WORK SESSION C - Tuesday, June 18 - Part I

[Linda Smith]

It’s Tuesday, and progress is visible on all fronts!! For example, the Antonito team working on the car shelter has installed several roof panels. The Cook Car 053 team is in the process of rebuilding clerestory window frames. The Chama crew working on Gondola 1232 – a project for the railroad – is well underway. And representatives of the Project Committee and Development/Interpretive Committee met with the work team at Cumbres to develop an approach for essential maintenance and repair of the Cumbres Section House and Car Inspector's House. Many other activities are taking place, as well.

Here are the photos:

Yesterday, we asked if you knew what THIS is!

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It's a "Friends Homemade Platform" to raise the sheets up to the roof of the Antonito Car Shelter. The platform is long enough to keep a sheet from bending which it would most likely do if you tried to lift it with a forklift!

The first roof panel is in place and screwed down on the Car Shelter!

The second roof panel is raised up and over the men on the roof.

The third roof panel is being loaded on to the forklift.

This is the underside view of the three roof panels in place.

The fourth roof panel is being unloaded from the forklift platform.

Friends' PC Chair John Engs, Terri Shaw, Bob Conry, Pete Dahlberg, Bob Ross and Dave Ferro meet at Cumbres to develop an approach for maintenance and repair of the historic Section House and Car Inspector's House. Ed Lowrance and Linda Smith are taking the photos!

[John Cole]

Man, did I miss a great meeting of some really great people to work with. I am looking forward to hearing what they came up with.