The weather today was just right, slightly cool, and we had a good crowd of visitors. The 308 and 309 ran all day with plenty of satisfied customers.
Here's the ever-popular caboose train. The problem we run into with the caboose train is that it's hard to get enough crewmen. We need one person for each caboose, but each car holds only 10 or 12 people, so they fill up quickly.
Here's our crew on the interurban train: conductor Dan Buck, myself as trainman, and motorman Jim Nauer. Everything went well. These cars will be running again on Monday.
At the request of Julie Johnson, I pulled the 319 and the newly-repainted 460 outside so they could be cleaned in anticipation of Members' Day, two weeks from now. Don't miss it!
460 was repainted? What's the story on that?
ReplyDeleteJust as an observer, the 460 was repainted in time for the July 4th event at IRM and the three cars done for that looked magnificent. The car had new drop sash windows made for it in the IRM woodshop but no one in the electric car department seems inclined to install them. Those have sat on the shop bench almost five months now, and plywood blanks in the doors. There is still some exterior lettering missing on the 460.
ReplyDeleteThese are only observations, not criticisms, and perhaps some volunteers will arrive to help.
Bob Kutella
I rode the CA&E cars as a kid. What I recall is the red used then was called Salmon Red. It was not as bright as I see today. Looking over all the color photos of old, and taking into account fading, those old photos are still the red that I recall.
ReplyDeleteI think what you have done with the cars is simply fantastic. Just curious about the red and how it migrated from Salmon Red (As seen in a lot of the cab interior colors) to what is called Brilliant Red today.
That's a spiffy new conductor's hat Randy! Get the CA&E buttons on the coat?
ReplyDelete319 looks fantastic in the bright sunshine! Is that just a trick of the computer screen or does the lettering looking "wobbily"? --Dave
ReplyDeleteDave:
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure whether you're referring to the letterboard or the numbers, but it looks OK to me, and looks fine in person. Probably just pixelization. Try expanding it.