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Work and Events / Re: WW&F No. 9 - Official Work Thread

« on: April 12, 2014, 11:00:32 PM »

The cab is constructed from native White Ash "quarter sawn" and the fill of the panels is Poplar, the roof bead board a mix of spruce,pine and Fir.Galo 3rd.

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Volunteers / Re: Merry Christmas

« on: December 26, 2010, 12:12:54 AM »

From the Hernandez family Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all our Railroad family,volunteers and fans,Gman.

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General Discussion / Re: Wiscasset bypass scuttled by eagle nest

« on: December 17, 2010, 07:00:31 PM »

or you could buy Reds Eats  and relocate it to a different plot of land, because the lay of the land, a pedestrian over pass would have to start a block away,up hill in order to be ADA compliant,even though the present side walks are not compliant! and besides trucks and school buses still have to come to a full stop for the grade crossing and to dive the roadway deep enough to clear the height of tall trailer trucks would put the roadway, way below the river water table on the east end! Gman.

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Work and Events / Re: A Winter Work Weekend

« on: November 17, 2010, 10:46:10 PM »

Hampton Inn and Suites here in Thomaston is open year round, and has Applebees a stones throw to its side and a multi movie Flagship cinema right behind it ,walking distance from the inn. Thomaston is 35 minutes to the North on RT 1< another 5 minutes brings you to the Maine Eastern Railroad roundhouse in Rockland,Gman.

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Museum Discussion / Re: What is it? (part 2)

« on: November 10, 2010, 07:22:46 PM »

That site is very detail oriented as they even carry a selection of rust out parts like the tubular draft elbows on the Dietz pioneer street lanterns, there is also a link on how to seal fuel tanks with pinholes in them or in the historic section tell when a particular lamp was made, a detail change and color changes and the years they were done,the beacon lantern and the dash lantern i brought in during spring workweek were restored based on the proper color information using brushed on enamels as spray painting was not invented and brushed paint is thicker and last a lot longer and has more gloss retention that thin spray paint. I am currently restoring a brass 1894 double student lamp and will post a picture as soon as i find out how to get it done,as you can see, i am new to these type of forums.Im so late with this technology i joined Facebook 3 weeks ago to keep in touch with family members that communicate in that format,Gman.

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Museum Discussion / Re: What is it? (part 2)

« on: November 09, 2010, 11:50:41 PM »

Its a Dietz Climax station lantern as described in the w.t.kirkman website,@ www.lanternnet.com this site is great for most all of Dietz lanterns,history and specks and has numerous links such as restoration,globes,parts and pieces. i saw a reproduction of this lamp in the website in the e=store box on the upper left hand corner of the homepage,scroll down at the offerings and you shall see the W.T.Kirkman Climax station lantern copy of the Dietz lantern,30# of black painted galvanized steel,priced at 299.99