New Member Day

July 21st 1999

This new event drew new and old members together along with potential members to see just what it is that SPCRR does.

Event schedule:

Each of the pictures below shows some event:

New member day group shot.jpg (30300 bytes)

Young Volunteer.jpg (21541 bytes)Young Vounteers Dad.jpg (29214 bytes)
Here is a group shot of the participants at the end of the day. Here are a father-son team who spent the whole day on the track work in the North Woods.

Trackwork in the grove.jpg (175402 bytes)

Jiggs and Christine pulling a tie.jpg (29710 bytes)
These volunteer gandy dancers are starting to work on the track in the North Woods. Here is Jiggs and C. Gendreau pulling a tie out of the ballast. The tie is loosened from the ballast either with a jackhammer or pick. The track is jacked up a half inch or so. Tie tongs are attached to the horse's tugs by a chain and the horseis told to step up. Pop goes the tie.

Jackhammer crew.jpg (34063 bytes)

Locomotive and John.jpg (30215 bytes)
Not all of our methods are 19th century- here a gasoline jackhammer is being used to break-up ballast. Here Engineer John Theberge is waiting to move a car, This locomotive made around 10 car movements in support of New Member Day. John does seem to be enjoying himself.

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