This weekend, our volunteers continued work on both the tender and the cab. They discovered that one of the tender frame water pipe brackets had a very poor weld done on it back in the day. This had to be corrected before the tender cistern can be lifted on the frame, so Jim ground out all the offending welds and corrosion. Bob rewelded two of the three sides, and then the repair was then primed and repainted. Jim also primed the tender's buffer plate and shim plate, along with the small tender access hatch. Paul worked inside the tender to grind out welds that tied the last access panel to a support brace.

Work continued to rebuild the cab front wall. First, the cab mounts were located and brought over to the boiler, so measurements could be made regarding the correct alignment of the cab front wall. Knowing how it all will go together, Bob re-examined the cab and discovered a minor error with a spacer, which will be corrected with some trimming. He then cut the arc of the new cab wall out.

In attendance: Bob DeWachter, Jim Armstrong, and Paul Van Steenberghe.