Saturday (5/3)

     Training of the student continued during the morning.

Sunday (5/4)

     Carl Merson was Dispatcher with Sharon Higgins, Dave Naujokas and Dan McCaffery and Student Conductor.

Saturday (5/10)

     At last the rotary converter that had been stored just north of 28th street was brought inside the 22nd Street shop and under cover. After a lot of work it was stored in the building awaiting a display place in the future. This rotary converter is very similar to the ones used by the transit company in Baltimore and converted alternating electricity to direct current needed to run the streetcars.

Sunday (5/11)

     Carl Merson was Dispatcher with Mel Boteler and Mark Dawson as crew

Wednesday (5/14)

     Ben Bates was Dispatcher with Charlie Plantholt and Mike Citro as crew for a charter.

Saturday (5/17)

     Training classes for the student continued during the morning.

     Carl Merson was Dispatcher with Dennis Falter, Chris Howell and Chris McNally as crew for a charter.

Sunday (5/18)

     Mark Hurley was Dispatcher with Dan McCaffery as Student conductor and Don Homberg, Eric Smith and Carl Thistel as crew.

Saturday (5/24)

     Carl Merson was Dispatcher with Dave Naujokas and Dennis Falter as crew for a charter.

Sunday (5/25)

     Dave Crow was Dispatcher with Mike Citro, Eric Smith and Sharon Higgins as crew with Dan McCaffery completing his student conductor runs.

Wednesday (5/28)

     Ben Bates was Dispatcher with Mike Citro, M. Bates and Charlie Plantholt as crew for a charter.

Saturday (5/31)

     Chris McNally inspected and lubricated the trolley wheels on the revenue cars while John La Costa inspected, adjusted and lubricated the controllers.

     Ed Amrhein, Joyce Boblitz, CJ and Chris Howell, with the help of the backhoe repaired a bent fence section along the Falls Road side of the yard.

     CJ and John La Costa repaired a loose cable under 554.

Sunday (6/1)

     John La Costa was Dispatcher with Paul Ritterhoff, Dan Lawrence and Eric Smith as crew with Dan McCaffery starting his first student motorman runs.

    Ed Amrhein bird proofed the visitor center overhang,

Wednesday (6/4)

     Ben Bates was Dispatcher with Mike Citro, M Bates and Jim Robertson as crew for a charter.

Saturday (6/8)

     Chris Howell and Dan Lawrence were the Dispatchers for the day with Fred Schneider, Mark Dawson, Andy Blumberg, Jim Robertson, Buster Hughes and Eric Smith as crew. Dan McCaffery started his first student motorman runs.

Wednesday (6/11)

     Ben Bates was Dispatcher with Charlie Plantholt, Jim Robertson, M. Bates and Ray Cannon as crew for a charter.

Saturday (6/14)

     Joyce Boblitz and John La Costa cleaned and adjusted 1164's brakes.

     Rick Obbink and CJ worked on adjusting the gear on 7407's drive axel.

     Sam and Bill cleaned 554's windows.

     Ed Amrhein repaired the VC roof.

     Chris Howell was Dispatcher with Dennis Falter, Carl Thistel and Fred Schneider as crew with Joyce Boblitz taking her first student conductor runs.

Sunday (6/15)

     Ben Bates was Dispatcher with Bob Cohen, Mark Dawson and Dan Lawrence as crew on Father's day.

Saturday (6/21)

     Ed Amrhein, Dan McCaffery, Dave Crow and Bill Amrhein work of the brakes of 264.

     In the shop Rick Obbink and Gary Fairbanks continued to work on some new machines that had arrived.

     Bob Krueger was Dispatcher with Don Homberg and Joyce Boblitz as crew for a charter.

Sunday (6/22)

     John La Costa reassembled 264 brake system. After completeing this task I started filling the area in the 22nd street shop that will become the future home to additional machine shop equipment.

     Buster Hughes and Mark Dawson repaired light clusters along the right of way in preparation for an upcoming night photo charter.

     Gary continued working in the shop.

     Ed Amrhein was Dispatcher with Chris McNally and Dom Homberg as crew with Dan McCaffery continuing his student motorman trips.

Saturday (6/28)

     Ed Amrhein and Justin Thillman worked on 6119's controller.

     Ed, Justin and I took another look at 264's brakes to make sure they were OK, and they were.

     Joyce Boblitz lubricated trolley wheels.

     Rick and CJ worked on a new mill to get it fully functional (it would be used later next month)

     Work stated on preparing the El Passo PCC for painting.

     Mark Hurley was Dispatcher with Dave and Joe Naujokas, Dennis Falter and Carl Merson as crew. Dan McCaffery completed his student motorman trips.

Sunday (6/29)

     John O'Neil was Dispatcher with Drew Paren, Paul Ritterhoff, Dave Naujokas, Jim Robertson and Carl Thistel as crew.

Tuesday (7/1)

     Bob Krueger was Dispatcher with Dennis Falter, Charlie Plantholt, Carl Thistel and Paul Ritterhoff as crew for a night Charter.

Friday (7/4)

     Chris Howell was Dispatcher with Carl Thistel, Bernie Sachs, Mel Boteler, Ben Bate and Charlie Plantholt as crew for a charter.

Saturday (7/5)

     Ben Bates was Dispatcher with Dennis Falter and Fred Schneider as crew and Joyce Boblitz continuing her student conductor runs.

Sunday (7/6)

     Bob Krueger was Dispatcher with Carl Thistel, Dennis Falter, Sharon Higgins, Mike Citro, Eric Smith and Charlie Plantholt as crew.

Saturday (7/12)

     Dan Lawrence was Dispatcher with Dennis Falter, Joe Naujokas and Dan McCaffery as crew. Joyce Boblitz completed her student conductor runs.

Sunday (7/13)

     Dan Lawrence was Dispatcher with Dan McCaffery, Dave Naujokas and Joyce Boblitz as crew.

Saturday (7/19)

     Work continued on 6119's controller with Ed and Bill Amrhein, Eric Smith and Dan McCaffery pitching in.

     This same crew also repaired holes in 7303, the new PCC while Donald Gwynm primed the car.

     Dave Crow was Dispatcher with Fred Schneider, Joyce Boblitz and Dennis Falter as crew.

     Work at 22nd street shop continued to prepare to pour a new concrete floor.

Sunday (7/20)

     David Baynes was Dispatcher with Paul Ritterhoff, Eric Smith and Dan Lawrence as crew.

Wednesday (7/23)

     Ben Bates was Dispatcher with Jim Robertson, Charlie Plantholt and Ray Cannon as crew for a charter.

Friday (7/25)

     Carl Merson was Dispatcher with Eric Smith and Dan McCaffery as crew for a charter.

     Donald Gwynm starting painting the final colors on 7303

Saturday (7/26)

     After a series of heavy rains, a large amount of old wood had found its way along side of the right of way. Ed Amrhein, Sam and Bill, Dennis Yeager and I cleaned the area behind the 22nd street shop.

     Donald Gwynm continued paining 7303.

     6119's controller finally won and we were forced to remove the car from service. The fingers on a part of the controller had gone out of adjustment and started to arc. By the time it was discovered, two insulators had been burned beyond use. The shop has started to make replacements.

     Mark Hurley was Dispatcher with Eric Smith, Dave and Joe Naujokas and Fred Schneider as crew

Sunday (7/27)

     Ed Amrhein was Dispatcher with John Engleman, Mark Dawson and Eric Smith as crew.