POSTED 3-16-08

Thanks to the continued generosity of the Herb Leary family the Friends of 2713 endowment reached a mile-stone and went over the $15,000 mark. This is important because the fund is now fully vested and we can now use the interest to maintain the train site. The club plans to continue to build up the funds in the endowment. Having a strong endowment will insure the train is properly maintained in the future.

In 2007 the City of Stevens Point voted to spend $35,000 toward installing a ceiling in the train roof. The money will be available in 2010 from the city's Hotel/Motel grant program. The club hopes to raise enough money to brick the columns, install wiring, lighting, security and a sound system prior to the ceiling being installed. We will be having a fund drive this year.

Thanks to Canadian National Railroad we now have a semi-fore signal at the train site. Initial installation was started in 2007 and we hope to finish it in 2008.

The Brick drive is still in progress. Two areas have been filled with bricks and a third area will be filled in 2008.Schulfer Landscaping located in Plover, Wisconsin donated the installation of the bricks in 2006, 2007 and 2008. THANK YOU!

The clock for the train site was mounted in 2007 by Bushman electric and we hope to power it up in 2008.

The benches and bulletin boards were installed in the passenger seating area. The roof edging will be installed in 2008

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.