Georgeous day at North Judson, in the 60's, breezy fall day, clear blue sky. Perfect for an outside
project.
I arrived al little before 10am, quiet around the depot as the only train of the day would
be at 1:30pm to La Crosse. All you could hear was the farm combines in the nearby
corn fields. Getting ready, I head down to the Arlington St crossing. Cory has made quick
work of the rotten timbers, as not one came out intact. A detailed inspection of the ties
revealed 8 needed replacing. A rail joint needed new bolts, the sun warmed the rail
to close the gap, but will need the C&I track crew to drill out 3 bolt holes to finish the
rail joint. Eight new ties were put in in along with tamping and spiking. The tourist train
past twice without a problem. The North Judson city street dept came down earlier in
the week and cut the pavement. Bing manned his Bobcat along with faithful dog companion
to keep Bing awake. John, Dave, Grandson Seth, Joe, Bob, Mark and Jason Jordan all manned
shovels thru the day.
Mark, during the week has repainted the PC boxcar into Tuscan Red PRR paint. Nice job.
Joe has been working on the NKP bay window caboose during the week getting it ready
for a new paint job.
The 1:30pm La Crosse train left a little off schedule, but had over 170 riders today.
Nice crowd.
Have a nice week, Les will be back next weekend, I will be gone on vacation.
Tom
http://hoosiervalleyrestorationpage.blogspot.com/
Link to HVRM Blog
project.
I arrived al little before 10am, quiet around the depot as the only train of the day would
be at 1:30pm to La Crosse. All you could hear was the farm combines in the nearby
corn fields. Getting ready, I head down to the Arlington St crossing. Cory has made quick
work of the rotten timbers, as not one came out intact. A detailed inspection of the ties
revealed 8 needed replacing. A rail joint needed new bolts, the sun warmed the rail
to close the gap, but will need the C&I track crew to drill out 3 bolt holes to finish the
rail joint. Eight new ties were put in in along with tamping and spiking. The tourist train
past twice without a problem. The North Judson city street dept came down earlier in
the week and cut the pavement. Bing manned his Bobcat along with faithful dog companion
to keep Bing awake. John, Dave, Grandson Seth, Joe, Bob, Mark and Jason Jordan all manned
shovels thru the day.
Mark, during the week has repainted the PC boxcar into Tuscan Red PRR paint. Nice job.
Joe has been working on the NKP bay window caboose during the week getting it ready
for a new paint job.
The 1:30pm La Crosse train left a little off schedule, but had over 170 riders today.
Nice crowd.
Have a nice week, Les will be back next weekend, I will be gone on vacation.
Tom
http://hoosiervalleyrestorationpage.blogspot.com/
Link to HVRM Blog
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