September 10, 2018 07:16AM
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KevinM Wrote:
> - Backing that rig the quarter mile or so over the
> ROW to the site must have also been interesting.
Note that this backing move was done by the museum's own Brendan Barry. (Same as the poster/photographer.)
> In the video, I can see trees being felled right
> ahead of the moving rig. Tonight, I also
> observed that a rock outcropping had been pretty
> heavily "touched up" with jack-hammers or some
> similar apparatus to create the necessary
> clearance.
On Friday before the move, a jackhammer apparatus was attached to the contractor's excavator and the boulder alongside the ROW was reduced, slightly. Note that this is also adjacent to the site of the Head Tide section house. Limited tree trimming occured along Route 218 on Friday afternoon.
> Question: Was 218 completely shut down for the
> move? It doesn't appear that there was adequate
> clearance to get cars by the rig, and based on the
> distance involved and the pace, it must have taken
> a fair bit of time just to reach the entrance to
> the ROW.
It was a rolling closure, since most of the area can be avoided by using parallel routes. The only place of concern was when the bridge blocked direct access to parts of town by the fire department. They were quite relieved once the bridge was out of that zone.
> Anyway, congratulations to the WW&F crew! This
> is quite an achievement!
Saturday was a banner day, for sure. Not only did the bridge get moved, we:
- Installed a large culvert just south of the bridge. This will allow full access to the bridge from both sides (until track blocks the south access road, in a few weeks.)
- Ran our normal schedule of 4 trains.
- Hosted a large ~70 person birthday charter (with special consist, switching moves, etc.)
- Cleaned up the parking area where the bridge was.
- (by Sunday) reinstalled the cupola on the caboose.
- Hosted an evening concert with 80 passengers on the extra train.
The Concert was an especially nice way to end the day, as a nostalgic peace descended upon Alna Center. The talk given on the railroad's history during intermission was pretty good too.
Ed Lecuyer
General Passenger Agent, WW&F Railway Museum
Help the WW&F Build Locomotive #11: [
build11.wwfry.org]
Bring Trains to Maine up from Africa: [
www.wwfry.org]
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/10/2018 07:17AM by elecuyer.
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