URTX 26640 Insulated Boxcar

A very productive weekend on several projects, within the Freight Department and others around the property!  So here are the pics of work done on the URTX 26640 'bunkerless refrigerator' insulated boxcar.

Door Lettering

Yes, still more instructions applied working toward completing the lettering on the plug door.  Can you spot the two lines added Saturday?

Right Side

Here is the right side almost complete, needing three more lines of lettering on the plug door, and that is it.

Plug Door

By the end of the day Saturday half of the left side plug door had been cleaned and primed.

Plug Door

And by early Sunday Victor Humphreys worked to clean off remaining paint, rust, and scale from the door.

Primed!

Later in the day, the finishing touches of primer are being applied.

Trimming Siding

Kirk Warner trimmed the tails of all the new siding boards on the left side of the car.

B End

John Baletto was doing more needle chipping on the B end.

B End

And later Kirk Warner took a turn on the pneumatic chipper, high on the scaffold.

B End

Most of the B end has been chipped and over 60% in primer.  A few more days of good weather and it should all be cleaned and primed, ready for some finish black.

Trucks

Not to be outdone, Ray Pollice worked Saturday cleaning the left side trucks (a dirty job) and here, John Balletto starts prime painting after some more cleaning and touch up.