2015 Fall Work Weekend

[Brendan Barry]

Two trailer loads of ties arrived today.







Frog parts for the three way stub switch that will feed two tracks of the car barn and the woods track.

[Tom Casper]

WOW!    LIKE

Tom C.

[Pete "Cosmo" Barrington]

So what are the dates of this year's FWW??

[Philip Marshall]

So what are the dates of this year's FWW??

The events calendar on the website says October 9-12.

(I hope that's correct, since I've already made my hotel reservation.)

[James Patten]

Columbus Day Weekend.

[Mike Fox]

Unfortunately, the excavator went down today so the North End will not be ready for track laying this fall. All work will be in Sheepscot, where we have about 500 feet of track to lay, line and tamp.

[Bill Reidy]

If it turns out there's not enough work in Sheepscot to keep folks busy for the four days of the work weekend, there's always sections of the main line that could stand some attention with lifting, lining and tamping.

[James Patten]

Between the track inside and outside of the car barn there's over 600 feet of track to build, stone, and put into shape.  Stone delivery should be real easy and fast - from outside the shed to inside it.  Ties will be down by the FWW (that's the plan anyway), so all you need is to put the rail down and spike it.  Still 600 feet is a lot to get done in a weekend.

If we get done early, there's always the woods track to build.  Then we can start putting together our supply depot area.

[Wayne Laepple]

Bill has a good point.

It's way more fun to build track than it is to maintain what you have.

And if it were me, I'd hold off laying out the ties except for the first track. Once that's built, additional ties and rail can be moved into the structure on pushcars or even a flatcar. And when the second track is laid, the process can be repeated to lay the third track.

[john d Stone]

Lining and tamping sounds good. Those spike heads are hard to hit anyway! It could also be a bit crowded if too many folks are working within the confines of the car shed. I'm looking forward to being of help/in the way somewhere!

[Paul Uhland]

 What about the car barn roof? Seems like that needs finishup, scaffolding taken down.

[Dwight Winkley]

Pual,  The scaffolding is taken down only where the roof is finished. The scaffolding is nailed to the sides of the carbarn for support. The scaffolding has to be taken down in order to put on the siding. Where scaffolding is nailed to building would be in the way of installing the siding. Also, as noted elsewhere on this forum, scaffolding is needed at north end of carbarn.
dwight

[Mike Fox]

Last year, the main and the siding were laid at the TOM in one day, which was about 400 feet. We used to lay 1000 tp 1200 in a weekend, which is the reason I was trying to go north. That and the fact we can not fill the fitst wash out without track to it. So now that project is 2 years away.

[Paul Uhland]

Dwight...having built a small barn and estimated for a GC and  subcontractors, I understand and agree with scaffolding methods here.
But in light of the desire to complete this largely-done roof as a major weather shield, and to clear away ASAP most scaffolding to make way for site grading and wall sheathing,  am still curious as to why da roof is not already complete ahead of north doors' framing?
Recent rain mud under an unfinished roof bay made that work more of a chore.
The "Roof Rats", of whom you may be a member, per pics, have done an outstanding job.
And sturdy, large-door framing is essential, no doubt.
Not  being onsite also hinders my understanding of perhaps other demands unknown to me.
Please understand my impatience to see this project completed, as do probably many other WW&F world-wide boosters.
And I'm the last guy, who has helped restore soon-done ATSF 4-8-4 2926, and threaded Sced 80 steam pipe and re-wired 489 in C&TS's engine shop, to criticize volunteer labor.
Cheers.
 

[Dwight Winkley]

Hi Paul, In James work done report from yesterday, he wrote that work on door posts and door header is being done for "extra stabity of the north end". I have been on the scaffolding. The south end of carbarn is solid. The north end has movement. More movement than the builders like. They are working on north end of building before finishing the roof.
dwight