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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #165 on: August 20, 2021, 03:57:28 PM »
The pit floor was poured today. Weather depending the rest of the floor will be next Wednesday.











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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #166 on: August 20, 2021, 05:55:51 PM »
Looks Great, but where's the Pit Floor Drain ?  Or is it hidden by the foundation wall.
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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #167 on: August 20, 2021, 06:25:23 PM »
Yes, the drain is hidden by the wall - it is just outside of the visible floor space in the bottom right of the pit.
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« Reply #168 on: August 20, 2021, 06:49:34 PM »
Great day today weatherwise; super progress

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« Reply #169 on: August 21, 2021, 07:07:36 AM »
In the third photo down, the guy with the red shirt bent forward is the approximate location of the sump hole. There is also a green pipe that comes in through the exterior wall which is just above the pit sump hole.
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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #170 on: August 21, 2021, 07:20:31 AM »
In this photo that Stewart posted to the NGDF forum the sump is visible:


There is a guy in a red shirt bending over in the left upper corner of the pit, and the black wall of the sump is visible in front of where his feet would be, along with a portion of the green horizontal drain pipe.



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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #171 on: August 21, 2021, 07:21:49 AM »
Glad to see the cement pouring is proceeding.

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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #172 on: September 05, 2021, 11:16:16 AM »
As noted elsewhere, lumber has arrived to start framing the engine house.  Here James Patten and Brendan Barry are sorting the lumber Saturday morning, September 4th.


The sorted lumber was then stacked by the engine house foundation.  The engine house floor is expected to be poured soon, along with the turntable pivot foundation (form in the right foreground).


I-beams have also arrived, to be cut up and used as vertical supports for the pit track rails.


Bryce Weeks (right) and Dan Malkowski busy cutting the I-beams to length.
« Last Edit: September 05, 2021, 11:18:24 AM by Bill Reidy »
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« Reply #173 on: September 08, 2021, 05:51:42 PM »
The concrete floor has been poured as you can see in this photo Stewart posted to the WW&F Facebook page:


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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #174 on: September 08, 2021, 06:43:32 PM »
why is the left side track not centered in it's section of the engine house?
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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #175 on: September 08, 2021, 06:45:14 PM »
If you look at the first post, first page in this thread, you’ll see a floor plan which explains the placement of the two outer tracks.

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« Reply #176 on: September 08, 2021, 10:20:44 PM »
Ah ha, got it: the track is parallel to the outer wall just like the pit track! thanks, K.
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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #177 on: September 09, 2021, 12:17:01 PM »
The roundhouse floor was poured yesterday morning. The concrete crew arrived at 5:30 am and the first mixer arrived at 6am.



























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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #178 on: September 09, 2021, 04:06:23 PM »
Looks great!

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« Reply #179 on: September 09, 2021, 05:41:35 PM »
Looks great!
Of course it looks great.  Our chief foreman Fred was clearly on the job to make sure it turned out great.  Thanks Fred!
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