Greetings!
These are the days that try men's souls! Or at least their dedication!
Below zero this morning but I managed to roll out of bed, and head to the museum to try to
attend the Board meeting scheduled for 8:00 a.m. On the days of these early meetings, I don't
bother with eating at home, but stop and pick up a breakfast sandwich and coffee in Hebron
at the Burger King there. Surprise...the BK has been closed! So...welcome to the New Year!
Arrived just after the meeting began. Lots of procedural stuff, including discussion of the schedules
for the passenger train and guest engineer programs for 2015.
Wandered down to the Shop, where I found Cory Bennett welding on the interior of C&EI kitchen
car # A-1054. John DeGan was working on a patch on one end of this car. John stated he was
going to use some carriage bolts as "faux" rivets by removing the 4 edges on the head of the
bolts so that they would fit flush against the new piece he was going to weld in place. I asked
him if he wanted me to grind off those edges and he said "sure!" So, started in on that job.
Next to the A-1054, Joe Kingsbury and Rich Warner were trying to run down the wiring in the
ND&W Porter diesel. Apparently, mice had done a job on the wiring and it is a horrendous puzzle
right now. Lots of tedious work.
Bob Albert was filling the newly arrived dumpster with items from our scrap pile. The morning's
single digits and stiff breezes made this job not a lot of fun! Steve Newland later helped with Bob
with this effort.
Lunch for todays "light" crew was pizza from the Wooden Nickel. Great pizza!
After lunch, Joe and Rich continued their work on the Porter while John cut the patch he was going
to weld into the C&EI car and then drilled holes for the rivets (photo attached). After some effort,
we finally managed to get the carriage bolts through the holes in the patch and the corresponding
ones in the car body and I crawled under the car and tightened up the nuts. Steve Newland cleaned
the end step and it was attached and then John welded on the patch (photo).
Although the temp climbed from the 3 below reading of the morning on up to the teens, it was still
cold. Fortunately, the wood stove in the West Annex got the temp up to 60 degrees. I've attached
a third photo of the thermometer that's in the original section of the shop and its reading at about
3 o'clock in the afternoon. A bit of a difference, eh?
Cory and John LaOrange checked out the newly installed brakes on the Payloader. They work!
Bob Barcus was in the gift shop while Doug and Loretta Kosloske worked in the depot on passenger
train matters.
Others at the museum on this frigid day included Mark Knebel and Bob Jachim.
Well, we are now into the new year. Come see us when you get the chance. Members are always
invited to participate. We'll do our best to keep you active! Have a great week!
Les
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