Teamwork is essential to making an operation as complicated as ours run smoothly. I can't possibly name all the people who do the various tasks needed to keep the Museum running, even in the dead of winter. Even on a specialized project like mine, there are always things I can't do by myself.
So to begin with, Rod helped me by heating up the rusted bolts holding the sleet scraper cylinder to what was left of the wood. When freed, it looks like this.


I have a new digital camera, and among other things, I may try to start including more videos. Here we see a brief shot of Tim Peters trimming the wood blocking for the rebuilt end platform on the 24. He probably didn't realize I was recording, so we continued our usual idle chit-chat.


Jim West came out to Barn 8 to remove the decorations from the L cars, so I took the opportunity to see what they look like before they're gone for another year. It looks quite festive!

This year's layout includes the 751 log unloader and the 755 animated station. I hope everybody is having a merry holiday season!