March 2022 Work Reports

[Jason M Lamontagne]

Great teaser, Mike.

For anyone who knows.. please don’t let the cat out of the bag yet.

We’re working on an announcement…

Thanks all,
Jason

[Keith Taylor]

For anyone who knows.. please don’t let the cat out of the bag yet.

We’re working on an announcement…

Thanks all,
Jason

I hope you were wearing gloves……in my experience cats don’t take kindly to being placed in a sack!

Keith

[Stephen Lennox]

Anticipated work for Tuesday and Wednesday 29-30 March 2022.

*  Track crew to finish prep for Trout Brook Station and tamp Engine House leads. (Tues)
*  Track crew to move work consist to TOM (Wed).
*  Shop crew working on vacuum brake design/build test.
*  Engine house build continues
*  Coach #9 assembly continues

[Ron Ginger]

*  Coach #9 assembly continues, looks like interior work done.  (Eric, Ron)

The interior is not nearly done. We do have the oak up to the bottom of the window sill, but now it gets a lot more complicated. Almost every piece that goes in now will have some kind of molded edge.

We are also looking into the interior hardware. I have made a few RTV molds and cast a few wax parts, and Tuesday Eric and I visited a foundry in Brownfield ME to check them out for making our interior hardware. It looks like they will be able to do all we need in the various brass latches, hinges, knobs, etc. I have a lot of mold making to do, in my home shop.

Eric is also looking for parts to make the hanging lamps we need. That will be a rather long project.

[Stephen Lennox]

My typo Ron, should have read "interior work being done" ie not finished.

[Dave Crow]

When making the ceiling lighting fixtures for the new coach, is there thought of creating fixtures for coach 3 as well?

[Jason M Lamontagne]

Yes- plan is to make enough to cover both coaches 3 and 9 as well as a spare.  They’ll be easily convertible between LED and oil, with the plan to use LED most of the time and oil for occasional photo opportunities. 

Coach 3 is slated for a major overhaul once coach 9 goes in service.  We don’t want Eric and Ron bored, ever…

See ya
Jason

[John Kokas]

Didn't we have a plan to recreate Combine #2?

BTW Jason, when does the cat come out of the bag?

[Jeff Schumaker]

BTW Jason, when does the cat come out of the bag?

Once it claws a big enough hole in the bag.

Jeff S.

[Ed Lecuyer]

We don’t want Eric and Ron bored, ever…

We don’t want Eric and Ron board, ever…

[Fred Morse]

The engine house guys ain't going to be board, their going to have shingles!

[Graham Buxton]

I'd guess the engine house guys are going to have more shingles than they can shake a stick at! 

[Jeff Schumaker]

The engine house guys ain't going to be board, their going to have shingles!

Do you have your shingles shot, Fred?

Jeff S.

[Stephen Lennox]

 Work completed Tuesday and Wednesday 29-30 March 2022

Tuesday:
*  Track crew, the crew continued prep for Trout Brook Station track lay.
    Ties were cut/bundled more joint bars selected/loaded and tamping began
    on the engine house leads.  (Brian W, Steve L, Leon, Scott , Paul)
*  Engine house crew, work continues on headers beams and ballasting the
    the track leads.  (Brendan, Fred, Stewart)
*  Shop crew, vacuum brake work continues (Jonathan, Randy)
*  Coach #9 assembly/build continues (Eric, Ron)
*  Trout Brook Station surveying  (Jason, Randy)
*  Archives (Linda) Gift shop/mail on going (Cindy R)
*  Oiling/lubrication rolling stock  (Phil B)

Wednesday:
*  Track crew, crew moved the crane, rail support cars to Trout Brook Station.
    (Steve L, Dan, Leon, Brian W, Jonathan, Scott)
    Crew finished tamping engine house leads.  (Dan, Leon, Brian, Scott, Steve L)
*  Engine house crew, crew continues work and ballast/grades leads. (Fred, Brendan, Stewart)
*  Coach #9 assembly continues  (Eric,Ron)
*  Trout Brook Station surveying (Randy, Leon)
*  Oiling/ lubrication rolling stock  (Phil B)

Notes:  Being in and out I may have missed someone.

[Ed Lecuyer]

More photos (all by Jason Lamontagne)