Located at Penitentiary
Glen
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This is the type of post that we use to clear the block signal when you leave it, but it seems there's quite a few that miss the signal so you're left waiting at the other end of the block for the signal to clear. Dave Foster made up these aluminum plates with the truck reflector tape and we drilled and bolted them on to the steel angle post. |
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The reflective plates stand out more than the reflective plastic lenses that is below them, hopefully it will catch the eye easier and the engineers will clear the block's properly. Dave made up two to try them out and they do stand out quite a bit more than the red plastic reflective lenses. |
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Rick Nagy at work blowing the leaves off the track which is almost a perpetual job during the fall for us. Back at the station. Steve Zaken, Edith Hacker and Harry Tabor work on fixing up the octagon table behind the station due to it warping from the weather. |
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They clamped across the joints and put screws in the ends to hold the tabletop in alignment so eventually we can paint it. Bob Pakeltis, Harry, Edith and Steve as they get ready for the table to be painted as the table has been put up on shims to keep it off the grass. |
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I caught up with Dave Foster who is in the Stanek Car Barn yard spraying the weeds that were growing amongst the tracks. Dave had on a backpack sprayer which made it a lot easier and kept one arm from getting longer than the other if he had carried it one-handed. |
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At the signal box on the Branch Line between High Creek and Filmor, Paul Emch and Frank Foti were doing general maintenance. I should'nt be taking this picture as I might be giving away ancient secret of the moving electrons which are probably spilling all over the place since the lid is open. |
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Alongside the grade wall near the Willis Car Barn our old friend the black rat snake was headed for his old nest it seemed. Sure enough he's heading for the corner of the Willis Car Barn so he can get inside and up to his nest in the corner. |
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When I got back to the station, Bob was quite along with the painting of the table, which I didn't expect to be done today. Bob touched up some of the spots where the paint had soaked in or he thought that could be gone over again, nice job. |
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