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Work and Events / Re: Tie Changer Machine - Official Work Thread

« on: May 04, 2021, 09:42:32 PM »

Nice work Brian. Did you leave at three pulls instead of one so we don’t get soft?
Dave

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Volunteers / Re: April 2021 Work Reports

« on: April 19, 2021, 10:29:05 PM »

The abuse I have to take...
Dave

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Volunteers / Re: April 2021 Work Reports

« on: April 10, 2021, 09:28:15 PM »

Mike, I hope you didn’t put the dozer away dirty!

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Two Footers outside of the US / Re: AMTP in Pithiviers, France

« on: April 03, 2021, 06:19:01 PM »

Alain,
I’m on pins and needles that the same thing will happen here. So far so good. Vaccinations are up at least. Our thoughts are with our good friends at the AMPT.
Dave

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The Original W&Q and WW&F: 1894-1933 / Re: RPO & the WW&F

« on: March 31, 2021, 10:16:05 PM »

“Flea gauge”??? Oh the insult of it all!
Dave

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General Discussion / Re: If you've ever wanted a park train

« on: March 20, 2021, 09:04:28 PM »

I’m sure Jason would like a carousel at Alna Center. Me, I’d love to have a Scrambler in my yard.

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Museum Discussion / Re: Finding the WW&F on Instagram

« on: March 19, 2021, 10:00:35 PM »

Wow! Kudos to Dan and Bryce!
Dave

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Work and Events / Re: Rebuilding Fred's tractor

« on: March 09, 2021, 09:41:49 PM »

I remember Brendan saying more than once that the only reason he went through all that grief and aggravation was so that Bill Piche didn’t have to schlep coal anymore. He was especially concerned about Bill’s manicure.

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Moderator Announcements / Re: Everything is now Secure (or what just happened to the forum?)

« on: March 09, 2021, 09:31:58 PM »

Ed,
On my iPad the first link is the blue background with black print and no photos. The lettering is fine. It works fine on the second link.
Dave

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Volunteers / Re: March Work Reports

« on: March 07, 2021, 01:37:08 PM »

HWMNBN made his first appearance in over 5 months. His primary comment was that things hadn’t changed much insult-wise  since his last appearance. He also welcomed me at 7:35 by wishing me a good afternoon.
Dave

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Museum Discussion / Re: Lerro Photography Charter on the WW&F >>>Photo Album<<<

« on: February 02, 2021, 11:15:12 PM »

Nice photos Kevin. It was also nice to see you again at Sheepscot.
Dave

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Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad / Re: Car barn

« on: February 01, 2021, 10:58:15 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

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General Discussion / Re: Who Am I? or, Let's Introduce Ourselves

« on: January 20, 2021, 11:36:33 PM »

Welcome David. Hope to see you venture up to Sheepscot when COVID-19 breaks. Meanwhile you’ll find a lot of folks here who can answer your questions.
Dave

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Work and Events / Re: Wilmar (the) Tamper - Official Work Thread

« on: January 16, 2021, 05:38:46 PM »

A huge tip of the engineer’s cap must go to WW&F Logistics (a/k/a Wayne) for arranging for the donation from Wilmar Sugar and all that went into Wilmar’s cruise. I think it all turned Wayne’s hair gray. Nonetheless, Wayne stuck to it through all the nail biting moments.
Thanks to Wayne, I had the honor of being the first to sit in the operator’s seat of our first “real” tamper, lifter and liner. I think Mike may post a photo of that moment.
Though there is a box for a radio, I did not find a cup holder. I am told our shop crew will take care of this matter.
Dave

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Museum Discussion / Re: Finding the WW&F on Facebook

« on: January 04, 2021, 10:07:38 PM »

And thank you Stewart! You can take most of the bows for those numbers.
Dave