by Bartlett Roundhouse
The Club got a surprise donation for the full amount of the State Required Club liability insurance premium. With this, the club goes from a bunch of people with a dream, to a full blown actual club with a project. With the insurance comes a lease agreement with the State of NH for the building and the club will have more rights to the building, allowing us to have insured contractors come in and give estimates as well as be able to apply for grants. I will be meeting with our insurance agent this week.
Once we have our lease agreement we will also be talking with CSRR about obtaining outside braced wooden boxcar MEC# 35059 and EX-PTM Wooden Snowplow #68 both need extensive restoration, but are doable, both are ex Maine Central, 35059 served as the Car Department tool car in Bartlett from 1940-1969
Our 501c3 paperwork is already at the accountant, our status is retroactive, so anyone that donates now can claim it on thier tax returns because we will be fully compliant by fall.
We also received on Saturday the gift of over 200 RR related books, over 3000 photographs, research material on Bartlett and Crawford Notch, Station signs: one an original Bartlett Station sign that hung on the east end and was viewed facing west towards Crawford Notch, Slides, slide projector, DVD player, RR VHS tapes and other articles, these will be the building blocks for our research library. In the future, the library will be housed in a climate controled CN/Via type passenger car much like the ones the CSRR runs on thier Crawford Notch Line. These cars offer the large vestibules for handicap access and the car can be housed and secured outside the Roundhouse, but that is WAY WAY down the road.
the main objective now is to stabilize the structure. Thats the goal. I can only hope we dont have another winter like last year.
Last years winter took out a dozen roof rafters, emergency measures are being taken by the State to fix them.
I will keep posting and answer any questions you folks have, thanks for your interest!
Alot of people have great and grand ideas on what we could do, should do, might do......Idea's are great, this all started with an idea, but what we really need right now is help.
Our dues are cheap, only $10.00 and we can use some people not afraid to cut brush and get really dirty.
we have a yahoo group you can subscribe to just e-mail [email protected] with same in the subject line.
You can also visit our web page http://www.bartlettroundhouseproject.com
When these buildings are lost, everyone says "it's to bad nothing was done to save them". This is everyone's chance to do something to save the only Portland and Ogdensburg/Maine Central RR Roundhouse standing in New Hampshire and one of only 6 standing in the State.
Come join us, have fun, save some RR history!
Thank you all again for your kind words,
Scotty
Once we have our lease agreement we will also be talking with CSRR about obtaining outside braced wooden boxcar MEC# 35059 and EX-PTM Wooden Snowplow #68 both need extensive restoration, but are doable, both are ex Maine Central, 35059 served as the Car Department tool car in Bartlett from 1940-1969
Our 501c3 paperwork is already at the accountant, our status is retroactive, so anyone that donates now can claim it on thier tax returns because we will be fully compliant by fall.
We also received on Saturday the gift of over 200 RR related books, over 3000 photographs, research material on Bartlett and Crawford Notch, Station signs: one an original Bartlett Station sign that hung on the east end and was viewed facing west towards Crawford Notch, Slides, slide projector, DVD player, RR VHS tapes and other articles, these will be the building blocks for our research library. In the future, the library will be housed in a climate controled CN/Via type passenger car much like the ones the CSRR runs on thier Crawford Notch Line. These cars offer the large vestibules for handicap access and the car can be housed and secured outside the Roundhouse, but that is WAY WAY down the road.
the main objective now is to stabilize the structure. Thats the goal. I can only hope we dont have another winter like last year.
Last years winter took out a dozen roof rafters, emergency measures are being taken by the State to fix them.
I will keep posting and answer any questions you folks have, thanks for your interest!
Alot of people have great and grand ideas on what we could do, should do, might do......Idea's are great, this all started with an idea, but what we really need right now is help.
Our dues are cheap, only $10.00 and we can use some people not afraid to cut brush and get really dirty.
we have a yahoo group you can subscribe to just e-mail [email protected] with same in the subject line.
You can also visit our web page http://www.bartlettroundhouseproject.com
When these buildings are lost, everyone says "it's to bad nothing was done to save them". This is everyone's chance to do something to save the only Portland and Ogdensburg/Maine Central RR Roundhouse standing in New Hampshire and one of only 6 standing in the State.
Come join us, have fun, save some RR history!
Thank you all again for your kind words,
Scotty