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.
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.
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.
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.
Comments
Fri, 11-08-2019 12:47
what is the status of me 18 I thought this unit was operable? if not is something wrong that's a major problem. I remember watching this unit go by my [...]
Fri, 11-01-2019 09:04
I hope they named the kitten "Gigi".
Fri, 11-01-2019 05:36
An update will be coming soon. But yes, the rails have gone in--we are still working on connecting them to the outside world though.
Tue, 10-22-2019 16:01
August was a long time ago; how about an update on the pit project? Are the rails in place yet? Ted Miles, IRM Member
Wed, 09-11-2019 06:37
Sam--I'll shoot you an e-mail with more information. -Chris
Tue, 09-10-2019 21:16
Exciting news about your new pit! We at Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum are planning a pit in our Car Barn extension project. Any information that you [...]
Tue, 09-10-2019 16:25
The Shay will be running both days. Thanks for checking!
Tue, 09-10-2019 07:32
Hello! I'm coming in for the big event this Saturday and had one quick question: On the Showcase event page it says the Shay will be on a caboose [...]
Thu, 08-22-2019 16:35
Very nice things indeed for IRM. The new model train and archive building is done, the Shay came back, you've got a new U-boat to play with (and [...]
Sun, 06-30-2019 12:45
Eighty feet if I remember right.
Sun, 06-23-2019 11:40
How long is the pit going to be? Ted Miles, IRM Member
Tue, 04-23-2019 01:12
One Step closer to recreating "The Varsity" Circa 1950's.