Re: High Side Gons on the C&TS

High side Gons 1149, 1232 and 9558 are in progress for the 2014 work sessions. I *think* 9558 is the most complete, maybe only needing paint. The brake / bearing (and other things as needed...) team looked at all 3 during A-B making repairs to the bits that we deal with. While this does not quite constitute a fleet....it is a step in the right direction!

3 of the 6 UTLX narrow frame tank cars are road worthy, a 4th is ALMOST road worthy (We are hoping to fix it during sessions C-D). The remaining 2 are in great shape physically and the plan is to start painting this year and finish in 2015. I understand that the Frameless "Gramps" tank cars are well on their way to completion. If all the stars align, we will have an awesome tank car fleet fairly soon!

Sessions A-B were a bit lonely, so I bet there is plenty of room for folk who would like to volunteer to work on these, or many of the other Friends work session projects. (Yes...yes this is a shameless plug). I suspect the Friends would not turn down donations as well!