Victorian Christmas

[Allan Fisher]

The Museum Store has been selling WW&F Christmas Cards for the last two years.   (Dick Symmes pen & ink drawings with a little color added each year.)

Steve Hussar's beautiful winter shot will probably be the December page in our 2010 calendar.

[Stephen Hussar]

Thank you all very much!!!

Stephen

[Bill Reidy]

Stephen,

That has to be the most handsome picture yet I've seen of the museum, and there's been many.  Thank you, and thanks to all who organized and ran this year's Victorian Christmas.

Happy holidays,
Bill

[John McNamara]

Allow me to join the chorus of those praising Stephen for his breath-taking shots. Despite threats of nasty weather, I knew that I just had to come up to the museum to see the snow-laden trees, clouds of steam, and happy riders. By leaving Massachusetts early on Friday, hiding in a local hotel Friday night during the storm, and driving back south Saturday evening before the next storm, my dreams came true. Stephen's great photos have preserved those dreams for me. Thanks Stephen!

[Bill Sample]

One of these days I'll make it up to the WW&F for the Victorian Christmas, but in the mean time a big Thank You, Stephen, for the photos of what I'm missing.
(working with a foot of snow on the "Broad Gauge" Naugy this weekend.) 

[Dave Buczkowski]

Steve's photo was immediately put on my desktop. When the definitive history of the WW&F Railway Museum is written for the 50 year anniversary of the Museum, I think we can rest assured that the cover photo (as well as many others) will be by Steve Hussar. We are truly blessed that we have such an artist who is devoted to our cause. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of my friends at the Mighty WW&F Railway!
Kielbasa Dave

[Stephen Hussar]

Thanks again! Here are a couple more from Saturday...

[Bernie Perch]

What's really nice about these photos is that this is exactly what it looked like 90 years ago.  As one of my students said many years ago: "You know that real life back then was really in color, not sepia tone".

Bernie

[John Houghton]

I was studying Stephen's beautiful pictures of the Victorian Christmas and struck with a really "off the wall" question.  How do you keep the evergreen wreath that surrounds the number plate on the smoke box door from getting scorched, or worse yet, going up in smoke?  Is it just to darn cold there for this to happen?

John Houghton
(California)

[Matthew Gustafson]

Looks like I've found my favorite photo of WW&F #10!

[Bernie Perch]

When I was a volunteer at the WK&SRR, I made a wooden number plate which was painter red and green and clipped over the locomotive's regular number plate.  It had about eight "spider legs"  made out of 1/8" wire pushed into holes on the side of the plate which also rested against the smoke box door.  This kept the wreath from touching any hot metal.  The whole wreath assembly could be made in the shop and clipped on the locomotive in 15 seconds.  I believe they are still using it.  You can see it on one of the other photo sites.

Bernie

[Mike Fox]

I was studying Stephen's beautiful pictures of the Victorian Christmas and struck with a really "off the wall" question.  How do you keep the evergreen wreath that surrounds the number plate on the smoke box door from getting scorched, or worse yet, going up in smoke?  Is it just to darn cold there for this to happen?

John Houghton
(California)

John, the outside temperature helped that this year. It never made it above 15 or so. And that was for about 3 minutes in the afternoon when the sun was out./

[Paul Horky]

While the bridge picture is really good. I like the two car train shot better as it shows a more realistic picture of the WW&F. Grate work in all the shots Steve.

[Mike Fox]

Here is a link to a video Joe found on You Tube of the Victorian Christmas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN-0-DqC-TY

[Matthew Gustafson]

Merry Christmas everybody!!!