DAY ONE - WORK SESSION F

[Ted Smith]

It's the last one-week work session of the 2012 season - although Ed Lowrance and John Engs do plan to offer some shorter work opportunities after the regular season ends. We have 59 volunteers - and ten of them are in Antonito, working on the frameless tank car restoration (UTLX's 11036 and 11037) and rebuilding gondola 783. In Chama, work continues this week in repairing the fence for the Chama stock pen; repair of boxcar #3669; Derrick OP restoration; restoration of the coal tipple; RPO 54 restoration; and yard landscaping. Don Stewart's paint crew is also back in action, working on freight cars and rolling stock. One volunteer is staffing the Cumbres Mall exhibit. Other support activities include registration, food preparation, tool car operation, nail and bolt car operation, paint and painting supplies, carpentry shop operations, reporting and documentation and chronicling.

Registration yesterday (Sunday) had to be done inside the Chama Depot - the storm clouds, and some thunderstorms, were the welcoming weather for the volunteers!

Ted and Linda

Storm clouds and thunderstorms greeted the volunteers registering on Sunday afternoon!

Site Leader John Engs welcomes the volunteers early Monday morning, with much clearer skies!

Two of four drop-side gondolas are sprayed inside with wood preservative.

Kitchen car team members Jean Lee, Nancy Gordon, Caroline Tower and Team Leader Mary Jane Smith take a short coffee break, heading into the busy lunch hour

Team Leader Sandra Engs and Linda Dueker staff the table for registration and work session T-shirt sales

Spero Bettalico, Team Leader of both the Tool Car and Paint Car - doing dual duty this week!

Becky Falk, working her second week on the landscaping team, removes branches and other debris resulting from Sunday's thunderstorm activity

Trucks for the two frameless tank cars in Antonito waiting on the crane that will be used to pick up the tanks and set them on the trucks on Thursday morning

Team Leader Bill Pratt works on the tear-down of Gondola 783

Team Leader Chris Trunk and Hardy Cruse heat and bend a bracket for frameless tank car restoration

[Jason Rose]

Thanks Ted and Linda.

[Tom Casper]

My thanks also. I see by the time stamp, these were posted befor 8pm. You must have had a quick supper as it takes a while to edit, add captions and post. Waiting for more.

Tom C.

[Rich Murray]

Thank you Ted and Linda.
It really charges me up every time a new batch is posted and from the number of hits they get, I’d guess there are lot of others who feel the same way.

[Tim Tennant]

Those are some great pics Ted & Linda! Thanks for posting them and thanks to everyone who have participated in the work sessions.