Scott,,
You need to pull out the garage floor and put in spancrete. That should give
you another 400+ sq. ft. more or less. Just a simple project.
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: <arnold299@a...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] B&MRR Update
> To Dave Lotz,
> Happy belated birthday!
> I checked out your photos on your layout and was wondering how big of an
area
> you are allowed by the Railorad Commissioner in the basement?
>
> Here in Lincoln Nebraska, I was able to seize control of half the basement
> due to a homestead act from when the house was built. Yes, concessions
were
> made including losing control of storage area in the garage.
>
> Scott Arnold
>
> In a message dated 2/19/2001 12:10:23 AM Central Standard Time,
> Dave_Lotz@m... writes:
>
> << February 18, 2001
> St. Louis, Missouri
>
> Grading crews completed the ground work for the Burlington Yards today.
The
> preparations were made more difficult as the whole area was raised an
> average of 10 to 12 feet to bring the level of the yards above the 500
year
> flood level of the Mississippi. The gandy dancers have been progressing
> down the West Burlington Hill and are expected to begin laying track
through
> Burlington later this week. On the east side of the river, the trackwork
> has been completed all the way to East Burlington. It appears that our
goal
> of having track connecting Galesburg & Creston by July 4th will be
> attainable. (Be sure to sign up for the Green Diamond tour on Thursday
or
> Friday of the Gateway 2001 NMRA National Convention!).
>
> The caissons are in place for the first pier of the Mississippi bridge
and
> construction has begun on the second. The stone for the piers is
currently
> being quarried near Oquawka and will be delivered to East Burlington by
our
> own trains and then to the pier site by barge. The bridge design is
> completed and material have been ordered.
>
> Today, marking the B&MRR Superintendent's 46th birthday, the first B&MRR
> locomotive was delivered to Galesburg. The fine steam locomotive is a
USRA
> design light Mikado that will be classed as an O1 and be assigned the
number
> 4900. It
> will be placed into service between Galesburg & East Burlington as soon
as
> the paint crews apply our attractive "Burlington Route" herald to the
tender
> and numbers & initials to the cab. We hope these locomotives will
provide
> us with flexibility for use on both drag and fast freights.
>
> For those who may be interested, here are links to photos of the B&MRR as
of
> 1/1/2001:
>
> http://www.burlingtonroute.com/mdepot/layouts/Lotz/StageSouth.jpg
> http://www.burlingtonroute.com/mdepot/layouts/Lotz/HelixWest.jpg
> http://www.burlingtonroute.com/mdepot/layouts/Lotz/HelixEast.jpg
> http://www.burlingtonroute.com/mdepot/layouts/Lotz/CentralAve.jpg
> http://www.burlingtonroute.com/mdepot/layouts/Lotz/MainSt.jpg
> http://www.burlingtonroute.com/mdepot/layouts/Lotz/CantDetail.jpg
> http://www.burlingtonroute.com/mdepot/layouts/Lotz/DepotShop.jpg
> http://www.burlingtonroute.com/mdepot/layouts/Lotz/StageNorth.jpg
>
> Dave Lotz
> B&MRR Superintendent
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