I do wish some of the regulars would post photos of their progress. Not just the running of trains. People are fascinated with the repairing as well. Someone did an excellent job photographing when they were rebuilding one of the coaches.
Thank you Kevin for sharing here. Some of the guys at MNGRR deserve a pat on the back, and what better way than posting a picture of their accomplishments.
Mike,
That is a very good point. There's a lot of work behind the scenes to keep 4 running and to get 7 back up running that doesn't always come through since there's never any pictures put out. A lot of the time we get so caught up in the work that we don't always remember to take photographs of progress. The work crews often don't have the extra hands for such things, unfortunately.
The pics that you were seeing of the car restorations were taken by volunteers/employees within the museum building, itself, so accessibility is much better than slogging out to the engine house through the maze of snow piles, boats, and lakes that have a way of accumulating every winter.
We have a big push coming up this year on #7. Finishing the tank work (riveting, painting, final mounting, etc) is something that I know to be on the immediate punch list, as is finishing the deck. More details on what will be done this winter will come out as I get them.
As for the "Historically correct" aspect with regards to #4. The look that #4 sports now is just as historically important as having it look like it was just off the shop floor. The Edaville look is something that is appropriate to the locomotive, even if not Maine appropriate. If anything, each of the locos shouldn't necessarily keep all of their Edaville heritage out front (*cough* diamond stacks *cough cough*), but it looks good (in my opinion) on 4, but not over the top.