Although Mark Knebel has been doing most of the repainting of equipment at HVRM these past few years, other members DO grab the paintbrush on occasion! Last year, the engineers side of the tender of C&O Kanawha # 2789 had been painted and lettered, but the fireman's side had not been touched. So, I decided to tackle the project last week after cleaning and priming a few bad spots on previous Saturdays. The first photo shows the work in the morning of the 70 degree day. Mark stopped by later and grabbed the second photo of me up on the lift with the project further along. Unfortunately, they had to put our GE diesel away to work on it so had to shove the 2-8-4 into the Shop. But by that time, I only had the bottom part of the tender to finish, which I did inside the building from the ground, but due to cramped quarters, I was not able to grab a photo. Yesterday, when they pulled the 1947-built Alco out of the Shop, I was able to get a shot of the finished product. I think not too shabby!
Les
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