by GOLDEN-ARM
It's not so hard. Three guys, two with a 5 gallon bucket of Turtle wax car wash, and scrub brushes on broomsticks. Start on the roof, one guy wets the loco, other two scrub. Do the roof, then the carbody, cab and nose. Jumbo sponges help on the carbody and cab. Finish off the tanks, end with the trucks. Easily finished in under an hour, and left to air dry. We did them on a somewhat regular basis, and did trucks and underframes whenever they got especially dirty, even if we didn't do the entire loco. One day, after washing the 17, I "accidentally" washed a corner of the EL Diesel Training Car, that was at the shops, showing the guys I was with, how good the grey looked, once you washed and waxed away the chalking of the paint. Ben saw it, and decided the whole car would look good, washed and waxed! For some bizarre reason, I was "accidentally" drenched, by the guy with the hose. Seems he was planning on going home when we got finished with the loco, or something silly like that..............
Traveling Engineer, Coast to Coast, Border to Border.
Any Train, Anytime, Anywhere.....
Any Train, Anytime, Anywhere.....