On Saturday, January 13, volunteers Dwight Maxey, Dannis Hudson, Colin Mellin, Bruce Davis, Chris Pollard and Paul Brown braved single digit temperatures to do a bit of track maintenance at the Museum. The crew worked to make and install assistance handles that will attach to the throw lever of a switch stand to make the work a little less strenuous while throwing our lightly used switches. The crew also worked to lubricate the switch points and check track gauge through each of nine switches to make sure nothing is way out of specs. A few instances were found that will require attention in the near future. We also tightened a few track bolts on various joint bars around our main running track.
Though it was very cold, everyone was ready to work, and nobody suffered any ill effects from the conditions. I have included a few pictures of the action today, and it may look pleasant but it was very cold!!
– Paul
