Annual Meeting Day

Frank writes...

Saturday was the date of the annual operating rules test, operating safety meeting, and general membership meeting. So, there was a lot going on. I still managed to get a little bit of work done.

After taking the rules test in the morning, I returned to the property and removed all of the masking tape from the smoker of the 460, so it now looks a lot better. We also got the baggage racks installed - many thanks to Good Nick, Jimmy, and Lee Evans from the Diesel Shop for their help, plus I think there were a couple of other people who helped carry the racks over from inside the shop.

The result is shown here (I later cleaned up the drop clothes and junk on the floor, but failed to get any photos after that point). This is certainly a big improvement! As usual for the Annual Meeting, there were some out-of-town visitors around, and people who stopped by to tour the 460 included Randy Anderson (along with Norm Krentel) and Steve Iverson.

Other than removing the masking tape, I swept out the smoker and then spent a while scrubbing the chromed covers to the baseboard heaters to remove some overspray that we inadvertently got on them. We'll also want to repaint the floor, whose paint is pretty worn down anyway, but that can pretty easily be done after the seats are installed. And, of course, work is progressing on the bulkhead door.

In the evening, it was time for the annual meeting. Both the rules test and the annual meeting were held in swanky new digs at Marengo High School, the rules test in the cafeteria and the annual meeting in the auditorium, seen above. We extend our usual congratulations and condolences to Chris Chasin and Nick Espevik, who were reelected to the board, and to Marcus Ruef, who was elected to an open seat.