20 years ago at Sheepscot

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

In 1990 the Sheepscot Valley Railroaders (the museum's former name) had 39 charter members and 36 annual members.  Charter and Life memberships were $100 and the Annual membership was $10.  Donations were requested as follows: Buy a tie, $5 and a length of rail for $75

Projects listed in the newsletter were: 

1. Prepare timbers and erect the train shed.  Framing will be 7"X9" switch ties and Richard Verney's log loader will do the lifting.
2. Close in the train shed.
3. Lay track in the train shed.
4. Move the flatcar parts inside the train shed.  (Harry Percival brought the parts back to Maine in June of 1988)
5. Assemble flat car #118.
6. Start clearing the right of way.
7. Dig stumps out of the roadbed.
8. Gravel the roadbed.
9. Lay track.

Work days will be the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month.
 
The listed income through the end of March was $1,962.25 And expenses were $578.70  The treasury balance was $2,410.18

[Glenn Christensen]

WOW!!!   Thanks Stewart.

I know Harry was very proud of the WW&F and of what you guys have accomplished.  He and Clarissa must be positively BEAMING now.

Here's to the next 20 years.  May they be even more remarkable!


Sincerely,
Glenn

[Bill Sample]

Where has the time gone?  The new WW&F has been around for 20 years - that's over half the roughly 38 years the original W&Q/WW&F operated!  Railway preservation is making its own history these days.

[Ted Miles]

Folks,
         I first heard of the WW&F Museum when a short piece on it appeared in the Locomotive & Railway Preservation magazine. I think it was from a press relese sent out by Bruce Wilson. It showed a half built car house and a short piece of track (maybe 100 feet) and that was about all there was to it.

The newsletters from the first several years came out on legal paper; so they are harder to read and file.

I joined then and have kept all of my newsletters; so if any of you newer memers want any details I can help.

Ted Miles
ted.miles@sbcglobal.net

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

FYI there are 2 black ring binders in the wall cabinet at Sheepscot Station.  The binders contain copies of museum newsletters from 1990 to the present.  Members are welcome to look through them.