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
Last photo of 2021 - Greg Elems
Snow at the museum. 12/31/21 - Greg Elems
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
Shovel shows how deep the snow was. 12/30/21 - Greg Elems
With more backhoe work we now have one of the shop doors dug out. 12/19/21 - Greg Elems
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
Looking west down the lead. The city hadn't plowed the road to the sewer crossing yet. 12/16/21 - Greg Elems
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
Clearing snow, close to 20 inches, just in time for the next weekend storm. 12/16/21 - Greg Elems
Charlie and Dick watching Roger Stabler wash the tender cistern out with a fire hose 11/11/21 - Greg Elems
David, Dick and Charlie in another view keeping an eye on the tender wash. 11/11/21 - Greg Elems
Watering the tender 11/11/21 - Greg Elems
Erik Olson , David and Hank Stiles on Thursday night discussing the filling of the water cistern of the tender. 11/11/21 - Greg Elems
David Elems monitoring the smokebox from the ground. 11/12/21 - Greg Elems
Friday morning, fire in the box 11/12/21 - Greg Elems
Little mini explosions of fuel oil in the firebox sent these little smoking pellets out trailing smoke. 11/12/21 - Greg Elems
Erik Olson monitoring the steam gauges on Friday afternoon's test fire. 11/12/21 - Greg Elems
WP 165 blow down 11/12/21 - Greg Elems
David Elems checking the smoke on Friday. 11/12/21 - Greg Elems
Alpha and Omega 11/12/21 - Eugene Vicknair
Fire Alive 11/12/21 - Eugene Vicknair
Lubricator and Gauges 11/12/21 - Eugene Vicknair
Reaching Pressure 11/12/21 - Eugene Vicknair
WP 165 Blowdown 11/12/21 - Eugene Vicknair
Roger Stabler, Channing and Charlie Spikes 11/13/21 - Greg Elems
Roger Stabler adjusting the safety valves 11/13/21 - Greg Elems
Roger Stabler and Channing discussing the procedure. 11/13/21 - Greg Elems
Roger Stabler, Channing, Erik Olson and Steve Lee 11/13/21 - Greg Elems
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
Steve Lee and Channing Walker discussing issues with the 165. 11/13/21 - Greg Elems
Steve Lee and Channing Walker discussing issues with the 165. 11/13/21 - Greg Elems
Roger Blowing Down a Feed Line 11/13/21 - Eugene Vicknair
Steve Lee in Steam 11/13/21 - Eugene Vicknair
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
Historic Railroad Photography Seminar Saturday, November 6, 2021
Mark Vollmer lecturing with his slide/power point pictures. Photo by Greg Elems
Historic Railroad Photography Seminar Saturday, November 6, 2021
Mark in class with his power point presentation. Photo by Greg Elems
Historic Railroad Photography Seminar Saturday, November 6, 2021
Greg Elems giving a brief history of the museum and safety tips. Photo by Jana Dunn
Historic Railroad Photography Seminar Saturday, November 6, 2021
Tanya Silva taking a close up detail shot on the SP 2873 Photo by Greg Elems
Historic Railroad Photography Seminar Saturday, November 6, 2021
Mark in the cab of 501 Photo by Greg Elems
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
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
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
Historic Railroad Photography Seminar Saturday, November 6, 2021
Mark Vollmer shooting an interior of UP 25732. Photo by Jana Dunn
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
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
Oct. 2021 Steam Session - Channing Walker working on Cab roof. - Roger Stabler
Oct. 2021 Steam Session - new wood lining in Cab - Roger Stabler
Oct. 2021 Steam Session - firebox brick in place. - Roger Stabler
Oct. 2021 Steam Session - new fireman’s injector - Roger Stabler
Headlights on display (including latest issue #52) in the Museum Store - 9/13/21 - Kenneth Finnegan
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
Kirk Baer has finished putting a coat of Slip Plate on smokebox. Slip Plate is dry film graphite lubricant. 9/12/21 - Greg Elems
New WP Equipment Books on display in Museum Store. 9/11/21 - Kerry Cochran
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
WP 1503 on last Sunday of Operations 2021 9/5/21 - Greg Elems
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
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
Kerry Cochran is installing our new electronic display in the Museum Store. 8/14/21 - Kenneth Finnegan
New electronic display by entrance to Museum Store - 8/14/21 - Paul Finnegan
New electronic display in the Museum Store - 8/14/21 - Paul Finnegan
The WP 707 and SP 2873 back in the shop for continuing maintenance. 8/12/21 - Greg Elems
WP 165 - Brake Cylinder - 8/6/21 - Roger Stabler
WP p165 - Injector Piping - 8/6/21 - Roger Stabler
WP 165 - Left Side Lube Lines - 8/4/21 - Roger Stabler
WP 165 - Warming The Boiler to build pressure to check for water leaks. - 8/7/21 - Roger Stabler
WP 165 Pressure Gauge showing 225 p.s.i during leak test - 8/7/21 - Mike Waters
Skies were smokey and not from our steam engine. - 7/28/21 - Greg Elems
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
Another view of the 165 as it was moved Wednesday afternoon. - 7/28/21 - Greg Elems
David Elems spotting the 165 on 2 rail outside the shop to finish draining. - 7/28/21 - Greg Elems
WP 165 coupled up to the 501 for the spot in the shop over the pit. - 7/28/21 - Greg Elems
Greg Elems working on a caboose - 7/27/21 - Ethan Doty
New access point installed and functional in Archive Car - 7/6/21 - Paul Finnegan
Kenneth Finnegan wiring new access point for the Archive Car - 7/6/21 - Paul Finnegan
Signal Dept. at work in Museum Store. Kerry Cochran, Kenneth & Paul Finnegan - 7/6/21 - Charlie Spikes
David Elems and Charlie Spikes install ice machine in its new home - 7/6/21 - Paul Finnegan
Out with the old.... - 7/6/21 - Paul Finnegan
New machine waiting on the truck. - 7/6/21 - Paul Finnegan
In with the new! - 7/6/21 - Paul Finnegan
Almost ready for service. - 7/6/21 - Paul Finnegan
Eugene Vicknair prepares water lines for new Coke machine - 7/5/21 - Paul Finnegan
Kerry Cochran rewiring phone system. - 7/5/21 - Paul Finnegan
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
Entrance sign showing new tour.wplives.org URL - 7/4/21 - Paul Finnegan
Kerry Cochran tracing circuits in the Display Room - 7/4/21 - Paul Finnegan
Screenly up and running in the Display Room - 7/4/21 - Paul Finnegan
Train Crew for July 4th. Paul Finnegan, Lew Barnard, Loren Ross, Greg Elems - 7/3/21 - Kerry Cochran
Train Crew Safety Meeting. Charlie Spikes, Fred Elenbaas, Greg Elems, Loren Ross - 7/3/21 - Kerry Cochran
Caboose Train - 7/3/21 - Kerry Cochran
Charlie Spikes as Hoghead - 7/3/21 - Kerry Cochran
Fred Elenbaas as Conductor - 7/3/21 - Kerry Cochran
Example of QR EXHIBIT CODE for new Museum Tour - 7/3/21 - Paul Finnegan
WP 608 Waiting for visitors WPRM 7/2/2021 - Kerry Cochran
WP 608 and Christine in the morning sun WPRM 7/2/2021 - Kerry Cochran
Newly installed shelving on the north wall of the Museum Store. - 6/29/21 - Greg Elems
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
New Museum Store Floor - 6/24/21 - Janet Steeper
The floor has been repaired and the primer coat of epoxy is getting applied. - 6/22/21 - Greg Elems
West end of the store getting the primer coat. - 6/22/21 - Greg Elems
Floor completely primed. Base coat will be applied in 16 hours or so. - 6/22/21 - Greg Elems
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
QR tour signs for posting at the museum for the new Museum Tour system - 6/21/21 - Kenneth Finnegan
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
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
Annual Members Meeting and Dinner - 6/5/21 - Kerry Cochran
Annual Members Meeting and Dinner - 6/5/21 - Kerry Cochran
Annual Members Meeting and Dinner - 6/5/21 - Kerry Cochran
Annual Members Meeting and Dinner - 6/5/21 - Kerry Cochran
Annual Members Meeting and Dinner - 6/5/21 - Kerry Cochran
Annual Members Meeting and Dinner Eugene Vicknair and Greg Elems - Kerry Cochran
Annual Members Meeting and Dinner Jeff Pierce and Dave Roth- Kerry Cochran
Annual Dinner Matt Elems, Fred Elenbaas, Phil Schmierer, Randy Morton - Kerry Cochran
Annual Members Meeting and Dinner Steve Habeck, Greg Elems, Eugene Vicknair, Jeff Piece, -Dave - Kerry Cochran
Annual Meeting - Kerry Cochran
Annual Meeting Ann Morningstar and Jack Palmer - Kerry Cochran
Annual Meeting Loren Ross - Kerry Cochran
Reopening Sign - Kerry Cochran
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
David Elems taking the previous photo - Kerry Cochran
Crew Training - 6/5/21 - Kerry Cochran
President Elems Addressing the Crew 6/5/21 - Kerry Cochran
Jeff Pierce and Loren Ross 6/5/21 - Kerry Cochran
VP Habeck Addressing the Crew - 6/5/21 - Kerry Cochran
Vista Flat Rolls Again - Kerry Cochran
Vista Flat Rolls Again - Kerry Cochran
Work on Vista Flat - Kerry Cochran
Completed Track Work - 6/2/21 - Ethan Doty
Track Work Update - 5/30/21 - David Hutton
Outside rail getting removed for new relay rail. 5/28/21 - Greg Elems
A closer view of the removed ties. 5/26/21 - Greg Elems
By this time the crew had placed 30-40 ties. 5/26/21 - Greg Elems
A view of the new ties, closer to Milward switch. 5/26/21 - Greg Elems
Crew foreman David Hutton running the Bobcat, is shown here sliding in a new tie. 5/26/21 - Greg Elems
Sliding in a new tie - 2 5/26/21 - Greg Elems
Sliding in a new tie - 3 5/26/21 - Greg Elems
The start of the track work on May 24th found Goose Lake high rail truck on the balloon track. 5/24/21 - Greg Elems
With a crew of four, here we see one of them pulling spikes with an air spike puller. 5/24/21 - Greg Elems
325 ties have been placed out on the balloon track. 5/24/21 - Greg Elems
Example of bad ties. 4/28/21 - Paul Finnegan
Balloon Track Out-of-Service 4/28/21 - Paul Finnegan
Museum Reopening Notice - Paul Finnegan
Vista Flat may return to service in 2021. - Paul Finnegan
Vista Flat may return to service in 2021. - Paul Finnegan
New Museum WiFi Access Point Installed 4/28/21 - Paul Finnegan
2021 Closure Notice
Closed to public - Kerry Cochran
No Trespassing - Kerry Cochran
Closed until further notice - Kerry Cochran
Page last updated: Thu Apr 21 19:25:17 PDT 2022