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

« on: March 15, 2014, 03:48:26 PM »

My name is Philip Marshall, I'm 38 years old, and live in Port Jefferson, NY. I've been a fan of the Two-Footers from an early age, beginning with a fateful visit to Edaville with my parents when I was about seven years old. I was an early member of the WW&F Museum from about 1990 to 1995 when I was just a teenager, but let my membership lapse when I went away to college. This was followed by years in graduate school when I was both too busy and too poor to be useful to anyone. (I am a botanist and forest ecologist by training.) Now I have recently re-joined the Museum as a Life Member, and look forward to getting involved again.

In addition to being a railfan, I enjoy gardening and collecting antiques and rare books. My collection does includes some railroadiana, but the Two-Footer component of this is fairly meager, limited to some photos and paper (a few tickets and timetables) and a handful of spikes (from the B&SR, Monson, and SR&RL).

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UK (Welsh, British) Two Footers / Re: Early Days of Welsh Steam Preservation

« on: March 15, 2014, 02:37:25 PM »

That answers my question. Thanks, Nick.

-Philip

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UK (Welsh, British) Two Footers / Re: Early Days of Welsh Steam Preservation

« on: March 15, 2014, 01:35:29 AM »

What a great film! Thanks for sharing.

I'm confused about something in the Tallylyn segment, however. One of the ex-Corris engines looks like it's facing the "wrong" way. Does the Tallylyn have a turntable? I didn't think they ever turned their engines.

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Other Maine Narrow Gauge / Re: S.D. Warren Builders photo & data

« on: March 14, 2014, 03:26:57 AM »

I hadn't realized the S. D. Warren engines were built as oil-burners. Very neat.

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Volunteers / Re: Inviting Younger People to get Involved

« on: May 18, 2013, 12:08:05 AM »

Thank you. I will be in touch.

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Volunteers / Re: Inviting Younger People to get Involved

« on: May 17, 2013, 11:54:27 AM »

That's good to hear! Thank you. Who should I contact to purchase a share?

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Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad / Re: Why weren't the 2-6-2's preseved?

« on: May 17, 2013, 02:05:54 AM »

I'm coming late to this thread, but the Brecon Mountain Railway in Wales has a pair of two-foot gauge Baldwin six-coupled engines (a 2-6-2 and a 4-6-2), built for export in the 1930s, that look for all the world like the SR&RL 2-6-2s. Here is a picture of their #2:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Baldwin_Pacific_on_Brecon_Mountain_Railway.jpg

If you squint your eyes and ignore the European couplers (Norwegian hook type?), the extra sand dome, and the four-wheel pony truck, you might think you were looking at SR&RL #24.

Rumor has it they are preparing to build replicas of additional Baldwins (SR&RL #s 10 and 24 I've read?), but it appears they already have a replica of one of the SR&RL 556-558 series cabooses!

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Volunteers / Re: Inviting Younger People to get Involved

« on: May 17, 2013, 01:29:26 AM »

At 37 I'm still probably one of the younger people posting here. As a somewhat precocious teenager in the early 1990s I was actually an early member of the "Sheepscot Valley Railroaders" (prior to the group's rechristening as the WW&F Ry Museum), and can claim to have played a very minor role in the erection of the first stall of the enginehouse in the summer of 1990. (Yes, I was there, if only for a single weekend!) I count having met and chatted with Harry Percival one of the most inspiring experiences of my early career as a fan of the Two-Footers, almost (but not quite) on par with having once ridden in the cab of B&SR #8 around the loop at Edaville. But then college and graduate school and adult life in general intervened, and I sort of dropped out and let my membership lapse. I'm still interested, but I just don't have a lot of time or money to contribute these days, and I expect my situation is somewhat typical of those in the 20-40 age range.

That's *my* story, for what it's worth.

(I would love to have been able to purchase one of the shares of W&Q stock Harry was peddling circa 1990 for $100 each, and kick myself now for having missed the chance.)