How did you hear of the W.W. & F. Ry. Museum?

[John McNamara]

.... Thereafter, when Fred needed a volunteer crew he would call Gail to say the "boys" needed me. She was completely unable to refuse his requests, Nor was I, including the day we loaded coal by hand from a cellar into a 10 wheeler in Raymond (Eleven Chimneys). The folks I met that day at Sheepscot were very welcoming and remain good friends to this day.
The rest is history.

A photograph and list of participants in the Great Coal Transfer is available in the March/April 2002 WW&F Newsletter archive. The event involved about 38 tons of coal (regrettably anthracite) and took place on three weekends in March 2002. The "cellar" Dave mentioned was a crudely constructed multi-room underground house / survival shelter.

[Dave Buczkowski]

John,
That page isn't available it seems.
Dave

[Ed Lecuyer]

That page isn't available it seems.

Reminder, here is how to access the Newsletter archive:

1. Visit: https://wwfry.org/newsletters/

2. Enter the 4-digit passcode familiar to all WW&F "regulars". Those who are museum members who do not know the passcode can message me (or find it at: https://forum.wwfry.org/index.php/topic,4422.0.html )

3. The entire collection of Newsletters is posted, including the March/April 2002 edition, which does include a nice photo of the coal crew.

I have attached said photo, below.

[John Kokas]

Gee, who are all those young whippersnappers