On Saturday, January 4, 2025, enthusiastic volunteers Dwight Maxey, Colin Mellin, Kendall Crouch, Chris Pollard, Ben Pollard, Justin Cesar, Bryan Tong, Reid Adams, Chris Traficante, Dannis Hudson, Nick Walker, John McDowell, Gary Carter and Paul Brown overcame very cold temperatures and uncooperative equipment to complete a large variety of tasks. The day started by moving three “speeders” out of the shop, and then switching some railcars around on our shop track to get one of our passenger cars in place to be jacked up. Once the passenger car was in place, it was then a study of excellent team work to jack the car up with a pair of 50 ton jacks to remove one of the trucks. The removed truck was placed inside the shop for an upcoming seminar in a couple of weeks.

Then, when we were done with all that work, and it was thought everyone was tired of the cold, the volunteers decided to jump into another project, and removed the dirt crossings across the shop lead tracks! It was thought that the heavy labor of this work would warm everyone after being cold all day. I think it worked! Overall a very good day to start the New Year 2025!

I am including some pictures of today’s work.

– Paul