2007 Work Session C Photos

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Alta Berkstresser kneels in the lupine and daisy bed near the Chama depot.		Marshall Smith on the ladder discusses how to mount the brake wheel on the museum display car with Darryl Locker and John Engs.
Alta Berkstresser moves a soaking hose in the flower bed on the south side of the sidewalk steps going from the train yard up to the main street in Chama.		Phil Barney is nails window trim on caboose 0503.
Right side and A end with Walt Duncan and Russ Hanscom (team leader) assessing interior progress on rebuilding a boxcar to a concession/lavatory car.		Bob Crane screws fascia board to right side of caboose 05635 while Craig Kumler, Craig McMullen, and Bill Lock observe.
Parker Fowler measures a baggage cart frame while Bryant Gish, George Berkstresser and G.O. Gish work on other cart decking.		Bob Craine and Craig Kumler plan the placement and size of a fascia board under the cupola roof of caboose 05635.
Terry Woolsey, Bob Ross and Jim Gross erect the new Lobato Station sign.		Pat Hunt and Bob Reib replace old rotten catwalk lumber on the Lobato trestle, with new 4Ó by 10" lumber.
A view of some of the very rotten wood on the Lobato trestle, as inspected by Bob Reib.		On Jordan spreader OU, Jeff Smith tells Andy Graham the direction to move the lifting arm to match the bolt hole in the blade, and he also uses a crowbar to help Bob Meckley slide a washer behind the channel iron on the lifting arm.Ê Terry Rider is watching the progress of the bolt coming through the blade.
Laurel Lyon and Shelby Wallis rearrange the rocks around the pansy bed on the south side of the sidewalk steps going from the train yard up to the main street in Chama.		On Jordan spreader OU, Terry Rider and Jeff Smith steady the tilting cylinder as Bob Meckley uses an impact wrench to tighten the nut on the bolt going from the cylinder through the I-beam. Andy Graham, Bill Nash, and Mark Valerius are observing and waiting to help.
Root cellar of the Sublette section house. Expanded view of the south wall, from the southeast corner to the center.		Don Paulson and Grant Lockhardt work to preserve the rotten wood, at the foundation on theÊnorthwest corner of the Sublette section house.
Working in a functioning railroad yard sometimes leads to close quarters as Michael D. Kennedy and Phil Nissen watch 484 slide through the track next to the Museum Display Car.		John Engs (Team Leader) and Carl Olsen discuss the layout of the various pieces laid out before them on the floor of the Museum Display Car.
The completed flower boxes and flower pots on the platform on the east side of the depot. The photo is from the south end of the platform and shows the drip tubing irrigation system going to each flower box and flower pot.		The B end of caboose 05635, showing the bathroom at the back and to the right of the door at the A end. The room beside the bathroom has a water tank that will be used in operating the bathroom.
High on an aerial lift platform, Clyde Putman on the left and Scott Hardy are painting the underside of the eves on the Osier dining hall while trying to not disturb the swallows.		Craig McMullen nailing flashing to roof of caboose 05635.
Working on the Lobato Trestle walkway, Bob Reib in the foreground slides another board into place with the help of Kent Wallis.		Since there is no power on the Lobato Trestle itself, Frank Smucker drags a generator to the site for drills and other powered equipment.
Mike Mahoney and Bob Ross are securing milepost 337 onto a speeder as Terry Woolsey keeps it tight against the running board.		Terry Rider uses a cutting torch to modify a support plate which will be under the shiplap decking for one end of one of the winches on Jordan spreader OU.
Phil Barney installs a window in the cupola of caboose 0503.		Bob Meckley cleans and rebuilds the pneumatic manifold which goes in the control house of Jordan spreader OU. Each valve controls a piston in a cylinder on the spreader. In the background are Andy Graham on the left and Bill Nash on the right.
Installing the metal roofing on the cupola of caboose #05635 proved to be a task that required many hands. Here Bill Lock and Craig McMullen on the top of the caboose position the metal piece as Bob Craine and Craig Kumler on the scaffolding hold the other end off of the adhesive.		Laurel Lyon and Shelby Wallis remove weeds in the area being prepared for a cascade of color made of rocks and flowers. This flower bed is on the south side of the sidewalk steps going from the Chama Train Yard up to the main street in near the clock in Chama.
Craig Kumler sands caboose 05635's sub flooring smooth before final oak flooring is installed. Bill Lock sands the ceiling beams in the caboose. The photo is from the B end.		Milepost 318 is carried to storage. It is painted in the 1880s scheme with white letters on a black background showing "D" plus a number signifying the rail distance from Denver. Carrying in the front are Bill Gartner and Jim Gross; carrying in the rear are Phil McDonald and Mike Mahoney. On the right is a chronicler assistant Dottie Evans.
Larry McDonald drills a deck screw in the gate that will go on top of a scrap and trash box. Floyd McDonald gives Phil McDonald another deck screw for Larry to install.		The team is about to hang the main door on the museum display car. Left to right: Marshall Smith, John Engs (Team Leader), Phil Nissen, Carl Olson and Daryl Locker.
Jeff Smith measures for shiplap decking to be notched and placed below the pneumatic manifold on Jordan spreader OU. The A end is at the right.		The flower bed on the south side of the sidewalk steps going from the train yard up to the main street in Chama. The landscaping team planted mostly perennial plants because they have more tolerance for temperature changes and do not have to be replanted every year.
Parker Fowler (Team Leader) and George Bergstresser lay down some planking for the top surface of the newly rebuilt baggage cart.		On the boxcar to concession car conversion, George Trevor saws the excess wood on the bottom of the strips with Todd Frazier holding a guide strip. The strips were nailed in place as received and then trimmed to size..