How #231 looked at beginning of new year
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Cab floor and walls cleaned up |
Needlescaling has commenced
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Weld lines visible showing construction of F40 locomotive
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More needlescaling
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Cleaned up handholds and installed new fasteners
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Cleaned up handholds and installed new fasteners
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Needle; wirewheel; bondo; sand; primer; bondo; sand; primer; bondo, etc.
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Working our way around the front end
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Steps removed and cleaned up
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Steps reinstalled with new fasteners
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Cleaning up access hatches
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Prep work continues
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Snowy February halts prep work
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Sideways snow
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6976 hanging out in the snow at Boulder City
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231's engineer seat
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Cleaning up area around red strobe housing
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text Work progresses around to the left side
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Larry needlescaling the front end
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All of the orange is finally gone!
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Signage for NSRM open house in March
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Signage for NSRM open house in March
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Signage for NSRM open house in March
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Signage for NSRM open house in March
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Signage for NSRM open house in March
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6976 and Eureka steam locomotive operating side-by-side at open house
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Steve S. operating 6976 during open house
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Lapel pin of 231 for volunteers
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Bondo bondo bondo
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Primer, then more bondo
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Bondo work continues
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Areas marked for additional bondo work
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Bondo work continues
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Sunlight at low angle helps identify additional work areas
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Little by little, the nose becomes smoother
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Vandalized windshield removed
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Windshield area undergoing cleanup work
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New windshields have arrived!
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Steve and Harris prepare windshield frame
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Harris and Steve, along with Andrew and Larry, installing windshield
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Harris and Andrew installing windshield
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MU hose access door straightened out over 20 years, and won't close
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Door removed and placed under hydraulic press
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MU access door welded back onto plow and fits nicely
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Angela prepping ditchlight housing for paint
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Angela applying bondo to carbody
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Angela prepping ditchlight housing for paint
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Plow being cleaned up and prepped for paint
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Grab irons removed, cleaned up and fastened with new hardware
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Handhold on fireman side cleaned up and fastened
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Alec applying bondo to weld seams behind the cab
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Isabella applying bondo to the carbody
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A ton of progress since the beginning of the year!
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New windshields in place
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Windshield's are so clean, they look like they're not there!
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Wide panorama shot of the cab
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Cab controls undergoing some TLC
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One final sanding of the carbody before primer
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Glass masked; locomotive ready for primer
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Getting ready for primer
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Primer on
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Christopher spraying aluminum silver to carbody
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Christopher spraying aluminum silver to carbody
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Christopher spraying aluminum silver to carbody
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Aluminum complete!
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Fresh double-coat of aluminum silver
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Texture is beautiful
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Nice smooth silver!
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Smooth silver
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Silver has cured, ready for black
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Christopher, Harris and Johnny helping with masking for black paint
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Masking for black paint
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Masking for black paint
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Masking for black paint
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Black paint
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Black paint
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Black paint
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Finish look of black paint on roofline
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Slowly yet surely starting to look like Amtrak
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6976 hanging out near monsoonal storms
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Mike replumbing the pneumatic bell
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Mike removing defective 250A aux. generator breaker
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New plumbing under the cab floor
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Behind the electrical cabinet
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New lugs for battery leads
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New 250A circuit breaker for aux. generator
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Matt refilling distilled water
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Matt cleaning up headlights
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Matt reinstalling headlights
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Trucks with brand new coat of black paint
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Finish look on fuel tank
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Truck and automatic-train-stop bracket with new shiny paint
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Plow back-side painted first
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Plow with three coats of black paint
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Main reservoir tanks in fresh coat of black paint
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At beginning of Year 2024
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Prepping undercarriage for black paint
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Prepping plow and undercarriage
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Prepping fuel tank
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Fresh paint on lead and rear trucks
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Interior of plow area
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Fresh paint on fuel tank!
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Plow gets painted
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Ready for stripes
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Greg and Lew lining up and chalking across the front
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Close-up showing how lumpy the front is!
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Masking and prepping
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Al and Claudio chalk lining the sides
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Front and sides lined up for Phase III paint
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Prepping for Phase III paint
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Ready to spray
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Amtrak Red goes on first
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Amtrak blue follows behind
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Masking removed
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In the shop
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In the shop to dry
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On the display track by platform
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Positioning the new decals
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Rear carbody number decal
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Number decals in place
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Positioning the Amtrak logo on side
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Lined up and placing one letter at a time
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Letter placed
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Lining up and placing letters
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Prepping for white stripe
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White stripe applied and drying
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Black stripe across bottom applied
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Battery box painted
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Masking off for white stripe
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First white stripe down, rest to follow
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Look Listen Live decals applied
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New Look Listen Live decals
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New Look Listen Live decals
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New Amtrak decal and battery box paint
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