Katy Dickinson

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http://blogs.sun.com/katysblog/date/20081204 Thursday December 04, 2008

Western Pacific Herald Going on Caboose

For the third year, our home will soon be hosting the Silicon Valley Lines model train club Christmas party. To prepare for the event, I have finished painting the bay window markings on WP668, our backyard caboose. Tomorrow, John is going to mount the Western Pacific herald on the metal plate on the side of WP668. John wants to preserve the etched shadow of the original WP logo on the original herald plate, so he lacquered it. Today, he had a 21-1/2" x 23-1/2" steel plate cut (the size of the WP decal we bought from the Portola Railroad Museum), then painted the new plate black. Tomorrow, John will tack weld the new plate over the old and then mount the decal. WP668 will once again display the Western Pacific herald!

Here a small size reproduction of the WP logo and a current photo of WP668:

    reproduction WPFRR sign photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson WP668 caboose November 2008, San Jose CA photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson

Images Copyright 2007-2008 by Katy Dickinson

Posted at 09:51PM Dec 04, 2008 by katysblog in Caboose Project and Other Trains  | 

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