On Saturday, June 21, volunteers Dwight, Colin, Bruce, Abel, Chris, Reid and Paul braved high temps that broke into triple digits to bring out The Patriot for it’s annual bath, and to get it ready for the Summer season. After starting Engine 104 that was used to move The Patriot out into the sun and for other switching later in the day, we got busy washing, which took the remainder of the morning. It’s a good thing we had water spraying to help cool off while the sun was burning us up! With Engine 102 all cleaned up, it was time to break for lunch and head to the air conditioned break room.

After lunch, the crew split up to start moving equipment, and to get The Patriot started and checked over for use the remainder of the Summer. We used Engine 104 to switch out Engine 103 to another shop track for work coming in July. Our Halloween car was then parked back on the storage track. With the switching done, Engine 104 was parked, and The Patriot had a short test run to grab the cabooses and pull them back into the shop yard and ready for use at the next event.

Overall, the crew did great work in extreme heat to get lots of items completed while being safe. I have included a few pictures of today’s action.

– Paul