Weekend Update

The rain held off Saturday until after sunset allowing a full days work at the track. The fabric underlayment roll was located and with the help of a come-alone was winched up onto Al's trailer and driven back to SLLS with the 4-wheeler. The car barn was cleaned earlier in the week and was almost dry, the Shop barn was washed, rinsed and disinfected. I worked on the big Onan generator. The gas tank was dry (above the water line) but it appears an exhaust valve was open - there was water in the cylinders and some water in the crankcase when I drained the oil. Bill and I could not get the cylinders dry enough to get it to fire and I could not find any store which sold Ether. Not the rental place, local hardware store or the auto parts store. Is our government protecting us from ourselves again by banning the sale of ether?

Check this out: All the track was pulled back onto the roadbed, which was still compacted. We may hold to the April 26 first run date after all.

Al picked up his repaired riding car Sunday, opening up a space in the garage. I set up the sawhorses for a makeshift welding table and TIG'ed the coal bunkers together on the Crab locomotive. The burn marks are barely welds, but the sides hold together to the bottom.

Max is feeling fine. I got a tdap booster shot and my arm still hurts three days later. There are morning doves in the nest over the picture window. The maple trees have dropped their buds and will be leafing out any day now.