2005 Work Session F Photos

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Terry Boardman delivers the Monday morning safety talk.		Work Session F group photo.
Bob Goin, Bill Jacobs, and Roy Blizzard install a coupler on an idler flat.		Dave Sands, Bob Goin and Bill Jacobs.
Bringing motorcar 04 out of the shed.		Clyde Putnam and Paul Gahn load a trailer bound for Sublette.
Don Bayer installing flooring on caboose 05635.		Mike Camara measuring for the roof walk on tool car.
Charlie Hunter letters one of the freshly painted tank cars.		Chris Jensen cleans the bell housing for the engine in motorcar 107.
John Cole and Chris Trunk paint the roof of the wood shop between thunder showers.		Tim Bristow cleans the slot for truss rod on boxcar 3533.
Don Juergonson and Bob Tower work on a new base for Los Pinos telegraphone booth.		John Sutkus uses an electric plane to notch a floor board for caboose 05635, in order to clear the bolts of the frame.
Dave Sands watches as his grandson, DJ, tightens up a U-bolt on the idler car.		DJ Sands, his first year on a crew.
Bob Tower scrapes old paint from Mud Tunnel’s telegraphone booth.		Jim McGee, Michael Camara and Bob Michel strap down pipe in the display gondola.
Pipe hangs off the end of a pipe gondola and across an idler flat, thus demonstrating the purpose of the idler flats.		Nan Clark flips burgers for Wednesday’s lunch in the Chama yard.
George Mattson is served lunch by Mary Metzler.		Bob Lenicheck and Wendell Schweitzer set the roof ribs on boxcar 3533.
Don Bayer primes sheathing for the cupola on caboose 05635.		John Sutkus fits the first piece of sheathing on the cupola of caboose 05635.
Russ Hanscom grinds flash from corner brace for car 3533.		Bob Michel and Michael Camara chain pipe down in the pipe gon.
Tony Kassin, Roy Blizzard and Mike Wissler load more wood for the Antonito CRF.		Bonnie Michel painting new roof walk on the tool car.
Thursday night dinner at the High Country.		Thursday night dinner at the High Country.
Finished idler car.		Sheathing going on caboose 05635.
Ronald Horejsi and Chris Jensen work on rebuilding the Waukeshaw engine in speeder 107.		Michael Camara drives "The Golden Nail" in sheathing on Caboose 05635.
Don Bayer primes the side of caboose 05635.		The end of the session is near as volunteers load scrap wood in the back hoe bucket.
Jim McGee nails siding on boxcar 3533.		Lynn Herron and daughter Jamie prime the Los Pinos telegraphone booth.
Chris Trunk made a replica of the "bird house" to be installed on the telephone poll next to the Chama depot. The bird house was a connection box for the wires on the telegraph pole to connect to the wires coming out of the depot. All stations had one of these. The replica was built because the original is about 80 years old and in very fragile condition. Chris even put a woodpecker hole in the door just like the original. Here he measures where to drill the hole for the cross arm bolt, just prior to its installation.		NORA employee John Blea--brother of former C&TS trainmaster Gerald Blea--attaches the bird house to the poll.
The installation of the bird house is complete.		Bonnie Michel plays an end of session concert on the bagpipes.
One of the major projects at Cumbres was the reconstruction of the covered walkway and outhouse behind the car inspector’s house. Here team members discuss how to move the large round beams to their installation location behind the inspector’s house. (l to r) David Ferro, Mike Morse, Skip Hillegas, Lee Parks, and Don Richter.		Northwest side of the car inspector’s house where the augured holes await posts.
Carrying one of several 20 ft. long, 10 in. diameter poles to the car inspector’s house. (l to r) Randy Parks, Don Richter, Skip Hillegas, Lee Parks, David Ferro and Mike Morse.		Erecting the pole is a group effort as the first pole goes into the ground behind the car inspector’s house. (l to r) Don Richter, Lee Parks, Randy Parks, Mike Morse and Skip Hillegas.
With the pole seated in its hole, the group takes it to vertical. (l to r) Skip Hillegas, Lee Parks, Don Richter, Mike Morse, David Ferro, Cathy Hillegas and Randy Parks.		Don Richter steadies the pole as Mike Morse and Randy Parks pack dirt around the bottom as fast as they can.
The four main post have been set and braced in their holes northwest of the Cumbres car inspector’s house and are ready for their final alignment.		Cumbres car inspector’s house restoration crew: (l to r) Lee Parks, Randy Parks, Mike Morse, Cathy Hillegas, Dave Ferro and Skip Hillegas.
All of the posts and beams have been set in the augured holes and are now ready to be straightened and aligned. Cathy Hillegas, Lee Parks and David Ferro are backfilling and packing each hole.		With all posts and beams set, Randy Parks and Skip Hillegas work on removing a tree stump as Cathy Hillegas and Mike Morse continue backfilling and packing the posts.
Randy Parks battles a stubborn tree stump as Mike Morse, Lee Parks, David Ferro and Cathy Hillegas work at aligning posts and backfilling and packing the holes.		Skip Hillegas works with the chainsaw on one side of the tree stump as Randy Parks works safely away on the other side removing roots from underneath.
Working to align the posts and get them backfilled are David Ferro, Mike Morse and Cathy Hillegas while Randy Parks and Skip Hillegas continue to battle with a stubborn tree stump.		The alignment of the posts is becoming evident as more of them are completed by Mike Morse, Cathy Hillegas and Lee Parks. David Ferro and Randy Parks are already moving to the next post as the crew gets better and faster.
David Ferro cuts off the post top as Mike Morse keeps a hold on it and Lee Parks braces the ladder.		Mike Morse struggles to hang onto the cut off end of the post as Lee Parks and David Ferro move to a safe distance so he can drop it to the ground.
Cathy Hillegas lines the pole up with the string for Randy Parks and Skip Hillegas to line-up and back fill on the Northwest side of the Cumbres car inspector’s house.		Working on the restoration of the Cumbres car inspector’s house. David Ferro, Lee Parks and Mike Morse top posts, George Davies moves material, and Skip Hillegas, Randy Parks and Cathy Hillegas work on the old outhouse portion.
David Ferro, Lee Parks and Mike Morse align and top posts on the pump house section as Skip Hillegas, Randy Parks and Cathy Hillegas do the same on the outhouse section of the Cumbres car inspector’s house.		Now that all the posts are set and aligned, Lee Parks and David Ferro drill holes for the cross braces as Randy Parks does the measuring and Skip Hillegas brings more bolts.
Looking at the Cumbres car inspector’s house from behind the outhouse. Skip and Cathy Hillegas hold the brace as Randy Parks drills bolt holes for assembly.		Overall view of the Cumbres car inspector’s house and the renovation work being done. Skip Hillegas and Lee Parks look on as Cathy Hillegas tightens a bolt and Randy Parks does the back-up duties.
Looking up the walkway towards the Cumbres car inspector’s house from the outhouse portion of the restoration. Cathy Hillegas marks the hole location to be drilled as Randy Parks holds the measuring tape and David Ferro steadies the ladder.		Outbuilding framing is evident as Randy Parks watches Cathy Hillegas drill another bolt hole and Lee Parks clears out the bottom of the beam for placement of a cross brace. Skip Hillegas finds the right bolts.
View from the doorway of the Cumbres car inspector’s house at the northeast wall of the restored outbuildings. Cathy Hillegas drives another bolt as Randy Parks does the back-up wrench duties.		Close-up of the hand cut notches in the round beam to fit square cross braces. All four corner posts of the pump house section required these notches.
Most of the notches are completed for the pump house poles as Cathy Hillegas digs out the bottom of another pole for a cross brace installation.		Another project was rebuilding the spring house located near the site of the Cumbres station east of the highway. The structure provided water for the station agent’s family and a place to store food at cooler temperatures. It was rebuilt from scratch using original wood supplemented with new wood where necessary.
Another view of the rebuilt spring house.		A third project at Cumbres was the installation of markers indicating the location of structures that once stood at the site. The Cumbres Historic Marker Project crew photo: (l to r) Don Richter, Daniel Parks, George Davies, Laura C. Kammerer, project leader and Laura A. Kammerer.
Partially installed concrete forms for pouring the markers for the Cumbres old covered turntable. It was located at the long leg of the snow shed.		With the forms finished, the talk goes to how to pour and level the concrete. George Davies listens as Laura C. Kammerer and Don Richter give their views and Daniel Parks and Laura A. Kammerer also listen.
Laura C. Kammerer and Don Richter concentrate on their work as Laura A. Kammerer, George Davies and Daniel Parks greet a visitor. Backfilling and packing dirt around the forms is dirty but necessary work.		Daniel Parks answers a visitor’s questions while Don Richter and Laura C. Kammerer finish up backfilling and packing the forms.
George Davies checks level as Laura A. Kammerer backfills. Don Richter and Laura C. Kammerer pack the forms with dirt. Daniel Parks explains to a visitor that the strange concrete configuration outlines the original site of the Cumbres covered turntable.		Daniel Parks, Laura C. and Laura A. Kammerer, and Don Richter set another concrete block as George Davies backfills those already in place. The concrete blocks indicate the site of the original Cumbres water tank.
With all the concrete blocks now placed, the discussion turns to the leveling and squaring and how to best accomplish this. Laura C. Kammerer, Daniel Parks, Don Richter and Laura A. Kammerer toss ideas around.		With all the concrete blocks in place, leveled and squared, they indicate the original location of the Cumbres water tank. Cumbres Walking tour participants will have no trouble finding this site.
The old Cumbres station stood where the poured concrete posts now stand. The station will not be rebuilt, but the concrete posts will indicate where it was located.