Today was the first day of the three-day Diesel Days weekend this year, and it's just a warm-up for what will come on Saturday and Sunday. We had a very good crowd for a weekday. There was lots to see, and there will be more tomorrow. Jamie says they should have 22 or 23 locomotives operating. You won't see anything like that anywhere else!
This caboose hop will be a "Take the Throttle" opportunity, I believe:
And the bilevels were on display, but not taking passengers. It's harder to get crews on a weekday.
Here we have an ABA lashup on the eight-car coach train:
And the Zephyr, of course:
The Zephyr and the coach train were the only passenger trains today, but there will be more tomorrow!
But eventually it was time to get to work on the 460. I was attaching and adjusting straps, installing a new piece of tack molding, and so on. But let's see what's happening on the 1808.
New siding is being painted and installed. This is the east end of the car.
And more siding is being prepainted in the shop.
And here Tim is applying "rust converter" with a spray gun. I don't know exactly how well rust converter works, but you've come to the right place to find out.
Finally, we have exciting news on the property improvement front. Contractors are hard at work grading the land for Yard 16!
Does anybody else in this business have a Yard 16?
The largest number of barns that I know about is Barn Nine at the Shore Line Trolley museum.
ReplyDeleteMostly, the museums have three or four like we do at the Western Railway Museum.
we just graded the spot of our new Barn Four.
The many Barns are no surprise since the IRM has more of everything that ran on rails. And the cars still keep coming! Amazing!
Ted Miles, IRM Member