Official Naugatuck Railroad thread (NAUG/RMNE)

Hmmmmm - lots of mutton on the menu!
How hot is that Chili? Not your famous (infamous?) "General Alarm" offering c.1986 at the Essex CVRM volunteer picnic?
Your regular mid-strength is good to keep us all going.
Chicken stew, sausage & peppers, good (the unhealthy type) dogs and cow-burgers OK.
Don't forget to order the Moxie!
I'll be there both days.

CVRA7 wrote:Hmmmmm - lots of mutton on the menu!
How hot is that Chili? Not your famous (infamous?) "General Alarm" offering c.1986 at the Essex CVRM volunteer picnic?
Your regular mid-strength is good to keep us all going.
Chicken stew, sausage & peppers, good (the unhealthy type) dogs and cow-burgers OK.
Don't forget to order the Moxie!
I'll be there both days.

Moxie Good - Drink of the Gods & Klingons

But I'd though you'd go for the Lancaster Hot Pot - it can be made with beef & probably pork maybe capibarra. We will try to get kosher pork if requested [blessed by the Pope of course].

Naugy Spring Track Blitz Approaches!
Our second annual Spring Track Weekend will be held on the 18 and 19th of April. There will be some mainline work, and some work around the shop site. Other projects will also be running concurrently, such as “spring cleaning” on the Thomaston Station grounds. Work will begin 9:00am each day, and lunch will be served to those who reserved. Proper safety gear, including a hard hat, safety glasses, gloves and safety-toe boots will be mandatory for all on-track workers.

If you are interested in participating, please send an e-mail to [email protected] at least one week prior to the event to allow planning and food purchases to be made. This project will be a great opportunity to introduce new volunteers to railroad work. If you know anyone who has had some interest, bring them along for a nice day of exercise and education!

More info is on the RMNE blog... http://naugy.blogspot.com

tsrachaser wrote:Naugy Spring Track Blitz Approaches!
If you know anyone who has had some interest, bring them along for a nice day of exercise and education!

More info is on the RMNE blog... http://naugy.blogspot.com

Exercise is nice - maybe we can start the day off with communal loosening up exercises - a la corporate Japanese????


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(HAI DOZO!)

Thought this forum needed a little steroid boost....or viagra....choose your poison.

What's the latest for the track weekend - still mainly main line work around Jericho?

Are you guys expecting a busy summer with the NMRA Convention in town?
I'm really looking forward to checking out Naugy this summer. Should be easy too. The girlfriend's family is from the Manchester area, and we're down often. I'm making it a point to visit, hopefully during the convention.

My question to you good fellows is: How much time should I set aside to see mostly everything the museum's got to offer?

Mattydred wrote:Are you guys expecting a busy summer with the NMRA Convention in town?

The Convention tour is just like a charter. Are we expecting a busy summer? Sure, but not because of the NMRA charter.
http://hn2009.org/prototype_tours.html

I'm really looking forward to checking out Naugy this summer... My question to you good fellows is: How much time should I set aside to see mostly everything the museum's got to offer?

Depends on what you want to see...?
http://www.rmne.org/

And the time [of day/week/month] is also critical.

Forget anytime towards the end of July - we will be getting ready for "Day Out With Thomas".

The best day of the week is when a train is scheduled since that's when the volunteers are around.

Our paid staff is way too busy to take time out for any guided tours o(*^*)o......

I think that was humor. Anyway, thanks CannaScrews and Otto. I'm planning on early July for a visit to RMNE. And I'll check those links again. Anyone else notice that the convention website is a little slow?

Mattydred wrote:I'm planning on early July for a visit to RMNE. And I'll check those links again.

If you're coming for the NMRA Convention (July 5-11), then the Naugatuck Railroad/RMNE is one of the scheduled tours.

Again: http://hn2009.org/prototype_tours.html

I just read the PDF this morning. Awesome Otto, thanks.
Now, if I could just find my checkbook...

Spring 2009 Track Blitz Weekend April 18-19

We will be holding spring track weekend on April 18th and 19th. For those of you who have attended in the past, last years spring and fall track weekends were a huge success. Excellent attendance and great weather lead to four highly productive work days and the track constructed has gone to good use.

This year, we will be focusing on several smaller projects instead of a single large project. This will hopefully alleviate some of the congestion caused by large numbers of people trying to work within the same area. The tentative list of projects includes extension of the Thomaston Shop yard tracks by constructing temporary 'skeleton track' to increase yard capacity, surfacing and ballasting of the yard lead and yard tracks, and track repairs at the Plume & Atwood grade crossing. The plan is to divide crews as necessary to accomplish the work.

Please plan on meeting at Thomaston Shop at 8am. All volunteers must have necessary PPE, including a hard hat, safety-toe boots, gloves, safety glasses, and hearing protection if working around equipment. Lunch will be provided to all volunteers in attendance and work will continue until 5pm.

**In order to plan projects and ensure adequate food quantities, it is crucial that you notify me using the 'Email' button.** If you are interested in a specific project, please specify the project in the email. Thanks and I look forward to seeing you there!

see also: http://naugy.blogspot.com/

Sounds like we'll be having good weather, so come on over.....

The Second Annual RMNE Spring Track Blitz and Barbeque was a success; great weather (arranged for by the meteorologist-on-retainer), plenty of food, and lots of willing and capable hands.

On Saturday, three projects were taking place inside the shop--- rebuilding the roof on Central Vermont 4014, a 1920s wood caboose; extensive steel & interior restoration work continued on coach 5805; and disassembly of a 16-cylinder 567C EMD diesel engine.

Outside the shop, one crew worked on building almost 200 feet of new yard track, adding 66 feet on to each of the three yard tracks built last year. And another crew used the on-track tamper to bring the 800-foot shop lead track to a smooth surface (the shop lead surfacing was finished on Saturday afternoon).

Up in Thomaston, yet another crew tore up the old "Plume" private crossing, so that the deteriorated rails and ties could be replaced. That project was complicated by the crossing being located on part of a switch, the north Thomaston passing track switch. Machines did a lot of that work, but there was plenty of shovel work, too. The crossing had been installed in 1959 and had not been opened for maintenance since then.

Saturday's lunch was grilled at two separate locations-- Thomaston Shop Yard and at the Plume crossing project.

On Sunday, the third yard track extension was finished by noontime, and the yard crew transferred to Thomaston to work on the Plume crossing and switch project. 14 new track ties and 6 long, heavy, new switch ties were inserted, and the rest of the roadbed was prepped for the last 10 switch ties to go into the track.

A long weekend for some of the participants, but a lot was accomplished. And thanks should go to the new members/participants (some of whom found RMNE on Railroad dot net) for giving this a go-- for finding out what real preservation railroading is all about!

That's it for now; pics should soon be on the http://www.rmne.org "News of The Naugy" section.

Some of the RMNE crew (about 6 people) will be heading for Maine next weekend, to help out the WW&F track weekend.