March 2021 Work Reports

[Stephen Lennox]

Anticipate work for Tuesday and Wednesday 2-3 March, 2021.

*  Shop rearrangement an prep for the lathe.
*  Vacuum brake work continues
*  Vehicle repair (pending)
*  Campus clean up
*  Tamper inspection continues.


              Rules and Standards for Operations

XX.  Safety Rules (Rules 140-152)

142.  Personal Safety Equipment
         a.  Footwear:  heeled, fully enclosed above the ankle leather skinned sturdy boots.
              Safety shoe/boots are preferred.
         b.  Full legged pants are required for locomotive service and track crew service.
         c.  Full sleeved shirts are required for steam locomotive service.
         d.  Safety or shatter resistant glasses are required when using any power tool.

[James Patten]

Anticipated work for Saturday March 6:

* Sheepscot Saws: cleaning up the downed limbs caused by grading for the storage box, plus cutting down a few trees in the way of further expansion.
* Vehicle repairs
* Machine shop
* Boxcar 56

[Stephen Lennox]

Work completed Tuesday and Wednesday 2-3 March 2021

Tuesday:

*  Vacuum brakes continued
*  Shop clean up and rearrangement, prep for the new lathe.
*  Tamper inspection continued

Wednesday:

*  The new lathe arrives from storage and set up in the shop.
*  Vacuum brake work continue.
*  New tires for the Back Hoe picked up and ready for installation.
*  Tamper controls inspected, Tamper moved under it’s own power.

[Jason M Lamontagne]

There is a report of at least one tree down south of Trask Xing.  With last Monday’s wind storm, a line inspection with chain saws is in order.  We currently plan to do this next Tuesday or Wednesday, however it’s ok if it happens on Saturday.  If you do please bring appropriate crew and equipment, and let us know that you did so.

At present I plan to be on site tomorrow but not on Saturday.

Thanks,
Jason

[Mike Fox]

Maybe Saturday afternoon we could make a trip. Maybe. Will see how the cutting goes. Probably the last safe day we will have to burn so want to focus on that and get as much done as possible.

[Brian Whitney]

I will be there on Tuesday and can help with tree removal if needed.

Brian W.

[Gordon Cook]

Pictures of moving the new big lathe in on Wednesday, March 3. A serious upgrade to our machine shop capabilities.



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Many, many thanks to our neighbor, Ken Boudin, for the use of his space and equipment.

[Ed Lecuyer]

Re Saturday Lunches -
Nancy Weeks will be cooking for us on 3/6
Fred Morse will be cooking for us on 3/13

Thanks Nancy and Fred for keeping us fed!

[Mike Fox]

Thanks Ed

[John Kokas]

Any thought of drip pans under the equipment to catch misc. oils and cutting lubricants?

[James Patten]

Work done on Saturday March 6:

* Cutting & burning: working behind the garage and storage containers, we cleaned up slash left from prior clearing and dropped a few trees.  The area can be filled with gravel and used for storage.  A bunch of hardwood was cut and taken by Fred in the tractor to be cut and split later.
* Electrical distribution building: Zack was insulating the building walls.  The building in the last several weeks has gotten a ceiling and a door lock, and now contains a bunch of electrical supplies.
* Machine shop: Alan was directing painting of the radial drill press while working on further organizing the area.

[Mike Fox]

It was great seeing different old faces today.

[Jeff Schumaker]

From a distance, it's hard to tell who the new old faces are.

Jeff S.

[John Kokas]

Jeff,

You and me both:  Did Mike mean New Faces on Old Guys or are there New Guys that have Old Faces ?? 

[Dave Buczkowski]

HWMNBN made his first appearance in over 5 months. His primary comment was that things hadn’t changed much insult-wise  since his last appearance. He also welcomed me at 7:35 by wishing me a good afternoon.
Dave