A marathon effort by our crew today saw the track for CBA 547 completed. The track has been moved into its final position and is ready for 547 to be moved.
Next weekend will see the long awaited move happen.
We hope to be able to redistribute the tarps too so that 1549 is covered again by a tarp that doesn't leak.
Any members who are available please come down and give a hand.
In our continual search to make this blog more useful for our members (and because I thought it was cool) a TRAK calendar has been added to the site. I have added events into 2007. If you notice any errors, I swear I put them there to see if anyone uses it, please report them in the comments. So far I have only added events TRAK is part of. If you would like any other event listed just let me know.
It is pretty straightforward to use but here are some things to get you started. Just click on the link and a page will open showing the calendar for the current month. You have the option of viewing as "Agenda" which shows a list of events. The arrows at the top left allow you to scroll through months. Click on an event to see more details, I have not added details for workdays, only other events.
That's it, have fun and let me know if you find it useful.
For those that appreciate the weird and wonderful, Blogger provides a spellcheck facility (that I usually forget to use) but it doesn't recognise the word "blog"!
There will be a workday this Sunday. Ben and Alan are planning to finish the track and also to move the timber they collected a couple of weeks ago. Alan has obtained the bolts needed and is looking into options for drilling the sleepers. They will need help so if you can please come along and give them a hand.
Things have been very hectic over the last few weeks, hence this is the first post for a fortnight. There hasn't been much to post as almost all our efforts have been directed at the exhibition. Fortunately I can report it was a success from many points. Quite a few hundred people visited over the two days, we proved we could pull together a complex plan and organise a wide range of groups to display their interests, everyone involved seemed to enjoy themselves. Financially it was more successful than we expected, we would have been happy to break even. Of course there was lots to learn and we will do many things different next year.
The carriage group was integral to the event as we did much of the behind the scenes work over the four days. Marking out the hall, putting up signs and clearing the garbage were just a few of the tasks we were responsible for. Well done to everyone who helped.
Now it is time to get back to normal. There won't be a work day this weekend as the forecast is not good. Actually the forecast is great, rain that is so badly needed but it makes laying track difficult. I don't think we would have many volunteers if we had scheduled a workday as many of us need a break. Hopefully next weekend will be back to normal.
No workday doesn't mean the committee has been idle as Stephen and Alan have been looking into various ways of drilling the holes for the spikes in the sleepers. Using a normal drill is not an option as they burn out on the hardwood of the old sleepers. Stay tuned for the ideas they come up with. Does anyone know where we can borrow a fettler's augur?
We have picked up the Silky Oak timber donated to us too. Thanks to Ben and Alan for fetching it a couple of weeks ago.
Well things have been quiet at the site lately due to a number of issues. We have had a few promotions events, few of our volunteers have been available and the weather was a problem on a couple of days. One of the reasons few members were available is the upcoming exhibition. Everything is almost ready and the Carriage Group will play an important part. We are setting up the TRAK stand, marking out the hall, putting up signs, delivering gear to the site as well as generally helping out.
Today however Alan and Ben are collecting some Silky Oak logs that will be sawn into useful timber. Thanks to our members who donated it and to the guy for traveling over there to pick it up.
