Updates at local train depot

Thanks so much for the article on the restoration of the NPRY semaphore signal and Telegraph and Signal pole at the museum depot.

Per our conversation at the Journal Thursday, July 10 the signal light itself works but the moveable signal and blade are not yet fully operational. For this, Mr. Pat Padgett, a BNSF signal maintainer, is coming to our rescue. However, he is often on call 24-7 day and night. What time he may get off, providing they don’t ask him to cover for another maintainer in a different district, is for him and his family. Pat, Pete Collard and I will eventually have the signal...