November 2012 Work Planning

[James Patten]

Anticipated work for Saturday, November 3:

* Albion Day: a day where WW&F volunteers help out the Albion Historical Society at their Albion Station site, usually on track work but occasionally inside the building.  I'll let Dave B, conductor of the Albion Express, determine Sheepscot departure and Albion arrival times.  I'm betting travel time will be faster than the WW&F was.
* Restrooms

[Dave Buczkowski]

All;
Departure time from Sheepscot will be about 8-8:15 am to give us time to load tools. I have room for a couple of people in my truck. There is some carpentry work to be done on the station both inside and out with, perhaps, some painting if the weather cooperates. I left a message with Phil to have some ties on hand so we can replace some rotted ones at the southern end of track. There is also brush to be cut. I hope we'll have a nice sized crew. Carl will be sure to have moose stew for lunch. See you either in Sheepscot or in downtown Albion.
Dave

[James Patten]

Work done on 11/3/12:

* Wednesday, Phil and Carl from Albion came down to buy some ties from us.
* Friday, Zack and Leon went to Bangor to get insulation for the restrooms. 

* Saturday was Albion Day.  I think a crew of five or so left from Sheepscot to go to Albion.  I didn't hear a report so I'll let Dave do the talking.
* A loco went north in the early morning to check for storm damage.  There were only a few blowdowns.
* Dana worked on removing saw mill pieces from the flatcar, and storing them in Bay 2.  He also got the stationary steam engine reblocked and oiled it up.
* Today Jason and I had an intensive training for new and old brakemen-in-training, plus other newly-minted brakemen.  It involved both hands-on and instructional learning.  It took pretty much all day.  I think there were 10 or so people attending.  Kudos to Fred and Jonathon for crewing this.  (back...stop...stretch...stop...back...stop...)
* In the PM #10 was fired up, and was to be used for a Steve H photo shoot for next year's calendar.

[Mike Fox]

Due to a scheduling conflict, there were only 3 that went North to Albion. 5 would have been a nice number though.

[James Patten]

Anticipated work for Nov 10:

* Friday is a board meeting.
* Restrooms
* Clean up

[James Patten]

Work done Saturday Nov 10:

Earlier in the week, Steve Z finished the siding on the north wall of the station building.

* Restrooms: Zack and Steve put up spacer boards in the rafters, then Fred and Zack started putting in foam insulation boards in the rafters.
* Clean up: Stewart burned some of the large quantity of wood at Alna Center.  The diesel was run up the line to check for blowdowns from the last storm (there were none).  On the way back we demolished the dam just above the trestle.
* #9: Leon brought in material for the engine.
* Lathe: Gordon was working on fitting up a center for the lathe so that #9's drivers can get on it.
 

[Fred Morse]

It looks like the insulating will take quite a few Sats, as each piece has to be cut for each location.

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

The wood that was burned at AC was old plywood that would not be used for the Victorian Christmas bonfire.  The wood was sorted and the bonfire wood is by the gravel pile, ready for use in a few weeks.  There is also some wood in the station to start the stove.

Stewart

[James Patten]

Today at the WW&F:

* Zack worked on the restrooms
* Eric L spent time up on the Head Tide Trail.  He said there was a large number of downed trees.  It needs a good day's clean up.  Perhaps this coming Saturday?
* Stewart started painting #9's frame, then was joined by Eric.
* I did some paperwork in the office, and some cleanup as well.  I can see the top of the desk again.

[James Patten]

Anticipated work for Nov 17:

* Restrooms.  Insulation installation.
* #9
* Tree cleanup on the Head Tide Trail.  If there's enough people to do this.  Would involve burning branches etc.

[Jason M Lamontagne]

All,

Following up on this weekend's work:

Dave Crow has offered to machine rail into switch points and frogs from our standard switch design over the winter.  He's planning on doing 5 sets for our North Yard.  This is a huge huge help to our shop crews, as we try to focus all energy on No 9.  To make it happen, however, we need to cut rail to length this Saturday in preparation for Dave to take next week.  We'll also need help unloading Dave's north-bound load (come to Sheepscot and help unload to find out what that is!). 

Let me know if you're interested in this project.  If we have enough labor I'll count on both this and No 9 work this weekend.

Jason

[Dave Crow]

I'll be arriving in Sheepscot on Monday, the 19th, most likely early evening.  So the off-loading of my northbound goodies and the loading of the rail sections will preferrably happen first thing Tuesday morning.  Any help would be appreciated!

Dave Crow

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

This Week -

Vern worked on the velocipede.

Engine 9 - main and tail frame work, see the #9 work thread.

Coal - two shipments of boxed coal arrived.  The extra coal is to fire #10 for Victorian Christmas.  The coal is loaded on the Model A truck for ease of movement and transfer to the locomotive.

Outside lighting - new traffic light bulbs were installed in the side and back (yard) lights.

Restrooms - Friday Zack worked on the plumbing feed pipes.  The local insulation contractor surveyed the structure to bid on sprayed on insulation. 

[Mike Fox]

Traffic light bulbs? Red, yellow and green?

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

Traffic light bulbs are clear because the signal lenses are colored. The bulbs price has gone down because many traffic signals now use LEDs.  The bulbs are 130volt, have multi filament supports with a special filament that is supposed to last 10,000 hours.  The base is brass to resist heat and corrosion.