Went out yesterday morning with plans to do a bit more work on the 36's pilot. Arrived and found the shop building almost empty. It seems most folks were out helping to load that blue thing on a flatbed truck. The pilot had been moved and turned over so I had access to its backside so to speak. With the opportunity to wire wheel most of it although the structure that supports the trip lever prevented some access.
I then took the opportunity to give that side of the pilot a coat of primer.
Also displaying a fresh coat of primer was the roof of the Michigan Electric 28.
In the afternoon Bob Kutella's gang started work on the Great Northern tank car. Plans are to have the car sandblasted and to begin painting fairly quickly. Bob detailed the history of the car in his recent blog.
There were a couple of unusual sites around the campus. One was the UP turbine sitting on the main. This is a leftover from the 60th anniversary celebration on Labor Day.
Another was the unusual appearance of the Lackawanna 3001 box cab outside of barn 2. I don't know if there are any plans for it or it was simply outside to allow access to the 803 in the barn 9.
