kwarner
November 19th, 2006, 04:22 PM
I am a member of the Illinois Railway Museum and we are in the process of restoring the subject transfer caboose. We only have one photo of the car and it is the one found on the RI Technical Society website. Does anyone have any photos of this car or know where one could be obtained? We should have the wood replaced on the house potion of the car, and at least part of the decking (depending on funding) by the end of summer 2007 and would like to make certain that the paint and lettering are as they would have been around 1968-69. We have chosen that era, as the car has ACI labels on it and we have the paint specifications for that period. The car arrived in a badly faded Mineral Red color, as shown in the RI Tech Soc. photo. As of today, we have applied new wood to one end of the car.