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| Second Annual Volunteer Track Work Weekend! |
Posted September 12, 2007 |
Thanks to all who helped make our first volunteer work weekend a success!
Volunteers wanted for TRAIN CREW.
Thank you letter from Track Foreman Chris Small and photo gallery. |
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| Calling All Volunteers October 20th & 21st, 2007, 9am! |
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| Help preserve the State of Maine's industrial history and unique railroad tradition! The MNGRR will be hosting its annual fall volunteer track weekend. Our approximately one mile section of track along the waterfront needs maintenance: crossties need to be replaced, track needs to be levelled, gauged and tamped, bolts tightened and changed. We also planning on continuing laying our new siding in front of building 7. You may even get a chance to drive spikes! All work is done by hand, just as it was done when the first 2-foot gauge tracks were laid in Maine in 1879. We'll provide the materials, but we need the support and manpower of volunteers from the Portland community and beyond. No special skills or experience required. The work train will have all the necessary tools and we may possibly have the Fairmont Track Car working. Lunch and refreshments will be provided by the museum on both days (donations always welcome). Please come join us for an unforgettable railroad experience. For your safety, work gloves, safety glasses and long sleeves are required, steel-toed boots are strongly encouraged. Meet in front of the museum at 9 am on both days. For more information or if you plan to attend, please contact Christina Feller at info@mngrr.org
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