Trout Brook Bridge - Official Work Thread

[Mike the Choochoo Nix]

Is that last picture one of the places that need drainage? I noticed the water.
Mike Nix

[Mike Fox]

Actually, that was ice..

When the railroad shut down, the trees grew and plugged lots of drainage. Then they logged in there and took care of the rest of it. The water does not stay long. So it filters out someplace. Someone dug a trench years ago across the grade, and most of the water drains through that. My plan is to put an 18 inch culvert there, and that will improve the drainage.

[Bill Reidy]

Mother Nature has blessed us again with a fluctuating brook. Ice is still there, but doubt it is safe..

Good thing that large pine was taken down last Saturday.  Timing is everything!

[Mike Fox]

Just a little limbing today, and cut some smaller stuff. Everything was sticky, and gloves got wet..

[John McNamara]

I'll bet that those driving by on 218 are more than a bit curious as to what's going on.

[Paul Crabb]

What is the status of the actual bridge? Is it fully assembled?

[James Patten]

Basically assembled, it needs the "outrigger" supports to be installed, the sheathing installed, and there's some additional cross bracing needed.

[Mike Fox]

Winter is over, and work has resumed on the bridge. Jason supplied me with these photos

[Jeff Schumaker]

I see that it stood up well against the winter Nor'easters.

Jeff S.

[Bill Baskerville]

That is one massive bridge!

[Bob Holmes]

It's possible that one of the SWW tasks will be to start to apply the sheathing...

[Dwight Winkley]

The inside of the sheathing needs to be coated with fire retardant before it is installed on the bridge.

[Fred Morse]

There's been a change, The bridge man says to put it on and he will bring his own sprayer and spray both sides.

[Ed Lecuyer]

Thanks to the Mystic Valley Railway Society (MVRS) and the Emery Rail Heritage Trust (ERHT) for each bestowing grants to the WW&F Railway Museum for the restoration and placement of the historic "boxed pony" B&M Moose Brook Bridge on the Museum's Mountain Extension at Trout Brook. We are very grateful to these organizations; the W. Russell Rylko Memorial Award (administered by the MVRS) granted $6100 toward the project, while the John H. Emery Memorial Award (administered by the ERHT) granted $5000. These awards were announced within days of each other, total $11,100, and will be used for the placement and site needs for the bridge project.

Thanks too to the various members of the grant writing team who put these applications together. Their work represents some of the many "behind the scenes" activities that occur on the WW&F.

[Bill Baskerville]

Ed,

Congratulations for keeping track of the opportunities for funding, creating the bulk of the submissions, pulling all the parts together and submitting the results.  I know there are many who also work behind the scenes to help contribute to help make these applications happen but you are the conductor who tracks, prompts, prods and creates the final product.

Well Done to you and to all the others.  Our Railway Museum is lucky to have such a dedicated team that you have pulled together.

Bill