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WW&F Railway Museum Discussion => Work and Events => Topic started by: Bruce Mowbray on November 22, 2010, 08:09:29 PM
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Is there a set date for the Christmas event? I would like to bring my wife up to Maine to show her where I have been enjoying my spring and fall weekends.
Bruce Mowbray
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December 18th.
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Like Bruce, I am hoping to attend the event as well. What are the hours for Victorian Christmas and will anyone be at the museum a bit early? I have some "gifts" for the museum that I plan to bring that day as well.
Duncan
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Victorian Christmas is 11 - 5 with the horses and Santa at AC from 12 - 4. A number of people show up between 7 and 8 in the morning, so unless you plan to show up at 5 AM, there should be someone there.
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Thanks James. I do not expect to be there quite that early. Possibly 9 or 10 but not likely any earlier.
Duncan
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The official flyer for the Victorian Christmas has now been posted at:
http://www.wwfry.org/pics/Christmas2010.pdf
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Great Picture of 10 on the home page!
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Approximately 5 inches of snow fell yesterday. This should mean a white Victorian Christmas.
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Yes, There is 5 - 6" of snow at Sheepscot. If it stays, the horses will be able to pull the sleigh at AC instead of the wagon. We'll have to clean switches and switch the yard Saturday to get the plow on #52. The forecast shows temps will stay well below freezing into next week so we may have to plow the main this weekend.
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On the Poster for the Victorian Christmas, there is an 'olidays' below the "...mas".
Anyone care to fix or clarify what an "olidays" is?
Or am I just being too Scroogily?
:D
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I knew there was a reason I was thinking of putting the plow on last weekend. It is expected to warm into the 40's early next week but I won't expect it. This is Maine after all and if you don't like the weather, just wait. It wil change.
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Gee Gordon, it appears your eyes are going bad or your missing some pixels on your monitor. It says, "Holidays". LOL
I agree with Gordon. My pdf also said "olidays". I dismissed it as some sort of error introduced in the pdf process or by my browser (Firefox). I just checked in the process of composing this message, and sure enough it is OK in Explorer. Microsoft can't be wrong all the time. ;)
-John
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Hey John, The first one is the British Cockney version ... as in "Appy olidays Govnah" ope you blokes loike it! ;D
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If this is about http://www.wwfry.org/pics/Christmas2010.pdf, it works fine in Firefox 3.6.12
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Hmmmm, there is a randomness in how Firefox 3.6.8 shows this .pdf. Sometimes everything is there, sometimes not.
???
I think we should just stick to magneto phones and hand waving.
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If this is about http://www.wwfry.org/pics/Christmas2010.pdf, it works fine in Firefox 3.6.12
I am also using Firefox 3.6.12, and it appears to work fine, as the "olidays" has now disappeared. However, if I open it with Explorer 8, I see an additional line:
Come join the W.W.&F. Railway as we celebrate the Holidays.
-just below the words Victorian Christmas.
Interesting ;D
-John
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I might be attending. The WW&F might be a little to far though... :'(
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I might be attending. The WW&F might be a little to far though... :'(
Where do you live?
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I'm planning to come up from CT. I plan to leave QUITE early, as the last few times I haven't made it up before dusk. ;)
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Pete, plan on a good 4 hour drive in good driving conditions from western Mass. You didn't mention where in CT you will be coming from but it's a 4 hour drive from the intersection of routes 90 & 91 in MA. If the weather is poor plan on a longer drive. I plan to leave around 5 - 6 AM on the 18th to make it there before 11 AM.
Duncan
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My hour and a half ride is nothing compared to what you guys are doing. My only benefit is I can go more often. ;D
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Pete, plan on a good 4 hour drive in good driving conditions from western Mass. You didn't mention where in CT you will be coming from but it's a 4 hour drive from the intersection of routes 90 & 91 in MA. If the weather is poor plan on a longer drive. I plan to leave around 5 - 6 AM on the 18th to make it there before 11 AM.
Duncan
Hey Dunc,
Norwich. And yeah, 4 hrs in GOOD weather. :P
I plan to leave around 8pm to get there before 3pm. ;)
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Is this going to be happening next year? I don't think I can go. :'(
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Victorian Christmas happens every year.
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How's the snow situation at the Museum? Can we expect a suitably scenic Victorian Christmas?
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Currently snow is non-existent. We may get a couple of inches by the end of the week, depending on if the December Hurricane that just blew through retrogrades back into Maine.
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Calling for snow on Wednesday. Hopefuly a couple of inches to cover the ground and provide some festive scenery. Cold (20's and 30's) through the weekend.
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I'll be doing the ancient snow dance of St. Nicolas! ;D
Ho! Ho! Ho!
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As James noted, the 5" of snow melted last week when the temps got to 55 and it rained. The good news ... it is snowing in Alna. The weather service is calling for 1 - 2" of broom snow. As Mike noted, daytime temps will be in the upper 20s to low 30s for the next couple of days. Overnight temps will be in the teens so the snow should stay around. The forecast for Saturday is mostly sunny with temps in the low to mid 30s.
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Broom snow? Never heard that one before. I like it.
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I guess the dance worked!!
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All, a few images from this year's Victorian Christmas...
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/sheepscotlowplume_sm.jpg)
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/Humasontelebacklit_RP_sm.jpg)
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/crowdtrainarrivalsm.jpg)
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/horseandchild_edited-1sm.jpg)
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/ACtrucknosebonfire_sm.jpg)
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/ACjesterwgroup_sm.jpg)
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/santa2sm.jpg)
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/nightstubswsteam_sm.jpg)
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Stephen,
Your work, as always, captures the moment forever. I always look forward to your view of everything and can only say that it matches the magic of all the magicians at Sheepscot. Over 900 people, that is difficult to imagine. I'm sure #10 was was celebrating with magnificent stack talk.
Bernie
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Stephen,
Once again your images of the WW&F are spectacular, you captured the spirit of the event.
Great side and backlighting shots; especially the child/horses photo.
Merry Christmas to all!
Matthew
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Stephen,
That last picture of the yard scene is one of your best. That needs to be in a calendar at least or a lithograph. Ol' Winston would be proud of you......
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... and the third shot (with all the people) belongs in next years' museum flier!!!
Great work, Stephen! In fact all you buys are terrific!
Best Regards and Merry Christmas,
Glenn
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A nice youtube video of the heavy train coming up Davis Grade. I believe I ran this trip, and remember seeing a family at Davis Crossing. In the video, they start off with chit-chat, but as the train draws nearer, No 10 requires more and more attention. Nicely done, I thought.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-STJRcWiMgw
That's my attempt at a link-- sorry...
see ya
Jason
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A couple of pictures of the mayhe.... uh, crowd scene at Sheepscot..
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ie4qLGwNObw/TRAMSOSdYRI/AAAAAAAAAzY/ayQak5kvGIA/s800/IMG_0931.JPG) (http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ie4qLGwNObw/TRAPMQiJteI/AAAAAAAAA0A/FCNy1xG4jhQ/s800/IMG_0929.JPG)
And one of the down train coming into the sun at Trask's crossing ...
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ie4qLGwNObw/TRAMTLQv9iI/AAAAAAAAAzg/4YVU2jxN1zI/s800/IMG_0935.JPG)
#10 sure looks pretty with just a little decoration~!
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and to all a Healthy and Wonderful 2011.
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Folks,
Here are a few pictures that I shot at the Victorian Christmas event last weekend. Although we didn't have any snow, the weather was otherwise about as good as it ever gets. Crisp and cold with nice, clear skies. The trains were obviously packed as they passed by me out on the line. And, that coal the museum is using is just awesome stuff! ;D
My only regret is that I didn't spend more time at the Sheepscot platform. I would like to have captured some of the crowds that gathered in the late morning and early afternoon. I tried going back there just once around 1PM and had one heck of a time trying to find a place to park for 10 minutes!
To the photos! http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?offset=0&where=search|-2|-2|Maine, USA||-2|Victorian Christmas|15|1||||||||-2|Maine, USA||-2|-2||Kevin Madore|15|2010|25775||||||10||1||||&newdisplay=2 (http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?offset=0&where=search|-2|-2|Maine, USA||-2|Victorian Christmas|15|1||||||||-2|Maine, USA||-2|-2||Kevin Madore|15|2010|25775||||||10||1||||&newdisplay=2)
As usual, I had a great time up in there in Alna! We'll see you all in the spring of 2011!
/Kevin
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Thank you to all the photographers for sharing the great pictures! The day went by in such a whirl that its nice to be able to see what it looked like! The good feedback keeps coming. A fellow at work lives near the railroad and he and his wife and son came for a ride and they were speaking with a guy from Arkansas who is here in Maine working a temporary assignment at Bath Iron Works. He is a railraod enthusiast and decided to check out the WW&F. He had never seen a anrrow gauge railroad before and apparently he was very impressed. He was surprised to learn that we are an all volunteer organization and that we weren't charging for the rides. More good will and perhaps a new member! There were lots of happy people there on Saturday and we made a lot of new friends!
I also want to mention just what a sweet little engine our #10 is. She handled those heavy trains magnificently. When we were coming up the grade at Cock Eye Curve with the first four car consist I was firing and I couldn't believe that she was making steam with all of that weight and on that grade, but she was. She never faltered throughout the entire day and she was put though her paces (as were all of the firemen). Her preformance is a great testimony to the mechanical department and their many talents that keep 10 running like the Thoroughbred that she is. What a pleasure to run that locomotive!
What a great day. It was so nice to see everyone and to share another magical WW&F experience.
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HELLO EVERYBODY. Im back!!! ;D I was serching through Railpictures.net and I found some photos of this event and I heard that this year was a huge success. So sucessfull that you almost used up all of your Rolling Stock that can handle a safe load of people on it (Im not sure if you guys used your 2 flat cars and boxcar) but overall a huge success. Great job guys and keep up the good work. :) ;) :D :) ;D
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Just the 4 cars was work enough for the crew (especially the steam crew). Just about all the 10 wanted on a cold day.
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One of my daughter's teachers has family nearby the museum, as well as a toddler-aged railfan. They had visited over the summer and returned for this year's Victorian Christmas. Her review is as follows:
"We had a great time. My regret was that we could not stay longer or arrive earlier due to our schedule that day. We did enjoy our ride-in the open car! The refreshments were a warm treat after the cold ride. There was just enough snow to make it very beautiful. Parking was tricky- but not impossible. They kept things moving quickly so nobody was standing around waiting for very long at all.
We will definitely go back for another ride this summer."
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Here's one from first thing in the morning...
http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=349721&nseq=22
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Beautiful shot Stephen, thanks to you, Kevin and Gordon for posting such great photos of the event. As Dana said, when you you're working an event you don't get to step back and see things. The images give those who worked or could not attend a nice review of the day. This years Victorian Christmas is one of (if not the best) events the museum has ever run.
I was at Sheepscot for a few minutes today and the yard is covered under 12 - 14" of snow. Except for the 103 and flatcars you can't even tell there's a railroad there.
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I'll try to remember the camera Saturday....Glad it waited the extra couple of weeks before it really snowed.
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Here's another from Victorian Christmas, this one taken at Humason around midday...
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=351292&nseq=20
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That's a really nice variation of the usual photos taken at the bridge. Amazing lighting!