WW&F No. 9 - Official Work Thread

[Ed Lecuyer]

The second course on the Engineer's side proved to be a bit of a challenge to get on, due to the position of one of the springs, and another part of the running gear. In the first photo, a small part of the plastic has been temporarily peeled back to reveal the color underneath.

[John McNamara]

Two questions:

Is there now a white sheet of some type behind the locomotive?

I'm seriously wondering whether people handling the sheets should be wearing soft white gloves or similar protection against finger prints.

-John M

[Ed Lecuyer]

Is there now a white sheet of some type behind the locomotive?

There is no "sheet" anywhere. I *think* you are referring to the sunlight peering through the (open) bay 4 doors, which is causing my cheapo cell phone camera to make it appear white in the area behind where the tender tank would sit. This is just an illusion.

The other "sheet" is a coating that is being applied against the back/unseen side of each boiler jacket piece to help prevent rust. I forget what it is really called, but we were calling it "sheep sweat" because of its distinct aroma.

I'm seriously wondering whether people handling the sheets should be wearing soft white gloves or similar protection against finger prints.

I don't think that is an issue. The plastic covering (similar to what covers electronics before removed) is just to help prevent scratches as the remaining appliances are installed.

[Wayne Laepple]

No. 9 is really looking good. My congratulations to everyone working on it. I wish I'd been there this week to help. I hope to get there next week.

[James Patten]

I think the white that John is seeing is the insulation.  

This afternoon the entire engine has gotten the jacketing, except for one band.

The plastic sheet, we'll have to take off during every fire up, and put it back when the day is over...

[Dave Crow]

I saw mention on the Facebook page that the plastic sheeting is protection until the domes have been painted.  Would it have been "safer" to paint the domes before installing the beautiful jacket?

[Jason M Lamontagne]

As it turns out the painting will be as delicate as the jacket installation- with the varnish finish.  We felt there was a greater risk of the edges of the jacket scratching the paint finish than of getting paint on the jacket- as long as we mask.

The plastic is really to protect from scratching during jacket installation and subsequent accessory installation. There was brief talk of the plastic doubling as paint masking, but it's not really good enough- so the jacket will be masked off using conventional means.

See ya
Jason

[Paul Uhland]

Am really jones-ing for a shot of the complete installation, as others may also be. 

[Brendan Barry]

An air conditioned paint booth has been setup in the machine shop for painting No. 9.

Tuesday 7/28 the locomotive was being clean and prepped for painting.









Wednesday 7/29 Stewart was working on the areas that needed primer.





Work is continuing on finishing up the welding work on the tank in preparation for sand blasting.

Inside the tank. The yellow hose is a ventilation hose for the welding fumes.





The hole is where the sump that feeds the engineers injector is bolted to the bottom of the tank.

[Paul Uhland]

The 'paint booth' setup is extra-clever.
However, the pitting inside the water tank looks serious.

[Wayne Laepple]

Particular thanks to John Stone, who was  a great help to me last Sunday building the painting tent in the shop. There were puns flying right and left, but we got it done. How's the air-conditioning working out, Stewart?

[Dave Crow]

Looks like Stewart primed the covers on the cylinders; I'm surprised that sheet metal wasn't Russia Iron.

Can't wait to see photos of more and more shiny finish paint!

Any photos of the cab progress?  Brendan, when do you plan to paint the outside of the tank as well as the tank liner on the inside?

Dave Crow

[Paul Uhland]

Looking forward to seeing 9 joining 10 soon.
So besides finishing tender tank hardware/ blasting/ priming/painting, mounting...cab assembly/painting/mounting...gauges/brakes/electricals/controls installation/testing...what else?

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

Today -

* We tried the eggshell coat (50/50 paint & varnish) on the headlight plate.  If it sets up as we hope (good finish and coverage) we will apply the eggshell coat to the domes and cylinders on Tuesday since they already have the base coat.  The next step on the domes and cylinders will be the first gloss coat which will be applied on Weds or Thursday.

* The fireman's side handrail was installed today and both ends repainted with base coat. 

* The frame received more cleaning/prep for paint.  It already looks much better after Megan and Erika worked on it Saturday.

[Jason M Lamontagne]

And... Randy and I worked on driver brakes.  Because we like to stop.  Sometimes.

Randy and Phil Goodwin picked up a do rated switch stand over the weekend; Randy dropped it off today.

Jason