URTX 26640 Insulated Boxcar

Door

Let's start this entry focusing on the plug door on the north side.  Roger Hugg is back in the area and helped with placement of some of the patterns for the lettering on the plug door

Door

Of course we managed to paint all this black lettering.  How does it look?

MILW Herald

Newly uncovered photo evidence made us decide to add a MILW herald to each side.  Buzz Morisette and Victor Humphreys are laying out the masks for the north side.

MILW

MILW

Buzz has started to apply the first coat of red for the herald on the north side.

MILW

The masks are applied to the south side of the car and Victor is lightly sanding/scuffing the white area which will soon see red paint.

MILW

It doesn't take long for Buzz to move to the south side and begin painting the red areas.

Black Trim

Victor Humphreys worked to add more paint to contrast areas shown on a recently discovered photo.  Here is the black 'wear area' below the doors on the south side of the car.  On the north side that has also been painted, along with a drip eave.  Two costs of white paint were applied to the MILW herald areas - all this done during fairly warm and humid oppressive conditions.

Pocket Repairs

Thanks to a member/welder who has a truck mounted welding unit, the needed repairs were completed on Tuesday.

Hang It

Then, on to re-install the coupler and related mechanism.  Gerry Dettloff provided the heavy lifting (in the Bobcat) while John Faulhaber and Victor Humphreys wrestled the shank into submission.  It does not look THAT HEAVY!

Stubborn

It shouldn't be that hard but a lot of things have to fit and be in alignment all at once.

Done

The smiling crew shows off the finished product.  With their dedication and experience, it made short work of a heavy job that has been in the works for several weeks.  Good job guys!

Corrections

Victor Humphreys is repainting the letterboard or fascia strip black to conform to recently discovered prototype data.  A small thing like that makes a big visual impact.  Hot and humid until the thunderstorms formed, but at least this is on the shady side of the car.

Layout Work

Victor snapped of pic of me while doing the measurements and layout for the MILW herald on the second car side.  Look closely and you will see the black outline of the logo.