Engine House - Official Work Thread

[Pete Stevens]

Zack Wyllie finished up the shingling of the northwest corner of the center stall.  Zack at work this morning.

Here you go, Ted.

[Ted Miles]

Bill,
        That is an angle I have not seen before. It appears that the building is an exact replica of the original; except that
it has a lot more cement in the foundation and the floor. It is a most excellent project. Mr Morse would be pleased to
have such a well done project named after him!

Ted Miles, Life Member, Build 11 Contributor Fan of Stewart Rhine photography

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

Recent work:

Brendan installed the special door handles that Leon Weeks custom fabricated for the building and he built drop-bar door latches for the 3 sets of stall doors.  The west stall doorway had door jamb header and side plates built and a rain strip installed on Tuesday.

There is a current photo of the west stall door woodwork on the WW&F FB page.
 

[Bob Holmes]

Pardon the ignorance, but what is the rain strip?  Thx

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

Pardon the ignorance, but what is the rain strip?  Thx

It's the trim piece that's attached to the outer edge of one door.  It covers the gap between the two doors when they are closed. 

[Brendan Barry]

Door number 5 being moved into the third stall.



The front doors last Friday.





A couple of pics taken while the photographers were setting up for the night shoot earlier this month.





Coach 3 in stall one for a truck swap and over the pit to adjust the brake rigging.

[John McNamara]

Some years ago I used the modest pit in Shop Bay 4 to drill one or two holes in the frame of Number 9. Sitting on the edge of the pit with my legs dangling down (I have short legs), I could lean into the work directly in front of me at elbow height. It was great!
-John M

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

Good progress today - March 2nd. 

The team of Chris L., Zack and myself finished the trim work and rain strip on the east stall doors and added most of the jamb/trim work to the center stall doors.  Leon brought two more of his custom built door handles and Brendan worked on the delivery doors in the afternoon.  Newsletter editor Bill R. did photojournalism of the work site.

[Bill Reidy]

Close-up of a pair of door handles manufactured by Leon.


And a couple of other photos showing some details on the track door hinges and method of holding the doors closed.




Brendan and Chris working on the installation of door hinges for the delivery doors.




Stewart and Chris working on exterior trim and rain strip for the center track doors.




There was paparazzi everywhere today...

[Graham Buxton]

The WW&F Engine House scores an article and photo at the Railfan & Railroad Magazine site:

https://railfan.com/wwf-wraps-up-engine-house-build/

 WW&F Wraps Up Engine House Build 
   By Justin Franz


Maine’s Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum put the finishing touches on its new three-stall roundhouse over the winter. The building is based on one used by the original railroad into the 1930s. The structure has been dubbed the “Morse Engine House” in honor of longtime volunteer Frederick Morse who passed away in November 2023. Friends remember Morse as “the soul of the WW&F” and over the decades he put in more than 20,000 volunteer hours at the museum.


The roundhouse was finished just in time for a weekend photography event in February and was prominently featured during a night photo session with WW&F 0-4-4T 9. The roundhouse gives the railroad a place to store its two steam locomotives (plus a third being built).


Located in Alna, Me., the WW&F is perhaps the most accurate recreation of the famed Maine two-footers.
 

This article was posted on: March 7, 2024

[Brendan Barry]

First smoke jack hood being assembled.









Hood assembly parts.





Pipe for the smoke jacks

[Brendan Barry]

Smokejack pipe cut into thirds and the opening for the pipe framed in the roof rafters. We'll cut the hole throught the roof when the pipe goes in. The orange piece on the pipe is one of the pipe boots that go on the roof to seal the opening arond the pipe.





Complete smoke jack assembly mocked up inside the enginehouse. The rain hat is only 4 inches tall in the pictures and needs to be raised an inch higher.

That's a 8ft step ladder next to the smokejack.

[John Kokas]

It's either "up periscope" or the "cone of silence" from Get Smart 

[Brendan Barry]

One smoke jack assembled outside the engine house. Hopefully we'll get the other two assembled this week.

[ALAIN DELASSUS]

Good job of work you guys. The smoke  jacks look pretty sound so I wonder how much they weigh.