Workday Wednesday Jobs Accomplished Today

Workday Wednesday Efforts

A handful of the WDWD crew gathered in the boardroom indoors today.

The weather outside was a tad chilly and we decided to wait until Friday morning to blow off all of the fallen pine needles seeing as 24 hours later our final session of the season would be taking place.

I spent my hours this morning resetting the master list for the freight cars on the railroad...and got halfway through.

Next Wednesday I will head over to Fred's early to work on the second list.

How about starting off with this great image Pat 'of the Brennan clan' took last Saturday during our operations.

It's a trio of RS3's, all in Canadian colours with CN sandwiched between two CP brethren.

Pat also sent along this image of the ore train arriving Bell on Track 4.

Thanks for the two pics Pat!

Bugs tells me that it's time to check out our Wednesday activities now!

I started in on the spreadsheet listing all the cars in both the Narrow Gauge stables and the Standard Gauge ones.

Here Father Fred is starting up the PC.

Dispatcher Doug was in attendance.

Henk and Chris were there as well.

Chris had driven Fred over to the tire location to deal with his tractor at 7:30 AM.

Thanks Chris!

Pat arrived and worked a bit outdoors.

He recommended waiting until Friday to blow off the tracks of the ridiculous amount of pine needles that had fallen off the trees.

So much for coniferous trees holding their needles!

Some conifers are truly deciduous such as larches and cypress trees.  

Other conifers such as firs, pines & spruces do shed their older, inner needles on a multi-year cycle.

Well, in a moment you will learn that this is the year for Fred's conifers to get a haircut!

See what I mean!

After working on the computer I headed outdoors to give the lightweight stainless steel Budd cars a run for their money as apparently we had problems with them this past Saturday.

Conifer needle mayhem as seen on video!

On the western end of the property it was the deciduous trees that wreaked havoc on the rail lines.

In this video, Train Extra #7316 reaches Bell amid the early fall season's leaf fall!

We head out to the front of Fred's property to put the passenger consist through its paces 'at speed' on the broad curve.

Note that I didn't find the dome car to add to the consist, but we are six cars strong plus the steam generator car.

The train targets the grade leading up to Brennan Bridge over Goodie's Gulch.

So far the cars 'pass the test' as observed in this video as well.

Let's check back in on our most recent operations; Session #16.

Here we spot second trick Train 314 taking the Cedar Rock siding down in Peter's Pond as Train 311 works the team track.

Peter's Pond video fun.

Chris uncouples his front end from the remainder of his train as Phil looks on.

Switching video in Peter's Pond.

Chris takes the turnouts leading him toward the Cedar Rock Branch.

Up he goes!

As soon as he clears the switch we can then head back to the main line to run around our train.

Dual train video in 'The Pond'.

Our train has to 'hold' for a same-direction meet with the ore train.

Following its passage we are cleared up to Wellington Lake - keeping a safe distance behind the ore crew.

Meet in 'The Pond' as found in this video.

Bell is alive with activity at this point in the session.

We do manage to escape eventually.

Busy Bell video activity.

Garfield tells me to save a few images and videos from Session #16 for another entry later this week.

Thanks to Fred for hosting us and having the tea and coffee on as it was quite the chilly morning today.

We look forward to our final session of the season coming up this Saturday!

Also, keep an eye out for another blog entry later in the week showcasing this past Saturday's session's antics!

We are the WDWD Crew of the OVGRS in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada