On Saturday, April 20, Dwight Maxey, Colin Mellin, Bruce Davis, Chris Pollard, Polly Cotton, Dannis Hudson, Henry Falko, Abel Erber and Paul Brown learned how to change plans on the fly! Our original goal was to work on our Hi-Rail truck and remove the rear wheels to check on a flat tire. Well, we had all the tools ready, the air compressor fired up and supplying air for the impact wrench, and found out the socket we have is a 12 point and it slipped on the lug nut! Just more of the PRF luck hard at work!

So, change of plans goes into action. Dannis, Henry and Abel were reassigned to spike patrol out on our main running track. They grabbed spike mauls and spent some quality time checking and driving down loose spikes. This is a chore that needs to get done, so it was worth their effort.

Bruce, Chris and Polly jumped on the most important work at the Museum…cleaning up weeds! While this was happening, Dwight and Paul found some Elm tree sprouts and were digging those out. The team got near our fence and found an area of the old fence that needed repaired, so the crew transitioned to that task. While this was happening, Colin was checking some tool stores for a proper wheel lug socket, with no luck. He returned and began doing some equipment maintenance, and assisting with the fence. The fence repair ran well into the afternoon, and resulted in a late lunch break.

After lunch, the crew did some clean up work and looked at a track issue that has developed at the back door to the shop. More on that in the future.

I have included a few pictures of the work that was accomplished today.

– Paul