Greetings -
Wicked weather at North Judson today with high temp around 45 degrees and a howling wind. Nevertheless, the
three Hoosier Valley "pumpkin trains" were operated as scheduled. All museum members were involved in their
operation. NKP caboose #471 and EL caboose #C345 were added to the regular consist to provide enough seats
inside as Katy open air car #13833 saw very few riders braving the elements.
Train crew included John DeGan engineer, Steve Henrichs student engineer and Doug Kosloske conductor. Car
hosts included Joe and Louise Kingsbury, Randall Downs, Fred Boyer, Steve Newland, Les Beckman and Rich
Warner. EL S1 Alco #310 provided the power for all the runs. The Mulberry Street flagman was Bob Jachim with
Mark Knebel handling the over-the-road flagman duties. Bob Barcus was in the gift shop with Loretta Kosloske
and Les Beckman handling ticket sales and ticket pickups. Judy Boyer sold items out on the depot platform, a very
cold job for sure!
Cory Bennett, Tom Travis, Dave Cook, Joe Baker, Mark, Loretta and Rich did the honors out at the "pumpkin patch".
Margrett Cook provided a hot lunch.
Note that some museum members did "double duty"; handling more than one job today. Other activities at the
museum were curtailed in order to get the pumpkin trains run successfully.
Ridership numbers were as follows:
10:00 train - 124
12:30 train - 145
2:30 train - 96
Total ridership was 365. Thanks to all the museum members for a job well done!
Les
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