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@Cliff_Jennings Sure am. Spent last weekend working on a combine that is in the final stages of restoration. Today I’ll be manning the FEBT Outreach table at the station for the 4th of July Celebration.
@Rooster Yes it’s fast. All the competition told me 50Mbps was fast enough to stream 4K. Not likely. And this one costs less too with no installation fee. It helps that the tower is less tan a half mile away on the ridge.
The train passes my house at least 6 times 5 days a week. That Alco sound is great, but I can’t wait for steam to return. I got a teaser at 7A yesterday when I heard 12’s bell ringing as they pulled it out of the roundhouse for display. Big doings today. Trains, speeders, M1 and railbikes all day. Southbound trips, food and fireworks this evening.
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We’ve been crazy busy. I volunteered last weekend, the 4th, and three days this weekend. Our stuff arrived last Saturday and we finally slept in the house Wednesday night The local movers couldn’t handle my super heavy hardware/tool cabinet so I needed to unload it so I could get it in the back of my car.
The shed is looking more like a storage facility while the house and the FEBT take priority. This is just before retrieving the tool box…
It was a tight fit and a struggle alone to get this monster into the car, even without the drawers…
Gravity assisted getting it out of the car…
Just one of the hardware drawers that are chock full…
After 7 hours of work in “feels like” 100° weather, the railroad treated us to a Southbound trip to the PA 994 crossing just short of the High School. I grabbed a rear facing caboose coupola seat for the shove move…
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You need to let that tool hardware cabinet stand upright for 24hrs before plugging it in.
You certainly seem to be livin’ the life!
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Till I show up and rain on his little party!
You mean re-christen the rear wall?
Now that we are getting close to being settled in the house, I’ve started to think of what changes I’ll make to the shed. I did a basic survey of the interior so I can work up drawings. I will need to insulate above whatever I do for a ceiling.
A flat ceiling would be just over 7’. Or, I could use the level of the few existing truss joists and get angled sides and 8’ for all but 2 feet of the width.
I’m thinking I want some storage above. The flat 7’ would maximum the space above but requires more wood for joists and those joists would be more difficult to place.
I need to go find @Cliff_Jennings’ shed thread and see what he did for the ceiling.
Preliminary thought is to remove both the roll-up and home brew doors. I’d replace the roll-up with a large window and man door and seal up the existing man door.
Hi Jon, here’s the thread.
I get your questions. I decided to leave the joists exposed for storage. It was a real PITA to do interior sheathing around them and above them, but I really like the extra height and feeling of openness.
I think my biggest mistake, JSYK, was in how I insulated the ceiling. That is, between the rafters. They were only 2x4’s. I should have sistered them, or tacked 2x3’s onto their lower sides, to give more space for baffle sheets & insulation, in order to preserve air flow beneath the roof sheathing.
Other than that, carry on!
BTW I saw the pic with you and Al on P41 of the Garden Railway Annual, nice!
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I haven’t seen that. Thanks for the thread link.
Me nether. is this a 2025 garden rr annual or 2024?
This is all on Stan and Deb’s layout article (great article guys!!), and I’ll guess these pics were from an earlier year. Page 41:
And Jon again on p46, center background, with maybe Rick G. on the right, and Jean C. on the left?
This is from Stan’s article a few years ago on operations.
AL P.
Makes sense. They reprinted it though in the recent Annual.
Front to back.
Rick and Jan G.
Al P and Jon R. (the lady in the middle I have no clue)
Ken Brunt and Dad (Andy C )
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Thanks for the more official ID’s Rooster. I’m happy I got 2 out of 6.
For the record, I did think that was Al, because of the suspenders. And the fact that he’s at least a head taller than everyone. 
I bet if you really want to hide Al you could get him a hat with a pony tail attached everyone will walk right by him wondering why he’s not attending this year!
I have been occupied with decorating the interior of the house and trying to empty some more boxes. That and a hundred or so hours volunteering at the railroad. This has kept thoughts off the shed.
Then I realized how quickly winter is approaching. I have a big to-do list…
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Install a 20A outdoor GFCI on the house across from the shed. There is a unused and un-terminated circuit left there by the previous owner. I will use a 12-3 extension cord to power the shed during construction prior to running direct burial from the GFCI box to the shed.
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Replace the crappy metal roll-up with a man door and a big window. Seal up the existing man door.
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Repair the roof. Will need some decking replaced and probably a few rows of new shingles.
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Insulate the roof. I’m only going R-13 since I don’t want to add deeper roof joists. I could add styrofoam under that.
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Install a propane wall furnace and get my plumber or the gas dealer to install the line and 100 gallon tank.
Then I need to decide on flooring and interior finishes. There is that one nice corner in knotty pine, but I think most of the plywood needs to go.
As a first step, today I organized all the boxes and bins. I went from a random mix not piled very high to large piles of same size boxes or bins. My tools and saws are accessible and set up.
At least the center is clear…
Some of those boxes are tired of being moved. I hope they don’t crash. That happened to one pile in storage…
The furnace will likely go on this wall. Probably under the window…
I need to get moving!
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Great progress, Jon!
Yeah big list but you can do it!
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