more lettering applied to the A end, and the left hand side.  I have been carrying around rolls of transfer patterns and stencils.  Now, several of them have been used as needed and are complete on the car.  So I gratefully now have a pile of 'DONE WORK' sheets.