At the warehouse
October 31
Warehouse building
The cleaning and pressure washing of the walls in the building has been completed. All the oil drums have been moved to the back room. Some of the pallet racking was disassembled and moved back into the building.
As you may have seen, the parking lot is crowded with skids and material that needs to be brought back into the warehouse. 4070 parts are skidded and are next to the warehouse.
Halloween is upon us and along with it variable weather. Time now is of the essence. We need volunteers with some forklift skills and people to secure the loads and sort them once they are back in the building. The building itself needs masonry work, some glass block window repair, repair work on existing doors and installation of the sliding doors.
The solid steel rack is available for use in the warehouse, but will need to be modified to fit it back in. Here some cutting and welding skills are needed.
If any of the tasks above fit your skillset and you you would like to help out but are not available on Saturdays, please let us know and we can make arrangements for you to come in during the week. Weekdays are usually less hectic and we may be able to arrange for someone to help and learn a new skill in the process. Call the office or send an email if you are interested.
Roundhouse
Excavating work around the turntable is nearing completion. So we will need help relaying the brick in the turntable pit and a lot of cleanup work. The air lines still need to have the final end connections made. Some are done and ready for quick change connected air tools and glad hands.
4070
The arrival of 2 more sheets for the boiler side of the cab are here, we can resume welding work on the cab. There are still 4070 parts in the ACY boxcar out in the yard and in several steel bins in stalls 8-10. We need some help retrieving those before the weather turns inclement. Most likely we will need to palletize those parts and use a truck to bring them back to the roundhouse for inspection.
The 4070 project cannot move forward until all the parts are retrieved and put into centralized storage. We need volunteers to help us in this very basic task. Please consider helping us in any way you can All parts have to be identified and tagged and their locations noted. Machining help is needed to continue work on the brake rigging. All of the light Mikado drawings that we have scanned have now been cataloged according to number, name and assembly.
Operating crew:
We always need a few crew members to help out with tours. Last Saturday, two groups enjoyed tours and a caboose ride. One was a PA based model railroad club.
With the recent spike in Covid19 cases, it is even more important for volunteers to observe safe practices. Maintain a safe distance, wear your mask and wash your hands frequently.
Admin help
The gift shop is still looking for a manager or any volunteer help. Although Open houses have been suspended, we still need to reconcile some transactions and verify inventory. The board is interviewing for the accountant position, so help will be available for bookkeeping questions. The board has a Christmas Open House under consideration. Our challenge is how to carry this out in a Covid environment. Volunteer help and input is needed.
The board of trustees is calling for volunteers to help with several committees that have been formed.
Committee for the RPCA Convention
Safety Committee
4070 Committee
Committee for CT&V
The job of directing the Roundhouse can often be overwhelming. If you are free during the week, let Steve K put you on a short list of help to cover the phones and other simple tasks on site. Just a few hours needed when he has to leave the site.
Get involved and help the organization grow and prosper!
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