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Monday, October 12. 2009UTLX 17222 Update, Octorber 10-11, 2009 B End We are still making progress on applying complete lettering to the car. Here, on the B End you see the reporting marks in 4 inch letters.  Car Numbers Several different techniques are used depending on the historical accuracy we need to portray and the size and location of the lettering. Here you see the numbers being applied to the B End painting entirely free hand with a very small brush. Talk about time consuming!  Done with the Number The end results are worth it! And on this car the Chrome Yellow color of the letters makes them really jump out from the black background. Two more lines of lettering will complete this end.  Right Side Meanwhile, on the right side, the class and test data are being applied using a sort of pad printing technique. When completing a line elsewhere on the car, it must be left to dry; so if time is left in the day, we move to a different spot for the the next block of text or numbers. Monday, October 12. 2009URTX 26640 Update October 11, 2009 Corner Bolts Seems like everything is slower in the colder weather. We even observed a few snow flakes Saturday PM. Kirk Warner is finishing up those annoying details passed by previously. Here are the results of drilling and adding some anchor blots on the left side, A end. Kirk also managed to apply the first coat of black paint to the A end. |
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Mon, 09-08-2025 08:22
Good job on the Burlington Nortern 9976. OK.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:56
No new news that I have heard of thus far.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:53
I'll also be doing another update on it soon. Keep en eye out for that.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:47
A little work was done to it for Diesel Days this year. You'll see photos floating around for the temporary short term job that was done to make it [...]
Wed, 08-06-2025 13:01
Is steam car CN 15444 going to be coming to museum several times it was to be moved to muesum
Sat, 07-19-2025 18:56
Yeah, sadly it's still there as of 7/19/2025
Thu, 06-12-2025 19:14
Its been 14 years guys, where is the unit? Like really? Did you guys misplace it? Or are repairs taking that long? At this point be might we will have [...]
Wed, 04-09-2025 17:40
Jamie Thanks for the update. She's gonna shine like every thing else you guys do! Smeds
Thu, 03-06-2025 16:28
Yes, there is a wye. Those two have been MU'ed on diesel days a year or two ago.
Wed, 03-05-2025 14:04
7009 number boards look good. Is there a way to turn a locomotive around at IRM? In case you ever had a mind to connect 7009 and 6847?
Fri, 03-29-2024 21:26
We're slackers and spend more time working on the equipment in the shop than keeping all you readers updated. We'll work on it, but I'm sure updates [...]
Thu, 03-14-2024 08:02
What happened to the Department Blog? It's been over 2 years and I still regularly check for updates, but nothing comes...