Passenger Car Department

                                                      The trucks for the Silver Pony, Irm's dome passenger car, are finally assembled!!   The next task is the unloading of the dome from the flat cat unto the trucks with two cranes.    After a long and ardent process Mike,  Ray, and Mark Gellman have completed the assembly work last weekend.   For those of you that are keeping "track"  of the progress it has been nearly three years, give or take a few months, when the project was started.                                       The crew spent the summer repairing and assembling the all important brake parts.  These trucks have a modern disc brake system. The knowledge learned on this job will be useful in future acquisations.  And, there will be more!                                             All this reassembly work was done outdoors where the trucks now sit.   The coach dept does not have a shop.  All the more impressive was the efforts from MIke and his crew.                                              On a sad note...  Phil Stepek  passed away two weeks ago.               He was the one member who was instrumental in working on, and raising funds for the restoration of the Silver Pony and the Silver Beaver.  His efforts and  kind heartedness will be missed......"We will take care of things for you, Phil"              NOW....   The process of unloading will be VERY expensive.    Please consider a donation to the SILVER PONY FUND.    Please also consider a donation to the  Barn 14 building fund.   Phil,   would have liked that.....      Thanks            Roger  Kramer