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     Since the last journal entry not much has transpired due to the oppressive summer heat and rain thwarting our efforts over the summer, however in October we were able to resume working on the locomotive. The highlights for the October work session include the installation of the injector starter valve, various lube lines on the right side and tightening handrail stations and running board bolts.

     Highlights from the November work session include hanging all of the remaining air line pipes on the right side and completing the installation of the remaining lube lines. At this point the locomotive nearly complete, with a few outstanding details waiting to be fixed next year, plus of course reconnecting the tender

     Finally, earlier this summer we received the vinyl decals to be applied on the tender as well as on the side of the cab. We used the firm Astley-Gilbert for the job. For the Maple Leaf Monogram we used a combination of the CNR Drawing in addition to a surviving passenger car herald (as a reference for the red colour). From there, the drawing was scanned and converted to a vector drawing allowing the computer to correctly render compound curves, etc. The same process was used for the rest of the lettering. Of course now that we have the artwork saved as vector files we can now take those files to just about any printing company. The total cost of making a full set of decals for the locomotive, including producing the artwork was $550.00.

     As for the graphics themselves, the 2-3/4" and 6" lettering was made from a single sheet of imitation gold vinyl, while the heralds are actually made of three separate applications of solid colour vinyl, in constrast to the heralds used on 6213 which were silk screened. For 6167's heralds the base sheet is gloss black to which the red vinyl for the leaf, and imitation gold vinyl for the lettering and ring were applied.

     In a sense, we have a bit or experiment going on between the decals used on 6213 and those on 6167. Although CN did not make their heralds out of multiple pieces of material, one of the benefits of this approach is that the material of each layer is entirely solid vinyl compared to 6213's were were just silk screened onto a piece of vinyl thus it is hoped that they will not be as badly affected by UV rays. We've been told that this material has been tested to withstand the harshness of the climate in the Arizona desert and that they will last much longer in the Guelph climate. suffice it to say, they are guaranteed for 12 years. So only time will tell which production method is superior, silk screening or making the herald from multiple pieces.