09-02-2012, 01:24 PM
teejay Wrote:Charlie , your SW7 paint job episode gave a laugh .Oh TeeJay, if you got a laugh out of that here is a better one.
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After that project the guys that were a part of the group that showed up in the end to help asked me if I would paint an ALCO S2 if they did all the prep work. (some folks never learn). I agreed and the first work day I thing 20 people showed up. This unit was badly in need of work, welding, patching, you name it.
Well, the second week end it dwindled to 10 people then down to 4 plus myself, and I was not a member nor was one other fellow that showed up every work day. One clubmember was there every week working his butt off and welding, sanding, grinding, what ever it took. Without him the project would not have been done. It took a year of work, and the locomotive was still used every weekday, and I had to apply the paint in sections, but it was finished and looked great. As it worked out I got the job running the KJR because the guy that owned the S2 bought the KJR and asked me if I wanted to run a railroad.
So, moving on there was a train festival once again where I had painted the SW7 so the boss and I decided to go. While wandering around we ran into a foamer and he somehow started telling us about the ALCO S2 that he had painted. Now the boss let him ramble, and finally he asked the fellow if he knew who he was, and when he replied he didn't, Dale told him he owned the S2 he said he had painted, and also mentioned how he had never seen him, then he pointed to me and told him how he had watched me apply the paint