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http://blogs.sun.com/katysblog/date/20070904 Tuesday September 04, 2007

Yellow Trim on Caboose

We painted the yellow trim on WP668 last weekend. The handrails and grip bars at either end of our 1916 backyard caboose will be classic mustard yellow. Painting bright yellow over rust brown takes lots of blue masking tape and several coats but the results are worthwhile. We will paint at least one more yellow coat on each end next weekend.

We found that we have one original 14" diameter brake wheel and one similar but not original-to-that-purpose 15-1/2" wheel on the other end. It is not likely that we will ever find an exact original match, so John is going to rework what we have. Both wheels came with WP668.

WP668 before
yellow trim:
WP668 before yellow trim photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson 		WP668 yellow
trim paint:
WP668 yellow trim paint photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson 		WP668 yellow
trim paint:
WP668 yellow trim paint photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson 		WP668 unpainted
wheel top:
WP668 unpainted wheel top photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson

WP668 unpainted wheel
reverse:
WP668 unpainted wheel reverse photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson 		WP668 original
wheel top:
WP668 yellow painted wheel top photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson 		WP668 original
wheel reverse:
WP668 yellow painted wheel reverse photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson

Images Copyright 2007 by Katy Dickinson

Posted at 10:57PM Sep 04, 2007 by katysblog in Caboose Project and Other Trains  | 

Skype and Choir at CMU

Jessica has been away at college for over two weeks. Last week were her first classes. Also, last week she auditioned for and was accepted as an Alto in the CMU classical repertory chorus directed by Robert Page. You can read her delight at singing again in her First choir practice blog entry today.

We talked with Jessica by phone Sunday night and by Skype yesterday afternoon. My parents were fascinated when Jessica used Skype to gave them a live electronic tour of her Pittsburgh, PA dorm room by walking her laptop computer around. On our end, we held up Tino the cat to wave to her. He looked confused and purred, as always.

Valentino 2006 photo: copyright 2006 by John Plocher

Besides Chorus, I think Jessica's favorite is her First Amendment Law class. She held her first dorm hall tea party despite CMU's water shortage. (A water main broke.) It is wonderful to hear about my daughter's adventures in her new big world and, of course, we are all immensely proud of her. But I would still rather listen to her tell us all about it in person.

Image Copyright 2006 by John Plocher

Posted at 08:51PM Sep 04, 2007 by katysblog in Home & Family  |