December 2010 Work Planning

[James Patten]

Anticipated work for Dec 4, 2010:

* Eric L is in need of bodies to help him with tree cutting and branch stacking up near Head Tide.  This is where the ROW comes very close to the road and the river before the road heads up the hill.
* There's a W&Q/WW&F joint board meeting to discuss items of mutual interest in the morning. 
* There's always work to do on the doghouse.
* Don't know what else others have planned.

[Jason M Lamontagne]

With enough help I'll lay out and start drilling rivet holes for the boiler/smokebox connection.  Also hope to mount the Sunbeam on No 10

Jason

[Gordon Cook]

I'm anticipating the return (Finally!) of the modified distributor for the railcar on Dec. 7th to my address.
The fellow at Texas T apparently is a little behind on things, nothing more than that, and a friendly call Tuesday got him to ship it out. I shudda called sooner, I guess.
This weekend I'll reinstall the crankshaft fan pulley and then on the 11th we can put the distributor back in and the railcar should be back in action.
Beep Beep!!

[Mike Fox]

Finally things are getting back on track. I will return on Saturday and be more than glad to help out in any way needed.

[Eric Larsen]

Hey Mike,  Bring a chain saw with you.

[Mike Fox]

I'll file and pack it tomorrow.

[James Patten]

Work done on Dec 4,

* Fred and Dwight weed whacked and cut tree branches on the Fossell property.  I don't think Eric did any ROW work as it was rather wet.
* Leon and others were working on the railcar (not sure what they were doing but it involved removing the radiator).
* Jason started back in on the Sunbeam generator, tweaking it before having it painted.  The Pyle-National on #10 was removed.  I don't know if the Sunbeam was mounted before the end of the day or not.  The second Sunbeam was moved upstairs.
* The joint W&Q/WW&F meeting was quite productive.
* Stewart figured out hole locations for rivets for the smokebox to attach to the boiler.  Using the magdrill, he and Steve H and I drilled a few holes and put bolts in.
* Bob C and Courtney put up Christmas lights.
* Linda and Cindy cooked lunch.

[Gordon Cook]

To follow up on James'  Dec. 4th report:

On the railcar the crankshaft fanbelt pulley was  reassembled with the help of a new pin. To facilitate that operation the radiator was removed. Now all that's needed is the distributor.

The Sunbeam generator had the commutator polished, new brushes installed, some minor wiring insulation issues addressed, tested, adjusted, and painted. Lastly it was mounted on #9, and awaits a little pipe fitting to hook it up to the steam supply.

[John McNamara]

Lastly it was mounted on #9, and awaits a little pipe fitting to hook it up to the steam supply.

He means #10.

[Mike Fox]

On the railcar, I had originally thought that we could get the pulley back on the car and a pin inserted using mirrors and lights. But after Stewart and I worked on it for about 5 minutes, I could see there was no way to do it. Just could not see. It was much easier to remove the radiator. Now it is only waiting on the distributor.

[Gordon Cook]

"He means #10."
(Cough, Cough) It must have been the paint fumes....

[Dwight Winkley]

Sunday, Dec. 5th

Fred, Steve Z. and Dwight did some brush clean up work on the sight lines of Albee's Crossing. Mostly cleared the ground of all the old tree limbs left over from the logging operation. Next year the people using the trimers will have easier walking.

Eric was clearing the ROW north of Rt 218 crossing site.

[James Patten]

Anticipated work for Dec 11:

* There's a regular board meeting Friday night.
* Put the plow on 52, and plow out the line.
* Prep work to get 10 ready for steam-up on the 18th.
* Eric might want help again
* More drilling needed for #9's smokebox mounting on the boiler.

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

Lately there's been an extra incentive to come to Sheepscot because the kitchen crew has been doing a great job with lunch.  In the last few weeks we have had soup, chili, bread, biscuits, and lots of pies, all home made.  The choclate chip pie and blueberry pies were wicked good.  I hear there's gonna be some great chow this weekend too so come on out.

[Jonathan B. Smith]

I for one will be (back) aboard this weekend.
Right on regarding recent Saturday food fare though nothing against your BLTs, Fred.  I'm a great fan of those as well.