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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #390 on: August 19, 2023, 08:01:36 PM »


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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #391 on: August 24, 2023, 01:46:25 PM »
One project this week has been to finish the inside header over the stall doors.  Insulation, vapor barrier and sheathing has been applied to all three door headers followed by a general clean-up of the center stall to prep for door construction.  Eng 9 is now back in the east stall and two new portable (floor level) platforms have been added to the pit, providing a place for the engine crews to step when entering / exiting the locomotive. 

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« Reply #392 on: August 24, 2023, 03:45:18 PM »
The east wall with the windows trimmed out look really nice.

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« Reply #393 on: October 07, 2023, 08:12:18 PM »
During Fall Work Weekend today the engine house was dedicated as the "Frederick & Sharron Morse Engine House."  A well-deserved recognition.

Dave Buczkowski made the announcement during lunch (in the engine house, of course!)


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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #394 on: October 08, 2023, 08:14:34 AM »
That is outstanding!

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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #395 on: October 08, 2023, 10:16:08 AM »
Thank you, Fred, for your never ending dedication to and support of the WW&F Railway.
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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #396 on: October 29, 2023, 04:57:12 PM »
Back doors on stall 1 done.





Door constuction. Door constuction. The door is glued and screwed together with the joints offset. Hinges are made out of 1/4" x 3 1/2" bar stock, 1/2" pipe, and 5/8" rod.

Layer of shiplap. this is the inside sheathing on the door.



Two layers of 3/4" pine and a layer of 1/2" plywood.





Two inches of foam insulation and edge and center bead for the outside sheathing.



Hanging a door







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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #397 on: October 29, 2023, 06:35:32 PM »
Look'in mighty fine there Brendan.  Any thought given to add nylon brush sweeps under the doors to cut down on dirt and drafts?
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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #398 on: October 29, 2023, 09:13:03 PM »
Look'in mighty fine there Brendan.  Any thought given to add nylon brush sweeps under the doors to cut down on dirt and drafts?

There will be wooden sills on top of the concrete that go up to the rail height + weather strip seals on the bottom of the doors.

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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #399 on: October 29, 2023, 10:05:40 PM »
do the new doors swing in or out?
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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #400 on: October 29, 2023, 10:24:07 PM »
do the new doors swing in or out?
The rear doors swing out.
The front doors will swing in - as was done in Wiscasset so that when they are opened, they do not foul the adjacent tracks and stalls.
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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #401 on: October 30, 2023, 09:06:07 AM »
That is one large door.

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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #402 on: October 30, 2023, 10:11:00 AM »
That is one large door.

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The smallest of the bay doors to build.. front ones are a few feet taller
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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #403 on: October 30, 2023, 03:09:39 PM »
With all that insulation going into the walls and doors; I assume that the plan is to heat the building at least some of the time. Will it be coal stoves or something more modern?

And thank you to Fred Morse and Stewart Rhine for all those cedar shingles! 

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Re: Engine House - Official Work Thread
« Reply #404 on: October 30, 2023, 04:43:37 PM »
Ted, my understanding is that a zoned hot water system has been installed that allows locomotives to be kept "warm" without an actual fire .


Yes, a heating system for the Engine House - with a direct connection for its occupants - is planned.
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