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Title: Spring Work Weekend 2001
Post by: Paul Levesque on April 26, 2015, 01:58:01 PM

So, it has been a few years since I have been down to volunteer!  School, work, and life have all crept up.  But going through some things at the house I have uncovered a few pictures from 2001, a month or so before high school graduation for me, of the spring work weekend.

These are all scans of B&W prints taken with my old AE1.  Let me know off list if you would like a higher resolution or larger format.

I hope there are some familiar faces in there.

Title: Re: Spring Work Weekend 2001
Post by: Paul Levesque on April 26, 2015, 02:16:39 PM

More...

Title: Re: Spring Work Weekend 2001
Post by: Paul Levesque on April 26, 2015, 02:24:52 PM

...still more...

Title: Re: Spring Work Weekend 2001
Post by: Paul Levesque on April 26, 2015, 02:25:31 PM

...two more...

Title: Re: Spring Work Weekend 2001
Post by: Paul Levesque on April 26, 2015, 02:26:26 PM

...last one.  Again, I can format just about any size / resolution for you if you want it.  Just give me a shout.

Title: Re: Spring Work Weekend 2001
Post by: Bill Sample on April 27, 2015, 09:03:49 AM

Paul, I enjoyed your vintage work weekend photos.  I would like to see some higher-resolution copies of them all to better recognize some of the "troops."  Perhaps "Start" can give you some direction on this.

Title: Re: Spring Work Weekend 2001
Post by: James Patten on April 27, 2015, 09:05:44 AM

That was the year we had to shovel snow off the right-of-way.  It was also early in the years of SWW, when we were trying to figure out the best dates to have it.  It was very early that year, right around April 15.  After that we decided not to have it that early.

Title: Re: Spring Work Weekend 2001
Post by: Ira Schreiber on April 27, 2015, 02:32:59 PM

Was April 15th too taxing?

Title: Re: Spring Work Weekend 2001
Post by: Paul Levesque on April 27, 2015, 06:28:51 PM

Yeah, I thought resolution would be a problem.  So I broke down and signed up with an Imgur account, hope this will help.
(http://i.imgur.com/A73FpxU.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/J69nYdU.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Vn4jVAA.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/ss7AEr1.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/tiFSWZe.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/R5XDKMc.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/xyndCQN.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/D2gBG6g.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/l1r1qg4.jpg)

Title: Re: Spring Work Weekend 2001
Post by: John McNamara on April 27, 2015, 10:49:17 PM

Great shots! Thanks!

I can remember when walking up to the remnants of the original trestle was a several hour undertaking. Now we just blast across the new trestle with hardly a thought about what a major project it was. Your photos bring back great memories of 14 years ago ;D

-John

Title: Re: Spring Work Weekend 2001
Post by: Mike Fox on April 27, 2015, 11:32:24 PM

Some look so young in those shots.