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Well
things
are
looking
up
for
X201
finally.
After
several
months
of
building
a
house
and
getting
moved
in,
I
am
beginning
to
direct
my
attention
back
to
X201.
I
finished
caulking
all
of
the
seems
in
the
roof
panels
to
ensure
against
leaks
and
corrosion.
Surface
rust
has
begun
to
bleed
back
through
the
Rust
Penetrating
Primer
from
ICI
(Glidden/Devoe)
that
was
applied
in
late
2002.
So,
I
plan
to
coat
again
with
the
same
red
ICI
(Glidden/Devoe)Alkyd
Metal
Primer
that
I
have
used
on
the
majority
of
the
car
body.
It
seems
to
be
holding
up
really
well.
I
removed
the
"porthole"
windows
on
the
ends
of
the
cab
and
sanded
the
end
wall
and
door.
The
original
red
paint
actually
looked
pretty
good
after
the
outer
layer
of
dead
paint
was
removed.
Due
to
several
nicks
in
the
paint
from
possible
road
debris
during
X201's
service
with
the
SR,
I
decided
to
go
ahead
and
prime
this
area
as
well.
I
plan
to
buff
the
aluminum
"porthole"
window
frames,
replace
the
bolts
with
stainless
hex-head
bolts,
and
replace
the
glass
with
Safety-plate
sheet
glass.
Upcoming
work:
swapping
trucks
I
plan
to
swap
the
friction
journal
trucks
with
a
set
of
Barber-Bettendorf
leaf
spring
type
caboose
trucks
with
roller
bearings.
For
history's
sake,
the
SR
equipped
the
local
"yellow-belly"
cabs
like
X201
with
used
friction
journal
trucks
upon
their
manufacture
by
Gantt
Mfg.
The
"road"
cabooses
(X315
and
higher)
received
the
BB
roller
bearing
trucks
mentioned
above.
I
will
be
swapping
the
trucks
with
another
SR
bay
window
"road"
caboose
(X458)
owned
by
the
Heart
of
Dixie
Railroad
Museum.
This
will
probably
happen
in
April.
I
will
document
the
swap
with
photos
which
will
be
posted
here
in
the
future
The
stripped
end
of
X201
.
The
Removed
Porthole
Window
Close-Up
The
Disassembled
Porthole
Window
The
Primed
End
of
X201
The
finished
Porthole
Window:
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