Current Activities - Spring/Summer 2018

Trains are currently not operating (April 12, 2018).

We are hoping for normal operations on Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays - plus special events soon.

Ardenwood Farm Regional Preserve is open for the season and we will soon be operating trains behind our Plymouth Switcher 'Katie'. Currently our engine and passenger cars are in maintenance.

• Flatcar NS 1725 is being refurbished for operations in 2018.
• The mainline and siding at Deer Park are been relaid with new ties and will soon need to be reballasted.
• The Ardenwood Station platform is being redecked and the original dirt and tie Deerpark platform has been removed so a replacement ADA compliant platform can be built -- hopefully this operating year. 
• Siding 5 in the yard has been laid and is awaiting ballasting, the Frank Yards passing siding has been laidout.
• Restoration continues on Caboose NWP 6101.
• We have been refurbishing (paint, airbrakes, and new platforms) on the leased excursion cars WSLCo 5 and 318 for service
• 'Katie' (SPCRR 1) is being converted to a diesel engine from a gasoline engine and air brakes are being added to this little workhorse.
• Our first mechanical engine (a 1939 Whitcomb 12 ton diesel we originally got from Paramount Great America) has returned after being sold, getting a full rebuild and spending 10 years on Kauai and at Roaring Camp. This engine is going through another needed rebuild and we hope to have it in service for this year. This engine is leased from Rother Locomotives.
• A 'new' Case front loader has been purchase and is been overhauled.

Operations:

2018 Operations will soon be in full swing-- Passenger trains run on Thursdays, Fridays, Sundays, and on special event days.

Restoration:

Current cars in active restoration are boxcar SPC 472,  flatcar/picnic car NS 1725, and caboose NWP 6101.

SPC 472 has had it's buffer blocks replaced and plans are in progress to replace the roof. 

Picnic Car NS 1725 is getting new end beams, railings,  repaired seats, and a new cover.  In addition, it's airbrakes will be overhauled and

NWP 6101 has had both bolster beams and needle beams replaced. Work is being done on the platforms and truss rods and underbody stabilzation is in progress.  

Surveys are being made and restoration plans are being created for combination car SPC 47 and for boxcar NC 253. These plans are essential to understand how and what kind of restoration should be done to these extremely significant cars. SPC 47's survey is now in progress using archaeological techniques and has identified significant modifications to the layout of the car over the years.

Work days:

Scheduled workdays are typically the second Saturday of the Month. Informal workdays are held most Thursdays and many other Saturdays throughout the year. If you are interested in the informal workdays, ask to join the SPCRR_Members Yahoo! group or contact the SPCRR webmaster for more information of how to be alerted of them.