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General Discussion / Re: English vs French. Languages words colloquial expressions and such like

« on: June 23, 2021, 09:50:40 AM »

Alain, here in the U.S. most colleges and universities require applicants to have taken at least two years of a foreign language in high school. At the high school I attended in New Jersey they offered French, Italian, German and Spanish.

Keith

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Work and Events / Re: Event Pavilion for Alna Center - Official Reassembly Thread

« on: June 14, 2021, 06:53:29 AM »

Unless I've missed something but what the use of spreading hay around the pavillon ?

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Just a guess on my part, but if they spread grass seed, the hay will keep birds from eating the seeds before they start to grow.

Keith

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Work and Events / Re: WW&F No. 11 - Official Work Thread

« on: June 11, 2021, 07:55:22 AM »

Thanks Jason, when I saw the oxygen hose paired with the fuel hose I asssumed oxy-acetylene.
The description just said propane which brought to my mind the plumbers little Bernz-O-Matic torches!

Keith

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Work and Events / Re: WW&F No. 11 - Official Work Thread

« on: June 11, 2021, 07:12:23 AM »

Ed, I realize it sounds like once again I am being a nit picker.....but looking at the excellent pictures that does not appear to be “propane torches” being used but rather the much more powerful Oxy-Acetylene torches used in welding and flame cutting operations.
Keith

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Museum Discussion / Re: National RR Map Including Top of the Mountain

« on: May 22, 2021, 10:47:30 AM »

What I think is neat.....if you follow the line shown as abandoned, it actually shows the replaced trackage at Albion!

Keith

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Work and Events / Re: WW&F No. 11 - Official Work Thread

« on: May 11, 2021, 06:12:25 PM »

First day of production on No 11 today with the clanging machine used to flange 8 components for the rear frame. 

I wish I had a “clanging” machine! But I suspect I would need hearing protection......

Keith

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Work and Events / Re: Tie Changer Machine - Official Work Thread

« on: May 08, 2021, 07:28:11 AM »

How about the starter button on the floor and the timing advance on the steering column that looks like a blinker lever?
Brian W.

I understand that car manufacturers are considering placing the “high beam” switch back down on the floor of the car. Too many people have been getting their foot caught in the steering wheel!

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Work and Events / Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread

« on: March 23, 2021, 04:59:49 AM »

 I think the answer is to just put visible numbers over the doors to identify them. Numbered anyway you wish.

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General Discussion / Re: If you've ever wanted a park train

« on: March 20, 2021, 06:00:32 PM »

I would want a Cagney over a C. P. Huntington
Keith

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Work and Events / Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread

« on: March 17, 2021, 12:46:35 PM »

yes.....but in Wiscasset Track one was on the left...

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Work and Events / Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread

« on: March 17, 2021, 10:19:49 AM »

Literally every engine house I have ever encountered, and I worked for the railroad as a career the stalls were numbered left to right. Not from proximity to the mainline.

Keith

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Work and Events / Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread

« on: March 17, 2021, 04:07:38 AM »

The numbering of the bays appears odd to me.
On the car shop as you look at the building from the yard, they are numbered one through four from left to right.
On the round house drawings as you face the building from the turntable Bay one is on the right. I would think you would want a common numbering system where all tracks are numbered from left to right in ascending order.

Keith

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General Discussion / Re: Video

« on: March 16, 2021, 06:33:39 PM »

Dwight,
The 150 is not the weight...it is the horsepower rating as determined by a Prony Brake.

Here is a photo of my live steam 2” scale Case 65.....65 hp traction engine.

Keith

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Work and Events / Re: B&SR Box Car 56 - Official Work Thread

« on: March 15, 2021, 05:24:16 PM »

If need be we call out a carpenter by trade.

Here a carpenter is a skilled trade for building houses. And I’m sure teams of excellent carpenters built many box cars over the years. I expect those who built locomotive cabs would probably come not from the carpenters union....but instead the cabinet makers union. Luckily our crew qualifies as both!
Keith

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Moderator Announcements / Re: Everything is now Secure (or what just happened to the forum?)

« on: March 11, 2021, 08:25:30 AM »

No change on my iPad and when I try to click on any link I get a “Misdirected Request” error message.

Keith