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Work and Events / Re: Annual Picnic August 13 & 14, 2011

« on: August 09, 2011, 02:34:49 PM »

Egad!

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Volunteers / Re: August Work Planning

« on: August 08, 2011, 06:55:48 PM »

By the way, if we do have track work, what time will it be at?

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Work and Events / Re: Annual Picnic August 13 & 14, 2011

« on: August 08, 2011, 06:53:06 PM »

by special attraction do you mean the model t? Or is it something secret :O

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Volunteers / Re: August Work Planning

« on: August 05, 2011, 08:28:21 AM »

I plan to come up early on the 12th and stay the weekend, so yes I would like to join the track work crew.

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General Discussion / Re: Lecuyer travel visits....

« on: July 19, 2011, 10:44:02 AM »

yes...

be ready to see an actual big boy locomotive. Its like the first thing you see.

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Volunteers / Re: July 2011 Work Planning

« on: July 18, 2011, 08:05:32 AM »

So what are the plans for next weekend?

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Museum Discussion / Re: Help the WW&F Get a Grant

« on: July 03, 2011, 09:49:19 PM »

were on the #3 list now. incredible! Keep voting!

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Volunteers / Re: July 2011 Work Planning

« on: June 30, 2011, 08:13:02 PM »

Awesome, I'll be up there Friday & Sat-Sunday to help out.

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Volunteers / Re: June 2011 work planning

« on: June 21, 2011, 07:02:10 AM »

We had people who had never been on a train before that day, and the WW&F ride was there first! I heard many a remarks about how wonderful the ride was from those people and how they might look more into train travel instead of driving or flying everywhere.

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Museum Discussion / Re: Critters near or on the ROW

« on: June 21, 2011, 06:58:43 AM »

The first time I came up to the railway, I saw 2 moose, mother and calf, cross the old right of way. Then the dog wess decided to go after the mother and it ended up in pitched combat between a dog and a moose. Wess was alright, but he kinda ticked off the mom and started charging towards cross rd once wess had returned. Mom had probably decided to stick with her calf instead of tracking down a dog in a strange looking place.

Thus, that marks the day after living for 8 years in New england that my dad finally saw a moose for the first time

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UK (Welsh, British) Two Footers / Re: A railway with a heart of Gold

« on: June 16, 2011, 08:59:50 PM »

I shal do that. I enjoy hearing experiences from people about a place rather than just looking up pictures on the internet about it. As much as I would like to go to the UK and see all that good stuff, Im still enthralled that i managed to find this gem of a railway and now Im seeing and doing these things ive always read about and heard about. Its an absolutely wonderful feeling!

As i type this, I have just noticed that this post should be in the Welsh two footers section. However my teenage laziness tells me that I dont feel like moving it, and an admin will eventually do that for me

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UK (Welsh, British) Two Footers / A railway with a heart of Gold

« on: June 16, 2011, 08:14:21 PM »

Im pretty sure anyone who volunteers at a 2 foot narrow gauge railway has heard of the Talyllyn Railway in wales.

If anyone is interested, I found this Gem of a film about the railway made in the 1950's.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoDGqQRlYZU

I have thoroughly enjoyed my time so far on the WW&F (even if ive only been there 4 times) but Ive always wanted to travel to the UK and see  all those railways ive read and heard so much about that played an ever so important role during the dawn of the industrial revolution and beyond. Videos like the one linked above just enhance that longing to travel and see. Surley Im not the only one who feels this way?

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Volunteers / Re: June 2011 work planning

« on: June 08, 2011, 12:37:48 PM »

till what time will steam be running on friday?