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Re: April 2024 Work Reports
« Reply #30 on: April 21, 2024, 09:05:15 PM »
There will be platform work all week at Sheepscot. I will be at the railroad by 8:30 or earlier to start work during the week.
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Re: April 2024 Work Reports
« Reply #31 on: April 22, 2024, 06:13:01 AM »
Anticipated Work
Week of April 22, 2024

Monday:
Prep for incoming truck shipments, mainly for XCart but also others
V Brake work if time permits.
Platform work- see Brendan’s post.

Tuesday:
V Brake Pot work
Coach 3 truck swap and brake work.
Work Weekend Prep (under Dan).  Includes switching and preloading.
Platform Work.
Possible Build11 truck work.

Wednesday:
Loco 9 work session and prep for service
Platform Work
Possible Build11 truck work

Thursday:
Build11 full team begins arriving for full session
Platform work

Friday will be covered as part of SWW.  James will likely post on Wednesday (I’ll touch up his details as will others as needed).

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Re: April 2024 Work Reports
« Reply #32 on: April 24, 2024, 05:48:08 AM »
Anticipated work for Fri - Sun April 26 - 28: Spring Work Weekend!

* Food: Nancy and helpers will be serving lunch all 3 days, supper F&S, and possibly breakfast S&S. 
* Track: Dan will be leading a reballasting effort in various spots along the line, in anticipation of jacking/tamping later in the year.
* Alna Center: Mike will lead an effort to clean up and neaten up the area, and the road leading in (Saturday).
* Sheepscot station platform: Brendan is leading the effort to rebuild the platform, and may even try to lower the freight shed.
* Loco 11: Jason is leading the construction work
* Coach 8: Eric is installing the other baggage door on Coach 8, and needs help.  Guess we'll have to call it combine 8.
* Vacuum brakes: Dante, Dom and Nick will be working on this
* Car cleaning: Cub scouts and leaders will be cleaning cars on Saturday afternoon.

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Re: April 2024 Work Reports
« Reply #33 on: April 26, 2024, 05:10:25 PM »
Partial work report for Friday 4/26:

* Pounding sand: A few months ago we bought a pallet of high quality sand for locomotive sanding.  A month or so ago we bought a sand hopper which will dispense the sand.  Today Dave, Russ and I loaded the sand into the hopper.  From the deck of the F-350 truck.
* Coach 8 handicap door: Eric and crew had removed a portion of the coach wall, and were starting to put lumber back on.
* Machine shop: Many things going on, but Harold was melting lead (among other things) and pouring them into molds for friction car bearings.
* Station platform: A crew was installing 2x8s (?) as the base for the platform surface, while Brendan was installing the posts for the railings. 

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Re: April 2024 Work Reports
« Reply #34 on: April 26, 2024, 06:13:33 PM »
Also Friday:
* Brush Crew: Dan led a brush cleanup crew for several spots on the ROW.
* Vacuum Brakes: Dom and Nick A were fabricating parts with assistance from Jonathan.
* IT: Russ installed a fiber connection between the shop building and the Percival house.
* Food: Nancy and crew served lunch and dinner.
* Build 11: Yes, they were building 11.
* Loco 9: Jason was in the smokebox for some reason while celebrating his birthday.
(And I'm sure we're still missing stuff that happened.)
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Re: April 2024 Work Reports
« Reply #35 on: April 27, 2024, 05:55:52 PM »
Partial Saturday 4/27 report:

* Station platform: good progress, one carpentry crew finished installing the platform stringers, while another crew worked on the flooring.  Brendan was working on the railing system.  About a third of the flooring is installed.
* Loco 11: Quite a few people in the shop running machines, but I couldn't tell you what they were doing.
* Track: Ballasting along the Mountain.  There were issues with #52 and with the front end loader which limited the amount of work.
* Food: Nancy and her crew were hard at work making great meals.
* Gardening: Linda finished the garden work by the house entrance.
* Coach 8: Eric and crew were busy on that.

I'm sure there were other projects I missed.

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Re: April 2024 Work Reports
« Reply #36 on: April 27, 2024, 09:44:49 PM »
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I'm sure there were other projects I missed.

* A pack of Cub Scouts cleaned all of the coaches in the carbarn (plus caboose 554 presently stored outside.)
* Locomotive 53 was started and looked over (again) for eventual restoration, reconfiguration, and regauging.
* A tree was removed at Alna Center.
(And there are probably more projects we missed.)
« Last Edit: April 28, 2024, 08:00:53 PM by Ed Lecuyer »
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Re: April 2024 Work Reports
« Reply #37 on: April 27, 2024, 10:31:23 PM »
Volunteers by day:
Friday: 42
Saturday: 72*
Sunday: 36

*Does not include Cub Scout Pack 609 of Windsor: Approx. 20 adults and kids.
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Re: April 2024 Work Reports
« Reply #38 on: April 28, 2024, 08:05:53 PM »
Sunday 4/28
* Ballasting - with functioning loaders and locomotives, the crew was able to dump 4 more car loads of ballast in the needed areas on the mountain.
* Platform - more progress made
* Food - was consumed
* Loco 53 - A new volunteer, Peter, was back at it today - ensuring it is maintained properly and preparing for its eventual regauging and restoration.
* Mother's Day Tea - Tables and chairs were stacked following lunch to be shipped to AC for the May 11th event.
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Re: April 2024 Work Reports
« Reply #39 on: April 28, 2024, 08:11:02 PM »
Additional work today:
Eric's crew continued working on the coach 8 baggage door.
Rick got more done on #11.
Pete mounted new fire extinguishers in Millie and the railcar. Also continued corralling, inspecting, and pressurizing fire extinguishers and Indian pumps for use on fire trains.

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Re: April 2024 Work Reports
« Reply #40 on: April 28, 2024, 10:49:14 PM »
Partial Saturday 4/27 report:

There were issues with #52 and with the front end loader which limited the amount of work.

What were the issues with Loco 52?
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Re: April 2024 Work Reports
« Reply #41 on: April 29, 2024, 05:50:12 AM »
The air reverser on 52 partially disassembled itself, preventing it from carrying a full load in forward.  This mattered when starting two flats with stone and an open car on the mountain.  For now we disconnected the air reverser and connected the manual reverser.  We’ll probably end up reassembling the air reverser but honestly the manual reverser is rather nice in how definitive it is.

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Re: April 2024 Work Reports
« Reply #42 on: April 29, 2024, 07:45:55 AM »
Perhaps an early June project when I am up there, if no one has gotten to it before then.
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Re: April 2024 Work Reports
« Reply #43 on: April 29, 2024, 04:09:48 PM »
Volunteers by day:
Friday: 42
Saturday: 72*
Sunday: 36

*Does not include Cub Scout Pack 609 of Windsor: Approx. 20 adults and kids.

When signing in Sunday morning I saw a handwritten list of 23 people posted near the tablet.  I assume this was the Cub Scout pack?
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Re: April 2024 Work Reports
« Reply #44 on: April 29, 2024, 05:28:07 PM »
When signing in Sunday morning I saw a handwritten list of 23 people posted near the tablet.  I assume this was the Cub Scout pack?

Yes it is. Ben will be adding them to the tally.
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