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James Patten

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Re: May 2012 Work Planning
« Reply #30 on: May 26, 2012, 06:25:30 PM »
Report for Saturday May 26:

* The RowMow Express left Sheepscot around 8:30 with Loco 52 pushing the mower car.  The Humason Cleanup Crew followed close behind as second section.  The Express got past Sheepscot Mills before parts came off and the mowing stopped.  We continued on past Humason Trestle and helped the clean up crew with removing the last of the junk ties and wood from the area.  We returned to Sheepscot and Mike started fixing the mower.  After the 11 AM train departed, we mowed the eastside mainline between the platform and the water tank, then turned it around and mowed the west side of the mainline from the yard limit, then onto Track 7.  After some more maintenance, we got permission to follow the 2 PM train to AC, where once that train returned south we started mowing north to the end of track then back to AC.  Along the way more parts came off, but we could continue mowing.  The 3 PM train was anulled and we were given permission to continue south, which we did mowing the west side of the line all the way back to Jayne's Way crossing.
* Crane car - Mike (and others) loaded up the frame parts of the car onto his trailer.
* I had a rules review for 3 that missed the others.

Unfortunately most of my time was taken up with the RowMow Express, so I didn't observe too much of other stuff.  But here's what little I recall seeing.
* Josh did some wiring Friday, rewired the machine shop circuit box (and wrote it all down!) and got the shaper wired up too (the shaper is between the Cincinnati mill and the Bridgeport mill).
* Jason, Rick and others were working on #9.  Marcel spent part of the last week removing paint on the cab.
* Mike did some renumbering of the 4-wheeled cars, based on a numbering scheme I came up with.

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Re: May 2012 Work Planning
« Reply #31 on: May 26, 2012, 06:58:50 PM »
Due to the renumbering, 1197 received a Dupont overhaul, the color now being Marigold yellow. The new number being 1005.

Also, Dave and HWMNBM fired up a couple of trimmers and did some trimming around Sheepscot.
« Last Edit: May 26, 2012, 07:17:07 PM by Mike Fox »
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Re: May 2012 Work Planning
« Reply #32 on: May 28, 2012, 04:18:46 PM »
On Monday, May 28:

* Dwight, Fred, and Steve Z mowed the ROW trail from Rt 218 north to Head Tide.
* Jason and Brendan were working on #9
* I did some office and file organizing
* Late in the day a couple of folks stopped in and got a tour.

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Re: May 2012 Work Planning
« Reply #33 on: May 29, 2012, 06:18:32 AM »
Since we now have signs at each end of the walking path we thought it would be good to keep the grass cut at least 4 feet wide. The grass was about a foot high already. With 3 people doing it, it took about Two hours to do the job. After lunch Steve and I took the deisel to Alna Center and filled the low spot in the field we cut with gravel.  There are still a few piles of wood laying around up the tracks to pick up. I would like us to get the joint bars back down to Sheepscot this year and also get all the junk under Alna center station out of there. All in do time.

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Re: May 2012 Work Planning
« Reply #34 on: May 29, 2012, 07:12:39 PM »
Lets not clutter up Sheepscot. They are not near the eyesore that the Humason Pile was. I would like to see a designated and orderly permanent storage location for them, someplace out of the way.
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Re: May 2012 Work Planning
« Reply #35 on: May 29, 2012, 07:41:40 PM »
Remember, the REAL Maine two-footers weren't Disneyland.  They had piles of junk lying around the yards and shops.  Be careful not to over-sanitize the rebuilt WW&F. You're trying to present a real experience of early 20th Century railroading.

To be sure, you don't want a mess all over the place, or anything that would endanger guests. But don't hide everything. That takes away from the reality you're trying to create.

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Re: May 2012 Work Planning
« Reply #36 on: May 30, 2012, 05:43:45 PM »
Well, if you can't fix it, cut it out.


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