Here's what happened this weekend on the BCRR this weekend:
More as it develops.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Disaster!
BREAKING NEWS!
Engineers have just discovered a disastrous error on the part of the survey crew! A mainline curve has been marked with the wrong radius, which means all subsequent measurements are incorrect. The miscalculation was made approximately 35% into the surveying process, which was thought to have been completed successfully. That means 70% of the inner mainline must be resurveyed and marked again.
While this could potentially spell disaster for the budding company, it does explain the difficulties encountered during the original survey process. It also lends itself to the recent disputes with the local grain co-op discussed in our last article.
BCRR upper management has yet to pin the blame on any specific individual, declining to comment on what this means to stockholders. Chris Sipe, President and CEO, has scheduled a press conference for Someday afternoon.
More as it develops.
Engineers have just discovered a disastrous error on the part of the survey crew! A mainline curve has been marked with the wrong radius, which means all subsequent measurements are incorrect. The miscalculation was made approximately 35% into the surveying process, which was thought to have been completed successfully. That means 70% of the inner mainline must be resurveyed and marked again.
While this could potentially spell disaster for the budding company, it does explain the difficulties encountered during the original survey process. It also lends itself to the recent disputes with the local grain co-op discussed in our last article.
BCRR upper management has yet to pin the blame on any specific individual, declining to comment on what this means to stockholders. Chris Sipe, President and CEO, has scheduled a press conference for Someday afternoon.
More as it develops.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
We apologize
for the lack of updates. Things have been increasingly rough around the BCRR as of late. About 60% of the surveying (marking track lines) has been completed. Unexpected difficulties have driven the design team back to their desks to reevaluate the overall blueprint. What was "plenty of room" on the blueprint turned out to be a severely tight fit on the workbench.
Disputes between BCRR staff and the local grain co-op have halted all progress. Major disputes involve clearance regulation and setback requirements. Management on both sides are keeping a tight lid on proceedings.
In other news, recent changes to the blogger format mean that anyone should be able to post comments without first registering with blogger! We look forward to your feedback, and ask that you please post your name or initials with anonymous posts so we can have some small idea from whence our feedback doth spring.
More as it develops.
Disputes between BCRR staff and the local grain co-op have halted all progress. Major disputes involve clearance regulation and setback requirements. Management on both sides are keeping a tight lid on proceedings.
In other news, recent changes to the blogger format mean that anyone should be able to post comments without first registering with blogger! We look forward to your feedback, and ask that you please post your name or initials with anonymous posts so we can have some small idea from whence our feedback doth spring.
More as it develops.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Lab Report 4/3/2012
Here's another report from the R&D department.
"Loctite PL300 Foamboard adhesive tests are complete. We tested 3 pieces using different techniques for applying the adhesive.
Using a dab resulted in an incredibly strong bond. However, the excess adhesive was pushed out of the sides of the test piece, creating a potential distortion in the height of surrounding pieces.
Using a dab that was spread with a putty knife resulted in the same incredible bond without the pushing effect.
Using a small dab spread very thin obviously created no pushing problems. What's amazing is that the bond appears every bit as strong as the other samples! In fact, since the adhesive had been thoroughly spread across the surface of the test piece, the bond is even stronger, since no part of the piece is untouched by adhesive.
We have concluded that the Loctite PL300 Foamboard adhesive is perfectly suited for our needs."
There it is, folks. Another problem solved!
More as it develops.
"Loctite PL300 Foamboard adhesive tests are complete. We tested 3 pieces using different techniques for applying the adhesive.
Using a dab resulted in an incredibly strong bond. However, the excess adhesive was pushed out of the sides of the test piece, creating a potential distortion in the height of surrounding pieces.
Using a dab that was spread with a putty knife resulted in the same incredible bond without the pushing effect.
Using a small dab spread very thin obviously created no pushing problems. What's amazing is that the bond appears every bit as strong as the other samples! In fact, since the adhesive had been thoroughly spread across the surface of the test piece, the bond is even stronger, since no part of the piece is untouched by adhesive.
We have concluded that the Loctite PL300 Foamboard adhesive is perfectly suited for our needs."
There it is, folks. Another problem solved!
More as it develops.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Lab Report 4/2/2012
Here's a report from the R&D department.
"Our preliminary adhesive tests are complete. When attempting to adhere our Woodland Scenics Track Bed to our Styrofoam subroadbed, we tested the adhesive qualities of DAP Woodweld Carpenter's Wood Glue alongside Colorplace Clear All-purpose Silicon Sealant.
After 1 hour, the wood glue exhibited little to no tack. The silicon sealant exhibited strong tack, showing great promise.
After 24 hours, the wood glue had not dried and had no tack. The silicon had set up sufficiently but provided very little tack and released the test piece with little effort.
We have on hand a tube of Liquid Nails project adhesive and a tube of Loctite PL300 Foamboard adhesive. We will not conduct a test on the Liquid Nails, as it is not recommended for foam to foam adhesion. We will begin testing the Loctite as soon as the lab is cleared of screaming toddlers."
More as it develops.
"Our preliminary adhesive tests are complete. When attempting to adhere our Woodland Scenics Track Bed to our Styrofoam subroadbed, we tested the adhesive qualities of DAP Woodweld Carpenter's Wood Glue alongside Colorplace Clear All-purpose Silicon Sealant.
After 1 hour, the wood glue exhibited little to no tack. The silicon sealant exhibited strong tack, showing great promise.
After 24 hours, the wood glue had not dried and had no tack. The silicon had set up sufficiently but provided very little tack and released the test piece with little effort.
We have on hand a tube of Liquid Nails project adhesive and a tube of Loctite PL300 Foamboard adhesive. We will not conduct a test on the Liquid Nails, as it is not recommended for foam to foam adhesion. We will begin testing the Loctite as soon as the lab is cleared of screaming toddlers."
More as it develops.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Mystery Solved!
Jeff S. has been identified as the newest member of our Board of Directors! Here's a quote from Chris Sipe, President and CEO:
"Thanks to his hard work and dedication to the cause, I'm proud to welcome Jeff S. to the Beecher City Railroad Board of Directors! He has already made significant contributions to our company, and I look forward to working with him in the future."
Jeff brings with him an expert knowledge of woodcraft, and the kind of expertise in fasteners and adhesives that can only come from years and years and years (and years) of sticking stuff together.
As an added bonus, with the summary dismissal of Katie S. from the Board, Jeff is now the only living member of the Board of Directors, making him Chairman de facto! Congratulations, Jeff!
Jeff declined to comment.
"Thanks to his hard work and dedication to the cause, I'm proud to welcome Jeff S. to the Beecher City Railroad Board of Directors! He has already made significant contributions to our company, and I look forward to working with him in the future."
Jeff brings with him an expert knowledge of woodcraft, and the kind of expertise in fasteners and adhesives that can only come from years and years and years (and years) of sticking stuff together.
As an added bonus, with the summary dismissal of Katie S. from the Board, Jeff is now the only living member of the Board of Directors, making him Chairman de facto! Congratulations, Jeff!
Jeff declined to comment.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Intercepted email
Here in Public Relations we have acquired a copy of an email sent from President/CEO Chris Sipe to Jeff S.
"FROM: Christopher Sipe <-------------@gmail.com>
TO: Jeff S------ <----.----@gmail.com>
SUBJECT: RE: missed you Sunday
March 28, 2012 8:22am
Oh yeah. Forgot all about it. Been so busy with work I haven't had time to do anything on the railroad.
I've had a couple ideas about this curve thing. One was to cut out a couple of half circles of cardboard (so much cheaper and easier to handle) to use as guides. One would be 22" radius and the other would be 24".
Another idea was to just one guide shaped kind of like a C, with the inner curve 22" and the outer 24" but I'm afraid that would be hard to line up with the lines from the tangen track.
A third idea I had that would work in conjuncture with the other two is to add a little straight lead-in piece to each guide, making the half circle more of a tombstone shape and the C more of a U. That way I could just line up the lead-in pieces with the lines from the tangent track, draw the curve extending beyond the end of the actual curve, draw the next tangent line, then erase or disregard the excess curve line.
I expect this to be the second most difficult task I'm facing, next to the original track planning stage."
Who is this mysterious Jeff? What "work" is the President and CEO of the Beecher City Railroad doing that keeps him from the railroad? Does his loyalty lie elsewhere? What could this mean for the future of the company? We can only speculate at this point. We welcome your comments and suggestions.
More as it develops.
"FROM: Christopher Sipe <-------------@gmail.com>
TO: Jeff S------ <----.----@gmail.com>
SUBJECT: RE: missed you Sunday
March 28, 2012 8:22am
Oh yeah. Forgot all about it. Been so busy with work I haven't had time to do anything on the railroad.
I've had a couple ideas about this curve thing. One was to cut out a couple of half circles of cardboard (so much cheaper and easier to handle) to use as guides. One would be 22" radius and the other would be 24".
Another idea was to just one guide shaped kind of like a C, with the inner curve 22" and the outer 24" but I'm afraid that would be hard to line up with the lines from the tangen track.
A third idea I had that would work in conjuncture with the other two is to add a little straight lead-in piece to each guide, making the half circle more of a tombstone shape and the C more of a U. That way I could just line up the lead-in pieces with the lines from the tangent track, draw the curve extending beyond the end of the actual curve, draw the next tangent line, then erase or disregard the excess curve line.
I expect this to be the second most difficult task I'm facing, next to the original track planning stage."
Who is this mysterious Jeff? What "work" is the President and CEO of the Beecher City Railroad doing that keeps him from the railroad? Does his loyalty lie elsewhere? What could this mean for the future of the company? We can only speculate at this point. We welcome your comments and suggestions.
More as it develops.
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