W.W.&F. Discussion Forum
WW&F Railway Museum Discussion => Work and Events => Topic started by: Mike Fox on December 15, 2008, 05:50:46 PM
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Remember last year?
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-11/1225939/Alna_Center_Plow_Extra.jpg)
So much snow they couldn't haul the sleigh through it. I guess someone forgot to ask for snow this year. The ground is fairly bare there with little snow forecasted between now and Saturday.
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Mike,
I think you speak tooooooo quickly, Wends, 2-3, Friday??? Looks like there will be snow.
On the plus side, the 50+ temps today have eaten the ice ;D
Someone didn't even have to shovel out the driveway.
Unfortunatly though, someone's new/old snow blower is non functional at this time ;(.
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Man #10 makes #52 look prety small! I wonder what #9 & #11 will look like next to #10? :o ::) :D ;D
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BEAUTIFUL day today. Very cold. I don't think it got into the double digits until after noon. There was enough snow to just cover the top of the rail and add decoration to the surrounding trees. Not a bad crowd. If I had to guess, I would say in the 150 range. Hard to teel as I was not where I could see all that rode the trains. Stay tuned in the next few days for Pictures.
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Victorian Christmas is a wonderful event. As one 30 something young lady commented just today, "this is so great...this is what Christmas is supposed to be." Fortunately I wasn't the only one who heard her. Photo was taken this morning during the 11am trip.
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/Victxmas08Humason1sm.jpg)
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Cool photo of #10! :o ;D
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Here's one from later in the day taken in the middle of Cockeye Curve. Merry Christmas from Alna, Maine!
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/victxmas08cockeye1sm.jpg)
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Matt, this is the bridge that the US Marines built in 4 days.
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Nice photo Stephen. I wish I had some to share. The one I took did not survive the battery failure. I saw one picture while I was reviewing yesterday that said unrecognizable format. I deleted it. Now I figure that was the picture. Oh well.
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Magnificent picture Stephen.. 8) It now is the wallpaper on my computer. Keep up the great photography..................
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Thanks so much, Stephen, for that wonderful picture! This one certainly belongs on a WW&F Christmas card.
Steve
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Thanks, Steve! I was just working on this!!
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/Postcard_Victorian_xmas_08_Humason_edited-1.jpg)
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Stephen, that sure gasted My flabber, I'll tell you. Also got my Mac computer so excited that the icon for the safari web browser played a wittew twick on me and hid way down at the other end of the dock!
That card sure looks like a winner for the gift shop. I should know, but don't: Has the gift shop been selling Christmas cards with a WW&F theme such as this?
Steve
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Steve,
What great shot. That, my friend, is a post card picture for sure. And, yes, John, pc wallpaper too. Thanks for sharing Steve.
Duncan
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Steven,
It looks like a "Leanin' Tree" post card and it is now my wall paper too.
Thank you and Season's Greetings to one and all.
Ira Schreiber
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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.
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Thank you all very much!!!
Stephen
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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
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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!
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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.)
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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
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Thanks again! Here are a couple more from Saturday...
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/VCattrask_sm.jpg)
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/victxmasgoingawaycurve_sm.jpg)
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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
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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)
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Looks like I've found my favorite photo of WW&F #10!
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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
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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./
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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.
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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 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN-0-DqC-TY)
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Merry Christmas everybody!!! ;D
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That ia a great video.
Thanks to all,
Ira
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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)
As the unofficial 'wreathier' for "Santa's Alna Express" I can tell you that last year I just stuck it in back of the number plate, and the result was a well roasted wreath. This year I made a simple wire bracket that hung it out from the smokebox front so that only a few needles got scorched and it looked much better too. The wreaths fit over the number plate pretty well, and there are usually several vendors set up by the side of Route 1 between Bath and Wiscasset who are happy to sell a few more wreaths that close to Christmas. IMHO the splash of red from the ribbons really completes the picture.
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Good job Gordon. The wreath looks great on the front of the engine. Wish I could have been there to see it in person. Maybe next year.
Duncan
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Thanks to Bernie, Mike and Gordon for their answers to my question about "overheating" the wreath. And, as someone else mentioned, the red ribbon really adds the perfect accent to the loco-with-wreath winter scene. Stephen's pictures are stunning!!!!!!
John Houghton