3020 gets more fresh paint
Posted: 30 Apr 2010, 17:05
Since Crown sponsored the painting of 3020, another company has now offered to paint the other two locos, 2409 and 5918. What's more, they say they will do it "properly", stripping down to bare metal and applying primer, rather than just painting on top of existing paintwork. They also claim to have a new high-tech heat resistant paint for the smokebox. We'll see...
Meanwhile, the repainting of 3020 was just about completed today.
The colour-coding of pipes and fittings may be of interest - as far as I can tell, white = compressed air, blue = water, orange = electrical conduits. Green seems to be a catch-all for the inside of the cab and anything that isn't any other colour.
Photos by John Ashworth, Nairobi, 29-30 April 2010.
Meanwhile, the repainting of 3020 was just about completed today.
The colour-coding of pipes and fittings may be of interest - as far as I can tell, white = compressed air, blue = water, orange = electrical conduits. Green seems to be a catch-all for the inside of the cab and anything that isn't any other colour.
Photos by John Ashworth, Nairobi, 29-30 April 2010.