| Howdy! Cool temps in the 50's all day. But not bad for mid-November. Arrived at the museum about 9:00. A group was working on tamping ballast at the east end of the grounds around the newly installed ties. Included were Cory, Dave, Mark Knebel, John LaOrange, Tom Travis and Bob Jachim. I again tackled the errant turnout target on the switch leading in to the number 2 track of the Shop building. After much work, and an assist from Tom T., I finally managed to get the target tight! A victory after 4 days of work spread over the last month! Joe Kingsbury was working on NKP bay window caboose 471. Much of the lettering was done but the Scout troop from South Bend showed up and continued their assist. Jon Oram was working on the N Gauge display layout in the Pullman Troop Sleeper. Joe Baker reported that he now has 3 of the "torpedo" heater restored to service! Bob J. has finished the removal of the "flower/weed" bed from around the museum sign off of Mulberry Street. Area looks neat! Bob Barcus, Judy Boyer, Louise Kingsbury and Pat DeGan were working in the depot gift shop today. Elmer Mannen was working on the Whitcomb. The container donated by Canadian Pacific, was delivered to the museum late in the morning. Bi-Monthly meeting was held at in the afternoon. Big news to come out of the meeting was that the museum agreed to purchase the Long Island passenger coach from owner Mike Koehler. Two individuals have agreed to donate the funds for the purchase. More details of the meeting will be in the upcoming newsletter. In the afternoon, Ryan Kertis and I started sanding on the side of the old Army kitchen car in an effort to try to find the C&EI car number from when it was assigned to the Dolton Yard Center work train. Ryan managed to find a number A-1054 and will see if this might be the number. Bing Risley was moving parts around the equipment part with his Bobcat. Took off at 4:00 for home. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone! Enjoy the day! Les | 
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