Restoring the Virginian Railway Motor Car 109: 109's Clean Front * June 20 2011

In July 2009 I agreed to a trade that brought this grand old lady, built 1921, to my collection of railroad relics. In preparation, I built a 2/3 scale replica VGN motor car shed and painted it in the color scheme adopted by the railroad after World War II, gray with dark brown trim. In late March 2011 the actual restoration began. Read on and see how the restoration progressed.Start at the bottom entry and read upward. That's a blog. The picture above shows the 109 completed July 6,2011

Monday, June 20, 2011

109's Clean Front * June 20 2011

After gentle media blasting, the front and top of 109 are nearly ready for primer paint. The last few areas of old paint will be removed with an electric sander. In this phase I found the original red oxide primer and orange paint which had been brushed on. Two coats of yellow were on top of the orange, one applied by VGN and one applied by N&W workers some time after the 1959 VGN/N&W merger.
June 20, 2011.

VGN RY Motor Car 109

Monday, June 20, 2011

109's Clean Front * June 20 2011

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