Still searching at HVRM 2/23/13

Greetings -   Cold, cloudy day at Hoosier Valley today with temp maxing out at about 30 degrees.   We had some snow overnight on Thursday into Friday although nothing like what hit the Great Plains.  The 3" or so at North Judson was "crunchy" when walking on it.  I started out the day putting salt on the depot platform and on the steps leading into the NKP kitchen car.   Joe Baker and Joe Kingsbury were working on the Long Island commuter coach, including Joe B. doing rewiring.  Car was fired up during the day and heat and electric seemed good but Joe K. say that the governor is not holding voltage high enough.   Doug Kosloske and John LaOrange removed the brake valves from EL Alco # 310 to send out for testing.  Meanwhile, the valves for GE # 11 have been received but have not yet been installed.   Fred Boyer and Bob Albert continued working on the yellow IC display caboose.  Since the plan is apparently to repaint the caboose into an orange Illinois Central paint scheme once the car is finished, I decided to try one more time to find the original IC number.  Did some sanding over the platform door but had no luck.  I have looked for this number through the years, but have never had any success.  Some things don't change.  Oh well!  After giving up my search, I took some old partially damaged panels down in the caboose that Doug Kosloske had cut out.  Messy!   Bjarney Henderson and John DeGan worked on the Pullman Troop Sleeper, cutting a number of plywood panels and piecing them into the walls to replace the old pieces that had suffered water damage.  These guys are doing great work!   Bob Jachim was working on a project.  Steve Newland continued to work on the shelving for the new G gauge layout in the depot building.  Loretta Kosloske managed the gift shop and worked on future passenger train plans.  Diane Bennett brought in lunch today.     During the late afternoon, Mark Knebel and I helped John LaOrange move a pallet that had some heavy equipment on it.  The pallet had broken from the weight of the items so this was not a fun job, but we eventually managed to get it done.  John has been trying to clean up the Shop and has made some progress during the last month.   Enjoy the upcoming week everyone.  Stay safe!   Les