Greetings!
Happy St. Patrick's Day to all! Cloudy day at the museum, but the light snow and/or freezing rain ended early in the morning.
The Long Island passenger coach was pulled from the Shop and started up to check the heat in preparation for its use in the Easter Egg Hunt trains scheduled for the last day of this month. Operation of the car was satisfactory. GE number 11 was used.
Erie-Lackawanna Alco # 310 had problems this morning, but Todd and Kyle Flanagan came over and got the unit running. Apparently just needed to be warmed up. Both units are currently blue-carded and available for operations.
In the first photo, Charlene Gyurko (at left) and Loretta Kosloske are shown working on the "goody bags" for the kiddies that will participate in the previously mentioned Easter Egg Hunt on March 31st.
Lunch today came from the Route 10 Restaurant in North Judson. Pretty good pizza! Desert provided by Charlene who brought in cookies, and also by Joe Baker, who made some fabulous brownies, with green frosting no less!
Bi-monthly membership meeting was started by President Cory Bennett right at 1:00 p.m. Some interesting discussions. Loretta reported that of the 450 available seats for the three Easter Egg Hunt trains, a little over 380 had already been spoken for! Looks like we will have a good start to the 2018 train season. Check the upcoming newsletter for additional business meeting information.
Had a chance today to take a shot of the "back side" of the two cars we use for membership meetings and lunch. The car on the left is Nickel Plate Road camp car number X58538. This is where we cooked and ate for a number of years. The car is currently being remodeled on the inside. The newer addition is # K-325, a former U.S. Army kitchen car where we had lunch today and then the membership/business meeting.
Work continued on various projects in the West Annex of the Shop. In the last photo, Bob Gyurko and Josh S. (at rear) are shown as they replenish the wood supply for the wood stove that keeps the West Annex warm on these cold days. That's Joe Kingsbury "sneaking" out of the photo to the left, after he finished sweeping up ashes and other debris in the area.
Have a great week everyone!
Les
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