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Wednesday, March 19. 20142612 paint is applied 3-10 and 3-14-2014Gary 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 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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Sat, 02-28-2015 21:28
Hello Bill I hope someone from the Electric Car dept will respond to your question. I believe one of the members wrote that on the engine. It [...]
Sat, 02-28-2015 21:24
Hello Mr. Fan. I was wondering if you ever had conveyed your interest to the team restoring the plow? Not being involved but knowing the members [...]
Sat, 02-28-2015 18:16
while 428's cab is still on the ground, there could be some premature painting and decals that could go on the outside of the cab
Sat, 02-28-2015 15:50
The last picture in the woodsshop report shows the Electroliner and a yellow steeple cab with a CNS&M monogram and spray painted number 454. Could [...]
Fri, 02-27-2015 16:26
Thank you Nigel! We look forward to seeing 1630 in operation this season. Good luck with the repairs!
Fri, 02-27-2015 12:17
The UP sticker could be for a truck trailer. The headlight is neat. However for the accuracy nut, the plow originally had a style of Pyle [...]
Fri, 02-27-2015 11:44
Mike, Yep. We always like to think she may have been operated by Casey ...... but we will never be sure. Nigel
Fri, 02-27-2015 11:42
Zach, At this time we will not be offering "Take the Throttle" on 1630 this year. The issue is that, after not running for a number of years, we [...]
Fri, 02-27-2015 09:34
I am curious as to whether or not you will be offering cab rides on 1630 this coming season. I understand you did not offer any last year, as it was [...]
Wed, 02-25-2015 22:04
Hey I saw on the home page on the scroll ad for mother's day,is that shelter in the picture new? It looks as if it is right across the mainline by the [...]
Sun, 02-22-2015 11:15
IC201 was featured on the IRM calendar 6 or 7 years ago, and at that time I, too, searched for it on the equipment roster. It has an interesting [...]
Sat, 02-21-2015 02:55
in my opinion, i think the steam roster, wait... no, whole roster page needs to be updated.