Greetings,
Another sunny day in NW IN, cool, windy, no snow on the ground, very untypical for here in February, but March is
still around the corner with some weather surprises I'm sure.
Early morning activity was down at the old milk shed demolition site. All of the contents that can be saved and sold is out of
the building, shelving was taken out an stored inside a boxcar, more than enough for our needs. The brick walls have be pushed
in and the rubble loaded into a dumpster for Richard Warner to use on some project. Most likely more dumpsters will be filled
before its all over. Included in this project was, Bob Albert, Steve Newland, Cory Bennett, John LaOrange, Bruce Fingerhut, Dave Cookl
Ryan Kertis, Doug Koslovske, and a couple of others. Two bonfires continued buring debris. lots of cleanup remains to be done.
After lunch, work continued on repainting the Erie caboose, lead by Joe Kingsbury, 3 members of a local boyscout troop continued
there sanding and prep work for painting. Caboose is moving right along and hopefully the painting will occur in the near future.
I noticed the backhoe tractor outside, so the transmission problems and engine has been repaired. Many long hours put in by
Cory, Dave and Rich to get this tractor ready for summer tie replacement in the museums main railroad line.
Erie and EJ&E cabooses got their center pins greased in quick order. again many helpful hands made this a quick job. John L,
Doug K, Cory B, Elmer M, Mark K, The air compressor was fired up and the big air jacks lifted the caboose easily and greasing
was done quickly.
Some work in the kitchen car has been done recently. Removal of a wall, opening up the area for more kitchen space and a new
serving table installed. The diesel car has not been worked on yet, but once we find the time, it will make an welcome addition
to the meeting/eating area.
Fred Boyer and Les Beckman installed a new handle and lock for the LIRR 2937, provided by Jason Annen, now makes the
LIRR coach locked and secured.
Depot duties was held down by Loretta K, Bob Barcus and I saw Judy Boyer and Margrett Cook around the museum also.
Some visitors were at the museum grounds touring the displays and gift shop. If the weather is nice, people will get outside
to do some traveling.
Everyone have a good week, drive safe and remember Lent starts Wednesday, so eat those pancakes Tuesday.
Tom
Another sunny day in NW IN, cool, windy, no snow on the ground, very untypical for here in February, but March is
still around the corner with some weather surprises I'm sure.
Early morning activity was down at the old milk shed demolition site. All of the contents that can be saved and sold is out of
the building, shelving was taken out an stored inside a boxcar, more than enough for our needs. The brick walls have be pushed
in and the rubble loaded into a dumpster for Richard Warner to use on some project. Most likely more dumpsters will be filled
before its all over. Included in this project was, Bob Albert, Steve Newland, Cory Bennett, John LaOrange, Bruce Fingerhut, Dave Cookl
Ryan Kertis, Doug Koslovske, and a couple of others. Two bonfires continued buring debris. lots of cleanup remains to be done.
After lunch, work continued on repainting the Erie caboose, lead by Joe Kingsbury, 3 members of a local boyscout troop continued
there sanding and prep work for painting. Caboose is moving right along and hopefully the painting will occur in the near future.
I noticed the backhoe tractor outside, so the transmission problems and engine has been repaired. Many long hours put in by
Cory, Dave and Rich to get this tractor ready for summer tie replacement in the museums main railroad line.
Erie and EJ&E cabooses got their center pins greased in quick order. again many helpful hands made this a quick job. John L,
Doug K, Cory B, Elmer M, Mark K, The air compressor was fired up and the big air jacks lifted the caboose easily and greasing
was done quickly.
Some work in the kitchen car has been done recently. Removal of a wall, opening up the area for more kitchen space and a new
serving table installed. The diesel car has not been worked on yet, but once we find the time, it will make an welcome addition
to the meeting/eating area.
Fred Boyer and Les Beckman installed a new handle and lock for the LIRR 2937, provided by Jason Annen, now makes the
LIRR coach locked and secured.
Depot duties was held down by Loretta K, Bob Barcus and I saw Judy Boyer and Margrett Cook around the museum also.
Some visitors were at the museum grounds touring the displays and gift shop. If the weather is nice, people will get outside
to do some traveling.
Everyone have a good week, drive safe and remember Lent starts Wednesday, so eat those pancakes Tuesday.
Tom
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