Looking Forward

The excitement is starting to build as the once-a-year Museum Showcase Weekend approaches.  We're planning to run the 309 and 319 on Saturday afternoon, so we have a couple of last-minute items to take care of.

First of all, this bar on one of the steps of the 309 had turned into sort of a snakehead, and would be a danger to passengers.  Even if you watch your step.

 I wasn't able to remove it, since several of the wood screws have very small slots, but with some longer screws it is firmly held and should be fine for service the rest of the year.

And then the feed valve on the 309 was sometimes stuck open.   It's mounted underneath one of the corner seats, and is easily removed for cleaning.

I think we've shown how the assembly process works in previous years.

In any case, we're now ready for service on Saturday.  Be there and say hello if you can!

I spent most of the rest of my time working on the ceiling panel in the 453.  Most of the remaining screws were drilled out with a lot of effort, and it's much closer to being removed.  But there's not much to look at.

Meanwhile, Norm and Rich were working on the 28, and I took the opportunity to get some interior photos.

It's not as bad as it looks.   Experts say it can be restored.

Here Rich is removing one of the windows for repair.

Looking forward:

And then, just for historical documentation, I took a number of pictures of our latest acquisition, the Christ farm.  They have been added to the Campus Scenery album.