November 2021 Work Reports

[Stephen Lennox]

Work completed Tuesday and Wednesday 9-10 November 2021.

Tuesday:

*  Track work, Service Track switch build (Jason, Steve L, Steve L, Paul, Chuck, Leon, Scott, Randy)
*  Engine house build continues, (Brendan, Fred, Stewart)
*  Shop work, Passenger truck rebuild (Carlos, Jerry) Vacuum brakes (Jonathan)
*  Coach #9 assembly  (Eric)
*  Archives  (Linda)
*  Rolling stock greasing and oiling  (Phil)
*  Shop, support stand fabrication (Bryce)

Wednesday:

*  Track work, line clearing 2 tress cut up, Trestle clean up test (Steve L, Steve L, Brian W, Dan, Scott)
                        Switch completion,  (Jason, Dan, Leon, Scott)
*  Vehicle maintenance, tires replaced on Ford truck.  (Brendan, Fred)
*  Shop work, Vacuum brakes  (Jonathan, Dave P)
*  Communications, repair of track phone line  (John M, Brian W)
*  Tamper (Harsco), repair/rebuild (Jay B)
*  Box car #67 painting (Ken A)
*  Coach #9 assembly  (Eric)
*  Campus clean up/dump  (Stewart, Brendan, Steve Leet, Steve L)
*  Locomotive #9 maintenance (Wes)
*  Archives  (Linda) 

[James Patten]

Work done Saturday Nov 13:

* Track: a crew spiked most of the service track and all of the enginehouse run-through track today.
* Engine house: Fred was driving the whip on rafters, getting them cut and beveled.  They ran out at noon and more arrived.  Brendan put up a couple in the afternoon.  There was a crew siding the west wall.
* Merchandise move: Nicole and I, helped by Brian and Dave, moved store inventory from upstairs in the car shop to the Percival basement.  A huge thank-you to Nicole for doing a lot of bringing things down the stairs.
* Coach 9: Alan was working on pedestals and other stuff for the coach.
* Mike was working on something but I didn't catch what.  He ran the Barth tractor up to SeaLyon.
* Board meeting.

[Mike Fox]

Steve Lennox and crew have erected this fence to keep the area behind the Tool House neat. A very nice looking addition.





Dave helped me cover the area we buried pipes in with hay. This area will be reworked in the spring.



Track work



Enginehouse work





Spiked track at the end of the day.

[Bill Reidy]

Thanks for the photos, Mike.  Great job by all involved.

[Bob Holmes]

Mike, I'm a little confused.  Are the buried conduits between the electrical house and everywhere else now fully connected?

Thanks.
Bob

[Mike Fox]

The conduits are all in. They run fron the electrical building to the shop, the house, the Engine house and the car barn, with spare conduit run between the electrical building, house, shop and a distribution box buried near the engine house. Ready for wires..

[Jeff Schumaker]

Great photos, Mike. I'm looking forward to seeing it in person tomorrow.

Jeff S.

[Stephen Lennox]

Anticipated work for Tuesday and Wednesday 16-17 November 2021.

*  Shop work,  vacuum brake design/build, passenger car truck rebuild
*  Engine house build
*  Coach #9 assembly
*  Car barn excavation
*  Track work,  Sutters crossing clean up from mud/debries, Trestle clean up
*  Trout Brook EOT survey (pending)
*  Campus clean up

Note:  Report, better late than never.

[Bob Holmes]

Steve, great report as usual.

Mike, that's terrific news about the buried conduit.  Running wire should be relatively easy compared to digging and burrowing.

Can't wait to see the next steps until all of our buildings have reliable electricity (and communications)!!!

Bob

[James Patten]

Anticipated work for Saturday Nov 20:

* Track laying(?) or at least spiking, I think at Trout Brook.
* Engine house
* Machine shop/Coach 9
* Boxcar 67 painting
* Boxcar 56 reassembly

[Jason M Lamontagne]

Correction for Track work Saturday: ballast service track at SS.  Hoping the loader can do most of the work, with hand work to smooth it and form nice shoulders. 

Thanks,
Jason

[Stephen Lennox]

Work completed Tuesday and Wednesday 16-17 November 2021.

Tuesday:
*  Yard switching, moving all rolling stock from car barn.  (Brendan, Bryce, Scott)
*  Car Barn excavation starts, removal of clay and dirt from between the 3 tracks,
    stone placed down readying for future concrete work.  (Brendan, J. Verney Excavation)
*  Track work, Sutters and Brook Crossing mud/debris clean out. (Steve L, Steve Leet, Paul, Brian W)
    Yard clean up,  (Paul, Brian W, Steve Leet, Steve L, Scott)
*  Humason Trestle clean up completed  (Steve L, Brian W, Steve Leet, Scott)
*  Shop Work, passenger car rebuild continues (Jerry, Carlos)
    vacuum brakes design/build  (Jonathan, Jason)
*  Engine house build continues  (Fred, Stewart)
*  Trout Brook EOT surveying.  (Randy, Paul)
*  Harsco Tamper repairs  (Jay B)
*  Coach #9 assembly continues on the roof  (Eric)
*  Gift shop and mail (Cindy R)  Archives (Linda)

Wednesday:
*  Campus clean up and dump run  (Fred, Stewart)
*  Car barn excavating (Brendan, Vernery Excavation, JB Smith, Jeff S)
*  Main line walk inspection, 20 plus joint bolts tightened, 2 ties marked for immediate replacement
    a variety of noted repairs for future maintenance.  (Steve L, Steve Leet)
*  Shop work, vacuum brakes build  (Jonathan, Dave P)
*  Track work, service track turn table lead prep for final install.  (Jason, Randy, Jeff S)
*  Coach #9 assembly continues-roof work.  (Eric)
*  Switching, rolling stock returned to car barn  (Steve L, Jay B, Steve Leet, Jeff S)
*  Archives  (Linda)

[Wayne Laepple]

Boy, a lot of work was done over those couple of days. Great job, all!

[James Patten]

Work done on Saturday November 20:

* Boxcar 56 - A crew worked on siding the car.
* Coach 9 - Alan was working on Coach 9 journal boxes.
* Ballasting - A crew ballasted the new yard track.
* Engine house - New rafters were beveled.
 

[Pete Stevens]

Also today: Steve P oversaw some holiday decorating in preparation for the upcoming Christmastime trains.