Just in case you too were worried that the UP M-35 had somehow fallen off the radar, Gregg Wolfersheim sends us a reassuring update on his recent progress!
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| It's been a while since I've reported any progress on the doodlebug. Sporadically since last summer I have been prepping the area where the tack molding will go. Here the upper part of the steel side has been needle chipped and is ready for more primer. The side access door is open to allow work to continue, and the engine/generator set is visible below. |
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Some of the boards for the tack molding getting white primer.
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Painting the boards all around.
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| The right side showing the molding applied right up to the existing wood over the rear vestibule. |
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| This is the area over the left side of the vestibule. Some of the top plate blocking was deteriorated. A piece was spliced in, visible as a light gray piece. The last piece of tack molding will go here, covering the gap between the steel side and the wood roofing. |
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| And, of course, the left side coming right along. |
3 comments:
I don't recall it being discussed before.. is the exterior to be repainted in UP Yellow? It would be quite exciting, as one of the older pieces of UP system equipment painted that way. Of course there are the electric locomotives at Yakima as well. O. Anderson
Gregg replies: Yes, it will be Armour Yellow, per its last shopping in 1951. That's when the power truck was replaced with a Brill. Also, the seats came from a chair car.
I actually would have liked to see it stay in Pullman Green. I don't know how much Union Pacific stuff there is in preservation that ISN'T in Armour yellow, so having something UP that isn't wearing that iconic color would've made it stand out just for that alone.
Plus, I think the Pullman green looks sharp on it. But then again, I think Pullman green looks good on everything it touches (where it's appropriate of course).
-Matt Maloy
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