HERE IT IS

The only thing I have left is to apply the decals. WA HOOOO!

Finally my Dorfan passenger train runs. Very few engines are still intact and less are still running.

Restoration day

Today I started to clean, sand and re paint my Dorfan train. This will remove rust that is slowly destroying this beautiful piece of 1930's history. Some of the cars were painted awful colors and right over rust. It will finally have all matching cars again.

My new tender

Here is the last piece I acquired for my 1930 Dorfan train, the tender. It will be re painted with the others.

BYE BYE TRAIN

I took every car apart including the engine.

BATH TIME

The cars were covered in oil, grease and all of the other goo from 79 years of play. I gave each car a bath in rubbing Alcohol

SANDING

After I took all of the details off of the cars I sanded the original paint so my paint would adhere better. There was a lot of rust. Someone years ago had repainted one of the cars. They used a wrong color and painted right over the lumps of rust.

The priming begins

Finally I start to prime all of the parts. Most of the cars were really rusty. I primed inside and outside. That should help preserve this train for years longer. I chose black primer to help my topcoat be a little darker. This should match the original color better.

I finally completed my Dorfan train.

Here is my Dorfan train before I had a tender. The paint is peeling off and some of the cars have been poorly repainted the wrong colors. I finally found a tender on E-Bay. The auction closed at 3:00 PM on Easter Sunday. That was right in the middle of our Easter brunch with Jerri's family. I hid in a bedroom and bid at the last second of the Auction. I WON. It was the best Easter I ever had.