Greetings!
Temp in the low 90's at North Judson today. Couple of guest engineers in the morning. I had a problem with the upper sash on one of the west windows in Grasselli Tower last week and made a temporary repair to get the window opening closed. Today I got out the man lift and went over and made a more permanent repair (see photo 1). We can now open the lower sash to let some air into the tower without worrying about the upper sash crashing down!
In the afternoon, I agreed to car host on the Katy open car. Had a good crowd. Twenty five rode with me on the 12:30 run plus a number of folks opted for the air conditioning in Long Island coach 2937. We then had a tour bus from the Lafayette area come in for the 2:00 train with 52 riders. Plus we had some other passengers besides the bus folk! Bjarne Henderson was the engineer in EL Alco # 310 while Bob Albert was conductor. Lots of other folks helped out with the trains today doing various jobs including Bob Gyurko, Shad Vargo, Tom Travis, Robert Barcus, Bob Jachim and Tom Rainford. Probably missed some people.
Apparently Kevin Kennedy put the finishing aluminum paint on the train order stand (second photo) some time this week. Looks sharp!
Mark Knebel continued emptying NKP baggage car # 344 of the steam locomotive parts, as can be seen by the example in the third photo. Mark is also doing some repairs to the roof supports on the depot ends.
Thanks to Charlene Gyurko for a nice rib lunch with all the trimmings.
Have a great week. Stay cool (if possible)!
Les
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