From a November/December WW&F Newsletter article written by James Patten:
For many years now the Museum has successfully run intensive volunteer work weekends in the spring and in the fall. Last winter was the first year we tried a similar idea in the winter. It met with some success. In hopes that we can continue to build on it, we’ll be doing the same thing this coming winter.
President’s Weekend, February 18 – 20, 2012 (Saturday through Monday), will be our second Winter Work Weekend. The primary intent of the Winter Work Weekend is tree cutting, and perhaps getting the line cleared in anticipation of spring. If, like last year, there is too much snow on the ground to safely clear trees, we’ll work on other projects, such as the dairy car project, or Locomotive 9. The Museum will provide lunch but not supper.
For tree cutting, we need many people to run chain saws and to toss tree debris on fires. Cutting typically starts between 7 and 8 AM, and winds up between 2 and 3 PM, thus leaving time for the fires to die down and go out before the last tenders leave and darkness comes. We may be working around the Sheepscot Station area or on other areas of the right-of-way. If we have enough people, we can have rotating crews so that no one crew gets too tired out.
There are some local accommodations—the Schooner Inn in Wiscasset, the Sheepscot River Inn in Edgecomb, as well as other motels and B&Bs. Most restaurants are open as well. We hope to see you for our second Winter Work Weekend, February 18 – 20, 2012.
