The Barrel Train is Being Readied for the Dog Mart

a photo of a train made from 55 gallon drums

Written by Jim Lloyd

September 18, 2021

Today, the chapter’s train maintenance crew reassembled the chapter barrel train and readied it for use at next week’s Dog Mart. It has a fresh coat of paint and new wheels for the passenger cars. The steam boiler was fired up today and the locomotive runs smoothly. That might appear like a John Deere farm implement paint scheme but these are the colors of the Izaak Walton League. Come to the Dog Mart on September 25th, 2021 at 9:30 am and bring the kids and they can experience a ride on the chapter barrel train driven by one of our seasoned engineers.

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