I thought about putting more drainage but that would not be fun, especially on a backwoods logging line. LOL Luckly the water goes down fast and only nhappens during very heavy rains.
Jon Radder said:Jon Radder said:Ric Golding said:
Jon,Did “Big Cut” drain or fill?
I didn’t venture out there to look. I gave a quick glance when driving by on the street last night to see if it caved in. It looked OK.Rain will stop by mid day and warm up a bit. I plan to clean up the cut and foundation in preparation for laying block tomorrow evening. News at 10 PM.
News is early -Deep Cut (Big Cut must be on some other RR) did just fine. No standing water even though I had created a dam down-grade with my excavation for roadbed. I worked in the trench back-filling around the foundation and it wasn’t even muddy. When I washed it off with a hose the water puddled. That’s not unexpected since the ground is so saturated.
Big Cut is on the former Greenbrier, Cheat , and Elk RR over the mountain from Cass, sold to the WM and then I think owned now by the State of WV. Its a few miles up the track from Spruce for those of you that have done the ride…
Shawn, I thougth I was the only one who experienced flooding on the layout. Glas to see you are getting the flooding problem under control.
Ron
Jon Radder said:Does my heart good to be reminded of what Yankee ingenuity and self reliance are all about. We lived in semi-rural, coastal Connecticut for 35 years where every male had to own and show proficiency in the use of generators, pumps, chainsaws, and many other tools of survival .... it was a requirement for citizenship! We now live in an association community in suburban Northeast Ohio where a burned out light bulb requires a panicky call to the local lamp replacement technician. I stick out like a sore thumb here ..... I'm the only guy in a three block radius who owns a hammer AND a screwdriver.Ken Brunt said:We got it easy over here on the West side. Eastern CT had over 9 inches of rain and Rhode Island is a federal disaster area. I haven't looked specifically at the layout, but what I saw from the windows everything looks normal for after a big rain. I came home last night to several inches of water in the garage and wet carpet in the finished basement. None of this is unusual with 4 inches of rain and we know to keep things off the floor. I started a pump in the garage. Used a wet vac, then started the dehumidifier and fans in the basement. All should be well by the weekend.
I was up in Radder's neck of the woods yesterday delivering to 2 nurseries and it poured rain all day. Both places I went too in Newtown and Watertown Ct were mudholes and almost got stuck in the second one.
Walt
Hi Walt -
That may have been true in our time, but it won’t last. I work for a property manager and we get work orders daily to change light bulbs 
Jon Radder said:
Hi Walt -That may have been true in our time, but it won’t last. I work for a property manager and we get work orders daily to change light bulbs
Wow thats sad but good for you, job security.