Work done on Saturday June 30:
Quite warm and humid today (I hesitate to say hot, as it will definitely be hot tomorrow)
* Mountain Extension: Mike finished ditching and culverting between the bridge and 218. He mentioned that our contractor has been delivering material to The Slide on the Mountain.
* Machine shop: Linc has been getting the machines fettled. Today they got the Kearney going, then drained it and refilled it with oil. Alan was running a crew of Bryce and others, looked like they were oiling, cleaning, and investigating Coach 3 brake issues. The crane rail arrived yesterday for putting a crane in Bay 3 (and I think 1 as well).
* Bridge: Zack was working on getting ties/timbers in, first for the long pieces which will be dropped to move the work site, then for others. I don't think he got far. Meanwhile Brendan and Alan were welding on the steel temporary bridge girders.
* Boxcar 309: The north truck has been pulled for a couple of weeks to work on correcting the bent truck frame. Eric S has been overseeing it (I think) and today finished with attaching a stiffener in each corner of the truck frame.
* Visitors: we had a two visitors from the UK who came via Ffestiniog Travel and stayed the day. Meanwhile I played tour guide for them and several other groups today.
* Wood: Early in the day Fred cut up a load of softwood at the 218 worksite and delivered it up the road.