POSTED 1-04-2010

The big news for 2010 is the City of Stevens Point's Hotel/Motel Grants program will be giving the club $35,000 to put a ceiling in the train roof. This will give the roof a finished look and help keep bird droppings from falling on the train and caboose. We still need about $5000 to get the columns bricked, buy light fixtures, buy security equipment and other misc. Please consider a donation!

To help put on these final touches you can help by purchasing a personalized brick for $110 or $350 or by sponsoring a brick column for $2500 each. There are 5 left to sponsor.

Thanks to the generosity of Bushman Electric and Crane for :1. installing the lights in the train roof. 2: donating wiring and conduit and installing it in the train roof. 3: mounting and wiring the train clock.

Thanks to the generosity of the Seramur Foundation the Friends of 2713 have enough money to put up a sound system at the train. The sound system will play sounds that a steam engine would make....WoooWooo chug chug...etc. We had it up and running in 2009 and during the winter we will upgraded some parts on the sound system. It should be ready to go in the spring of 2010.
 
Wendell Nelson a local author completed a book on the old Soo Line Depot that is located about a block from the 2713. It's called "The Dream of Years". If you would like to purchase a book call Wendell at 715-366-4777.

Complete the Wheel of Momentum which will have the names of all the people who gave money to the train rebuilding project. The Wheel of Momentum is actually a tire from the Soo 2719 in Eau Claire. 

We hope to complete the semi-fore installation in 2010.

Thanks to all the people and businesses for their continued support of the project!!