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Southern Pacific
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Short Hood Reconstruction Page 3 --
Update March 12, 2010 --
The two front number doors doors have been fabricated and work progresses on their attachment to the number boxes. Once this was finished, the only thing remaining is to cut out the door opening that will receive the glass.
The one remaining fabrication item was the installation of the nose top vents that we received from Germany and Austria through the hard work of our crew members Richard Oed and Gerold Eckl.
Bob
Zenk came down from Seattle for a week and once again, dug right into
the finishing process for the nose. He is an artist with body
filler and sand paper and his help is greatly appreciated. We
painted the inside of the nose doors and the number boxes with Suede
Gray. We had previouly pulled a piece out of the
cab and
found that "Suede Gray" is an almost perfect match for Krauss Maffei's
"Sweden Gray".
A coat of epoxy primer was then applied to all the exterior nose surfaces plus the various light housing doors. After the primer set up, a preliminary coat of red was sprayed on the light housing doors and on some nose surfaces to insure that everything gets covered in the final coats. The finished number boxes (minus the doors) were installed as were the class light assemblies and they were then wired. By the way, the red appears orange in some photos due to the sodium vapor lights in the shop. Photo #3 is closest to the true color.
We have not forgotten about the nose. Work on it has been suspended until the locomotive cab and front end are done at which time the nose will be painted and installed. Return To Main Page |
