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Around the Museum 2021
Kerry Cochran, Ethan Doty, Jana Dunn, David Elems, Greg Elems, Kenneth Finnegan, Paul Finnegan, David Hutton, Eric McKay, April Mendoza, Charlie Spikes, Roger Stabler, Janet Steeper, Eugene Vicknair, Mike Waters


Page last updated:  Thu Apr 21 19:25:17 PDT 2022

Slide 1
 Last photo of 2021 - Greg Elems

Slide 2
 Snow at the museum. 12/31/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 3
 Ethan took this after digging out the office door, David Elems is just about out of sight heading down to fill the bucket once again. The path he dug from the east door was up to his hip in places, but always above his knee. 12/31/21 - Ethan Doty

Slide 4
 Shovel shows how deep the snow was. 12/30/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 5
 With more backhoe work we now have one of the shop doors dug out. 12/19/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 6
 It took about 20 minutes to dig out the gate to open it all the way. While that was being done David Elems was starting up the backhoe and working his way to the gate. 12/16/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 7
 Looking west down the lead. The city hadn't plowed the road to the sewer crossing yet. 12/16/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 8
 David Elems making a second pass on the road on the north side of the shop. New tires on the backhoe sure helped with getting the job done. 12/16/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 9
 Clearing snow, close to 20 inches, just in time for the next weekend storm. 12/16/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 10
 Charlie and Dick watching Roger Stabler wash the tender cistern out with a fire hose 11/11/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 11
 David, Dick and Charlie in another view keeping an eye on the tender wash. 11/11/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 12
 Watering the tender 11/11/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 13
 Erik Olson , David and Hank Stiles on Thursday night discussing the filling of the water cistern of the tender. 11/11/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 14
 David Elems monitoring the smokebox from the ground. 11/12/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 15
 Friday morning, fire in the box 11/12/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 16
 Little mini explosions of fuel oil in the firebox sent these little smoking pellets out trailing smoke. 11/12/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 17
 Erik Olson monitoring the steam gauges on Friday afternoon's test fire. 11/12/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 18
 WP 165 blow down 11/12/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 19
 David Elems checking the smoke on Friday. 11/12/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 20
 Alpha and Omega 11/12/21 - Eugene Vicknair

Slide 21
 Fire Alive 11/12/21 - Eugene Vicknair

Slide 22
 Lubricator and Gauges 11/12/21 - Eugene Vicknair

Slide 23
 Reaching Pressure 11/12/21 - Eugene Vicknair

Slide 24
 WP 165 Blowdown 11/12/21 - Eugene Vicknair

Slide 25
 Roger Stabler, Channing and Charlie Spikes 11/13/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 26
 Roger Stabler adjusting the safety valves 11/13/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 27
 Roger Stabler and Channing discussing the procedure. 11/13/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 28
 Roger Stabler, Channing, Erik Olson and Steve Lee 11/13/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 29
 Roger Stabler on the boiler adjusting the safety valves while Erik Olson monitors the steam gauges in the fireman's seat and Charlie Spikes watches. 11/13/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 30
 Steve Lee and Channing Walker discussing issues with the 165. 11/13/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 31
 Steve Lee and Channing Walker discussing issues with the 165. 11/13/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 32
 Roger Blowing Down a Feed Line 11/13/21 - Eugene Vicknair

Slide 33
 Steve Lee in Steam 11/13/21 - Eugene Vicknair

Slide 34
 David Elems and Roger Stabler making sure the safety valves are tight before any pressure was raised in the boiler. 11/12/21 - Eugene Vicknair

Slide 35
 Historic Railroad Photography Seminar Saturday, November 6, 2021
Mark Vollmer lecturing with his slide/power point pictures. Photo by Greg Elems

Slide 36
 Historic Railroad Photography Seminar Saturday, November 6, 2021
Mark in class with his power point presentation. Photo by Greg Elems

Slide 37
 Historic Railroad Photography Seminar Saturday, November 6, 2021
Greg Elems giving a brief history of the museum and safety tips. Photo by Jana Dunn

Slide 38
 Historic Railroad Photography Seminar Saturday, November 6, 2021
Tanya Silva taking a close up detail shot on the SP 2873 Photo by Greg Elems

Slide 39
 Historic Railroad Photography Seminar Saturday, November 6, 2021
Mark in the cab of 501 Photo by Greg Elems

Slide 40
 Historic Railroad Photography Seminar Saturday, November 6, 2021
Al and Barry at the west end of the shop experimenting with different composition ideas. Photo by Jana Dunn

Slide 41
 Historic Railroad Photography Seminar Saturday, November 6, 2021
Barry Buchholtz working on a low down view of the rotatory snow plow and the 805-A Photo by Greg Elems

Slide 42
 Historic Railroad Photography Seminar Saturday, November 6, 2021
One of Marks suggestions for an action shot of a static subject. One use of a zoom lens and slow shutter speed. Photo by Greg Elems

Slide 43
 Historic Railroad Photography Seminar Saturday, November 6, 2021
Mark Vollmer shooting an interior of UP 25732. Photo by Jana Dunn

Slide 44
 Historic Railroad Photography Seminar Saturday, November 6, 2021
Jana Dunn photo of David Elems in the cab of 1100 for the move around to the pedestrian crossing. Photo by Jana Dunn

Slide 45
 Historic Railroad Photography Seminar Saturday, November 6, 2021
Group portrait at the end of the day. L-R Jana Dunn, Tanya Silva, Janet McCormack, Mark Vollmer, Barry Buchholtz and Albert Fox. Greg Elems on the Sweetwood platform. Photo by David Elems

Slide 46
 Oct. 2021 Steam Session - Channing Walker working on Cab roof. - Roger Stabler

Slide 47
 Oct. 2021 Steam Session - new wood lining in Cab - Roger Stabler

Slide 48
 Oct. 2021 Steam Session - firebox brick in place. - Roger Stabler

Slide 49
 Oct. 2021 Steam Session - new fireman’s injector - Roger Stabler

Slide 50
 Headlights on display (including latest issue #52) in the Museum Store - 9/13/21 - Kenneth Finnegan

Slide 51
 Work on WP 705 continues with Kenneth Finnegan sanding the rough edges off. Primer to come for the bare metal. 9/13/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 52
 Kirk Baer has finished putting a coat of Slip Plate on smokebox. Slip Plate is dry film graphite lubricant. 9/12/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 53
 New WP Equipment Books on display in Museum Store. 9/11/21 - Kerry Cochran

Slide 54
 New Screenly Electronic Sign in Museum Store showing admission, train ride fares and cab ride fares. One of four information displays. - 9/11/21 - Kenneth Finnegan

Slide 55
 WP 1503 on last Sunday of Operations 2021 9/5/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 56
 Eric McKay did some electrical work at the museum including wiring up the CZ sign in the new Museum Store - 8/23/21 - Eric McKay

Slide 57
 We had a visit from Cub Scouts Pack 127 out of Cold Springs NV on August 15th. We also ran an extra 2:30 pm caboose train for the pack. Here is a group shot at the end of the visit of the troop and parents. April Mendoza was the den mother who set the visit up. 8/15/21 - April Mendoza

Slide 58
 Kerry Cochran is installing our new electronic display in the Museum Store. 8/14/21 - Kenneth Finnegan

Slide 59
 New electronic display by entrance to Museum Store - 8/14/21 - Paul Finnegan

Slide 60
 New electronic display in the Museum Store - 8/14/21 - Paul Finnegan

Slide 61
 The WP 707 and SP 2873 back in the shop for continuing maintenance. 8/12/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 62
 WP 165 - Brake Cylinder - 8/6/21 - Roger Stabler

Slide 63
 WP p165 - Injector Piping - 8/6/21 - Roger Stabler

Slide 64
 WP 165 - Left Side Lube Lines - 8/4/21 - Roger Stabler

Slide 65
 WP 165 - Warming The Boiler to build pressure to check for water leaks. - 8/7/21 - Roger Stabler

Slide 66
 WP 165 Pressure Gauge showing 225 p.s.i during leak test - 8/7/21 - Mike Waters

Slide 67
 Skies were smokey and not from our steam engine. - 7/28/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 68
 With a work session coming up for the 165, it needed to be drained and moved from 1 rail to 2 rail over the pit. We let it drain while we moved it. - 7/28/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 69
 Another view of the 165 as it was moved Wednesday afternoon. - 7/28/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 70
 David Elems spotting the 165 on 2 rail outside the shop to finish draining. - 7/28/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 71
 WP 165 coupled up to the 501 for the spot in the shop over the pit. - 7/28/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 72
 Greg Elems working on a caboose - 7/27/21 - Ethan Doty

Slide 73
 New access point installed and functional in Archive Car - 7/6/21 - Paul Finnegan

Slide 74
 Kenneth Finnegan wiring new access point for the Archive Car - 7/6/21 - Paul Finnegan

Slide 75
 Signal Dept. at work in Museum Store. Kerry Cochran, Kenneth & Paul Finnegan - 7/6/21 - Charlie Spikes

Slide 76
 David Elems and Charlie Spikes install ice machine in its new home - 7/6/21 - Paul Finnegan

Slide 77
 Out with the old.... - 7/6/21 - Paul Finnegan

Slide 78
 New machine waiting on the truck. - 7/6/21 - Paul Finnegan

Slide 79
 In with the new! - 7/6/21 - Paul Finnegan

Slide 80
 Almost ready for service. - 7/6/21 - Paul Finnegan

Slide 81
 Eugene Vicknair prepares water lines for new Coke machine - 7/5/21 - Paul Finnegan

Slide 82
 Kerry Cochran rewiring phone system. - 7/5/21 - Paul Finnegan

Slide 83
 The network was down, Kenneth Finnegan is showing the red led on the modem. We are up but AT&T is down! - 7/5/21 - Paul Finnegan

Slide 84
 Entrance sign showing new tour.wplives.org URL - 7/4/21 - Paul Finnegan

Slide 85
 Kerry Cochran tracing circuits in the Display Room - 7/4/21 - Paul Finnegan

Slide 86
 Screenly up and running in the Display Room - 7/4/21 - Paul Finnegan

Slide 87
 Train Crew for July 4th. Paul Finnegan, Lew Barnard, Loren Ross, Greg Elems - 7/3/21 - Kerry Cochran

Slide 88
 Train Crew Safety Meeting. Charlie Spikes, Fred Elenbaas, Greg Elems, Loren Ross - 7/3/21 - Kerry Cochran

Slide 89
 Caboose Train - 7/3/21 - Kerry Cochran

Slide 90
 Charlie Spikes as Hoghead - 7/3/21 - Kerry Cochran

Slide 91
 Fred Elenbaas as Conductor - 7/3/21 - Kerry Cochran

Slide 92
 Example of QR EXHIBIT CODE for new Museum Tour - 7/3/21 - Paul Finnegan

Slide 93
 WP 608 Waiting for visitors WPRM 7/2/2021 - Kerry Cochran

Slide 94
 WP 608 and Christine in the morning sun WPRM 7/2/2021 - Kerry Cochran

Slide 95
 Newly installed shelving on the north wall of the Museum Store. - 6/29/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 96
 The Z scale layout is in place, but still needs a bunch of setup work. Vacuumed up the mess we made of it months ago making improvements to the protective plastic. Yes, the lights are on but that was just temporary to test them and be able to see while vacuuming. 6/28/21 - Ethan Doty

Slide 97
 New Museum Store Floor - 6/24/21 - Janet Steeper

Slide 98
 The floor has been repaired and the primer coat of epoxy is getting applied. - 6/22/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 99
 West end of the store getting the primer coat. - 6/22/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 100
 Floor completely primed. Base coat will be applied in 16 hours or so. - 6/22/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 101
 The Museum Store is getting a new floor! The floor in the store has been sanded down and vacuumed. Next step is to fill the divets and cracks. - 6/21/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 102
 QR tour signs for posting at the museum for the new Museum Tour system - 6/21/21 - Kenneth Finnegan

Slide 103
 Bart and David Hansen removed all the trash pallets from the parking lot. The fence sections are now neatly stacked by the fence. We're getting our parking lot back, slowly but surely. - 6/6/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 104
 David Elems is seen here wiping the interior of the oil filter housing in the WP 1503. There are four filters and they are in the neighborhood of $36 each. The gasket will cost $10 and is 18.25 o.d.. - 6/6/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 105
 Annual Members Meeting and Dinner - 6/5/21 - Kerry Cochran

Slide 106
 Annual Members Meeting and Dinner - 6/5/21 - Kerry Cochran

Slide 107
 Annual Members Meeting and Dinner - 6/5/21 - Kerry Cochran

Slide 108
 Annual Members Meeting and Dinner - 6/5/21 - Kerry Cochran

Slide 109
 Annual Members Meeting and Dinner - 6/5/21 - Kerry Cochran

Slide 110
 Annual Members Meeting and Dinner Eugene Vicknair and Greg Elems - Kerry Cochran

Slide 111
 Annual Members Meeting and Dinner Jeff Pierce and Dave Roth- Kerry Cochran

Slide 112
 Annual Dinner Matt Elems, Fred Elenbaas, Phil Schmierer, Randy Morton - Kerry Cochran

Slide 113
 Annual Members Meeting and Dinner Steve Habeck, Greg Elems, Eugene Vicknair, Jeff Piece, -Dave - Kerry Cochran

Slide 114
 Annual Meeting - Kerry Cochran

Slide 115
 Annual Meeting Ann Morningstar and Jack Palmer - Kerry Cochran

Slide 116
 Annual Meeting Loren Ross - Kerry Cochran

Slide 117
 Reopening Sign - Kerry Cochran

Slide 118
 This was taken on our members meeting day. With four retired rails, we have 149 yrs of railroad seniority standing on the 2001. Left to right, Phil Schmierer 41 yrs, Randy Morton 44 yrs, Greg Elems 39 yrs and Steve Habeck 25 yrs. - 6/5/21 - David Elems

Slide 119
 David Elems taking the previous photo - Kerry Cochran

Slide 120
 Crew Training - 6/5/21 - Kerry Cochran

Slide 121
 President Elems Addressing the Crew 6/5/21 - Kerry Cochran

Slide 122
 Jeff Pierce and Loren Ross 6/5/21 - Kerry Cochran

Slide 123
 VP Habeck Addressing the Crew - 6/5/21 - Kerry Cochran

Slide 124
 Vista Flat Rolls Again - Kerry Cochran

Slide 125
 Vista Flat Rolls Again - Kerry Cochran

Slide 126
 Work on Vista Flat - Kerry Cochran

Slide 127
 Completed Track Work - 6/2/21 - Ethan Doty

Slide 128
 Track Work Update - 5/30/21 - David Hutton

Slide 129
 Outside rail getting removed for new relay rail. 5/28/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 130
 A closer view of the removed ties. 5/26/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 131
 By this time the crew had placed 30-40 ties. 5/26/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 132
 A view of the new ties, closer to Milward switch. 5/26/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 133
 Crew foreman David Hutton running the Bobcat, is shown here sliding in a new tie. 5/26/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 134
 Sliding in a new tie - 2 5/26/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 135
 Sliding in a new tie - 3 5/26/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 136
 The start of the track work on May 24th found Goose Lake high rail truck on the balloon track. 5/24/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 137
 With a crew of four, here we see one of them pulling spikes with an air spike puller. 5/24/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 138
 325 ties have been placed out on the balloon track. 5/24/21 - Greg Elems

Slide 139
 Example of bad ties. 4/28/21 - Paul Finnegan

Slide 140
 Balloon Track Out-of-Service 4/28/21 - Paul Finnegan

Slide 141
 Museum Reopening Notice - Paul Finnegan

Slide 142
 Vista Flat may return to service in 2021. - Paul Finnegan

Slide 143
 Vista Flat may return to service in 2021. - Paul Finnegan

Slide 144
 New Museum WiFi Access Point Installed 4/28/21 - Paul Finnegan

Slide 145
 2021 Closure Notice

Slide 146
 Closed to public - Kerry Cochran

Slide 147
 No Trespassing - Kerry Cochran

Slide 148
 Closed until further notice - Kerry Cochran


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