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The Maine Narrow Gauges (Historic & Preserved) => Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad => Topic started by: Ted Miles on February 27, 2018, 03:52:34 PM

Title: Car barn
Post by: Ted Miles on February 27, 2018, 03:52:34 PM

Building a shed or car barn at Phillips was mentioned down below. A barn is one of the better things a railroad museum can do!

Does anyone have any recent news about it!

Ted Miles, WW&F Member

Title: Re: Car barn
Post by: Ted Miles on February 05, 2020, 02:24:55 PM

Folks,
        Here is a reply to my own question.

The frame is up at long last on the Car Barn. As I said above, a Car Barn is the best thing a railroad museum can do to preserve the collection of passenger and freight cars.  Ted Miles, WW&F Member

Title: Re: Car barn
Post by: Tom Casper on February 05, 2020, 09:11:13 PM

They have been posting pics on FaceBook of the progress.

Tom C.

Title: Re: Car barn
Post by: Ted Miles on January 30, 2021, 02:12:34 PM

Folks,
        I saw some of those pictures on Facebook. I think it is great that a crew from the WW&F traveled up to the Sandy River Museum to help lay track and get some more of their cars under cover! Covered storage is the best thing a narrow gauge railroad museum can do for its cars.

Ted Miles, WW&F Member

Title: Re: Car barn
Post by: ALAIN DELASSUS on February 01, 2021, 11:51:42 AM

I fully agree with Ted. In the late 70's AMTP built a carbarn on the shed yard to shelter most of its passenger cars and make up room in the engineshed. Since then the engineshed has been packed solid again. Hey don't you think the AMTP carbarn looks like  a bit  a just completed building in AC.

Title: Re: Car barn
Post by: Bob Holmes on February 01, 2021, 07:34:51 PM

Wow, does AMTP husk corn in there?

Title: Re: Car barn
Post by: Wayne Laepple on February 01, 2021, 07:37:03 PM

That is a handsome building, Alain. I especially like the graceful arch over the end.

Title: Re: Car barn
Post by: Dave Buczkowski on February 01, 2021, 09:58:15 PM

It just goes to show you - we’re all same. We build a building so we have more storage room and then we immediately fill it. Then we build another building and....
Dave

Title: Re: Car barn
Post by: Keith Taylor on February 02, 2021, 05:23:12 PM

Quote from: Dave Buczkowski on February 01, 2021, 09:58:15 PM

It just goes to show you - we’re all same. We build a building so we have more storage room and then we immediately fill it. Then we build another building and....
Dave

As we have all been taught....Nature abhors a vacuum!

Title: Re: Car barn
Post by: John Kokas on February 02, 2021, 05:36:41 PM

Reminds me of a certain Comedian and routine about "Stuff" and getting more "Stuff" so you need a bigger .......................

Title: Re: Car barn
Post by: Pete "Cosmo" Barrington on February 02, 2021, 10:40:28 PM

Quote from: John Kokas on February 02, 2021, 05:36:41 PM

Reminds me of a certain Comedian and routine about "Stuff" and getting more "Stuff" so you need a bigger .......................

..... a bigger boat?  ;)

Title: Re: Car barn
Post by: ALAIN DELASSUS on February 03, 2021, 10:22:48 AM

Fortunately AMTP owns a large museum and off operating season they squeeze a bit the locomotives and rolling stock in there in order to make room for the railcar and a couple of cars that are usually sheltered in the engine shed and shop during the operating season.