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Wednesday, March 19. 2014

2612 paint is applied 3-10 and ... Posted by Roger Kramer in Passenger Car Department at 13:27

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2612 paint is applied 3-10 and 3-14-2014

Gary and I reached a milestone Monday. I primed and painted the back side of the three steel replacement panels. We have been patiently fitting them for the last two months.

Gary and I laid out the three sections to prime and paint

Letting the 2nd coat of Sherwin Williams primer dry

Heres Roger applying the second coat of finish topcoat. BTY this is not the correct green. I found this full gallon in one of cars that was scraped years ago

We save money where we can!

While I was watching the paint dry, Gary was removing this steel nickel seat panel via the grinding wheel.

Gary in the middle of cutting out the old screw heads

Hey Sparkie, do you think its the Fourth of July?

Now that the weather is getting "warmer", Gary and I coming out to the museum more. This upcoming week we hope to work on the car Tuesday as well as Thursday. The reader will see greater progress in the up coming blogs.

Comments to this blog are always accepted Please, let me hear from you!

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP!

If you can't make it out to Irm Please consider a donation to either the RI 2612 fund or the Passenger Car- Inside Storage Fund. Thanks Roger

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Matt about Burlington Northern 9908 body work
Tue, 06-13-2017 15:09
IRM is planning on painting the BN E Unit they have now (the one in the passenger scheme) into a CB&Q. Idk if that's what your referring to as [...]

Jerry Pyfer about Burlington Northern 9908 body work
Tue, 06-13-2017 09:07
Did I see a Santa Fe Blue & Yellow GE setting near Barn 4 a couple of weeks ago? If so, what is the story on that unit?

Raphael about Burlington Northern 9908 body work
Mon, 06-12-2017 22:56
i think what he means is to give the Executive units some detailing while retaining the Executive Colors, because if you haven't noticed, some of the [...]

Nick D about Burlington Northern 9908 body work
Mon, 06-12-2017 19:47
BN1 and BN2 represent the executive fleet well on their own, BN3 was used far less and was 9919 much longer. Another CBQ E unit is a bit excessive at [...]

Matt H about Burlington Northern 9908 body work
Sat, 06-10-2017 00:31
I honestly am not a fan of repainting the BN-3. There are plenty of BN E9AM's out there that don't need full repainting. Now I understand it costs [...]

Andrew Ossler about Steam Department April 2017
Wed, 05-31-2017 13:59
According to the schedule posted yes. This can all change at any time due to mechanical failure without notice.

Ted Douglas about Steam Department April 2017
Fri, 05-26-2017 11:01
Steam Dept. Crew: You guys are heroes to a lot of us out in the hinterland!

Mike G. about Burlington Northern 9908 body work
Sun, 05-21-2017 08:14
Yes, the plan is to have CB&Q 9976 available as an alternate silver locomotive for the Nebraska Zephyr should 9911A be unavailable for service. Since [...]

Joe Harper about Steam Department April 2017
Tue, 05-16-2017 13:08
Question. Will there be steam operating on either June 17th or 18th? Will be visiting from the state of Washington and was just curious. Thanks in [...]

Daniel Walton about Burlington Northern 9908 body work
Tue, 05-16-2017 11:36
You mean Burlington Northern #9908 will go back to being Chicago Burlington & Quincy #9976 ?

Eric W Kriesant about CNW Night Photo Session on May 20th, 2017
Mon, 05-15-2017 14:41
Will there be a rain date just in case?

Raphael about Freight Car Update
Tue, 05-09-2017 00:35
so, will 992300 have the welded windows cut out? because after seeing a 1977 photo online, it had the windows there.