John
Lewis Gallery 1
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otherwise noted, all images © copyright Mr. John Lewis and
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John
is back in his native Missouri after a career in the US
Navy. We're both fans of San Diego -- with fond memories
of the Kansas City Barbeque in the middle of downtown (before
it, in turn, got barbequed by a kitchen fire), but I digress.
He's
a Mizzou fan and I'm a Jayhawker. I let him email me anyway.
More to the point, John is a big fan of the AFT and runs
the American
Freedom Train Yahoo Group that has become the
online crossroads for anyone interested in the 1976 AFT
or the 1947 Freedom Train. Check it out.
-- Todd Schannuth
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John's
model on a test run.
This
is how it started...
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Soaking
some Lionel cars to remove the old paint.
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Stripping
paint.
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Paint
masks.
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Car
ends painted black.
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Roof
goes silver.
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Future
PNWC76 and Display Cars 101 & 102
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Display
cars 101 & 102 get decals.
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Another
view.
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American
Freedom Train Car 101 with decals, new window graphics and
new trucks/couplers.
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AFT
Display Car 102.
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AFT
Display Cars 101 & 102.
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Car
end of the refurbished 102.
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AFT
Display Car 102.
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Car
end of the refurbished 101.
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The
assembly line ramps-up.
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Paint
hood/platform.
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Ready
for decals.
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Batch
of six.
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Decals
applied.
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More
decals.
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The
AFT factory.
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Painting
wagons. The models are based on standard 20' intermodal containers.
The real wagons were not intermodal containers, but had nearly
the same dimensions -- and smooth sides.
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Mass
production.
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Works
in progress.
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The
test track.
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Just
another day at the office.
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Decaling.
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Progress
check.
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