URTX-26640 INSULATED BOXCAR RESTORATION 
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05.17.09 - THIS IS THE CAR AT THE START OF THE DAY BEFORE THE OLD SIDING WAS REMOVED.  THE UPPER DOOR TRACK EXTENSION TO THE RIGHT OF THE DOOR HAS JUST BEEN REMOVED FOR CLEANING AND PAINTING.  ALL OF THE SIDING BEHIND IT WAS ROTTEN.
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05.17.09 - NEW VOLUNTEER KIM BALETTO IS NEEDLE CHIPPPING THE UPPER DOOR TRACK.
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05.17.09 - VICTOR HUMPHREYS IS WIRE WHEELING THE LADDER PRIOR TO PRIMING IT.
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05.17.09 - JOHN BALETTO HAS RETURNED AND IS GRINDING OFF THE STUBS OF THE RUSTED DOOR TRACK BOLTS.
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05.17.09 - THIS IS THE CAR AT THE START OF THE DAY BEFORE THE OLD SIDING WAS REMOVED. THE UPPER DOOR TRACK EXTENSION TO THE RIGHT OF THE DOOR HAS JUST BEEN REMOVED FOR CLEANING AND PAINTING. ALL OF THE SIDING BEHIND IT WAS ROTTEN. - Kirk L. Warner (kwarner)
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05.17.09 - NEW VOLUNTEER KIM BALETTO IS NEEDLE CHIPPPING THE UPPER DOOR TRACK. - Kirk L. Warner (kwarner)
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05.17.09 - VICTOR HUMPHREYS IS WIRE WHEELING THE LADDER PRIOR TO PRIMING IT. - Kirk L. Warner (kwarner)
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05.17.09 - JOHN BALETTO HAS RETURNED AND IS GRINDING OFF THE STUBS OF THE RUSTED DOOR TRACK BOLTS. - Kirk L. Warner (kwarner)
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05-17.09 - VICTOR HUMPHREYS IS WIRE WHEELING THE EDGE OF THE ROOF.  HE WILL THEN PRIME IT.
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05.17.09 - THE REMAINING OLD SIDING HAS BEEN REMOVED.  THE OLD BOLTS FOR THE UPPER TRACK WERE GROUND OFF AND DRILLED OUT.  RAY IS WELDING IN NEW BOLTS, WHILE I SHIELD MY EYES FROM THE ARC.
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05.17.09 - AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE REMAINING OLD SIDING HAD BEEN REMOVED, THE SIX BAD BOLTS HOLDING THE UPPER TRACK WERE GROUND OFF AND DRILLED OUT, NEW BOLTS WERE WELDED IN PLACE, THE UPPER DOOR TRACK WAS NEEDLE CHIPPED, THE AR LADDER WAS WIRE WHEELED AND PRIMED AND TWENTY NEW SIDING BOARDS HAD BEEN APPLIED.
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05.20.09 - VICTOR HUMPHREYS APPLIES FINISH PAINT TO THE BACK SIDE OF THE AR LADDER.
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05-17.09 - VICTOR HUMPHREYS IS WIRE WHEELING THE EDGE OF THE ROOF. HE WILL THEN PRIME IT. - Kirk L. Warner (kwarner)
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05.17.09 - THE REMAINING OLD SIDING HAS BEEN REMOVED. THE OLD BOLTS FOR THE UPPER TRACK WERE GROUND OFF AND DRILLED OUT. RAY IS WELDING IN NEW BOLTS, WHILE I SHIELD MY EYES FROM THE ARC. - Kirk L. Warner (kwarner)
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05.17.09 - AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE REMAINING OLD SIDING HAD BEEN REMOVED, THE SIX BAD BOLTS HOLDING THE UPPER TRACK WERE GROUND OFF AND DRILLED OUT, NEW BOLTS WERE WELDED IN PLACE, THE UPPER DOOR TRACK WAS NEEDLE CHIPPED, THE AR LADDER WAS WIRE WHEELED AND PRIMED AND TWENTY NEW SIDING BOARDS HAD BEEN APPLIED. - Kirk L. Warner (kwarner)
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05.20.09 - VICTOR HUMPHREYS APPLIES FINISH PAINT TO THE BACK SIDE OF THE AR LADDER. - Kirk L. Warner (kwarner)
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05.20.09 - MOST OF THE NEW SIDING IS NOW ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR AND VICTOR IS APPLYING FINISH PAINT TO THE PRIMED PIECES OF OLD SIDING.
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05.24.09 - THE DOORSTOPS WERE PRIMED, PAINTED AND APPLIED.
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05.24.09 - THE LAST TWO PIECES OF SIDING WERE CUT TO FIT AND APPLIED, WITH THE RAW EDGES PRIMED.
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05.25.09 - BOB KUTELLA, BROKEN ARM IN A SPLINT, HELPS WITH THE LADDER INSTALLATION BY HOLDING THE ROPE, WHICH HELD THE LADDER IN POSITION, UNTIL THE BOLTS WERE APPLIED.
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05.20.09 - MOST OF THE NEW SIDING IS NOW ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR AND VICTOR IS APPLYING FINISH PAINT TO THE PRIMED PIECES OF OLD SIDING. - Kirk L. Warner (kwarner)
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05.24.09 - THE DOORSTOPS WERE PRIMED, PAINTED AND APPLIED. - Kirk L. Warner (kwarner)
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05.24.09 - THE LAST TWO PIECES OF SIDING WERE CUT TO FIT AND APPLIED, WITH THE RAW EDGES PRIMED. - Kirk L. Warner (kwarner)
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05.25.09 - BOB KUTELLA, BROKEN ARM IN A SPLINT, HELPS WITH THE LADDER INSTALLATION BY HOLDING THE ROPE, WHICH HELD THE LADDER IN POSITION, UNTIL THE BOLTS WERE APPLIED. - Kirk L. Warner (kwarner)
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05.25.09 -  A CHALKLINE HAS BEEN SNAPPED TO MARK THE LINE TO CUT TO EVEN THE SIDINGG.
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05.25.09 - KIRK WARNER IS CUTTING THE SIDING BOARDS OFF.
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05.25.09 - BY THE END OF THE DAY, THE AR SIDE LADDER HAD BEEN INSTALLED,  THE TOP DOOR TRACK HAD BEEN INSTALLED, THE SIDING HAD BEEN CUT OFF EVEN AT THE BOTTOM, THE BOTTOM DOOR RAIL HAD BEEN PRIMED AND ALL NEW NUTS AND BOLTS AND FRESH WOOD CUTS HAD BEEN PRIMED.  I STARTED TO PAINT OVER THE PRIMER WITH FINISH PAINT; HOWEVER, RAIN ENDED THE PAINTING FOR THE DAY.
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05.27.09 - I MADE THE TOP TWO TRIM PIECES FOR THE RIGHT SIDE, WHICH ARE IN THE FOREGROUND.  VICTOR IS FINSIHING THE PRIMING OF THE WOOD.
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05.25.09 - A CHALKLINE HAS BEEN SNAPPED TO MARK THE LINE TO CUT TO EVEN THE SIDINGG. - Kirk L. Warner (kwarner)
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05.25.09 - KIRK WARNER IS CUTTING THE SIDING BOARDS OFF. - Kirk L. Warner (kwarner)
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05.25.09 - BY THE END OF THE DAY, THE AR SIDE LADDER HAD BEEN INSTALLED, THE TOP DOOR TRACK HAD BEEN INSTALLED, THE SIDING HAD BEEN CUT OFF EVEN AT THE BOTTOM, THE BOTTOM DOOR RAIL HAD BEEN PRIMED AND ALL NEW NUTS AND BOLTS AND FRESH WOOD CUTS HAD BEEN PRIMED. I STARTED TO PAINT OVER THE PRIMER WITH FINISH PAINT; HOWEVER, RAIN ENDED THE PAINTING FOR THE DAY. - Kirk L. Warner (kwarner)
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05.27.09 - I MADE THE TOP TWO TRIM PIECES FOR THE RIGHT SIDE, WHICH ARE IN THE FOREGROUND. VICTOR IS FINSIHING THE PRIMING OF THE WOOD. - Kirk L. Warner (kwarner)
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05.27.09 - WE APPLIED BEVELS TO 25 MORE PIECES OF SIDING AND PRIMED THEM.  RAIN PREVENTED OUTSIDE WORK TODAY.
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05.30.09 - FINSIH PAINT HAS BEEN APPLIED TO THEH BACK SIDE OF THE TOP TRIM BOARDS AND PRIMER TO THE BACK SIDE OF SOME OF THE NEW SIDING.
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05.30.09 - VICTOR HUMPHREYS APPLIES FINISH COLOR TO THE PRIMED AREAS.
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05.30.09 - AT THE END OF THE DAY, ALL OF THE ORANGE IS APPLIED.  ONLY THE TOP TRIM BOARDS BY THE ROOF NEED APPLICATION AND THE SIDE IS COMPLETE.
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05.27.09 - WE APPLIED BEVELS TO 25 MORE PIECES OF SIDING AND PRIMED THEM. RAIN PREVENTED OUTSIDE WORK TODAY. - Kirk L. Warner (kwarner)
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05.30.09 - FINSIH PAINT HAS BEEN APPLIED TO THEH BACK SIDE OF THE TOP TRIM BOARDS AND PRIMER TO THE BACK SIDE OF SOME OF THE NEW SIDING. - Kirk L. Warner (kwarner)
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05.30.09 - VICTOR HUMPHREYS APPLIES FINISH COLOR TO THE PRIMED AREAS. - Kirk L. Warner (kwarner)
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05.30.09 - AT THE END OF THE DAY, ALL OF THE ORANGE IS APPLIED. ONLY THE TOP TRIM BOARDS BY THE ROOF NEED APPLICATION AND THE SIDE IS COMPLETE. - Kirk L. Warner (kwarner)
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