The first weekend in May saw some of the COS Friends heading for Antonito to perform maintenance on OB in preparation for a busy summer. Projects included cleaning and painting, freeing the weight which had a cable jammed under it, fabricating door stops for the rear doors, some mechanical work on the steam engine, and raising the mast to adjust the ladder plates. All was accomplished except the latter.
Unfortunately, we arrived to discover (very heavy) equipment parked just outside the CRF door on the track so that OB could not be moved outside for mast raising. After some very careful calculations, it was decided that this could not be accomplished inside the building either. Therefore this project was postponed until June. OB is scheduled to be part of a maintenance of way train at that time.
We brought two large I-beams to Antonito to transport the tourist sleeper to COS later this spring (or summer), and are returning with a few supplies for the new work site. Tom is insuring that we don't leave anything along the way.
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