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MONON Rolling Stock Collections at the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum => Monon EMD SW1 DS-50 => Topic started by: Rick Berg on March 26, 2022, 10:07:00 pm
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Monon DS-50 Restoration Work Update
Update by Les Beckman
Mar 26, 2022
(Photos by Les Beckman except where noted.)
Tom Rainford (left) and John Melnik try to read the Pyle-National manufacturers plate on the replacement headlight casing for the DS-50.
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Les Beckman cleans the headlight ring on the replacement headlight (Mike Cierski photo).
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Mark Belmonte watches Kevin Kennedy as he starts the cleanup of one of the DS-50 air tanks.
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Ben Harleman continues the needle scaling of the old black paint off of the SW-1.
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The front pilot plate of the DS-50 is needle scaled by David Miller.
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Much more still to do, but we're getting there!
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Love these updates! Thank you volunteers!