[Accrs] Fair Sign-up as of today
Alameda County Central Railroad Society
accrs at mail.accrs.org
Tue May 29 15:45:20 PDT 2018
I will have stitches out on Friday.
If all continues to go well I will sign up for almost all needed weekday
and Sat. afternoon shifts.
Ted
On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 8:58 PM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society <
accrs at mail.accrs.org> wrote:
> Message From: Mike Garrigan bainterthepainter at gmail.com
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> I'll take the morning shifts...I just wasn't sure yet if Robert was up for
> it...
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> On Mon, May 28, 2018, 6:55 PM Timothy Boles <tgizmo1984 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> Ok guys a couple things,
>> First off, as you see from Phil's graphic we need bodies to cover the
>> fair.
>> The start of fair is only 3 weeks away now, and there are lots of empty
>> spots. Please don't wait until the last
>> Minute to sign up.
>> Second,
>> As you may have seen, we are not going to have access to the fairgrounds
>> and the building the weekend
>> Of the Goodguys.
>> The regular business meeting will happen the following Friday. The 8th of
>> June.
>> Lastly,
>> The freight yard south exit is usable. The north end however is not.
>> All the tracks between the highway bridge and the mainline have some
>> serious issues.
>> Most of that area has no track power anymore. The switch machines seem to
>> have power though.
>> There is also a polarity issue in there someplace just to confuse the
>> efforts.
>> Running in one direction on the "yard main" works fine, when you jumped
>> an extra rail gap.
>> The other direction on the same track shorts out.
>> We will need all hands on deck on the 8th, and posing a work party on the
>> 9th to get this area functioning
>> by fair, IF we what to be able to run through the freight yard.
>> Having this ability will greatly simplify life when rotating trains in
>> and out of service every few hours
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
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>> On May 23, 2018, at 6:30 PM, Phil Edholm <pedholm at pkeconsulting.com>
>> wrote:
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>> I updated the form with the sign-ups so far. Mike, Tim, and I have signed
>> up. I focused on the evenings and Tim focused on the weekends. Notice that
>> two shifts have three signed up and they are green on both the shift and
>> totals pages. As we populate the shift sign-up sheet we will know how our
>> coverage looks.
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>> The attached pdf has three pages. The first is the sign-ups by day/shift
>> so far. The second page is the scorecard/dashboard for sign-ups. You can
>> see that Tim and I (assuming we do what is committed) have done more than
>> the required 15 shifts required per member if we have 12 equal volunteers.
>> The color code shows the amount signed up versus the average required. If
>> we have 12 members working the fair, we need an average of 15 shifts each
>> to cover the 171 shifts (3*3*19=171 /12 = 14.25). The last page is a form
>> you can print out, fill in, and then take a picture with your phone and
>> message to me at 4088325618 and I will add you in 😊
>>
>>
>>
>> BTW, I would be interested in splitting some Sat/Sun middle shifts with
>> someone who wants to work from 10:30 to around 4:30. I will come in and
>> work from 4:30 to closing. In some way two shifts make more sense. 6 hours
>> is more reasonable than the 8 for two shifts. If anyone wants to do that I
>> will note a shared shift on the chart. We can decide if that makes sense to
>> have next year as an option.
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>> Here are the first two pages as JPEGS if you cannot read the pdf.
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>> *Phil Edholm*
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>> pedholm at pkeconsulting.com
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>> www.pkeconsulting.com
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>> www.ucstrategies.com
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>> www.webrtcworld.com
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>> Follow me on Twitter at @PEdholm
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>> Office 925-264-9420
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>> Mobile 408-832-5618
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>> *From:* Phil Edholm
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 22, 2018 1:36 PM
>> *To:* 'Theodore Tully' <tullyme2 at gmail.com>
>> *Cc:* judick.66 at comcast.net; Abrahams, Seth <sja at postmodern.com>;
>> Becker, Carl <carlb42 at yahoo.com>; Bellaver, Ken <kbellaver1 at comcast.net>;
>> Bissum, Linda <linda at bissum.com>; Boles, Phillip <boles250gto at yahoo.com>;
>> Boles, Tim <tgizmo1984 at yahoo.com>; Brickell, Larry <colorado at onemain.com>;
>> Brisko, Bill <bbrisko at sonic.net>; Bull, Steve <sbullfox at gmail.com>;
>> Bunch, Bob <bbunchm at aol.com>; Butterfield, David <db331309 at gmail.com>;
>> Chandler, Henry <boxsbyhank at aol.com>; Colby, Steve <Spasc at aol.com>;
>> Daniel, Sean <seandaniel19 at hotmail.com>; Darling, William <
>> foxglove25 at gmail.com>; Engeman, George <georgeengeman at aol.com>;
>> Espinosa, Dan <steelnomad2002 at yahoo.com>; Galli, Bob <lettagalli at aol.com>;
>> Garrigan, Mike <bainterthepainter at gmail.com>; Herdrich, Jim <
>> foxrich at msn.com>; Jorgensen, Jim <jim at financialsavvy.com>; Kevin <
>> slingshot.kevin at gmail.com>; Lopez, Robert <robertlopez at sanjosefop.com>;
>> Oborne, Bill & Joyce <billoborne at icloud.com>
>> *Subject:* RE: Start on layout and operating guidelines
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>> Guys, not trying to do anything now before the fair this year. Everything
>> I wrote in the document needs to be discussed and agreed by us as a group.
>> We should discuss before doing anything.
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>> The layout looks really good now, but there is a lot of equipment under
>> and to be repaired. Most of the stuff on the layout is the members and
>> seems to me it is fine to have on the layout if it can be run. Ted’s
>> equipment is really nice on the layout if he is comfortable with it
>> running.
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>> My thought is that equipment left on the layout can be run during shows,
>> though I keep thinking we need a logbook to measure usage for maintenance.
>>
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>> *Phil Edholm*
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>> Office 925-264-9420
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>> Mobile 408-832-5618
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>> *From:* Theodore Tully <tullyme2 at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 22, 2018 12:47 PM
>> *To:* Phil Edholm <pedholm at pkeconsulting.com>
>> *Cc:* judick.66 at comcast.net; Abrahams, Seth <sja at postmodern.com>;
>> Becker, Carl <carlb42 at yahoo.com>; Bellaver, Ken <kbellaver1 at comcast.net>;
>> Bissum, Linda <linda at bissum.com>; Boles, Phillip <boles250gto at yahoo.com>;
>> Boles, Tim <tgizmo1984 at yahoo.com>; Brickell, Larry <colorado at onemain.com>;
>> Brisko, Bill <bbrisko at sonic.net>; Bull, Steve <sbullfox at gmail.com>;
>> Bunch, Bob <bbunchm at aol.com>; Butterfield, David <db331309 at gmail.com>;
>> Chandler, Henry <boxsbyhank at aol.com>; Colby, Steve <Spasc at aol.com>;
>> Daniel, Sean <seandaniel19 at hotmail.com>; Darling, William <
>> foxglove25 at gmail.com>; Engeman, George <georgeengeman at aol.com>;
>> Espinosa, Dan <steelnomad2002 at yahoo.com>; Galli, Bob <lettagalli at aol.com>;
>> Garrigan, Mike <bainterthepainter at gmail.com>; Herdrich, Jim <
>> foxrich at msn.com>; Jorgensen, Jim <jim at financialsavvy.com>; Kevin <
>> slingshot.kevin at gmail.com>; Lopez, Robert <robertlopez at sanjosefop.com>;
>> Oborne, Bill & Joyce <billoborne at icloud.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: Start on layout and operating guidelines
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>> I'll try to get my stuff off the layout before the fair.
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>> Regards,
>>
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>>
>> Ted
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>> On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 12:10 PM, Phil Edholm <pedholm at pkeconsulting.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Mike pushed me to start a simple manual for the layout. He is feeling the
>> same thing that I felt when I joined, it takes quite a while to understand
>> the layout and some of the unique design “features”.
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>>
>> I attached a start to an O Scale Layout and Operating Guide. My thought
>> was to start without the formal operating sessions and focus on the show
>> and general casual operations. It is done in word and is in two columns so
>> the resulting document can be folded into a pocket.
>>
>> A key to this is all agreeing to a set of guidelines for using the layout
>> or operating at shows. Some issues are relatively simple, but others may be
>> an issue. For example, do we want to prescribe that no equipment is to be
>> left on the mainline or in the mainline sidings after any operating
>> session? We need to have some discussions about DCC, the state the layout
>> is left in , etc. I know I am as bad as everyone else of leaving trains on
>> the mainline, etc., but we should decide if we agree on some guidelines.
>> Anyway, look through this and lets discuss more at the next bus meeting.
>>
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>> There are a whole bunch of thigs that need to be written. My thought was
>> to have three main areas:
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>> 1. Overall layout guidelines
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>> a. Leaving equipment, etc.
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>> b. State of completion of projects
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>> 2. Operating Session guides
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>> c. For the different kinds of sessions
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>> 3. Tutorials
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>> d. A set of simple descriptions of how to do something. For
>> example, how to get a train out of the departure tracks and onto the
>> mainline, or how to use the return loops.
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>>
>> I someone wants to write tutorial for the yard, changing to DC or back
>> to DCC, using the reverse lops, etc. t would be good. Also need to include
>> the Trolley and Narrow gauge.
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>> BTW, if anyone else wants to take this to drive forward, please feel free
>> 😊
>>
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>>
>> *Phil Edholm*
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>> <image004.jpg>
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>> pedholm at pkeconsulting.com
>>
>> www.pkeconsulting.com
>>
>> www.ucstrategies.com
>>
>> www.webrtcworld.com
>>
>> Follow me on Twitter at @PEdholm
>>
>> Office 925-264-9420
>>
>> Mobile 408-832-5618
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _____________________________________________
>> *From:* Phil Edholm
>> *Sent:* Sunday, May 20, 2018 1:39 PM
>> *To:* 'judick.66 at comcast.net' <judick.66 at comcast.net>; 'Abrahams, Seth' <
>> sja at postmodern.com>; 'Becker, Carl' <carlb42 at yahoo.com>; 'Bellaver, Ken'
>> <kbellaver1 at comcast.net>; 'Bissum, Linda ' <linda at Bissum.com>; 'Boles,
>> Phillip' <boles250gto at yahoo.com>; 'Boles, Tim' <tgizmo1984 at yahoo.com>;
>> 'Brickell, Larry' <colorado at onemain.com>; 'Brisko, Bill' <
>> bbrisko at sonic.net>; 'Bull, Steve' <sbullfox at gmail.com>; 'Bunch, Bob' <
>> bbunchm at aol.com>; 'Butterfield, David' <db331309 at gmail.com>; 'Chandler,
>> Henry' <boxsbyhank at aol.com>; 'Colby, Steve' <Spasc at aol.com>; 'Daniel,
>> Sean' <seandaniel19 at hotmail.com>; 'Darling, William' <
>> foxglove25 at gmail.com>; 'Engeman, George' <georgeengeman at aol.com>;
>> 'Espinosa, Dan' <steelnomad2002 at yahoo.com>; 'Galli, Bob' <
>> lettagalli at aol.com>; 'Garrigan, Mike' <bainterthepainter at gmail.com>;
>> 'Herdrich, Jim' <foxrich at msn.com>; 'Jorgensen, Jim' <
>> jim at financialsavvy.com>; 'Kevin' <slingshot.kevin at gmail.com>; 'Lopez,
>> Robert' <robertlopez at sanjosefop.com>; 'Oborne, Bill & Joyce' <
>> billoborne at icloud.com>; 'Tully, Theodore' <tullyme2 at gmail.com>
>> *Subject:* Yard Project Update
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>> On Friday we worked on the yard to get an accurate diagram and to
>> identify issues. Attached are two pdfs, the first is the yard diagram in
>> the foldable two sided version that shows both yard and aisle views.
>>
>> << File: O Scale Yard Diagram Foldable.pdf >>
>>
>> One change, when we talked on Friday we talked about the main and then
>> tracks 1-11. As I drew it up and thought about it from the view of a new
>> member (me when I came a couple of years ago), I thought that might be
>> confusing, so I opted to make the yard main “Track 1”. That way when you
>> start counting you can count up from the track closest to the center aisle
>> (the yard main) as 1. Also, if we start with Switch 41, then the switch and
>> track numbers align up to track 9 (all the tracks in the 4x ladder).
>> Anyway, here it is as a graphic:
>>
>>
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>> << File: O Scale Yard Pre-Fair Punch Down List 052018 v1.pdf >>
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>>
>> What is cool is this is now a graphic, so I used it to create the second
>> document, a punch list of things we need to de before the fair to get the
>> yard to an optimized running state that will let us plan trains and
>> consists. This lets us see where the issue is and then have a description.
>> Over time, we can do this for the rest of the layout, but for fair we are
>> going to focus on the yard.
>>
>>
>>
>> As most all will be at O Scale West next week, the next chance for work
>> is the Friday before the Good Guys (which I will miss). Anyway, there are 6
>> items to be done, the last may be a fast verification. I anyone can get
>> these done, especially the first four before the Good Guys, we can do some
>> yard running.
>>
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>> << OLE Object: Picture (Device Independent Bitmap) >>
>>
>> Here is the list as html:
>>
>>
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>> *Issue*
>>
>> *Number*
>>
>> *Description of Issue*
>>
>> *Required Repair or Action (if Known)*
>>
>> *Member Responsible*
>>
>> 1
>>
>> Switch 306 is not powered
>>
>> Spike to Yard main and jumper feed frog
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>> 2
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>> Switch 11 is not powered
>>
>> Spike to Yard main and jumper feed frog
>>
>> 3
>>
>> No power on multiple tracks to the north (to SW 51-54) of the car bridge
>> over the yard
>>
>> Analyze to see issue, may be feeders disconnected.
>>
>> 4
>>
>> Switch 42 needs repair – is not throwing causing derailments
>>
>> May be issue with width of point rails, appears they are soldered too
>> close and exceed switch throw – May need Tortoise
>>
>> 5
>>
>> Switch 47 was not throwing (may be 46 or 48)
>>
>> Needs evaluation
>>
>> 6
>>
>> Yard Lead Isolation – If engines are left on these leads they have to be
>> isolated for protection.
>>
>> Validate that these leads are isolated to the switch direction or wire
>> the rail feeders to the frog to control with the switch
>>
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>> *Phil Edholm*
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>> <2108 O Scale Fair Signup and Coverage 052318 v1.pdf>
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