October 2015 Work Planning

[James Patten]

Anticipated work for weekend of October 3 & 4.  As this is the weekend before the work weekend, volunteers will probably be a little scarce.

* Car barn: finish the roof?  Check out Mike's ditches and do what we can inside to get ready for the track laying.
* Loco 9
* Run trains.

[Jason M Lamontagne]

There is a charter Sunday afternoon.  Volunteers for hosting, and some remaining train crew needs, would be extremely helpful.

Jason

[Dwight Winkley]

After viewing photo's of the carbarn it looks like one or two more rows of 2" X 6" purlin's need to added to the sides of the car barn, up near the roof before the siding can be installed. Can't see if the ends need purlins do to the staging.
dwight

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

Dwight,

We have the lumber to put purlins in the gables, most 2X4's are on the pipe staging at the south end.  There's a bit of fancy cutting to fit the purlins in the trusses, we just need time and people to install them.

[Paul Uhland]

Looks like bracing and sheathing at the gable ends will require custom cutting.
That's how it is.

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

It's the same type of purlins we put on the garage.   

[James Patten]

Work done Saturday Oct 3 2015:

* Car barn - the roof is on!  There's still some trimwork to do, but the big job is over.  The side staging was taken down soon after.  In the late afternoon Mike cut a ditch across where the track will go and put in a small culvert.
* Landscaping - Mike put in a big culvert across where the woods track will go, to drain the pond on the west side of the car barn.  It was pretty muddy, the dozer looks like it's been mud running.
* Loco 9 - Marcel assembled one of the cab walls and brought it and the rear corner posts into the machine shop for priming and painting later.  He plans to work on the other tonight or tomorrow.

[Mike Fox]

Actually Brendan did the digging this afternoon, I was clean up and mive the tractor guy.



The ditch before the culvert went in.









Drain pipe across under tracks

[Fred L. Kuhns]

Mike thanks for posting the pictures of the work on Car Barn and drainage. Can see how the water will be removed from the west side of the Car Barn. Brendan and the Deere did a very nice job. I know the roofing crew is glad to see the last of the metal installed.   Thanks Fred L. Kuhns

[Paul Uhland]

Great pics. You guys are really the Seabees NE civilian branch, right? 
Amazing that you all 'git-er-done' when necessary.
Nice to know the roof is complete, standing water is gone, a drainage system now exists, sheathing can soon start.
Looks like lots of expected track ballast rock was dumped east of the CB.
Good thing your JD tractor handles a backhoe. Am praying for Kubota's recovery and hi-rail conversion.

[Mike Fox]

Actually pulled the Kubota off the dead line for a little bit, just to get the culvert work done. Put on a good smoke show with it.

[Paul Uhland]

See? Now the Kubota is also a 'mosquito fogger'. 
What a country.

[Tom Casper]

See? Now the Kubota is also a 'mosquito fogger'. 

LOL LIKE

Tom C.

[James Patten]

Anticipated work for weekend of October 9 - 12: Fall Work Weekend!

* Track laying: Construction of two switches and laying of track into the car barn (or out of the car barn to the switches - depending on how it all works out!).  Ballasting of same (the stone supply is right next to the car barn) and doing whatever we have to do to make it serviceable.  And if we have time, constructing some of the Woods Track.
* Car barn: Siding and upper purlins.  Personally I'd like to be building track inside the barn before the siding goes up so that we have more light.
* Food: Kitchen crew will be busy.
* Loco 9: Perhaps cab assembly and tank placement.  Once either/both are on, plumbing. 
* Passenger trains: Last weekend for steam and for Sunday operations.
* Track maintenance: If there's time and crew.

There's a board meeting on Friday evening.  It will be somewhere on campus!

[Mike Fox]

I thought the tank was going out to get the coal bunker coated before installation