Mea Culpa - Campus Maximus

I can take the credit/blame for coining the phrase "Sheepscot Campus".

It started in a grant application - I was looking for an elegant word to describe the WW&F's collection of facilities at 97 Cross Road, Alna, Maine.

Rail yard - well, that's just a part of what is there. (Actually, we designate a "North" and "South" yard.)
Station - again, we have a Station building. We actually sell tickets out of a freight shed.
Sheepscot - the station name, refers to the village over the river, and is within the town of Newcastle, not Alna. (Complicating this is that for years, GPS look-ups put 97 Cross Road closer to Newcastle, causing misdirection.)

Then there are all the amenities - shops (gift and repair), car barn, various outbuildings, restrooms, archive building/members house, parking, etc.

"Campus" seemed to be a good word and I went with in the grant application. I forget if that particular grant application was successful.

Afterwards, others picked up on the phrase and started to use "campus" outside of the more 'academic' intent. I didn't love it, but I didn't see any harm in it. Until...

Recently a new road sign (and related signage) was proposed for the facility. After much discussion, the word "campus" was formally nixed.

So, I think we are going with "at Sheepscot Station" or something similar when describing the collection of facilities located at 97 Cross Road, Alna, Maine. (And discouraging the use of the word 'campus', at least in any official signage, etc.)

Ed Lecuyer
Trainmaster, WW&F Railway Museum
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