Memorial Day Weekend

 Saturday

Buzz reports:

Beautiful weather allowed photos of freshly painted Army 8537 and PRR 476199.

Photos by Buzz

Sunday

Sunday, on the other hand, was pretty soggy, but we had a lot more visitors than I would have expected, so on the whole, all was well.

Frank and I were running the 431 and 460.

Here's the Shay with its mixed train.  Did we mention that this summer we'll be having a mixed train weekly?  Where's Lucius Beebe when you need him?

The Zephyr was in operation, including the special dinner train

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And here's our crew.  We had two or three different car hosts assisting us during the day.  This is Steve Mikulski on the right.  Their help is always appreciated.

Frank adds...

As mentioned, we made four trips with the 431 and 460 before putting the train away in the late afternoon, by which time the sun had come out.

This is a sharp looking train!

After that, I changed into work clothes and got to work on the 63. I had a little time before dinner, so I put some more white primer on bare spots on the left side of the car. After dinner, I got to work with the vermilion, aka vision-searing orange.

To start, I used a brush to go around the standee windows and along the roof line...

After that, I switched to a trim roller and went along the area between the belt rail and drip rail...

And finished up by completing the "letterboard." Other than the doors, which I still need to do, this side has its first coat of orange complete.

It's pretty clear that it will need at least one, quite possibly two or three, additional coats of paint, as the orange doesn't cover particularly well. But this gives you a pretty good idea of what the final product will look like. The belt rail will have a three-stripe maroon/ivory/maroon band, plus there will be maroon striping along the roof line and on the drip rail. The roof will also get a fresh coat of grey, which I believe is a bit lighter than what's on the car now.

Finally, we have another entry in our "what is it?" contest. This thing was just built in-house by some of our volunteers. Any guesses as to what it is?