ALL ABOARD!!
Next Stop...
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Caboose SP 1901: Creative
Restoration
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So! Where Do You Want It?
Caboose SP1901 arrives on August 28, 2000. It will be restored
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Rails & Trucks First
Ken & Dave unload the "trucks." |
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Easy, Big Fella
Steadily the caboose is lowered
into position. |
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The Caboose Has Landed!
Safely delivered to its location just behind the main ranch
house and adjacent to Mary's workshop.
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September
1, 2000 Where do we begin?
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Begin
with Clean Third try is a charm: Steam power wash!
"Out damn spot."
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It takes
a master welder to smooth away wear and tear...
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and patient Perseverance to
"clean and prep" for paint.
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"Quite a
Stretch" Measure twice cut once.
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Grinding Away This guy just keeps going and going and
going. "Do it right the first time."
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Now Let's See...
The
red wire is connected to the black wire is connected to the yellow... |
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Nothing like a
fresh coat of paint. "Where do these letters go?"
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Creative Restoration Taking shape slowly, but surely.
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Persuading
Ties into Position...
A little behind.
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New
Year's Eve 2000 The Conductor and Chief Engineer bring
SP 1901 on line with champagne over the coupler.
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3930 N. Smokey Topaz Lane
Tucson, Arizona 85749
Phone: 520-749-5345
Fax: 520-760-5594
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