Chicago Great Western X 38 Russell Snow Plow

As mentioned in the steam report, we had a squall line with heavy rain coming through in late morning, and that changed our plans somewhat.

It Will Gobble You Up, Don Burkett Photo

It Will Gobble You Up

This shows the difference between a true PHOTOGRAPHER, someone who knows what they are doing - and a point and click hack like me.  This is not a view that most snowplows have had recorded.  But if you are ever standing in front of one, it resembles or reminds you of nothing else than a giant set of jaws ready to gobble you up.  Stand aside.

We are very fortunate to have new member/volunteer Don Burkett to share his work at IRM with us.  Look for more of it in the future.  I could see the potential DRAMA in a head on shot as I was standing there, but could not capture it with the camera.

Windows

This sure does not look like a window.  But Buzz Morisette continues to work on closing up openings in the X 38.  Dodging the weather, he moved into the shop to cut up some plywood blanks for the openings.  Other openings have some parts of the old frames existent and he is re-glueing and patching them together.  Not strictly a finished restoration but it will safeguard the equipment and buy us some time to make new ones over the coming winter.

Left Wing

New volunteer Tom Bernacki is finishing up the last small area to be ready for painting.  Tom is a careful and energetic worker, and flexible enough to dart into the shop when the rain began; he helped make sawdust from some new timber.  Thank you Tom, it was a pleasure.  And yes, Victor Humphreys got all that primed before leaving for the day.  In my case the higher you remove yourself form terra firma, the somewhat slower the work goes.