Greetings,
Saturday was cooler than Friday's uncomfortable heat an humidity. After torrential
rain & lightning for most of Friday evening, left a considerable amount of water in
ditches and low areas of fields. Several trees fell on IN 39, north of IN 8 an looks
like they were pushed off the road way. The Kankakee river seemed high from the
rain also.
Arrived at HVRM at approx 9am, after having breakfast at Fingerhut Bakery with
the local amateur radio group. Lively discussions going on with all members
present. Need to dig out some old log books an QSL cards for show & tell next
week. Les Beckman drove up behind me as I was getting out of the van. A quick
stop in the depot to ask some questions. Les an myself ended up at the garage
an looked over what needed to be done yet. I walked around the shed an noticed
that someone had picked up all the boards on the ground an a small pile of wood.
Thank you whomever did that for me. I was waiting till I had finished an not needed
any wood to fix some problem an was going to take them down to the shop for
the wood stove. I walked into the Erie shed to get some paint, an on the floor
were some items that needed to get picked up. Me & Les cleared a spot on
a cabinet an then put the items on top of it. Cleaned up the area a little an
rearranged some things, moving toilet paper into the paint room for easier
access to the box.
Afterward I got to thinking about lettering for the C&O 2789 tender & cab. Looked
in Mark's office an found the box holding a copy of lettering off of C&O 2776 in
Washington Court OH. A discussion followed on what venue we should try to
get either stencils made or have vinyl made. Bjarne Henderson has experience
in vinyl, so we decided to ask him later.
I was looking at the gap at the north end of the garage and wondered how I could
fix it easily. The building is bowed in the middle an the 1x12 is not square on the
bottom. After several opinions Bob J came up with putting metal flashing
up under the batten boards, covering the gap and nailing in place. Paint it
and nobody will notice standing five feet away. By then it was nearing noon,
so we broke for Subway. I was going to ride the 2 pm train to La Crosse with
rare mileage on on the old PM to Thomaston.
Other items, Mark an John spiked about 30 ties on the Erie line with maybe 40
to go yet. Dave Cook assisted also.
Sparky Beyers an John worked on the UP tamper in the shop. Sparky's wife
assisted in the depot ticket office selling tickets.
Steve Newland and Fred Boyer worked on window sills in Grasselli tower.
Saturday was cooler than Friday's uncomfortable heat an humidity. After torrential
rain & lightning for most of Friday evening, left a considerable amount of water in
ditches and low areas of fields. Several trees fell on IN 39, north of IN 8 an looks
like they were pushed off the road way. The Kankakee river seemed high from the
rain also.
Arrived at HVRM at approx 9am, after having breakfast at Fingerhut Bakery with
the local amateur radio group. Lively discussions going on with all members
present. Need to dig out some old log books an QSL cards for show & tell next
week. Les Beckman drove up behind me as I was getting out of the van. A quick
stop in the depot to ask some questions. Les an myself ended up at the garage
an looked over what needed to be done yet. I walked around the shed an noticed
that someone had picked up all the boards on the ground an a small pile of wood.
Thank you whomever did that for me. I was waiting till I had finished an not needed
any wood to fix some problem an was going to take them down to the shop for
the wood stove. I walked into the Erie shed to get some paint, an on the floor
were some items that needed to get picked up. Me & Les cleared a spot on
a cabinet an then put the items on top of it. Cleaned up the area a little an
rearranged some things, moving toilet paper into the paint room for easier
access to the box.
Afterward I got to thinking about lettering for the C&O 2789 tender & cab. Looked
in Mark's office an found the box holding a copy of lettering off of C&O 2776 in
Washington Court OH. A discussion followed on what venue we should try to
get either stencils made or have vinyl made. Bjarne Henderson has experience
in vinyl, so we decided to ask him later.
I was looking at the gap at the north end of the garage and wondered how I could
fix it easily. The building is bowed in the middle an the 1x12 is not square on the
bottom. After several opinions Bob J came up with putting metal flashing
up under the batten boards, covering the gap and nailing in place. Paint it
and nobody will notice standing five feet away. By then it was nearing noon,
so we broke for Subway. I was going to ride the 2 pm train to La Crosse with
rare mileage on on the old PM to Thomaston.
Other items, Mark an John spiked about 30 ties on the Erie line with maybe 40
to go yet. Dave Cook assisted also.
Sparky Beyers an John worked on the UP tamper in the shop. Sparky's wife
assisted in the depot ticket office selling tickets.
Steve Newland and Fred Boyer worked on window sills in Grasselli tower.
Steve Hendrics painted the Grasselli tower desk green.
Sorry for the delay in getting this out. I had Ross Robinson from Ottawa ONT
visit Monday, Tuesday, and left Wednesday. With school bus driving, time
has been not available for me,
Tuesday evening decided to eat the Michigan City LS&MC depot on the lakefront,
known as Swingbellys. As of mid October, they will close an move to a newer
restuarant. But the bad news is that nothing is scheduled to move into the
depot building. A waitress told me that a Sheriff's sale at a later date. Most
likely the building wil be bought, tore down an condos built. Amtrak still makes
stops at the shelter a couple times a day, many Amtrak trains pass by also. Freight
operations most likely carried out at night by NS i think. So before Swingbellys
closes, stop by for a hamburger and enjoy the view of Lake Michigan and
passing Amtrak trains.
Will try an keep everyone updated on this closing.
Tomorrow is HVRM's open house. Maybe a board meeting at 8am in the depot.
General meeting on the 20th.
Summer is not over yet, as it will warm up next week. Out in Poway CA its over
100 degrees for a few days, I just enjoy the nice cool weather.
Tom Travis
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