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WW&F Railway Museum Discussion => Volunteers => Topic started by: James Patten on October 29, 2025, 05:41:47 AM
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Anticipated work for Saturday November 1:
* Tie and Dine
* Engine house tweaking
* Machine shop
* Archives
This is the beginning of deer hunting season - be sure to wear orange!
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Work done on Saturday Nov 1:
* Tie & Dine: Work was around MP 7, jacking, tamping, and lining. The ML&M tamper was used.
* Loco 11: Earl was working on a piece attached to the valve gear and johnson bar.
* Archives: Linda and Bruce were at work.
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Some work train photos from yesterday, Saturday, November 1st. The crew's focus was lifting, levelling and tamping track from south of milepost 7 to Rosewood crossing.
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Lifting low spots along the west rail.
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And levelling up the east rail.
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Unloading Maine Locomotive & Machine's tamper. The tamper was loaded upon work car 1014. "Ichabod" crane car 1010 was used to unload the tamper.
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Tamping.
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Loading the tamper back onto 1014 toward the end of the day.
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Last task of the day: Picking up the used ties south of Humason Brook, left over from Fall Work Weekend. This clean up will allow ditching through the work zone, finishing up the project.
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In lieu of a tamper with line/level capability, has anyone thought of a lazer sighting system for the tangents with a movable target. Would make sighting a whole lot easier.
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Nice to see that the WW&F track crew is keeping traditional railroading skills alive. Having worked track when I was much younger, it does my heart good to see the gage & level in place and the section foreman down on the rail sighting in the run of the track. A job well done on a cool November day.
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Anticipated work for Saturday Nov 8:
* Machine shop/Loco 11
* Engine house tweaking
* Archives
* Grounds work
* Board meeting at 2 PM (not the usual 4)
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Work done on Saturday Nov 8:
* ML&M Loco 11: The loco was given an extensive clean-up and clean-out, from the smokebox to the tender tank.
* Loco 11: Earl was working on some valve gear stuff.
* Board meeting: Started at 2, ended about 4 (with over an hour and half in executive session).
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Some photos taken yesterday, Saturday, November 8th.
Taken after lunch, the cleanout of Maine Locomotive & Machine No. 11's tank was underway.
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Nick Simoneau and Roger Whitney checking No. 11's tank drain. Nick Anderson was inside 11's tank, finishing up the cleanout.
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Jason Lamontagne and Earl Leavitt at work in the shop. Jason was working on the vacuum brake system, while Earl was working on WW&F locomotive No. 11.
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Marcel Levesque cleaning out WW&F No. 9's coal bunker. I understand the bunker will get a repainting. Marcel will also perform some minor window frame repairs to No. 9.
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A warm day with little wind, the public signboard outside the restroom building was updated, now listing some of our 2026 events. Much easier to do this now than in the cold! Public event planners Ed Lecuyer and Steve Piwowarski have been busy thinking about next year.
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Only a portion of the volunteer work yesterday.
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Anticipated work for Saturday Nov 15:
* Machine shop/Loco 11
* Engine house fitting
* Archives
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Hi there. It's pretty much the same made in China tamper we use in Pithiviers.
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Work done on Saturday Nov 15:
* Vacuum brake work - one of the Nicks was working on a vacuum pot, and Jason and Dante were trying to track a leak in the train brake system in 9.
* Loco 11 - Earl and Jason discussed a drawing and Earl got to work on making the drawing a reality.
* Office organizing - We had some spare storage racks that had no poles, so I ordered poles last week and assembled the rack in the closet in the office, and moved some Marketing materials, paper, and other materials to it. This freed up floor space in the office and closet.
* Alna Center - Bryce and Nick S. worked on shingling the roof.
* Archives - Linda was at work.
* Ticketing/Web - Ed was slaving over his laptop updating the website for 2026.
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A detachment was in Bridgton today at to Bridgton &Saco River Railroad Museums property, helping them for the 2nd weekend. There was some brush cutting and rail/tie organizing.
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Anticipated work for Saturday Nov 22:
* Grounds work
* Machine shop/Loco 11
* Engine house tweaking
* Archives
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Work done on Saturday Nov 22:
* Engine House: Roger was trying to fix a drawer on a tool chest.
* Kubota: Brendan, Mike and Brian got the Kubota out of a rut. I assume Brendan was going to get in the afternoon with the X-cart, as I heard the motor on it going as I left.
* Southbound walk: There was an exploratory walk done in the morning south of Cross Road, then another in the afternoon with Jason discussing a DEP discussion.
* Archives
* Web/Ticketing
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I walked in the shop and remarked how clean it was. Joe L. has been very busy organizing. It looks very good.
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Anticipated work for Saturday Nov 29:
* Christmas prep - decorating, etc.
* Archives
* Shop work
Victorian Christmas starts the first Saturday of December.
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Work done on Saturday Nov 29:
* Alna Center - Dan led a crew to finish the reshingling of the roof.
* Loco 10 - Dan was also leading a crew working on #10's smoke box. Not at the same time as the Alna Center work.
* Loco 11 - Earl was working on bits for #11.
* Dairy car - This week Brendan brought the car back from Wiscasset. It was decorated in lights, and he was working on putting a tree on the back of the white truck. It's in the parade tonight in Damariscotta, and Friday night in Wiscasset.
* Southbound - Jason and I walked south 1200 feet to take some measurements.
* Dave and Ed were doing some work on the computer.
* Brian was doing maintenance on an air compressor.
* Chris and his daughter set up some decorations around Sheepscot.
* Bill and Ed inspected the pavilion and shed at Alna Center and did some clean up.
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Some photos from today.
Alna Center. Some prep work inside the pavilion for Christmas Trains and Market the next three Saturdays. Some folks had already done some decorating. The benches were moved to along the interior sides of the building. This view is looking west, where Santa will be sitting.
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Looking east, toward the station.
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Matthew, Nick and others more or less finished up the station's new west side roof today.
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Meanwhile, back at Sheepscot, Earl was working on a part for locomotive 11.
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And Dan was leading a crew working on locomotive 10.
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Brendan was prepping the Dairy Car for the two parades. The first view is from a little after 7 a.m. this morning.
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A couple of early afternoon photos.
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Brendan's photos from late this afternoon in Damariscotta.
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I like the idea of the museum participating in Christmas parades Great PR.
Jeff
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Impressive!!!
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I always thought participating in the local parades was a good idea. Nice job guys.
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When I was asked my thought on participating in the parade, I did not realize it would look so good. Nice job by everyone.