Week 362

 Sun, Jul 4, 2021 thru Sat, Jul 10, 2021

Count	Priority	Key
2	A	Top - This Week
3	B	Top - Next Week
6	C	Mid - This Month
10	D	Mid - Next Month
4	E	Low - This Year
3	F	Low - Next Year
14	G	Completed/Done!
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Project Priority List
Priority	Origination Date	Latest Update	Project Name	Project Description	Done! Date
A	6/5/2021	6/5/2021	Working on Locomotives	CNW SD40-2 #6928, UP SD50 #53, RTA F40PH #138	Finishing one by one
A	7/3/2021	7/3/2021	Install highway parallel to Coal plant, complete with curb and gutters	At Powder River Basin and to Harvard
B	5/11/2021	5/11/2021	West Chicago Station	Platform/lighting
B	5/11/2021	5/11/2021	Finish Bridge/Underpass	Melrose Park downtown curbs, sidewalks, gutters, buildings
B	5/13/2021	5/13/2021	RIP Shop track floor inside building	do this before ballasting
C	7/1/2021	7/1/2021	Finish wiring Crossover 2.5	Will need to figure this out.
C	5/11/2021	5/11/2021	Winfield/Berkeley Station	Platform/lighting
C	5/11/2021	5/11/2021	Oak Park Marion Street Station	Lighting/kitbashing
C	5/13/2021	5/13/2021	ballast RIP Shop	finishing touches
C	5/18/2021	5/18/2021	Mainline ballasting	Between Crossover #2 and WeGo Diamonds - back tracks in front of WeGo downtown
C	6/4/2021		Finish decoder installation	UP SD50 #53

Sun, Jul 4, 2021

Travel to MI for some R&R

Mon, Jul 5, 2021

MI R&R

Tue, Jul 6, 2021

Returned home and worked a bit on the RR

I was able to continue work on the road that goes to the Powder River Basin Coal Plant.

You can see how the road curves around the Coal Plant in this picture.
Still need to finish the road over the tracks.
Hopefully this week...

Wed, Jul 7, 2021

Getting ready to extend the highway over the tracks.

Here's the completed road running through the tracks.

Tomorrow I plan on filling in the sides with land fill.

Priority A2 on the list.

Thu, Jul 8, 2021

Train Day!

w/Rob Fair and Jordan Osborn

6-8pm 2 hours

Lots accomplished tonight...take a look...

Rob Fair begins the night ballasting the mainline leading to the Powder River Basin.

Jordan Osborn greets us from the Control Tower.

Rob Fair using the glue mixture to adhere the ballast to the tracks.

Rob Fair works on installing the storm drains.

We've also installed the shoulder on the road and applied the glue mixture.

A close-up look at the storm drains.

Another view of same.

Rob Fair also installed two fire hydrants, in case of fire at the Coal Plant.

The curb and gutters are taped off and ready for painting.

Checking out Rob's steady hand in

painting curb & gutters.

Length: 00:00:11 sec.

I can't wait to see what this looks like in the morning after everything has dried.

Back at the West Power District Rob Fair paints between the rails of the RIP shop in WeGo.

More steady hand and painting.

Looking good!

All set for the building to be put back in place.

Looks good, wouldn't you say?

Next step is laying down the ballast.

Fri, Jul 9, 2021

Big day today!

Lots accomplished

Take a look...

BEFORE
Tape on the side of the road as the shoulder material hardens.

AFTER
Tape removed. You like?

Getting ready to install the street lights.

Looking down the street at the new curb and street running parallel to the coal plant.

Going to the other end and looking in the opposite direction.

Video 1 - drilling holes for the streetlights.

Length: 00:00:28 sec.

Video 2 - drilling holes for the streetlights.

Length: 00:00:30 sec.

I love this view.

I try hard to keep the phone steady, but failed again miserably in this attempt.

The newly installed street light on the western end of the Powder River Basin.

Streetlights installed

Length: 00:00:25 sec.

BEFORE
White street lights at the coal plant.

AFTER
I was going to paint the street poles black but my black was dried out, so I painted them silver instead.

Sat, Jul 10, 2021

Working on the lights at Powder River Basin...

Here's what I've got done so far...

A video overview of the South Power District Light grid:

Length: 00:00:26 sec.

Here's the South Power District Light Grid lit up.
I've included the Powder River Basin in this power district.
You can barely make out the light in the far distance.

Project Priority List
Priority	Origination Date	Latest Update	Project Name	Project Description	Done! Date
A	6/5/2021	6/5/2021	Working on Locomotives	CNW SD40-2 #6928, UP SD50 #53, RTA F40PH #138	Finishing one by one
B	7/10/2021	7/10/2021	Finish installing PRB street lights	Include wiring before completion date is set
G	7/3/2021	7/3/2021	Install highway parallel to Coal plant, complete with curb and gutters	At Powder River Basin and to Harvard	7/9/2021
B	5/11/2021	5/11/2021	West Chicago Station	Platform/lighting
B	5/11/2021	5/11/2021	Finish Bridge/Underpass	Melrose Park downtown curbs, sidewalks, gutters, buildings
B	5/13/2021	5/13/2021	RIP Shop track floor inside building	do this before ballasting