Report from July 29 to August 1st

Once again this report is late.

Thursday Brian was seen painting the Canadian National herald gold
lettering on the station side of the 1112 tender.

Doug may have been working on the switch. Al was absent.

Ross with help from John Weir and his tractor and Carl's muscles moved 5
loads of stoves and teletypes to the house. We also moved some smaller
items such as the turbo generator from the 1112.

Friday we moved another 2 loads of TTY to the house and a trailer load
of stretchers and other small items. Ross then spent the afternoon
cleaning the corner of the express office and starting to sort the paper
goods. 2 work tables have been set up and the process of de-moulding the
paper goods has begun.

A new rear gate has been approved by the board, work will commence in
September. I will try and post a 3D drawing at the sign in table,
drawing courtesy of Anne's husband Neil White.

Brian finished the herald by painting in the red background. Looks terrific.

Brian and Doug pressure washed the wooden locomotive ready for staining.

Sunday, Tom Travis from the Hoosier Valley RR Museum in North Judson IN
dismantled the 4 new ladder brackets and applied the first coat of
yellow paint, and also to the six safety railing stantions.

Ross continued sorting in the express office.

Doug K and his son Anthony applied a coat of sealer/stain to the wooden
train locomotive, until they ran out of stain.

Rian M and Ross put 45 lb. felt paper and a ridge cap of old roll
roofing on the roof of the garden shed. This will buy us a bit of time
before installing the steel roofing. Ross would like to see a barge board
installed on the shed. We will have to move the pile of tie plates
beside the shed for safe access, we can make some more pallet crates for
these. Ross put the roofing material on the combine platform into the
car and 2 pails of roofing cement.

Apologies if I missed others working on site.

Ross Robinson