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The extra wet weather is still keeping us from getting the building erected. 12 inches of rainfall have come down in Independence this winter with more in the future. As soon as we get some good weekends things can get moving.

And its official! The first public operation of the #18 will be JULY 3rd 2017 at the Eastern California Museum! Although we wont have all of our track done by then, the #18 will be under steam and running on what track we do have. We will also be having a dedication ceremony for the new Larry Peckham engine house followed by a world famous trash can tri-tip dinner. More details will be posted in the near future, but in the meantime mark your calendars to come celebrate with us!

Weather and 5 years worth of rain and snow have slowed the building project some but we finally got back to work. Almost the entire weekend was spent at the museum with no major work was performed on the locomotive this time around except for reinstalling the injector.

The focus was to get both sections of building track constructed on the slab and ready to be set in place in the concrete troughs once the water and ice dry up. That goal was entirely achieved! Our secondary projects were to install the grab irons on the boxcar that will ultimately go to Dehy Park and to cut ties to the 6 foot narrow gauge length and plug the old spike holes. Both of those projects were also nearly completed. Aside from a productive weekend we also had beautiful scenery with the mountains covered in snow. When the weather cooperates the new building will go up and the engine and tender can move in!

And its official we will be running the #18 on July 3rd at the Eastern California Museum, so come out and join us.