Freight Car Department

PARTY HEARTY!

The Gang

We celebrated the milestone event of getting this car sandblasted and painted with a shop luncheon.  THANKS TO EVERYONE.  Lots of the volunteers helped on this, and none of the others were left out.  The highlight of the lunch was 7 pints of gourmet ice cream donated by the local CULVER'S.  Just think - pizza and ice cream.  All of the five basic food groups were covered.

Trucks

Ray Pollice started the process of cleaning the truck sideframes a few weeks ago, and Victor Humphreys added his efforts.  Then it was time to apply primer.

Old Grime

Nancy Ring is convalescing from a recent hospital procedure.  What is the best way to do that?  Come on out to IRM and wield a power wire brush to clean a truck on the hopper!

Reporting Marks

I managed a little more painting on the hopper, adding this block of lettering for the reporting marks.  We also added a second coat of white to more of the previous GREAT NORTHERN large letters.