WW&F No. 9 - Official Work Thread

[John McNamara]

Charter with #9 on Sept 12th!

I just got an email from the Mass Bay RRE annoucing a charter with #9 on Sat, Sept 12th. Looks like the race to completion is on! 

They say, "We'll be celebrating the anticipated return to service of Locomotive #9, culminating a 20-year restoration to operating condition by the WW&F." They don't actually say that it will be running. They say "anticipated return to service."

[Jonathan B. Smith]

MBRR (of the Sept 12 charter) has been told that we are hopeful #9 will by then be on line, but that there is no guarantee. 
They are going with a "maybe."

[Ed Lecuyer]

The email from MBRRE (to members? ) does not use the "anticipated" wording. It states that we will be celebrating its return. The document/order form mentions "anticipated".

Seems like MBRRE may want to clarify that email.

[Stephen Hussar]

Jason fitting-up the lower sheet on the engineer's side...

[Ira Schreiber]

Let's make it a definite positive maybe for Sept.12.

The boiler jacket is outstanding.

[Pete "Cosmo" Barrington]

So that's a: "Almost certainly providing all goes well, we hope" for September. Got it.
And yes, the jacket is AMAZING!

[Paul Uhland]

Can't wait to see #9 completely covered.
Another super job.

[Gordon Cook]

Seriously, #9 will be faster than a spooked moose with that jacket.
 
Also, I wonder how it will photograph?

[John McNamara]

Also, I wonder how it will photograph?

I just hope it doesn't function as a "cloak of invisibility."

-John

[Jason M Lamontagne]

Didn't you guys know we finished no 9 last month?  It's been running ever since.

Guess that dang invisibility cloak is hiding it...

There's a great shot on FB showing one of the jacket panels in bright sun- that pic gives a good idea of the outside look and how it will photograph.

See ya
Jason

[Dave Crow]

How will you repair the sheet that has the crinkles in it?

[James Patten]

By hiding it in the cab.

[Mike Fox]

I told Jason to get it installed and all tightened up and then hit it with a hammer once. Make it look used. 

[Steve Smith]

On Monday morning, July 13th Jason positioned a strip of No. 9’s boiler jacketing to reflect natural light, for an iPhone picture.

[Ed Lecuyer]

Yesterday, 7/15/15, the first and second courses of the boiler jacket were installed. Before installing, the clamps were riveted on, followed by a (temporary) plastic covering on the outside and a generous application of "sheep sweat" on the underside of each jacket piece.

Here's the first course.