March 2015 Work Planning

[Jason M Lamontagne]

First week of March:

Making swab cups for the piston rod packing glands.

Spring modification to allow more rocking.

Figuring and making main rod bearing shims to center left piston.

Prepping for ring installation.

Jacket polishing to continue Thursday.

A few other odds and ends.

See ya
Jason

[Gordon Cook]

First week of March:

Spring modification to allow more rocking.

A few other odds and ends.

See ya
Jason

Wait, is there some confusion about home verses work lists??
 

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

How about Spring modification so ... it gets here sooner!

[James Patten]

Anticipated work for Saturday March 7:

* Loco 9 - jacket polishing, and other work.
* Percival basement
* Snow transport

It's supposed to be around 45 degrees today, and sunny for most of the week even if below freezing, so that should really start to get rid of the little piles and reduce the big piles.

[James Patten]

Work done Saturday March 7:

* Mechanical - Mike did some work on the Kubota.
* #9 - More polishing of jacket sheets.
* Basement - Steve Z sanded the drywall.  Zack installed a counter in the bathroom.  Right now the sink is upside-down on top of it.
* Snow - I got up on the scafolding for the north car barn and removed all the snow from boards and the top of the structure.  Later I returned and removed the ice.  Once the sun got on it it came off like butter.  Mike got out the John Deere and started in on snow piles.
* Gift shop - Linda started re-arranging the Gift Shop back into normal mode.

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

Sunday afternoon, March 8th -

The intrepid time keepers came to Sheepscot today to set all the railroad's clocks.  They arrived when the clocks read 12:30 and left when the clocks read 1:30 so they get credit for an hour.... right??  

[Ira Schreiber]

Nice try as long as you deduct the hour in October.................

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

But we can earn interest on it all Summer 

[James Patten]

So how many clocks are there?

[Fred Morse]

Was there a mouse in any of them?

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

Five clocks, (it would be 6 but the gift shop reglator is wound down) plus the digital on the stove and microwave. The office clock was never taken from DST last Fall so no need to reset, it's correct again. 

No mice but one lady bug.

[John McNamara]

Was there a mouse in any of them?

"The clock struck one; the others escaped with minor injuries."

[James Patten]

Anticipated work for weekend of March 14:

* Friday evening board meeting.
* Loco 9 sheet shining
* Snow moving (although nature has helped a lot in this respect this week)
* Percival basement.

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

The kitchen crew is planning a special St. Patrick's Day boiled supper for Saturday's meal.

[James Patten]

Work done on Saturday March 14:

* Percival basement - Zack installed the sink and its plumbing, some fixtures, and painted the floor of the restroom.
* Kubota - See the official work thread for pictures.  Mike took the bucket off, took his device he made to attach to the mower and after modification attached it to the arm, then attached the mower.  It needs hydraulic power to do anything.
* Plowing - Fred moved around a lot of snow around the rafters and the east wall of the car barn.
* #52 - Mike needed to bend some pipe, and the best place to do it is in some holes cut in the upright timber of the first bay.  The diesel was in the way, so after shoveling around the doors to get them open he started up 52.  It took a little persuasion, but started fine.  After bending the pipe, he proceed to "plow" (no plow attached) the first bay track.  The snow is really hard and he got stuck a couple of times.
* Door repair - Stewart repaired the door in the west wall of the car shop extension.
* Gift Shop - Linda continued to fix things up, and is doing an exhaustive inventory (now that it is a little warmer) in preparation for Spring.  Look for some sales at work weekend.