Quaker Oats co. #127 Receives Fresh Coat of Paint

Here is what you start with. She was starting to look really rough.

After being acid washed, QOCX 127 is pushed into the shop for painting.

The paint crew is suited up and ready to get to work.

Primer being applied high and low.

She is already looking a lot better in primer.

After primer, black paint is applied everywhere there is lettering and other car info.

Once the black paint has cured overnight, vinyl letters are applied exactly where the previous ones were. Before painting, measurements were taking of every letter and marking. This makes placing the vinyl letters easier.

Blue starts going down.

You can smell the wet paint! This car is blue! Once it cures, the vinyl letters are peeled off reveaing black lettering.

Fresh out of the shop, Quaker Oats Co. #127 looks great!

Earlier this spring, museum volunteers prepped and painted QOCX 127. This car is filled with shelving and is used to store spare parts for the museum. This car was last rebuilt and painted in the early 1980’s, and that old blue scheme had deteriorated and the car was starting to rust after being in the elements for 40 years. One weekend, this 50 foot boxcar was cleaned, and washed with a mild acid to prep it for a fresh coat of paint. The following weekend, the car was primed, black painted, lettering applied, and blue sprayed all over. An amazing detail of this project is that it was all done by our “young” volunteers, who are all in their 20’s. Check out other ongoing projects and consider volunteering at: http://www.mrym.org/