Vermilion and Ivory

Frank writes...

I wasn't able to get out to IRM until 5pm on Sunday, at which point the rain that had been falling all day was just letting up and operations had ended. Fortunately, I still had enough time to get some work done.

Above, welcome to Track 73, or as it's currently known, the "Frank Hicks Hall of Broom Jobs." With the 205, 63, and 18 all on this track, plus the 755 right across the aisle on 74, it's quite the tableau of mediocrity. But anyway, I painted a coat of dark ivory onto the 63's belt rail before dinner and then after dinner I put a second coat of vermilion on the right side of the car below the belt rail. The ivory color looks pretty sharp with the orange. I also measured the back-to-back on the 18's wheels (Will and Ashton helped with this) so our indefatigable Track Department volunteers can look at the South Junction switch and see if adjustments can be made to help our favorite center-entrance streetcar track through there better.

In other news, the center and west portions of the car shop were cleaned out for Arnfest, which is happening next weekend. This resulted in the palletized items shown here being moved out into the new Barn 4 extension. Thanks to Nick and Greg for working with me to move some spare parts around. Hey, anyone have 2x4's they don't need? We could use them to build heavy-duty shelves. Inquire within!

And Bus Day was over, but Richard and Joel showed me the above "punch card," which I thought was a nifty idea. I guess they've been doing this for a couple of years, but I am rarely out on Saturdays so I hadn't encountered it before.