| Howdy! Well, although it's not yet quite Labor Day, the weather at North Judson today (low 70's with a brisk wind) gave us a hint of what is to come. Quite a refreshing change from our summer of 90 degree temps! Board of Directors meeting in the morning. Special runs are planned for this October and the museum website will reflect those special operations. Big story today was attendance on our trains. Both the morning run to English Lake and the afternoon run to LaCrosse carried just over 100 riders (total was 206). Utilization of all of the 5 cabooses and NKP open flat car # 1946 was necessary to handle the large crowd. Because of the large amount of passengers, I ended up acting as car host on both runs. We also had guest engineers today! There was an electrical problem with EL Alco #310 in the morning, but Mitch Montgomery and Jason Annen troubleshot the problem and the morning run left only about 20 minutes late. Work continued on GE # 11, and a 92 day inspection was planned for later in the day after work with # 310 was completed. Steve Newland continued work on Grasselli Tower. NKP boxcar # 15797 had its ends painted black earlier in the week. Mark Knebel states that he hopes to have the roof and sides painted boxcar red this coming week. Enjoy the rest of your Labor Day weekend everyone and have a great week! Les | 
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