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Work and Events / Re: So. African Hoppers 2806 and 2807 - Official Work Thread

« on: November 20, 2024, 10:19:12 PM »

Hey Brice, way to step up! I wish I lived about an hour closer so I could help you (and everyone else) more often.
One thought I had on the couplers:
There's some sort of "interference" (part of the chute/door mechanism?) directly below and parallel to the end beam, at least on the end I could see, making the idea of simply lowering the draft gear pocket rather complicated.
Now, I'm no structural engineer, but I think it may be possible to cast a set of "offset shank" couplers. If the EBT couplers have workable pins and knuckles you might just get away with only having to cast the body/shank of the coupler itself.
A tricky project to engineer, to be sure, but we've no shortage of knowledge in-house and we have good ties with foundry and machine shops.
Anyway, that's my 2c

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Volunteers / Re: November 2024 work reports

« on: November 17, 2024, 10:39:08 PM »

Quote from: Bruce Wilson on November 17, 2024, 04:10:29 PM

To that I will attest. You cannot make stuff like that up and look like he did upon crawling back up onto the Sammis grade.

So, you're saying if Dan shows up looking like he fought a grisly and covered in evergreen needles ...

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Volunteers / Re: November 2024 work reports

« on: November 13, 2024, 11:21:39 PM »

That's a GREAT idea, Dan! Hope I can make it up to see it.

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Volunteers / Re: Tree Work, November 9, 2024

« on: November 10, 2024, 10:30:07 PM »

Quote from: Jeff Schumaker on November 10, 2024, 09:41:26 AM

Looks like there's potential for some nice white pine lumber.

Jeff

If only we had a sawmill ...

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Whimsical Weirdness and Foolery / Re: The Saga Of Pete's Hat (or: Cosmo's Cover Blown!)

« on: October 13, 2024, 10:07:28 PM »

Quote from: Mike Fox on October 13, 2024, 06:36:09 PM

You're welcome Cosmo. Our Hat Hunting party consisted of 3, giving 6 eyes to spot your wayward head gear. Having pounded the turf through there many times, I spotted something out of place right away and walked right to it. I knew in the house was probably the safest place once located to keep it from taking flight again while awaiting the return of the rightful head...

Sounds like the right men for the job were on it!

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Whimsical Weirdness and Foolery / The Saga Of Pete's Hat (or: Cosmo's Cover Blown!)

« on: October 12, 2024, 09:19:31 PM »

As many of you were aware, it was QUITE windy the morning of Saturday 10/12/2024, the first official day of the Work Weekend.
I was fortunate enough to have arrived at SS with ample time to amble about the campus before catching the second train up the line to deliver stone to the worksite. Several times I found myself with my hand clamped firmly atopt my noggin literally holding onto my hat, lest Mother Nature have her way with my long(ish) but relatively tame hair. Nonetheless, I boarded the 9 am departure without much incident, but increasingly aware of the ever stiffening wind. Somewhere ahead of the back of my mind was the thought of the wind taking my hat on an excursion.
WELL! Sure enough, as we barely left SS and headed into the first curve North of the tank- WOOSH!!
I SWEAR I only took my hand off the top of my head for a SECOND- but that was plenty enough for the Gusty Lady of the Wood, and away went my signature head covering! Fortunately, the combined din of the train and thew wind kept my lone companion, the Conductor, from hearing what must have been some choice Official Naval Communication.
Fortunately, the Conductor saw what was happening and marked the location of my now errant cover as it soared off into the wild and came to rest in the ditch on the West side of the train-
UNfortunately, the Engineer was diligently watching the track ahead so he was blissfully unaware of the situation with my fedora AND the Conductor's attempt to signal him to stop, so we continued on to AC.
Thankfully Mr Fox and friends were already at AC, so we relayed the hat situation to them and they eventually got word back to SS to send a search party.

At this point, I wish to express my regret to anyone who may have had an early Halloween experience due to my ever-wilding appearance during the work session.
I assure you, werewolves are NOT real, and that was not the Boogeyman working diligently beside y'all.

So, despite having to adjust my mane every couple minutes, I actually managed to contribute to the jacking, tamping, and lining efforts, after which we all returned to SS for a home-cooked "dinner that couldn't be beat!" And wouldn't you know it, I was reunited with my fecklessly wandering chapeau in good order and none the worse for wear!
Special thanks to all those who helped return my hat to me. I've had many hats over the years, but this one is quite special and now has yet another story of adventure attached to it's history.
I'm very happy to have it returned to the peak of Cosmo's Rock.
Thanks guys, and remember: Hold on to your HAT!

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Moderator Announcements / Re: Internal Server Error

« on: August 14, 2024, 10:18:39 PM »

WOW! I didn't feel a thing!

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Volunteers / Re: May 2024 work reports

« on: May 27, 2024, 09:45:32 PM »

Quote from: James Patten on May 27, 2024, 01:11:41 PM

We discovered the globe at the top of the flagpole is (was) a softball.

Just in time for opening day!

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Museum Discussion / Re: WW&F Winter Photo Shoot 2024 >>>Photo Album<<<

« on: February 19, 2024, 10:25:24 PM »

Fantastic as ever, Kevin!

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Volunteers / Re: What to Name the new Excavator?

« on: February 15, 2024, 12:07:10 AM »

Since it's an excavator, I resubmit "Digby."
If we want to honor the Navies who helped build the railroads (and canals, etc.) we can call it "Digby O'Del."
March is coming up, so we could hold a proper christening on St Paddy's day!