2006 Work Session C Photos

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CTSMC General Manager Tim Tennant welcomes the volunteers to Work Session C.		Monday morning safety meeting.
CTSMC director Elmer Salazar addresses the volunteers at the safety meeting.		Jeff Smith helps Brian Gish drill bolt holes for decking on Jordan spreader OU.
Priming a restored idler flat car. Note the pipe loaded in the pipe gondola in the background.		Scott Stover paints tool bags for maintenance-of-way use.
Galloping Goose No. 5 rests next to the Chama depot.		Robin and Craig Kumler at work on the end sill of caboose 05635.
At work on Jordan spreader OU. Bob Meckley applies pressure to the drill press to drill the hole as Bryant Gish supports the magnetic base. Dick Pennick readies a lifting strap to move the drill to a new location.		Boxcar 3533 at its work site near the coal tipple. This boxcar was converted to concession car 451 in 1980, and in 2004 the Friends began its conversion and rebuilding back to a boxcar.
Laurel Lyon and George Bergstresser crawl under a gondola to inspect the undercarriage. They are doing the car condition survey on the south end of the Chama yard.		Mike McGinley and Doug Christensen survey the old Lava water tank ladder in order to prepare a complete set of drawings. A new ladder would be built later in the week.
Drop bottom gondola 724 as it appeared before its disassembly and rebuilding.		William Diehl removes rotten wood on drop bottom gondola 724.
Russ Hanscom struggles to loosen a bolt on drop bottom gon 724 as Bob Reib stands back in anticipation with Don Storm and Will Diehl watching.		Team Leader Don Storm and Russ Hanscom finish the disassembly of drop bottom gon 724.
Stripped down view of drop bottom gon 724. Will Diehl and Bob Reib remove the old wood and rusted bolts from the mainframe. Note the "C-NM" stenciled on the end of the car. This stencil was applied in 1970 by the D&RGW to indicate that it was one of the cars sold to the states of Colorado and New Mexico.		Digging out the foundation for the new information kiosk at Cumbres.
Bob Hawkins at the controls of the tracker, while Wayne Huddleston looks on.		Baggage cart for restoration brought to Chama by Parker Fowler.
Ann Woolsey paints out grafitti on the tender of snow plow OM.		Tuesday's passenger train pulls out of Chama.
The protective plywood has been removed from the Chama track scale at the beginning of Work Session C in order to begin installation of ties.		Frank Smucker routs clearances in ties that will be spiked into place above the track scale.
Mike Thode and Tom Donovan inspect the new siding on caboose 0503.		Terry Rider and G.O. Gish fit neoprene seals in the pistons of the Jordan spreader.
Activity in the Chama yard on Tuesday afternoon.		Rebuilding drop bottom gon 724.
Rebuilding drop bottom gon 724.		Andy Hackmeyer finishes concrete poured into the forms for the foundation of the Cumbres information kiosk.
Crew at work on the freshly poured concrete for the Cumbres information kiosk.		New walkway on the top of water car 0472, constructed by Geof Gordon, Rich McLean and Craig McMullen.
On Wednesday, gusty winds in Chama flipped the kitchen car awning on top of the car. The Minor Repairs team of Geof Gordon, Rich McLean and Craig McMullen was called upon to resecure the awning.		Bob Anderson paints preservative on the ends of the ties for the Chama track scale.
Frank Smucker and Daryl Locker set a tie in place above the scale pit.		Jim Herron, Doug Christensen and Mike McGinley construct new ladders for the Lava water tank.
Jim Herron paints the new ladders for the Lava water tank.		Russ Hanscom measures wood for drop bottom gondola 724, which can be seen in the background.
Cultured stone has been arranged prior to application on the sides of the foundation of the Cumbres information kiosk.		The crew begins application of cultured stone to the base of the Cumbres information kiosk.
Daryl Locker, Bob Anderson and Frank Smucker spike down the rails on the newly installed ties above the Chama track scale.		Don Storm and Russ Hanscom set a board on drop bottom gon 724.
Richard Pennick and Bob Meckley drill deck mounting holes on Jordan spreader OU.		Barbeque dinner for the Friends volunteers, hosted by the old town Chama merchants.
Friends members enjoy the evening barbeque put on by the old town Chama merchants.		Tailgating at the barbecue. Left to right: Les and Nan Clark, Marshal and Linda Smith, and Tim Tennant.
Right side view of drop bottom gon 724 at the end of Work Session C.		Left side view of drop bottom gon 724 at the end of Work Session C.
Mike McGinley and Doug Christensen apply a coat of finish paint to one of the new ladder sections for Lava tank. Strong winds at the site prevent the crew from erecting the ladder.		Constructing new mounting brackets for the kitchen car awning.
Don Metzler paints the new bracket that was constructed for the kitchen car awning.		The track scale crew. Left-to-right: Bob Anderson, Frank Smucker, Daryl Locker, and Arlene Crider.
Frank Smucker, Daryl Locker and Bob Anderson at the end of Work Session C. They installed 44 ties at the track scale.		Team Leader Frank Smucker commemorates the completion of the track scale project inside the scale well.
Elta Chandler of Pittsburg, Texas finishes up planting new plants as part of the landscaping crew. This was her first work session.		The Cumbres information kiosk crew, left-to-right: Dave Ferro, Wayne Huddleston, Susan Dick, Richard Dick, Andrew Hackmeyer, and Bob Hawkins.
The crew at work on the Cumbres information kiosk.		Spreading mortar, left-to-right: Bob Hawkins, Andrew Hackmeyer, Wayne Huddleston, Dave Ferro.
This photo shows the location of the information kiosk relative to the Cumbres section house. The kiosk is going to be beautiful when it's done.		Andrew Hackmeyer finishes up work on one of the mounting brackets for the vertical posts to be installed in Work Session D.
Alta Berkstresser in her domain.		Barb Hutchison and Marshall Smith at work on the rebuild of boxcar 3533.
Bryant Gish and Jeff Smith at work on the Jordan spreader.		George Berkstresser and Laurel Lyon survey drop bottom gondola 1746 as part of the project to survey the condition of the historic rolling stock.
Mike Faith and Bob Ross survey cars in the Chama yard.		Scraping the front of the Osier section house in preparation for painting.
The Osier section house before painting.		Painting the historic Osier depot.
Painting the historic Osier depot.		Painting the Osier dining hall.
Painting the Osier dining hall.		Painting the Osier dining hall.
Sherri Rider checks to make sure the seal is in place on one of the Jordan spreader pistons. As part of the restoration of Jordan spreader OU, the seals were replaced on both of the spreading cylinders.		The seals are installed and the pistons are ready to be reinstalled in the spreading cylinders.
The crew at work on Jordan spreader OU.		G.O. Gish and Sherri Rider paint floor boards for Jordan spreader OU.
The Work Session C Jordan spreader OU restoration team. Standing, left to right: Rich Pennick, Bob Meckley, G.O. Gish, Sherri Rider and Team Leader Terry Rider. Kneeling: Bryant Gish and Jeff Smith.