We had a long meeting of the volunteers in the section house. John Weir
briefed us on the plans for the upcoming Railway Festival on August 28
and 29. Anne will send out minutes of the meeting.
Tom Travis painted the ladder brackets and stantions second coat. He also
painted the new wood on a crank rod from the velocipede in the MWR that
Ross restored during the week.
Ross did more sorting in the archives.
Others were busy on site but I did not take notes. You should send me an
email each day about what you do and I will include it here.
Sunday, 8 August.
Anne and I met with Bob Moore to discuss the placement of fill that we may
receive over the next few weeks. Some of the site will need to be
cordoned off for safety reasons. Also some rail and ties at the switch
will have to be moved to make way for the trucks.
Doug K weed whacked down past the combine. There is a terrible mess in
the low area next to the combine track that we need to fill in soon. How
to clean this up will need input from everyone. Most of this was there
when we bought the property.
Doug also placed ties into pallet crates supplied by Bob Moore. We will
need to make more of these, pallets are behind the garden shed.
Ross was not in a good mood and his day got worse by the minute. First
he assembled the 4 ladder brackets and then moved them and the six
stantions into the combine car. Doug K helped with this.
I tried to get the Woodings railcar going. First I found the wire to the
fuel pump had no voltage, a jumper fixed this temporarily. The wiring in
that car is a shambles, there are loose, unterminated and cut wires
everywhere. With fuel it started but would not idle. Attempts to adjust
the carburator only led to skinned ankles jumping from inside the car to the
front before it died. I removed the carburaetor and will have it
rebuilt in Ottawa.
The door jam on the mens stall almost fell off, this repair required
a trip to the hardware for 5 inch long screws, drilling out the original
holes
and installing the new screws. I will have to drill another hole at the
bottom when I can find a drill.
I tried to replace the deck faucet in the upstairs kitchen, was thwarted
by the need for special pipe adapters. Next week maybe.
Al Westland was measuring for the final rails for the switch, He will
rent a saw on Thursday and we will get this done. He is looking for the
2 boxes of cutoff discs.
Brian was painting the herald on the left side of the tender.
Ross removed one of the broken tops from the model 417 caboose stoves
and tack welded it back together with special cast iron rod. The top has
been sand blasted and with some filler and paint will make a pattern for
casting 2 new ones which Ross will have made at a foundry and donate.
That is it for this week. Apologies if I missed some action.
Ross Robinson
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