We're Off and Running - Session E, Monday, 8-6-2012
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:05 pmSeventy-seven eager volunteers came to Chama and Cumbres this Monday morning to work on a range of restoration, repair, gardening and support projects for the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. It was a mix of very new - and some very familiar - faces! John Engs, the Site Leader, welcomed the group, and especially our special guests - several Boy Scouts - who are learning how to become career railfans, and hopefully - returning volunteers!
Work for Session E includes maintenance of wheels, brakes & safety appliances for rolling stock; continuing restoration of historic RPO X54; repairs to the coal tipple; restoration of Derrick OP; repair of boxcar 3669; reparis on Chama stock pen fence; snowshed header repairs (at Cumbres); boxing of three high value cars in the north yard; converting Boxcar 3585 to the new tool car; repair of refrigerator car 163; the continuing cosmetic restoration of Engine 483; landscaping in the Chama garden area; and wood preservative treatments for rolling stock. Also keeping the volunteers active: support teams doing work session registration; food preparation; nail and bolt car operations; paint and painting operations; carpentry shop operations; reporting and documentation; and chronicling. No work is scheduled for Antonito in Work Session E, but work at Antonito will be on-going in Work Session F.
Ted and Linda
Work for Session E includes maintenance of wheels, brakes & safety appliances for rolling stock; continuing restoration of historic RPO X54; repairs to the coal tipple; restoration of Derrick OP; repair of boxcar 3669; reparis on Chama stock pen fence; snowshed header repairs (at Cumbres); boxing of three high value cars in the north yard; converting Boxcar 3585 to the new tool car; repair of refrigerator car 163; the continuing cosmetic restoration of Engine 483; landscaping in the Chama garden area; and wood preservative treatments for rolling stock. Also keeping the volunteers active: support teams doing work session registration; food preparation; nail and bolt car operations; paint and painting operations; carpentry shop operations; reporting and documentation; and chronicling. No work is scheduled for Antonito in Work Session E, but work at Antonito will be on-going in Work Session F.
Ted and Linda
- Site Leader John Engs congratulates Mary Jane and Marshall Smith for 15 years of dedicated service to the Friends; John provided volunteers with an in-depth safety presentation
- Heritage Railway Management's Ed Beaudette welcomes volunteers and thanks them for the work they accomplish every year
- Mary Jane Smith, Team Leader of Food Preparation, briefs the volunteers on the lunch arrangements
- Docent Billy Crider gives yard tour for volunteering Boy Scouts!
- Team Leader Tim Bristow and team member George Davies survey the work to be done in repairing Boxcar 3669
- Team Leader Don Bayer and team member Geof Gordon review work tasks for X54 restoration
- Dan Robbins, Ben Sargent and Robert Schoen continue to cosmetically restore Engine 483
- Rebecca Falk removing weeds from Alta's and Naomi's garden; lots of refreshment in the background!!
- Phil Nissen and his team begin repair work on Refrigerator Car 163
- Team Leader Naomi Sublett briefs her landscaping team on the Session E tasks - beautifying the rail yard!