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WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days
Jul 29^th, 2010, 6:03pm

WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days
As of July 29, 2010

General Grounds Clean-up (ongoing, and a publicized work day Aug 7, 2010)

Clean up of interior of Diesel Shop, including displays along gift shop wall, main aisle and shop bays.

Remove Center Toilet in Women’s Restroom and re-configure/rebuild walls for more space in remaining 2 stalls, install ADA Wall handrails and re-paint room.

Sheath men’s room urinal and install motion sensor light switch, Re-paint men’s room floor.

Move Room AC unit from Gift Shop Kitchen to Ops Office window (Lower right hand window next to door).

Complete Silver Debris Deck.

Make Guide Signs to Gift Shop, Key Equipment, Train Loading Area, Speeder Loading Area.

Make new bridges between passenger cars.

Re-level the parking lot and rear driveway.

Weed abatement throughout the Museum Grounds.

Modify handrails on the Missouri Pacific Caboose to create gates to allow wheelchair access. Replace flooring and Install Wheelchair tie downs same location.

Complete Wheelchair Lift wheel work and replace battery

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CCT 24 WPRM BBS Division Superintendant Offline Posts: 1715 Gender:	Re: WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days Reply #1 - Jul 29^th, 2010, 6:05pm I cannot stress enough how much help we need. The museum is going to be showcased the week before RR Days by a PBS "Tracks Ahead" Film Crew.
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WP707 Brakeman Offline There is only ONE California Zephyr Posts: 98	Re: WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days Reply #2 - Aug 7^th, 2010, 11:45pm I wish I lived closer... [/color]
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CCT 24 WPRM BBS Division Superintendant Offline Posts: 1715 Gender:	Re: WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days Reply #3 - Aug 7^th, 2010, 11:47pm Where did you find this image?
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WP707 Brakeman Offline There is only ONE California Zephyr Posts: 98	Re: WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days Reply #4 - Aug 7^th, 2010, 11:56pm It takes MANY hands to keep WPRM going...
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CCT 24 WPRM BBS Division Superintendant Offline Posts: 1715 Gender:	Re: WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days Reply #5 - Aug 8^th, 2010, 1:53am Damn shame no one told me we were out of Hamburger Buns
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Steamer Carman Offline California Zephyr Posts: 35 Gender:	Re: WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days Reply #6 - Aug 8^th, 2010, 11:11pm Google Earth...has some amazing pictures David
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CCT 24 WPRM BBS Division Superintendant Offline Posts: 1715 Gender:	Re: WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days Reply #7 - Aug 9^th, 2010, 9:18pm Steamer wrote on Aug 8^th, 2010, 11:11pm: Google Earth...has some amazing pictures David They must have recently updated it. 2 weeks ago, it still showed Memorial Day weekend several years ago ; )
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Steamer Carman Offline California Zephyr Posts: 35 Gender:	Re: WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days Reply #8 - Aug 10^th, 2010, 12:59am Now if they would just get all of their images sharper our eye strain would be less.....but then they would probably start charging by the month.
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Tom Carter WPRM BBS Division Superintendant Offline Posts: 1209 Stockton, California Gender:	Re: WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days Reply #9 - Aug 10^th, 2010, 7:16pm WP707 wrote on Aug 7^th, 2010, 11:56pm: It takes MANY hands to keep WPRM going... http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m421/bluekangaroo2008/Train%20stuff/IMG_0377-... That is SUCH a cool shot. Timeless. If you were to age the phot and make it black and white, it could have been taken 50 years ago.
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Re: WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days
Reply #10 - Aug 11^th, 2010, 6:59am

Thanks for the compliment Tom...

Yeah, if It was sepia toned b&w you could put it next to the picture of Rod's father, and they'd both fit each other...

Lets hope 917 (and all the other rolling stock) is still here 50 years from now...

You just gave me an idea for my next video picture show (similar to the demo disk I gave you)...

I have some other photos of 917, and I could do one in sepia tones, then do a slow crossfade to a color shot...it could be a powerful visual transition, and my video editing software give me a lot of options, and I can also manipulate images with other software before I dump it into my video editor...

As you've seen, I try to make good use of the still & video images I create up at Portola...I can't sing, play guitar, draw a picture, but producing video disks is something I've devoted years of learning and experience...and you can't produce diddly unless your boot are on the ground with camera's in hand...

Photobucket now allows folks to upload videos, which for me takes a long time on slow dial up, but is still worth playing with...

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Re: WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days
Reply #11 - Aug 11^th, 2010, 7:15am

CCT 24 wrote on Aug 7^th, 2010, 11:47pm:

Where did you find this image?

Ah...I meant to get back to you earlier...it was google a few days ago...

I was at a CDF fire incident site looking at the Costantia Complex fire south of Doyle, and I figured while I was there I might as well wander over to the west to Portola...

The picture might be in higher resolution elsewhere (if I went to a premium satellite image page and paid a fee)...

I wonder if Don would be willing to fly overhead with a photographer on board...???

We used to open the left window all the way up on a Cessna 172 for aero photo missions in the Napa Valley...by taking the screw out of the "prop up bracket" on the pilots window, it can be opened up all the way, and the air pressure differential when flying would keep it open so great photos could be possible (instead of trying to shot a picture through the glass)...Super Cub's are also great photo planes...

With less traffic on the FR sub, it's good to see 2 trains in the UP yard...

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WP707 Brakeman Offline There is only ONE California Zephyr Posts: 98	Re: WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days Reply #12 - Aug 13^th, 2010, 12:49am
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WP707 Brakeman Offline There is only ONE California Zephyr Posts: 98	Re: WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days Reply #13 - Aug 13^th, 2010, 12:57am Tom Carter said: That is SUCH a cool shot. Timeless. If you were to age the phot and make it black and white, it could have been taken 50 years ago Kinda like this sepia version...???
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CCT 24 WPRM BBS Division Superintendant Offline Posts: 1715 Gender:	Re: WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days Reply #14 - Aug 13^th, 2010, 1:31am Sepia too bright...try grayscaling it
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Tom Carter WPRM BBS Division Superintendant Offline Posts: 1209 Stockton, California Gender:	Re: WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days Reply #15 - Aug 13^th, 2010, 1:51am How's this?
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CCT 24 WPRM BBS Division Superintendant Offline Posts: 1715 Gender:	Re: WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days Reply #16 - Aug 13^th, 2010, 2:12am Loren's ass shines
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Tom Carter WPRM BBS Division Superintendant Offline Posts: 1209 Stockton, California Gender:	Re: WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days Reply #17 - Aug 13^th, 2010, 2:50am Not necessarily. Maybe he sat in some flour?
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CZanaJones Brakeman Online Thrills Galore! Posts: 55 Las Vegas, NV Gender:	Re: WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days Reply #18 - Aug 14^th, 2010, 12:21am
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CCT 24 WPRM BBS Division Superintendant Offline Posts: 1715 Gender:	Re: WPRM Work List Between Now and Railroad Days Reply #19 - Aug 14^th, 2010, 6:34am MUCH better
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