I think Alain has the right idea: "I think the WW&F would be wise to consolidate for a few years what has been doing untill then before taking up extensing the line northward or southward."
There are quite a few things at Sheepscot that should be attended to once we get the line built to Route 218 and in service. No. 10's new boiler, the roundhouse, tie replacement on the main line, fixing dipsy-dos in the track (surfacing several places), building coach No. 9, building No. 11, restoring the B&SR flanger, expanding the parking lot, landscaping, building the pavilion at Alna Center, etc., etc., etc. Many of these projects were pushed off the front burner when the Mountain Extension/bridge project took precedence. We can certainly use the time to figure out some of the issues involved in building in either direction, of course.