Hi Ted,
The July/August newsletter should be arriving in the next day or two in your mailbox. That will pretty much answer every question you just posted about!
Except for the block of ice in the tank in the winter. We plan to only keep the tank full of water during the steam operating season, May - October. Remember, those are the months of hard sledding, so we're not too worried about it freezing up.
Reminder to everybody - the WW&F Annual Picnic is coming up August 12 & 13. We plan to run a few photo specials during those two days.