Greetings!
Mid-January and a cold day at HVRM. Not quite as bad as some places around the country as an ice storm is hitting the plains and the midwest this weekend, after depositing heavy rains again in California. The ice is supposed to hit central and southern Indiana but we will apparently be spared up here in the northern part of the state.
I finally managed to get over to North Judson today in time to attend the morning Board meeting. Found out that the members had already been hard at work, fixing holes in the State Routes 10 and 39 crossing of museum trackage.
Interesting Board meeting with a number of items brought up including a long discussion on future museum plans. Next Satuday will be the Annual business meeting of the membership. Because the Library room had been booked, we will hold the meeting in the West Annex of the Shop on the new concrete floor. This part of the building is insulated and, with our large wood furnace providing heat, should provide a comfortable environment for the meeting.
I spent most of the morning going through various records in Secretary Mark Knebel's office, looking for a blue print of our steam locomotive; 2-8-4 # 2789. Found a lot of papers, but unfortunately, not what I was looking for.
Due to the relatively light turnout, we secured fried chicken and home made potato salad from the Blue Jay restaurant for lunch. YUM!
Members in attendance today included all of the Board members, Cory Bennett, Doug Kosloske, Bob Albert, Bob Barcus, John LaOrange, Mark Knebel and Joe Kingsbury. Also guests Bob Jachim, Kevin Kennedy, Rich Warner, Loretta Kosloske, Tom Rainford and yours truly.
Others at the museum today included Bing Risley, Dan O'Barski and Tom Royce.
Tom Rainford told me that he and Jason Ciastko had spent about 5 hours cleaning out the old coal pieces and coal dust from ND&W Porter diesel # 5332 on January 7th. A dirty job to say the least, but the Porter is now a lot cleaner!
Joe Kingsbury is nearing completion on C&EI tool car # A-1054. I've included some photos I took in the afternoon, before we broke and headed for home (some members live in central Indiana and wanted to try to beat the ice storm's arrival). The first photo shows one end of the car and the second one shows the opposite end, with Joe down at the end doing some work. Joe is shown in the third photo with his sledge, working on the old sloped platform.
Please consider coming to the museum's Annual Meeting next Saturday. It will start at 1:00 p.m. Central Standard Time. Early weather reports call for a rather balmy day in the 50's! Let's hope the weathermen have it right, but whether they end up being correct or not, the meeting will be held. Your attendance would be welcomed!
Have a great week!
Les
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