Photos attached are of the WF&P 928, Jim Pekarek's 103, Carey Williams' Ottaway, the mogul from the Decatur bunch, Jim Greathouse with a 12" gauge pump-it hand car brought from the C&H RR in Topeka, Ks and two of our founding members Fred Kiesel & Don Miller.

I have many more photos of Member's Day courtesy of Paul Konopacki and will send a few out as time permits. Thanks to all who made Member's Day a great success. We had 170 people for lunch and the food was from Super Smokers, it was great. If you enjoyed the food please thank Kate Hardt for choosing the caterer.

Of course the big news was the 3 visiting steamers & our 928. Jim Pekarek and Carey Williams had a wonderful time running to Yeatman & return with their locomotives. The mogul arrived from Decatur for it's first steam up and run but had a few bugs to work out. As with the others, the mogul is a beautiful locomotive and is extremely well constructed. With a few adjustments by Ken Davis, Tim Jacobs & crew we hope it will soon return to Glencoe to operate.

The 928 made it out of the roundhouse under steam for the first time later in the afternoon. Those of us who stayed late were treated to the first run behind 928 to Yeatman and almost returned but had a side rod bearing freeze up WB at Bluffs. We made it back to Glencoe about 8:30 pm towed by 13. Yes, Steve Haack has done a beautiful job on 928. As with any new locomotive, it just needs a few adjustments also and it will be running on the WF&P for many years. This was an amazing day for the WF&P and it's members. We received a number of generous compliments from our out of town guests on the condition of the WF&P and the hospitality of the members. Attendance was about 50 more than last year. 22 of the visitors came from Decatur. Hopefully we have started a trend that Member's Day will also become a regular steam meet. The combination of getting together with friends and running steam trains can't be beat.

More later,

Jim Strain