THE HOLE IN THE WALL
MARCH 20-22,2008
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CALVERT CENTRAL - PAGE 10 THE HOLE IN THE WALL MARCH 20-22,2008 |
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| NEW FRAMING - All week I worked on the framing for the track winding around the site of the old closet. This may not look like much, but a lot of work has gone into planning, cutting, and fitting all the various pieces. | NEW TRACK - The track on the left continues the line's steady climb at 2.4 percent grade. For the curve itself the grade eases to 2 percent. About eight feet of track, from the curve to the turnout, was handlaid. The rest is flex track. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| TIGHT CLEARANCE - Too tight in this case - the car was hitting the pole. I had to readjust all the new track 1/4 inch toward the inside of the curve. | BUDD LIGHTS THE SPOT - The Budd Car shines its headlight on the spot where there will be a hole in the wall. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| MAKING A HOLE - With a few knife cuts (front and back) and a couple hits with the hammer, we are opening a hole in the wall without too much collateral damage. | THE HOLE IN THE WALL - The initial hole is cut. There will be a lot of modifications before we are done here. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| THE SHORTCUT - The track will go behind the pole. That's the reasoning behind the whole thing. Charlotte was not happy at first, knowing that the trains have intruded into the other side of the basement. | CLEARANCE CHECK - With a piece of 1x8 pine installed, the track was laid tem-porarily, checked for clearance, and readjusted. The Budd Car has the widest overhang of any piece of equipment in the fleet, including 70 feet passenger cars. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| IT FITS - The track is done now, with just enough clearance at the pole and the two wall sections. One of the studs (behind the pole) had to get shaved quite a bit. | THE OTHER SIDE - This is all you can see from the other side of the basement. It has a flat, level top, like a shelf, so it's not "wasted space" anyway. | ||||||||||||||||||||