Class of 1975
When I left Ryan Fleagle, he was still putting coats of white paint over vinyl stencils after dark. I figured he'd return in the morning to remove the stencils and do the last of the touch up work. I started receiving text messages just after sunrise the next day filled with glee: the car's painting was done. When full sun illuminated the fresh paint there were a lot of smiles from the team of volunteers that made this happen. Everyone was thrilled with the job Fleagle's Painting had done taking the old 857B boxcar back to it's 1975 appearance.
Meanwhile the rest of the work continued forward. The inside of the car had already been framed and the sub floor installed. Now that the paint was done it was time to install the wiring and drywall so the museum planning could move forward. Brock Kerchner took the original KarTrak ACI (Automatic Car Identification) tags off PC 184301 and had them faithfully replicated in vinyl; they had to wait to be installed until the paint had fully cured.
Class of 1975
When I left Ryan Fleagle, he was still putting coats of white paint over vinyl stencils after dark. I figured he'd return in the morning to remove the stencils and do the last of the touch up work. I started receiving text messages just after sunrise the next day filled with glee: the car's painting was done. When full sun illuminated the fresh paint there were a lot of smiles from the team of volunteers that made this happen. Everyone was thrilled with the job Fleagle's Painting had done taking the old 857B boxcar back to it's 1975 appearance.
Meanwhile the rest of the work continued forward. The inside of the car had already been framed and the sub floor installed. Now that the paint was done it was time to install the wiring and drywall so the museum planning could move forward. Brock Kerchner took the original KarTrak ACI (Automatic Car Identification) tags off PC 184301 and had them faithfully replicated in vinyl; they had to wait to be installed until the paint had fully cured.