Greetings -
Overslept this morning so arrived at the museum a bit late. Found out that the morning Board meeting had been cancelled anyway. Not sure if the light rain that was falling had anything to do with it or not. The rained continued pretty much all morning, but then it cleared up and the weather was beautiful the rest of the day with temps in the mid 70's and LOW humidity! Hallelujah!
Spent most of the morning in Grasselli Tower. Also walked down and flagged Mulberry Street a few times. Had a few visitors and always glad to explain the tower to them. Most are impressed with the tower and our efforts to preserve and restore it. Quite a few folks take photos and because I'm usually busy talking, I can't record their visits very well, but today when I went down to flag Mulberry and was waiting for the train to depart, I managed to get a photo of a couple from Columbia City, Indiana as they were taking photos of Grasselli's interior (see photo 1).
Tami Shaw and her Mom provided lunch today. Very good hot beef sandwiches served on hoagie rolls with a side of coleslaw was featured.
I talked to Tom Rainford late in the day and Tom told me that they had done some additional work on the Track number 4 in the West Annex of the Shop building. The second photo shows a bit of the results including the digging out of some additional dirt for the eventual installation of ties, and moving of a couple of rail sections into the building.
As you are probably aware from our recent museum postings, Mark Knebel has been busy around the museum with his paint brush. Included in his work this past week was a new coat of black paint for the metal roof of the road crossing watchman's shanty. Mark has also recently done an excellent job in giving the "No Right Turn" signal a new coat of pain and the results of his efforts can be seen in the third photograph.
After our large passenger count last Saturday during the Labor Day weekend, we decided to add NKP #1946, our second open car to the train consist. Although it was not needed today (count for both trains was in the 40's), it is planned for it to remain on the train. The last two photos shows NKP 1946 tucked in behind Alco number 310 on the ex-Chesapeake & Ohio track as the train heads east. The reason for this special move, which was done late in the day after our regular passenger runs were over, was to get an idea as to the length of time it would take to run future trains this fall over this section of track. As you are probably aware, we haven't been able to run to La Crosse this year and we will need to add this special operation to increase our mileage for passengers. The first of these two photos shows the late Craig Roher's green roofed house in the background as number 310 gets set to cross Mulberry Street and the second photo shows the entire train consist.
Temps are expected to be in the 70's most of the upcoming week as we prepare to transition into fall. Next Saturday is the membership/business meeting. Try to attend if you can. In the meantime, enjoy the nice weather.
Les
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