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22402
This station has been gone for more than 50 years and I have found no drawings of it. Still from various pictures I have created an HO model which is now ...
Allan D
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Jan 2, 2009
2:43 am
22403
Hi there, My father volunteers up at Clarks (last few years he's been the engineer on the small Porter on railfans weekend).  I might have to see if he can...
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mdbouch
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Jan 2, 2009
3:55 pm
22404
One other suggestion is Dave Dearborn's Antique Gas and Steam Engine Meet up in Campton, NH. He used to hold this the first weekend in June every year. It's...
John Alan Roderick
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Jan 2, 2009
5:04 pm
22405
Hi there, Dave stopped having his show about 3 years ago, and he died in 2007 (IIRC). I've blown another one of my whistles at E. Greenwich (non-railroad, its...
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mdbouch
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Jan 2, 2009
7:40 pm
22406
Rgr. I'm very sorry to hear of that. He was a pretty cool guy. I first met him around 1981... was driving by the field one day in late winter/early spring....
John Alan Roderick
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Jan 2, 2009
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22407
Anyone have any info on how the "coal pocket" was constructed.I have a picture of the lead to the turntable (looking north) that shows a corner of heavy timber...
nbptcityrailroad
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Jan 3, 2009
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22408
... Engine Meet up in Campton, NH. He used to hold this the first weekend in June every year. Hello John, group: I think that I heard that Dave passed away,...
brian
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Jan 3, 2009
2:32 pm
22409
Happy New Year All, Dave Dearborn did pass away a little over a year ago. His last meet was two years ago. You may want to check this out. ...
Ben Perry
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Jan 3, 2009
5:30 pm
22410
Dave was a very nice guy! My family had a place in West Campton. I would go by and look and one day he was out in the yard so I stopped. Got a very nice...
Steve
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Jan 3, 2009
9:57 pm
22411
In chatting with a co-worker who grew up in Methuen, we got on the subject of the NH- MA stateline. He used to walk the M&L in the area of Hampshire Road. He...
Steve
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Jan 3, 2009
10:09 pm
22412
Brian, and All, The discussion continues on the 4L list about a Sawmill whistle. This is what prompted my post. I reposted your comments there and will be ...
Steve
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Jan 3, 2009
10:31 pm
22413
Any chance you could post the photo you have for the group Scott Hurley **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines....
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Jan 4, 2009
3:26 pm
22414
Hi Late last November I asked a question regarding the bumper guarded crossing by Russels on the Post Road west of Wayland and had some good responses posted....
croton54
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Jan 4, 2009
3:26 pm
22415
Steve, There is a State Line granite marker in the old ROW just south of Hampshire Road, roughly behind Pep Boys. I dont recall seeing a second marker,...
c177guy
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Jan 4, 2009
3:42 pm
22416
The other major "issue" with that crossing was the underbody clearance for an automobile. This would wreak havoc with the underside of the car unfortunate...
PRMagoun
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Jan 4, 2009
4:39 pm
22417
Hopefully you'll also see a photo of that Rt. 20 traffic barrier in the soon to be reissued CENTRAL MASS. as it was in the 1st edition... JCH John Hutchins,...
John Hutchins
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Jan 4, 2009
9:19 pm
22418
I'm puzzled by an old postcard image which shows up occasionally on eBay. The card itself carries the title "View of Woodsville NH". A copy of it is currently...
irv_thomae
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Jan 5, 2009
5:21 pm
22419
Looks to me to be a few hundred feet east of the depot. The multiple crossarms on the line poles are a good hint. One reason you aren't seeing the buildings...
Scott J. Whitney
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Jan 5, 2009
5:50 pm
22420
... Hurley ... making ... Picture and site plan posted. Perhaps the coal was stored on the ground or on a raised platform or was there a coaling tower similar...
nbptcityrailroad
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Jan 5, 2009
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22421
Almost forgot to mention that the third batch of B&M slides I'm dumping from my collection are on e-Bay again in case anyone is interested. ...
Scott J. Whitney
sjwhitney
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Jan 6, 2009
3:47 am
22422
Has anybody assembled one of these kits? I wonder if the roof is shaped correctly. First I've heard of this kit. Dave...
David Haney
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Jan 6, 2009
12:17 pm
22423
Hi, Dave. If you are referring to Bethlehem's B&M open platform coach, the roof is resin and is pretty close to the profile of the actual coach. The body...
Norman+Laraine Larkin
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Jan 6, 2009
4:13 pm
22424
Do you or anyone else have a picture showing the Mike Bottle on top of the H. P. Hood plant in Boston from the RR side that would be suitable to use as a...
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Jan 6, 2009
9:23 pm
22425
Does any one know where I can obtain a copy of the Winter 1974-75 issue of the B&M Bulletin? I am trying to finish up on my Osgood Bradley coach project and I...
fa_robinson
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Jan 7, 2009
2:45 am
22426
My northern B&M source tells me.... "Near the top of the "Y" on Mill Street at the Woodsville - Bath/Plymouth - Bath junction (see Woodsville Aqueduct Co)" ...
Sean McInerney
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Jan 7, 2009
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22427
ok...ok spoke (or wrote) too soon. My friend has changed his mind. He thinks this building was opposite the station: "I changed my mind (from my last reply)...
Sean McInerney
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Jan 7, 2009
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22428
I am building a five window narrow monitor caboose model as built in 1900. The coloring confuses me. According to Tim Gilbert's caboose book, the sides were...
loggingne
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Jan 8, 2009
1:28 am
22429
... Was a caboose painted with different reds? Were the sides and ends different red colors? Can't vouch for the as-built colors, but B&M wood buggy's had...
John Hutchins
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Jan 8, 2009
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22430
... Most railrroads painted the entire caboose red, to make it easier to see, with the idea of preventing rear end collisions. Bright caboose red paint was...
David J. Starr
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Jan 8, 2009
4:39 pm
22431
... Tim's book is clear on this, at least to the extent that the reference material he accessed was clear. The use of two different shades of 'red' on B&M...
jshorvath10583
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Jan 8, 2009
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