Fall colors: Red, Orange and Yellow

It happens all the time on your model railroad; You assemble the train and start out when, Oh crap it came uncoupled. A full size prototype exists for that. We loaded up the caboose with people for a ride and started out, the two engines left the rest of the train behind. (how embarrassing - not really). A little adjustment on the coupler and we had no trouble after that. It was cold and rainy Saturday but cleared up Sunday afternoon.

I met my son at the museum at 9:30 am to paint the body of the Whitcomb. I used a wire wheel on my angle grinder and knocked off the loose scale and rust. My son painted the upper portion of the cab red as it was originally. I rolled the cab and hood. We went over the louvers with a brush. We took a break about 2:30 and got lunch at Burger King. We finished up about 4. Later my daughter painted the number on the side. We plan to put a logo on the cab sides and safety strioes on the front and back. Ray and Steve coupled the Whitcomb behind the GE 25 ton for wine festival weekend