Al writes...
Found the 36's pilot in barn 4, Frank having needle chipped it last Sunday. I took the opportunity to take a wire wheel to it and cleaned off most of the front. There are a few nooks and crannies that could use some attention. Wasn't able to turn it over but at least this side is ready for primer.
There was the usual level of activity in barn 4 that Bob K will be reporting in the IRM blog.
A few unusual sights around the campus were this rent a rain water storage tank that will supplement our own portable tank (the milk tank car) to support the steam operation this weekend.
Some preparations for the upcoming steam operations and night photo shoot were also visible.
Here's Lehigh Valley Coal 126, but the Leviathan had not yet arrived.
The 3007 was outside of barn 9 as it will be used in one of the night photo sessions.
Meanwhile the 504 was sitting on station 2 with this rather authentic looking train (except for the last car).
There is a story that a group of students were so upset at leaving the Thomas event that they rioted and turned their school bus over. Actually this was a training scenario for local police departments on Tuesday evening.
