Car Barn Extension - Official Work Thread

[Gordon Cook]

Question: Is there a plan to extend the middle track south from the barn?

No.
Any further track expansion would cross over a septic tank, then end up colliding with the Percival House.

The Percival House would then be the subject of this mid-50s song:
https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/2390684/Rusty+Draper/In+the+Middle+of+the+House

I wonder what the whistle signal for passing through the kitchen is?

[Bill Reidy]

I wonder what the whistle signal for passing through the kitchen is?

It should be a bell.  That's the signal we get from our kitchen crew when lunch is ready.

[Gordon Cook]

At the risk of wandering into the whimsical:

Maybe bend a little to the west and set up a 'run by' window. At least the engine crews would always be able to get lunch.
 
(Way too much time on my very clean hands.) 

[John Kokas]

Gorden you're a genius!  Come off the roundhouse run-through track, swing to the right next to the house so the train crew can use the Drive-Through, then across Cross Rd. on a balloon track and rejoin the ROW just south of Cross Road and reconnect to the main.  Crew gets fed, watered, train turned, and positioned for next trip all in one move!  Brilliant !!!   

[Bill Baskerville]

  Now we all have too much time on our hands.......

[Brendan Barry]

The front wall was finished this morning.

[Bill Reidy]

Wow!  Great progress.  Thanks Brendan.

[Bob Holmes]

Brendan, your photos help keep us energized.  Thanks!!

[Harold Downey]

One of these boards is not like the other  ....  You have to sing it. 

Really, what's with the yellowish board that is narrower than the others?

 

[Ed Lecuyer]

Likely reused from the former facade of the building. It looks narrower because of the missing paint where the battens overlapped.

[Mike Fox]

Funny Harold. I did the same exact thing when I spotted it. Very frugal to reuse where possible..

[Wayne Laepple]

Excellent! The building looks better every time I see it. Thanks for your hard work, Brendan.

[Paul Uhland]

The west wall still needs sheathing. ?

[Jeff Schumaker]

I'm glad to see that progress is still being made on the extension.

Jeff S.

[Fred Morse]

Just like the old days, A small group of people working on the same project to get it done. In hope it goes that way for a while.