On Saturday, March 2, volunteers Dwight Maxey, Colin Mellin, Kendall Crouch, Bruce Davis and Paul Brown dug in and cleaned out a few thousand cubic feet of blown in tumbleweeds from the collection area by Union Depot. Mother Nature’s wind is always nice to the Museum and drops off the weeds and manages to get them wedged in the most unbelievable spots under and around our freight and passenger cars! The crew stopped for lunch after the morning spent cleaning up.

After noticing that the lock hasp on our portable toilet still had not been repaired since the holiday events in December, we decided it was high time to get that fixed. Back in December, someone decided the lock hasp looked better removed from the door of the unit, and luckily the parts were all still there. We can once again lock up the toilet so unwanted visitors don’t trash it.

Lastly, it was reported to us that the C&W Caboose #3 cupola windows were about ready to fall out. After a little investigating, it was found that they were quite easy to remove for repairs, and we found some material to slide into the window frames to cover the holes. We will be working to repair the window frames and get things back to normal as fast as we can. The crew wrapped up work around 5:30 and headed home.

Here are a few pictures highlighting today’s work.

– Paul