W.W.&F. Discussion Forum
WW&F Railway Museum Discussion => Museum Discussion => Topic started by: Glenn Christensen on May 06, 2009, 04:22:17 PM
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Prebles: It's probably done and will be delivered today to Maine Heritage Village.
Hi James,
Is the plan to send a little "snap-track" down with the Prebles station?
Best Regards,
Glenn
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I've heard no plans regarding track in front of Prebles.
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Glenn;
Boothbay Railway village already has a length of track next to their building. Another one would be redundant.
KD
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Dave, What type of building does Boothbay have at MHV?
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Stewart;
It just looked like a generic flag stop. I don't recall it being prototypical of any particular station. It's about the size of our Prebles.
Dave
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Thanks for the info Dave, Maybe someone will post photos of the Boothbay structure and our Prebles shelter when it's in position at MHV. I think the grand opening for the facility is around May 15th.
Stewart
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It is my understanding that the Boothbay structure at MHV is an ex-MEC crossing shanty.
There was talk at the work weekend about putting some rail up as a display near Prebbles. This would involve taking two sticks of rail and burying them so that they stick up out of the ground vertically, with a 2x4 between them to represent a tie (and to keep them in 'gauge' at 2' apart.) Don't know if that made it beyond the 'idea' stage, but it sounded reasonable to me.
Regardless, let's hope it brings more interest (visitors, members, volunteers) to the WW&F and BRV.
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As someone for whom words and correct spelling are important, isn't the name "Prebles" spelled with only one "b?"
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You are correct - my mistake.
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Actually, shouldn't it be Preble's, and not Prebles?
- King of the nit pickers.
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Absolutely, Your Majesty. It's good to be the king!
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Absolutely, Your Majesty. It's good to be the king!
That's what I keep telling my kids, not that they believe it!
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As Dana said earlier today - the station has left the train. Preble's is now at MHV. Thanks to the Weeks Bros. and Steve Zuppa. I'll send a photo to Steve Hussar since I can't reduce them on a Mac though Steve may have taken his own which I'm sure he'll post later.
KD
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Pictures from Saturday 5-9-09
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/stevezpreblesdoorsm.jpg)
Steve setting Prebles door closed for the trip to MHV
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/preblesontotrailersm.jpg)
Leon and Richard securing Prebles on the trailer
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/nosmalldepotssm1.jpg)
Prebles on the road in Wiscasset...
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/SHSZsettingpreblesstepsm.jpg)
Stev and Steve set Prebles front step (complete with milkcans) in place
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/SZinsidepreblessm.jpg)
Looking over Bill Reidy's excellent informational placards inside Prebles
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/342468/cupreblessignsm.jpg)
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Thanks for posting Stephen. I can't help but notice that at least one traffic violation occurred in ferrying a "small depot" over Route 1. Good thing there were no Staties around!
KD
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I think ME's DOT just isn't any better in spelling than Ga's. What they meant to say was "No small despots" so that while it might be good to be king, it just isn't good to play king on the highway.
Jock Ellis
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I got a real brief view of it Saturday afternoon from Rt 1 on my way by the Heritage Village on my way to Brunswick to see Star Trek. The building is tiny!
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Fantastic job Steve and all whom had a hand in the project. This should help bring in the traffic and hopefully new members. Now we need to do a scale up of Prebles Station into a "Comfort Station" at Sheepscot for all of our guests.
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To all who had a hand in the building of the Preble's station a hearty Well Done!
Duncan
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I watched it go together during the track weekend and I am amazed and impressed with the end product.
Question?
Is it a one or two holer??
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Steve,
Looks very different than the pair of skids we set aside on Friday morning. Very nice job. Hope it will draw a lot of riders for the train during the summer.
Fred :)
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Prebles at MHV will work in that it will provide information to the general public who are not aware of the museum and how close they are to the railroad. Also the building could be staffed on weekends, which would give the museum feed back on the number of people actualy stopping by to gain information. The staff would also provide maintance which is so important in making a good impression on the general public. The hard work in building the building and creating the information provided is top notch.
Thanks Fred L. kuhns
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Love the pics. What a nice little building. Love the No Small Depots sign, luckily no one caught on to what exactly it was you guys were moving that day. lol.
Joe
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Absolutely, Your Majesty. It's good to be the king!
Well, as long as we're picking nits, as the son of a milk man I'll just say that I wouldn't want to drink anything out of that can. Ain't y'all boys got a sandblaster? ;)
Wonderful job on the structure - I love fancy shingle work.