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Re: North Yard Project - Official Work Thread
« Reply #135 on: August 03, 2017, 04:21:14 PM »
Great work, guys.
BTW, what are transit clips?
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Re: North Yard Project - Official Work Thread
« Reply #136 on: August 03, 2017, 08:25:24 PM »
  One pair of transit clips are Used to bolt to the web of the points and attach them to the throw bar. A second pair is used about midway up the point rails toward the point heel and attach the points to a spacer bar.  Fabrication of the transit clips was finished today and I will start bolting them in tomorrow.
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Re: North Yard Project - Official Work Thread
« Reply #137 on: August 03, 2017, 11:30:10 PM »
You da man, Bill!
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Re: North Yard Project - Official Work Thread
« Reply #138 on: August 08, 2017, 07:44:33 PM »
Today, thanks to Steve L., Phil and a few others, the car barn track 2 switch was completed and is now in service. Late in the day a few of us found a switch stand for track 3 that we got working. Tomorrow we hope to get the throw bar parts freeded up and finish machining the second point. After drilling 19 more holes we can start putting the track 3 switch together
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« Reply #139 on: August 08, 2017, 08:17:53 PM »
That would be excellent.
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Re: North Yard Project - Official Work Thread
« Reply #140 on: August 09, 2017, 02:42:35 AM »
It will be nice to have these switches in place. It will certainly make life easier trying to switch in the North yard.

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Re: North Yard Project - Official Work Thread
« Reply #141 on: August 09, 2017, 05:16:06 AM »
Bill and the crew have done a stellar job with the switches, the bay 2 switch throws so well that it doesn't even need oil.  Today, the bay 2 switch gets it's switch lock so it will be all set.

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Re: North Yard Project - Official Work Thread
« Reply #142 on: August 09, 2017, 06:52:08 PM »
Today a great team came together and while Mark was finishing machining and drilling the points Steve, Phil, Wayne, Dwight and a few others relocated the head blocks, bent the stock rails and did a lot of other preparation work. This afternoon the points were installed.

Tomorrow we hope to fab up the throw bars and mount the switch stand, spike in the slide plates and few a other parts.

The good news is that the wood/strap points so loved by all are now gone to a better home in the weeds.
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Re: North Yard Project - Official Work Thread
« Reply #143 on: August 09, 2017, 07:00:29 PM »
We should have had a ceremony for those strap iron points...

The north yard is looking fabulous today.

18 signed into the book today (Wednesday).  A couple folks didn't sign either.  Quite a day.

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Re: North Yard Project - Official Work Thread
« Reply #144 on: August 09, 2017, 11:09:13 PM »





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Re: North Yard Project - Official Work Thread
« Reply #145 on: August 10, 2017, 03:08:23 PM »
As is so often the case, very impressive contributions from our far flung volunteer corp. Switching the north yard can be a little nerve wracking because it's on a grade and it is difficult to see the brakemen around the curve, especially when they signal from the dark inside of the car shed. Pushing the cars into the shed at the end of the day in the dark was more than a little  exciting during last winter's operations.

Properly finishing the switches will make life a lot easier, and safer, for everyone.

One suggestion: there's a lot of parts and pieces lying around up there, now being covered by the weeds, and any snow covers things up too. This makes trying to walk and signal on the ground dangerous because there's so much to trip over. A few minutes spent picking up and weed wacking would be a appreciated.
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Re: North Yard Project - Official Work Thread
« Reply #146 on: August 10, 2017, 04:54:35 PM »
That's some really purr-dee work there Brenden & Crew!  You guys could teach some of these full-time MOW guys a thing or two.  (RR(s) omitted to protect the guilty)
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Re: North Yard Project - Official Work Thread
« Reply #147 on: August 10, 2017, 05:11:10 PM »
I had nothing to do with getting the switches in. I just posted the pictures.
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Re: North Yard Project - Official Work Thread
« Reply #148 on: August 10, 2017, 07:09:10 PM »
Wayne and Jim worked on the track three switch today. They made the final adjustments to the points and set the number one and number to throw bars. What remains is salvaging two more parts off of one of the old rusted up switch stands, spiking in the slide plates and the switch stand.
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Re: North Yard Project - Official Work Thread
« Reply #149 on: August 10, 2017, 07:33:45 PM »
Most of the credit goes to Bill.  He has been devoting the last two weeks to getting these switches done, and he has been the go-to person when answers are needed.  Wayne gets credit as his deputy, with knowledge about how to fix all problems.  The rest of us were just helping them as needed to get the job finished.