Glen Hammond Depot Reaches (Near) Completion

Doug sent me his recent update on the workings of the WDWD crew this past week.

What follows is his accounting of the events.

On Wednesday, March 6 we gathered in the IPP&W shops to complete our winter work on the Glen Hammond station.  In a bit of a misadventure, Bernie delivered a piece of new roof cap George had prepared but it did not quite match the short piece we had on hand.  Fred managed to get a new piece cut on short notice to meet the need. 

Bill and I joined Fred in the shop early in the morning.  Fred had the fire stoked in the wood stove making the shop quite warm and welcoming for work.

We were joined shortly after by Chris who brought the windows and doors for the station and Chris set to work inserting the glazing.

Bernie also joined us and Bernie and I took the pics for this write-up of the day's efforts.

Here was our starting position - the station neatly roofed with a heavy 22 gauge steel roof.  The roof cap was set in its place for the picture but was not fastened (yet).

First the roof cap was cut to length - Bill did the honours with the hacksaw.  Watch your fingers, Bill!  🙈

 Then a bead of silicone caulking was applied to the roof cap.

The roof cap was carefully positioned and held for a moment till the caulking gripped it tight.

With the roof completed there was still a need to seal the edges of the plywood roof underlay.  We had found in previous repair work on other buildings that rainwater tended to creep by capillary action under the roof against the underlay.  The edges were sealed with a bead of caulking.

The roof was replaced on the station and finally...windows!  "Hot-glue Bill" fired up the glue gun and applied some glue on each side before pressing the windows into place.

The windows and doors were all inserted.  The station looked pretty sharp!

One last task remained.  The station walls required sealing where they meet the base.  Bill used hot glue for this sealing job.

And with that, the winter work was completed.  A pair of happy campers!

And...the final product for the day.

The station is now set aside till spring.  A warm day in April will allow us to completely finish - the roof needs two coats of paint (jade green), the gable ends need to be installed along with the train order signal and signage.  Lastly the base needs a second coat of paint and there is a bit of touchup yellow to be attended to.

This was a team effort.  While Bill and I took the lead in designing and constructing, without the help of many others it would not have been possible.  Bernie was there at every step of the way and lent a helping hand throughout.  Fred not only supervised and kept the shop warm, he also did the tedious job of cutting accurately all the door and window openings.  Doug C. risked his fingers cutting miles of battens for the walls.  Chris 3D printed the gable ends as well as the marvellous doors and windows.  George skillfully cut that heavy roof out of sheet steel.  Still to come is some wiring for lighting and Seanna and Steve have been conscripted to help us out in that regard.  Thanks to everyone who played a part in bringing the new Glen Hammond station to life. 

Thanks, Doug & all the gang involved!  Your finely detailed efforts will benefit our train operations with a lovely depot for our passenger and pool trains to visit and for others to view with admiration!

The WDWD crew of the OVGRS, 

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada