| A cool low 60's day, with sun on and off all day. All in all, a good weatherwise day at North Judson. Apparently, the FRA inspector found some problems with some of the museums cabooses including no built dates on three of them. These were added this morning. Also, the inspector stated that the hand rails on GTW transfer caboose had to have at least 4 inches of clearance and three of the seats had to be moved forward slightly to accomplish this. A 4th seat could not be moved without some special work so that seat was just removed. Cory Bennett and Dave Cook were plugging holes on the south side roof of the East Annex to the Shop. The north side roof had been finished a few weeks ago and apparently no longer leaks. Cory reported that they are about half finished with the south side. Unlocked the crossing watchmans shanty for visitor inspection. Andy Hershman and Mitch Montgomery were working on GE # 11 in an effort to get the unit its blue card. Lots of work done on it today and Andy and Mitch were still at it when I left the museum late in the afternoon. Joe Kingsbury cut grass for a while. I noticed that Mike Koehler had put bondo on the south side of LIRR 2937 when he was here last weekend. Steve Newland was in the Shop, measing and cutting the missing boards for the north side of Grasselli Tower. After eventually putting them into place, he then gave them a coat of primer. I started out working again on the seats that need to be added to the interior of GTW 75072. Went down to the Shop and, with the assistance of Steve Newland, managed to get a wood pattern made for the needed riser legs from the 4 x 4 blocks that we have on hand. Cut and drilled three additonal wood risers and then broke for lunch. Pizza, salad, soup and various deserts were served in the NKP kitchen car. While eating, the 11:00 caboose train arrived back at the depot, so after lunch, I headed over to the GTW caboose to see what I could get done before the 1:30 departure for English Lake. Ran a long extension cord out to the caboose and managed to get one leg down and the other two marked, and the wall marked for lag bolts. Train time came too soon, so I disconnected the electric, returned the cord and then, since all my tools were still on the caboose, decided to ride the train to keep an eye on my stuff. Nice group of folks on board and they enjoyed the ride, although the wind and cool temps finally drove some of them inside. I heard later that we carried over 100 riders on the two trains. After we returned to the museum and the crew put the cabooses away on the caboose track, I went hunting for the electric cord and started in on the seat once more. Managed to get all three legs bolted down and the lab bolts put into the wall before leaving for the day. Mark Knebel, John LaOrange and Dave Cook were doing some kind of track work on the east end in the afternoon. Pat DeGan reported that the gift shop in the depot had a very busy day. Others members at the museum today included Bob Jachim, Andy Roeske, Randall Downs, Bill Dauber, Loretta Kosloske, Margrett Cook, Judy Boyer and Jason Annen. Engine crew was John DeGan and Doug Kosloske and the conductor for both runs was Fred Boyer. I am sure I missed some folks. Another senior moment! It was a tiring, but worthwhile day. Les | 
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