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From: MDelvec952 mdelvec952 AT aol DOT com
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:30:20 -0400
Subject: DL&W F3 Volunteer -- 6/16 -- Prime Time, Thursday
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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:47:46 -0400
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Subject: DL&W F3 Volunteer -- 6/16 -- Prime Time, Thursday
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Paul asked about the black roofs, and Bob Bahrs correctly answered "as delivered." The Park likes that these are steam-era diesels that worked along side steam in Scranton. The as-delivered gray roofs, EMD lettering and jeweled number boards will be the first appearance. In time, the details can change with the era, with black roofs, DL&W's bolder lettering with -A, -B and -C lettering behind the numerals, and the red bullseye (mostly a diesel era detail).

Thanks, everyone, for your interest. See you in Scranton. ....Mike Del Vecchio



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Sent: Wed, Jun 16, 2010 1:43 am
Subject: DL&W F3 Volunteer -- Prime Time, Thursday



Exciting news, everyone, that Thursday we begin the painting phase. ARHS's Rich Jahn reports that all major painting is finished on DL&W 664 -- congrats to big team effort. On Wednesday, Steamtown's Mark Birtel says that his crew will reverse the positions of 663 and 664 so that we're on the paint pad. Thursday morning the 663 gets moved outside where we'll be looking everything over in the light -- sand and caulk one area that needs it, add one more screw, install and seal a number box bezel and we should be ready for priming.

We've enlisted the services of Tony Traglia of Duryea to lead us through the painting stage. Out of four painters interviewed, his work was stellar, his autos have won awards and one got a ticket for distracting other drivers, and he paints drum kits. Fellow musicians know that some of the finest finishes anywhere are on drum kits. And he paints locomotives for Ron Delovan at RMDI in Pittston, Pa., a locomotive dealer, shop and scrapper. Tony has been painting locomotives for more than a decade, he's familiar with stripes and layout on things the size of a house. He knows and is familiar with the Dupont Centari we'll be using. He has a local source for paint and he's ready to roll.

Dave Rush, a retired sign maker who spent a career lettering trucks and billboards and buildings, will guide us through the masking process. He's the son and grandson of DL&W engineers, and he spent his teen years helping the man who lettered Lackawanna steam tenders at Port Morris, and making some station signs. He's eager to volunteer his experience for our project. He also lettered our DL&W caboose 896 at Whippany.

The Convention is next week, and we're going to start Thursday and keep working with the hopes of finishing a color per day, weather and circumstance permitting. If we become a painting attraction for the Convention, so be it. Once we finish the small details, sand and clean the entire unit, we'll have three paint guns shooting primer. We're using an epoxy primer such as ARHS used. Often certain blemishes will appear after priming that are now easier to see -- we'll fix those and we hope to paint the unit entirely in finished Centari gray by the end of the work day Thursday.

Friday morning we'll mask for and shoot the black areas, then begin to mask the yellow, which will take a while, well into Saturday. Hopefully we can paint yellow late Saturday or sometime Sunday. Maroon will be last, and the lettering and heralds.

To keep this aggressive schedule we're going to need people. We have a few experienced people committed to the entire weekend, but we can use more people to help keep the supply chains and air hoses moving, supporting the painters and maskers, etc. Please RSVP with your availability so that we can coordinate a schedule. We won't rush this work, but with cooperative and experienced crews working steadily foward, we can do this.

After Thursday I'll not have e-mail access from Scranton, so call my cell with any questions at 973-723-8323, and leave a slow message. Don't know yet about my own lodging and internet access, though there are many places around so I'm not worried.

Things to bring: If anyone has air hose and a Chicago fitting, we'll need something to feed more hoses. Dust masks won't be enough -- Centari is dangerous to breathe. Respirators are required near the paint areas. Park well away from the painting -- it's obvious as you drive in where the parking should be. Wear old clothes.

The weather is looking promising for Thursday and Friday. Saturday remains to be seen, but looks good so far. Something we're mindful about is the STEAM in Steamtown. Weekends feature the steam-powered yard shuttle, and the visiting Vulcan, Flagg Coal 0-4-0 No.75, may be running as well. Both will be passing our paint site several times during the day. Exciting to watch, but the smoke and cinders will make our painting more difficult, and we'll likely have to plan our painting / drying times between steam trips. We were also warned by the Park that due to contractor work that may occur within the shop, that there may be nights were we cannot fit inside the shop like the ARHS unit had been -- painting the entire unit early will ensure the overnight moisture won't cause us delay in re-preparing naked areas.

We'll be watching the weather, of course, and may postpone days if necessary. Those who would like to participate should send me their phone numbers off list so that I can compile a list of people to call when no or no go if the weather gets iffy.

Meanwhile, enjoy the following vintage views of units like ours in DL&W service. Note the colors and familiarize yourselves with the details. Wait 'till you watch this classic image come to life. I gotta say that after getting the news today that we can start and making the dozens of calls and hours of e-mails to make arrangements for our D-Day, it is exciting to get to this point. Thanks to everyone who made it possible thus far. From laborer to contractor to contributor, all have worked toward a great team effort. And we're in the home stretch.

....Mike Del Vecchio


Below: This is one of my favorites for color rendition, a classic Kodachrome from August 1955 by Art Angstadt, showing one of the detours from Hurricane Diane rolling on Lehigh Valley rails. These units were repainted by the DL&W. Pardon slide dealer John C. Benson's moniker -- this image is a screen grab from eBay.





Below, we see freight F3s 656A-B on September 1, 1947, helping one of DL&W's famous Poconos out of Scranton, just as the 663 and 664 will be doing once they enter service. Ours are steam-era diesels, which is what makes them play an important role in the story being told at Steamtown. They co-existed with steam, assisted steam, and they eventually vanquished steam. These units are still in the EMD lettering, just as we are doing with 663 and 664. Jim Shuman photo.





Below, 605A is leading a westbound 2nd HB-9 at Gravel Place in 1957, a Ken Von Stuben photo. This engine is in the DL&W lettering.





Not in color, but this 1947 view shows freight F3s in passenger service at Hoboken. The negative sleeve says that these units were the 605 and 606 renumbered to "'60" for this duty. Freight Fs pulling Boonton Line coaches is a scene that can be duplicated at Steamtown. When this photo was taken, steam was still very much alive on the Road of Anthracite. Photo by Bill Slade (mdv coll.)





Below, we seen the 621C at Jersey City in 1956 in a photo from the Don Ball collection.





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