Dylan wrote:On Saturday three local enthusiasts (all under 30) decided to give Red Devil 3450 a good clean. We volunteered our services and purchased all the cleaning material & paint. Loco was covered in thick dust and to make matters worse no one emptied the ashpan 5 years ago!
All brass / copper was painted black to reduce chances of theft, motion wiped with paraffin and entire loco thoroughly cleaned. 8 hrs later we were only halfway.
Next week we hope to finish the job and then give 3655 a good clean.
Cleaning the Red Devil
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Re: Cleaning the Red Devil
Well done guys, I just hope that one day we will get to see her run again.
Not quite on the rails.
Check out my train vids. http://www.youtube.com/user/nixops
Check out my train vids. http://www.youtube.com/user/nixops