Again most of this was supplied by Brian K.
Alan, William, Mike and Brian (with Ross on trailer duty) moved about 20
ties to the restoration building lead, for the track work required to
move the CP caboose into the building. They also got rid of some rotten
ties from the lead. Some of the better rotten ties were put at the
William Street entrance for making ornamental gardens next year. Note
that most of this work outdoors was done in a constant drizzle. Everyone
was wet.
Sometime during the last week, Doug spiked a lot of the track leading into
the restoration building. It should be noted that Tony has sanctioned
what we are doing. In fact, he wanted the CP caboose moved into the
building years ago and is happy that we are preparing to do it. Tony
cautioned that no rolling stock can be moved without first notifying the
museum's insurance company. The insurance company regularly photographs
the position of all the rolling stock to monitor that nothing has moved.
This doesn't apply to speeders, hand cars and the trolley.
Sometime during the week, Mike got the mainline speeder running well. He
cleaned the carburetor and maybe replaced the fuel filter. He should be
trained to take passengers for rides so he can enjoy the fruit of his
efforts. Also we should try and make peace with John M and get him back
to do rides on weekends.
Alan and Brian chained the mainline trailer to the trolley. Since there
was no lock, a bolt was used to secure the chain. The wrenches used are
squeezed in the workbench vise in the restoration centre. On Sunday Ross
found a lock in the shed, gummed up, it has gone to his shop for cleaning.
Mike spent some time evaluating what has to be done to get the Wickham's
running so the engines won't seize up. A battery was found and Ross
brought a charger on the weekend, it is in the archives storage room on
the table
behind the door.
William and Brian moved the trailer that was wedged against the tool
car away from it and placed a tie over the track to secure it against
coach 5802. A step ladder was placed just inside the tool car door.
Using the trolley to climb in and out of the car is dangerous. It was
the cause of an accident that could have been serious.
Bill was trying to repair/replace some rotted boards in the platform. He
is planning on a proper floor at the entrance to Nolan's station.
Gee continued with weeding around the section house, and papered some
shelves for the library. Ross ordered more shelf paper from Carr-McLean,
as a donation. On Sunday she did two more shelves. Also we put some
prints in a large plastic container provided by Tom C with alcohol to
try and kill off the mould, we will see how this works on Thursday.
Gerry finished the wiring in the house, adding another accessible outlet
for the storage area and rationalizing some light switches at the bottom
of the stairs. Ross will supply the missing cover plates. Gerry then
looked at the two lights in the baggage room, turns out the problem was
just burnt out bulbs. Ross replaced the bulbs on Sunday and put the
shades back on. Gerry replaced the timer for the breeze way lights, and
started to install a bypass switch in the cabinet with the meters so no
one needs to touch the timer to turn on the lights. The switch on the
pendant light over the operators table is broken, needs replacing.
Ross delivered a custom made ceiling thimble for the stove pipe, with
eight sides to reflect the eight sided shape of Nolans. He also
found a suitable pipe with a key in the archives and this is in Nolans.
May need two elbows to finish the install.
With the help of William S we moved a lot of furniture in the house. There
is still a large desk and two tables to move before we can finish
building the walls at the end of the shelf units. Tom Clark tried to
open the lock on a scrap green filing cabinet with no success. On Sunday
Ross managed to get the drawers out. On Sunday Ross cleaned
up in the house, taped the vapour barrier seams and around the outlets,
ready to install 1x4 diagonal braces. Ross will pick up some more 2x4 to
finish the framing.
Ross removed the model train layout that is going to Tom T, and
delivered it on Monday.
He also took many bags of garbage to Ottawa for disposal.
We found the missing grille for the operators bay window, it will be
re-installed next week.
Al W has completed his display of steam and diesel locomotives in the
baggage room.
On Sunday Al and Doug worked on spiking down the track to the shed. Now
we need to bring the frog and points to the site. Doug has a solution to
this problem. Also on Saturday a gardener showed up with many donated
perennial plants, and started cleaning up around Nolans. Doug K will
keep them watered.
John Weir has been giving tours to visitors, as we still have no
interpretive text for the displays.
We now have a blog set up for this group, we will post the back issues
and then each week will add the newest reports. We can also add photos.
More info on this will be sent to you in a few days.
Ross Robinson
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