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General Discussion / Re: Vandals

« on: November 10, 2009, 05:36:58 PM »

Sadly, you are correct on lack of responsibility/punishment, Mike. A couple years ago a young adult burned the 1916 Westminster SC Southern depot. He was convicted, but back on the street in a few days, no consequences that i know of. Grants and donations are rebuilding the depot, not the perpetrator. Dale Reynolds, Pendleton SC

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Museum Discussion / Re: Maps of the WW&F Museum

« on: July 21, 2009, 06:53:07 PM »

thanks, ed worked like a charm!!! will help me when i walk the route next month, thanks again.... dale

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Museum Discussion / Re: Maps of the WW&F Museum

« on: July 21, 2009, 02:12:32 PM »

ed, that is a wonderful map. i can't print out all of it, i get 4 pages with page 2 being the top of the map down to cockeye curve. then page 3 starts the replies. am i doing something wrong? dale

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Whimsical Weirdness and Foolery / "What you said"... Pronunciation & Dialect Differences.

« on: June 22, 2009, 12:14:42 PM »

Thanks Keith for bringing this article to our attention. Near the end of the article is this sentence about the materials for the rivets:

"The rivets have to be custom made with just the right mix of materials to have just the right tinsel properties."

The reporter is not writing about Christmas tree decorations here. In the summer of 1948 I worked in the C&O main shops in Huntington, West Virginia, and from that experience I can vouch for the fact that West Virginians do indeed say "tinsel" when they mean "tensile."  A couple of others I recall are "arn" for "iron," "MEE-ilk" for "milk," and "He DEE-id?" for "He did?"

hey steve, as a frequent visitor to the great nrhs chapter in huntington, i agree with their murdering the pronunciations, but at least every other adjective isn't 'wicked'.... dale

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Work and Events / Re: Steam Rules! on Fathers Day Weekend

« on: June 22, 2009, 11:53:31 AM »

Just got off the phone with Newcastle Sq. Realty about our cottage in Aug. They said cottage rental business is vary slow, but that the restaurant business are all doing well. Last year at this time, when gas prices were hi but the stock market hadnt cratered yet, they reported cottage rentals pretty good, but that restaurants were going out of business like crazy. Go figure..... dale

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Museum Discussion / Rail Sources

« on: June 04, 2009, 03:47:15 PM »

The current R&R has an article on the Laona and Northern which says they are going to replace the 60# rail with 90# rail, 2 miles worth. They have a grant for it, but no timing was stated. If anyone is in northeastern Wisconsin this season, it would be cool to check this out. For reference, 56# and 60# rail is between 3 7/8 and 4 1/8 inches high. Dale Reynolds, Pendleton SC

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General Discussion / Re: Wiscasset pronunciation

« on: March 12, 2009, 07:50:51 PM »

when i read keith and james' mentions about mispronouncing worcester, mass, i remembered the blonde guy on the weather channel who does many of the tailgates in the fall and went to penn state say 'leeominster' when referring to flooding in northeast mass. last spring, got a hoot over that one... dale

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Museum Discussion / Re: Snow removal

« on: March 08, 2009, 09:55:56 AM »

thanks for the great video, mike.... my wife said 'now i know why we only go to maine in august' LOL... dale, playing golf in sc

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Museum Discussion / Re: AMTRAK to meet WWF at Waterville?

« on: February 09, 2009, 03:14:22 PM »

how 'bout getting a tour company to set up downeaster to portland, bus to bruswick, maine eastern to wiscasset, or better yet newcastle, short bus/van to sheepscot. can do this summer, no fed funds, no risk as don't run if not enuf passengers.... dale

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Whimsical Weirdness and Foolery / Re: Prose/Lyrics

« on: January 20, 2009, 01:13:40 PM »

hey ed, thanks for the link, had never heard of these guys. BTW, they are not even close to ABBA's league!!!! dale

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Whimsical Weirdness and Foolery / Re: Prose/Lyrics

« on: January 19, 2009, 01:20:38 PM »

hey stewart, you're dating yourself a bit with the disco tune.... dale

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Work and Events / Re: Car shop extension 2

« on: January 04, 2009, 11:56:17 AM »

happy new year!!! as some of you know, my wife is president of the largest all-volunteer historical society in the state outside of charleston, many millions in assets and a 6 figure annual budget. she has no interest in the wwandf as she was not fortunate enuf to grow up in maine as i did. but she has been there many times, most recently last august when tha extension foundation was just formed. i showed her the last shot of the extension and all she could say was 'i sure wish we could get those guys down here to do our stuff, i can get tons of grant money but not craftsmanship like that!!!' ..... 'nuff said.... dale reynolds, pendleton sc

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Other Narrow Gauge / Re: Weisseritztalbahn line between Freital-Hainsberg and Dippoldiswalde reopens!

« on: December 21, 2008, 03:02:24 PM »

the guy blowing the horn should be put out of his misery.. dale reynolds 

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General Discussion / Re: Locomotive Defect Reports

« on: December 15, 2008, 11:32:05 AM »

hey kieth, great laughs from your list...... how's the pipe organ coming along? dale reynolds

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Whimsical Weirdness and Foolery / Re: You know you're a WW&F fan when ...

« on: November 23, 2008, 12:07:41 PM »

You wear your WW&F Rwy denim shirt in the South and put up with all the ignorant people asking 'what does that stand for'... dale reynolds