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Various members give a report of happenings at the railroad.
Rolling Stock
no report
Machine Shop
Building and Grounds
Maintenance Of Way
The road maintenance crew went east to work on the extension. Fifty seven ties were installs and we are at the end of the current track. See Extension Project for more details and pictures.
Motive Power
Some good news from the motive power department. Pictures of 535's rebuilt boiler, Tennessee and Jerry Fritchle unloading are attached. Paint job was by the guys at American Boiler (think they liked doing the work on it?). For those who study the pictures and notice, to save answering your question, the new steel tubes are rolled and not seam welded. For some reason still unknown, they said they could not/would not weld them in. However, they were rolled by a hydraulic roller to the tune of at least .010-.015 inch per side from the feel of it. They assured us, and by the looks of it, I don't think this will give us problems any time soon. Will definately hold up better than the copper did and if they need re-rolling down the road, we know where to take it. For what we are being charged, we really can't complain! Hopefully she'll be steaming soon. Steve
Signals
General News
The water tower is sporting a new sign.
Our prayes are with the family of member John Bell in the loss of his father.
