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1 Dear All: September 5, 2014 It s hard to believe that the Vienna train show is just a week away! I hope you plan to attend or better yet have a table at the show. I ll be at the door and I hope to see your smiling faces. Remember WB&A members can get in at 8:00 a.m. with others at 9:00 a.m. so come on out and visit for a while. After coming out to the Vienna show you re looking for some more fun, please visit the Vienna Train Station as they will be having an open house from 1 5 p.m. (see flyer) and In the meantime, for some great reading material, see Clem s Primer which can be found on the WB&A website at ct14.htm another great job by Clem Clement In my ongoing communication with our members and friends of the WB&A, I learned of the Dominion GardenFest of Lights I also learned that 67,000 visitors visited in 2013, they cannot all be wrong about visiting this amazing display! If only we could capture their interest for the long haul, what a boost to the hobby this would be. Finally I learned that one 4 year old boy, a couple of

2 weeks ago, wanted to know where the train displays were when visiting with his parents, he remembered! I hope his interest continues to blossom. Too often in life an interest is sparked, but as one remove themselves from what sparked their interest it often dies before it has a chance to grow. I encourage each and every one of us to plant a seed through our contacts with others and thru our social media. Thank you to Dominion Power who I understand is a major sponsor of the GardenFest of Lights. Richmond was the first city to have electric streetcars running successfully. The attachments are contained in the one PDF attached to this in an effort to streamline the sending of this and to ensure the attachments are able to be received. YORK N BY CLEM CLEMENT I hope you have been enjoying Clem s York stories, attached is another one for your enjoyment! 2015 TCA CONVENTION See (new website link) FALL EASTERN DIVISION YORK MEET

3 _10_14.pdf I have heard that the Rodeway Inn in York is offering some good deals during York; this is NOT an endorsement just merely passing along of information Have you see the CTT YouTube from York April 2014, see ature=youtu.be See what else you ll be missing if you don t come out to York at: WB&A ELECTION Ballots will be forthcoming and ballots will be counted at our November 1 general business meeting with results announced at same. UPCOMING WB&A EVENTS September 13, 2014 A few tables are still left (see flyer) for the WB&A Toy and Train Show at the Vienna Firehouse contact Nada Boswell wba.boswell@gmail.com and/or Dave Eadie dbeadie@verizon.net

4 November 1, 2014 WB&A Members Only Semi Annual General Membership/Swap Meet from 9 12 p.m. at Saint James Evangelical Lutheran Church, 8 West Overlea Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21206, contact Paul Pullen bcrr@netzero.net for more information May 9, 2015 Joint VTC & WB&A (aka NORTH MEETS SOUTH) Great Train Show and Sale at the Eagles Lodge at 21 Cool Spring Road, Fredericksburg, VA contact Colleen Hall memberwba@gmail.com for more information, it s never too early to start planning WB&A DRAWING ITEM P47 Blue Comet Steam Passenger set with Protosound 3.0; Jersey Central P47 Steam Engine (Cab #833), Tender, (1)Baggage Car, (2) 70' Heavyweight Madison Coach Cars, (1) '70 Heavyweight Observation Car Product # MSRP $ If interested in purchasing a ticket, please contact Glenn MacKinnon at glen.mackinnon@verizon.net the cost is $5 a ticket or 6 for $25, the drawing will be held the end of December Just 500 tickets for sale! TOY TRAINS AND COLLECTIBLES Stay tuned for more information for the date and information for our WB&A trip to Toy Trains and Collectibles, it will be a visit you won t wanna miss!

5 STUDY SESSION Clem and Bruce are eagerly look forward to their next study session and the enjoyment of reviewing Lionel trains together. Their next session will be Saturday, November 15, 2014 from 10 am until 2 pm at 5233 Bessley Place, Alexandria, VA A buffet lunch will be served. Having completed their study of Lionel Standard Gauge, they turn to Lionel Prewar O Gauge, Their next session will study Lionel Prewar O Gauge locomotives Nos. 248, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 256 and 4 as well as Ives Nos and The Ives locomotives incorporated the Lionel 248 body. In addition to studying the ten locomotives they would also like to study the sets that came with them. If your locomotive was acquired with what you believe are its original freight or passenger cars, please bring these with you. Please let them know if you plan to attend and about how many locomotives and sets you will bring. They want to plan for adequate display tables. Please call Bruce at or write to brucecgreenberg1@gmail.com. Clem and Bruce P.S. The Lionel Standard Gauge Guide is being

6 printed. Books should be available at the York meet on October WEBSITES/LINKS OF INTEREST/THINGS TO DO Courtesy of the VTC: The Tennessee Valley RR Museum TVRM s Historic Steam Locomotive #4501 is Ready for Tennessee Valley Railfest: Grandparents Day at the Virginia Museum of Transportation see Turntable Times from Roanoke Chapter NRHS; Interchange Baltimore Chapter of the NRHS; NFCNRHS Empire State Express; Fire Up 611! see High Green; some great RR photos see Press_Release_ pdf and art=900&search=railroad&pname=&lot=&van=&state =&county=&city=&year_start=1935&month_start=0& year_stop=1945&month_stop=12 White River Productions Acquires RR Model Craftsman and Railfan & RR magazines from Carstens Publications (see attached Release) Take a look at TCA Fort Pitt Division (2017 Convention just around the corner):

7 ds Steam Into History on Thursday, September 25, 2014 see Take a look at the 2014 Minicon: How to Repair a Steam Locomotive, pretty nice hand painting and striping: A little Christmas spirit and trains, now who could ask for anything more? John Zampino is hoping you ll want to volunteer to help out at the National Christmas Tree, please see attached for more information. Bizarre Laws of the RR laws of therailroad/?j=358540&e=clem.clement@cox.net&l=398 0_HTML&u= &mid= &jb=0

8 Chapter TCA/ UPCOMING CALENDAR EVENTS (please send me items to include on the calendar) if you like to see some other dates from around the country, check out: 1. Check out trains.com calendar of events at: =1&cat= 2. Schedule for Trackers can be found at: 3. September 6, 2014 Grandparents Day 10 5 p.m. at the Virginia Museum of Transportation see: 4. September 6, 2014 Pulaski Toy Train Show (see attached flyer) 5. September 12, 2014 Deadline for articles for the September issue of the Trolley contact Paul Pullen bcrr@netzero.net for more information 6. September 13, 2014 WB&A Toy and Train Show at the Vienna Firehouse contact Nada Boswell wba.boswell@gmail.com or Dave Eadie dbeadie@verizon.net 7. September 13, 2014 Hagerstown Model RR Museum, Inc. 9 2 contact hmrrm@myactv.net

9 8. September 14, 2014 Gilbertsville Train Show at the Gilbertsville Fire Hall, 1454 E. Philadelphia Avenue, Gilbertsville, PA September 18 21, 2014 B&O RR Historical Society s Annual Convention in Cumberland, MD see under Events 10. September 20, 2014 Railroadiana Collectibles Show in Phoenix, AZ contact Jim at naotc2014@gmail.com 11. September 25, 2014 Steam Into History see September 25 27, 2014 Our friends in the rock world will be holding a Mineral and Fossil Show at the Hiddenite Center in downtown Hiddenite, N.C. (see PDF), take a drive and go to the show! More information contact Rick at rick@wncrocks.com 13. September 26 28, 2014 Steel Wheels Festival in Cumberland, MD see 20Festival 14. September 27, 2014 Go By Train 10 th Annual Smithsonian Museum Date in St. Louis, MD 15. September 28, 2014 Arbutus Train Show, for more information contact Frank Vacek and/or Sunny Vacek for tables

10 16. September 28, 2014 Lehigh Valley Chapter, NRHS/RR Historians of the Lehigh Valley for more information contact 17. October, 2014 Old Dominion Chapter James River Ramblet in Dillwyn, VA, Buckingham Branch RR contact odcnrhs.org for exact dates and to order tickets 18. October 7, 2014 National Christmas Tree Volunteer meeting (see attached information) 19. October 9 12, 2014 Missouri Pacific Historical Society Annual Convention contact Kevin Love at president@mopac.org 20. October 15, 2014 The Toy Train Paper & Memorabilia Group will celebrate its 20 th Anniversary at the October York Meeting from 6 8 p.m. at the Liberty Fire Company, call Todd or (see PDF) 21. October 16 18, 2014 Eastern Division York Meet, visit the ED website for information mber_10_14.pdf 22. October 17 18, 2014 in Ohio Ghost Tours Dennison RR Depot Museum for more information call October 19, 2014: The Chesapeake Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America makes its Fall 2014 visit to the Baltimore Street Car Museum

11 see: October 25 26, 2014 The Great Scale Model Train Show Makin Tracks! Cow Palace Times Sat. 9 5/Sun at the Maryland State Fairgrounds, 2200 York Road, Timonium, MD October 25, 2014 Baltimore Street Car Museum celebrates Halloween, see November 1 2, 2014 Central NY Chapter NRHS< Great NY State Model Train Fair visit or cnynrhs@aol.com 27. November 1, 2014 Semi Annual General Membership/Swap Meet from 9 12 p.m. at Saint James Evangelical Lutheran Church, 8 West Overlea Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21206, contact Paul Pullen bcrr@netzero.net for more information 28. November 2, 2014 Golden Spike Enterprise, Inc. 37 th Annual Gaithersburg RR Steamship Transportation Artifacts Show & Sale in Gaithersburg, MD contact Charles Miller at rrshows@aol.com 29. November 4 8, 2014 ATRRM in Tyler, Texas visit

12 30. November 15, a.m. Bruce and Clem Study Group contact them at for more information 31. November 22 23, 2014 Trains at Christmas at the Fredericksburg National Guard Armory 10 5 on Saturday and 10 4 on Sunday. For more information contact or November 28, 2014 January 12, 2015 Dominion GardenFest of Lights in Richmond, VA December 2014 Old Dominion Charter, James River Rambler in Dillwyn, VA contact for exact dates and to order tickets 34. December 6/ Fairfax Station Model train show and old cars station.org, more information contact Clem Clement clem.clement@cox.net 35. December 6, 7, 13 and 14, 2014 Baltimore Street Car Museum is visited by Santa Claus see: December 7, 2014 Gilbertsville Train Show at the Gilbertsville Fire Hall, 1454 E. Philadelphia Avenue, Gilbertsville, PA 19525

13 37. December 13, 2014 Golden Spike Enterprises, Inc. 56 th Buckeye RR Artifacts and Model Trains Show in Columbus, OH contact 38. December 13, 2014 Arbutus Train Show, for more information contact Frank Vacek and/or Sunny Vacek for tables January 10 11, 2015 WGH in Hampton, VA visit January 17 18, 2015 WGH in Raleigh, NC visit January 31 Feb. 1, 2015 The Great Scale Model Train Show Makin Tracks! Cow Palace Times Sat. 9 5/Sun at the Maryland State Fairgrounds, 2200 York Road, Timonium, MD February 7 8, 2015 WGH in Columbus, OH visit February 14 15, 2015 WGH in Louisville, KY visit March 28 29, 2015 WGH in Edison, NJ visit April 11 12, 2015 The Great Scale Model Train Show Makin Tracks! Cow Palace Times Sat. 9 5/Sun at the Maryland State Fairgrounds, 2200 York Road, Timonium, MD

14 46. May 1 3, 2015 NY Central System Historical Society, Inc Convention & Meeting visit May 9, 2015 Joint VTC & WB&A (aka NORTH MEETS SOUTH) Great Train Show and Sale at the Eagles Lodge in Fredericksburg, VA contact Russell at jryouens@verizon.net and/or Colleen Hall at memberwba@gmail.com 48. June 4 7, 2015 Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, 2015 R&LHS Convention in Altoona, PA 49. June 20 28, 2015 TCA 2015 National Convention June 20 21, 2015 The Great Scale Model Train Show Makin Tracks! Cow Palace Times Sat. 9 5/Sun at the Maryland State Fairgrounds, 2200 York Road, Timonium, MD September 18 20, 2015 ATRRM Fall Conference in Union, IL visit October 24 25, 2015 The Great Scale Model Train Show Makin Tracks! Cow Palace Times Sat. 9 5/Sun at the Maryland State Fairgrounds, 2200 York Road, Timonium, MD As always, if you prefer not to receive these s, please let me know.

15 All my best, Colleen As a reminder to all, I gather my information from all sources, lots of it comes from the membership who includes me on their s. I respect everyone s intellectual property rights and do my upmost best not to infringe on anyone s and to give credit when I am aware of whom to give the credit to. This eblast is an informational newsletter and my intent is to share with you information you may find of use or interest.

16 The Official Newsletter of the Roanoke Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, Inc. Volume 46, Number 3 July-August-Sept. 2014

17 Volume 46, Number 3 July-Aug.-Sept Editor: Jim Overholser jgoverholser@verizon.net Contributing Editor: Dorr Tucker joandorr@cox..net Mixed Freight Robin R. Shavers robin.shavers@gmail.com Publisher/Historian Kenneth L. Miller klmiller@rev.net All materials should be sent directly to the Editors at their address listed with their names. Turntable Times is published quarterly as the newsletter of the Roanoke Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, Inc. Opinions and points of view expressed herein are those of the staff members or contributors of the Turntable Times and do not necessarily reflect those of the members, officers or directors of the Chapter. Meeting Notice The Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society will hold its next regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, September 18. The meeting will be held in the auditorium at the O. Winston Link Museum at 7:30 pm. Please be sure to enter at the west end of the building on the track level. The October meeting will be held Thursday, October 16. Throughout the year, please note our inclement weather policy below, and always check the website for the most up to date information. From The Head End Cards and Flowers If you know of a Chapter Member who is sick, lost a loved one or has a new birth in the family, please contact Bonnie Molinary. Bonnie is responsible for Chapter cards and flowers and can be reached at Deadline for Turntable Times The deadline for the next issue of Turntable Times is Friday, October 17, Please send articles, information and exchange newsletters to: Editor Turntable Times, P.O. Box 13222, Roanoke, VA, All parties sending newsletters to the Roanoke Chapter via should send them to Jim Overholser: jgoverholser@ verizon.net, Dorr Tucker at joandorr@cox.net and Ken Miller at klmiller@rev.net Meeting Cancellation Policy Any Chapter meeting will be considered cancelled if any of the following conditions are due to weather: Roanoke City Schools are closed on the day of or for the day after the meeting, or Virginia Western night classes are cancelled for the night of a meeting. Cover Photo Member Ben Shank captured some great images of the move of Boones Mill station. In addition see the article elsewhere for the issue. We can always use your contributions for newsletter, photos or articles, please contact the editor for details. For current information on the FIRE UP 611! campaign, see 1

18 From The Editor Harold Hunley suggested a good idea for a future Turntable Times article Railroadrelated personalized license plates. If you re willing, send me what you have on your personalized license plate (like 611 or Railfan or whatever) and in a future issue we ll publish them along with your name. Please consider contributing to your newsletter. Progress on the N &W No. 611 restoration in the Spencer, NC shops of the North Carolina Transportation Museum by the 611 Restoration Team is proceeding well with no major problems evident. We are looking forward to the return of the Norfolk Southern 21st Century Steam Program in 2015 with the 611! Coming up in the next few months are our November 20 Annual Meeting where we elect Chapter Directors and the Holiday Gathering December 18 (instead of a December membership meeting). Lastly, as our National Representative Carl Jensen points out in his report in this issue, change is coming to the National Railway Historical Society. But the Roanoke Chapter will move on. To quote Carl,. we would continue to do business as we are and have been doing successfully for almost 50 years. Absolutely. Thanks, Jim Overholser Sick List Willard Hamill was hospitalized recently but is now at home. We wish Willard the best and hope his dialysis treatments go well. New Membership Roster Thanks to outgoing Membership Chairman Walt Alexander for an updated membership roster. Rosters were distributed at the August Chapter meeting and Walt will mail the roster to members who did not attend that meeting. Refreshments At Chapter Meetings Refreshments are always appreciated at our monthly Chapter meetings. So, guys and gals, sign up today for the opportunity to bring light goodies for 30 to 40 people. Keep it simple and remember to put out a kitty to collect reimbursement for your expenses. Any amount collected over that (or the whole collection if you wish)) should be donated to the Chapter, via a check to our treasurer. Also, remember to bring paper and plastic products for serving and ice for the drinks. Sign up at Chapter meetings or call Bonnie Molinary at Nominating Committee A By Skip Salmon t the August Chapter meeting, Jeff Sanders appointed the Nominating Committee for this year s Board of Directors election to be held during the November 20, 2014 Chapter meeting. Skip Salmon is Chairman with Walt Alexander and Andrew McArthur serving as members. This year, four Directors terms expire: Lewis Foster, Landon Gregory, Ken Miller and Eddie Mooneyham. Of these, Directors Landon Gregory and Eddie Mooneyham chose not to run this time, leaving two vacancies. This Committee is now canvassing the Chapter membership to determine which members are interested in serving in elective offices. Chapter members can submit the name of a nominated candidate to one of the Committee members and they will interview the candidate as per Chapter policy, and the committee will prepare a slate of candidates for the election at the November meeting. Also nominations from the floor 2

19 at that meeting will be received, provided that member has indicated a willingness to serve prior to the floor nomination. See the Annual Meeting Notice elsewhere in this Turntable Times. Notice of Annual Meeting The Annual Meeting of the Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society will be held at the O. Winston Link Museum on Thursday, November 20, The meeting will begin at 7:30 pm. At this time, we will hold our annual election in which four (4) directors will be elected. The incumbents are: Lewis Foster Landon Gregory (not running) Ken Miller Eddie Mooneyham (not running) Nominations will be accepted from the floor at the Annual Meeting, please be sure you have that person s consent before making a nomination. The Roanoke Chapter is soliciting nominees for Directors to be voted on at the November Annual Meeting. There are four (4) positions to be voted on. Please consider putting your name in nomination. Within the last few years the Chapter s responsibilities have greatly increased, what with the Virginian Station project, our excursions, and the Chapter s equipment. Please consider helping out. You may contact a member of the nominating committee - Chairman Skip Salmon, Andrew McArthur and Walt Alexander. Instructions for Absentee Ballot: This year we will elect four (4) directors by secret ballot. Any member in good standing may vote by absentee ballot. Please Note: if you are interested in running, or know of another Chapter member who is, please contact the nominating committee promptly. If there are no more candidates than positions, a motion to elect by acclaim will be accepted. To vote by absentee ballot, one must: 1 - Request an absentee ballot from the Secretary or a member of the nominating committee. You will receive (a) one ballot; (b) one ballot envelope; and (c) one mailing envelope. 2 - Mark the ballot (vote for not more than four (4) directors. If more than four (4) votes are cast, the ballot will be discarded). 3 - Place the ballot in the ballot envelope and seal. Do not put your name on the ballot or ballot envelope. 4 - Place ballot envelope in the mailing envelope. Write your name and return address on the envelope and mail to; Roanoke Chapter, NRHS P.O. Box Roanoke, VA or the envelope may be hand delivered to the Secretary anytime before the election at the annual meeting. National Representative Report August 2014 T By Carl Jensen he national election results including voting for President of NRHS were announced on August 25 and Al Weber of St. Louis defeated incumbent President Greg Molloy by a margin of 548 votes, 1869 to Weber and all the other director candidates from various regions across the country will officially take office at the regular Fall Board meeting in November at Johnson City, TN. As of August 26 it is unclear if changes in 3

20 the organization or management of NRHS at the national level will be immediately affected. At the summer board and membership meetings during the national convention in Arkansas, management announced several important items. They acknowledged the national was out of money, or nearly so, and the need to reorganize. Changes are in the wind, some of which may happen by the end of this year. President Molloy announced formation of a special committee of five board members to come up with a new vision and business model for NRHS to be furnished to the full board at a called special Board meeting September 15. The plan will be presented to the board for up or down voting which means to either approve or disapprove, without debate, whatever plan the special committee comes up with. If a new plan is adopted which changes the structure of the board, membership qualifications or other changes affecting the By-laws, they will have to be ratified by vote of the entire NRHS membership. With the defeat of Mr. Molloy it is not clear if the September meeting will still take place, or what form the proposed changes would take, if they are presented. Technically Al Weber will not assume the President s position until November (Current By-laws call for newly elected Directors and Officers to take office at the first Board Meeting in October or November each year). It is possible that some of the proposal may be such that new President Weber will agree are necessary to the future of the Society. A committee was also formed and charged with coming up with enough financial resources to carry the national organization through January 11, Apparently they have found some money for the time being. From the standpoint of our Chapter members, we received notice of cancellation of plans for a new national dues collection system beginning this fall. There was no information as to what if any alternative method is to be used. Chapters are to collect only their own 2015 dues based solely on Chapter level amounts. No national dues will be collected and chapters are not to solicit donations for the national, but will accept chapter-only donations if members want to. We will advise members of rates and the Chapter will proceed to start the renewal process in October. The status of individual national memberships is unknown at this time Changes are probably coming to the traditional structure of NRHS as we have known it for years. Rumors abound but it is too soon to know the extent of changes and the affect they will have on chapters like ours or to individual members. I don t think changes in our own chapter structure, if we have to make them, would affect our continuing varied operations, projects and focus. In other words we would continue to do business as we are and have been doing successfully for almost 50 years. On a very positive note, I am pleased to announce that Will Ardis, our RailCamp candidate which the chapter sponsored, distinguished himself at the Northwest RailCamp at Tacoma, Washington July 27 through August 2. He was among 16 campers and showed his knowledge and enthusiasm for railroads with the best of them. He did a great job of proudly promoting Roanoke, VMT and the 611 restoration. Will took the train both to and from Washington State. Overall this was another great camp, and followed the East camp headquartered in Dover Delaware during the week of July 7-11 where we had 24 campers in attendance. NRHS has declared its intent to continue RailCamp in the future under a reorganized NRHS. I hope 4

21 so; it is a very good program. Change is in the wind folks. But I know Roanoke Chapter will continue to succeed in the numerous projects we have going. Stay tuned. Virginian Station Project W By Jim Cosby and Skip Salmon e are pleased to report that the legal notice inviting bids on Phase II completion of the interior, exterior (including windows, soffits, gables and brickwork), landscaping and parking lot, was published in The Roanoke Times on Sunday, August 17, Bids are due on September 18, 2014 at which time the lowest responsible and responsive bid will be determined. The bid contract will have to be approved by the City of Roanoke and VDOT before the contract can be awarded. The most likely schedule would have construction begin in late 2014 and last six to nine months. The Chapter s Renovation Project of the Virginian Railway Station in Roanoke has moved from a spur track onto the team track. Phase I work began February 2, We will meet with interested bidders on Thursday, August 28 to answer their questions on Phase II. If all goes well, the project will move to the main line when we open the bids in September and award the contract. This should allow our train to reach home sometime in the Spring of 2015, Lord willing. We are currently working with Spectrum and Norfolk Southern on an easement for parking under and west of the Jefferson Street Bridge. This should allow us to meet the need for parking for our facility and the part we will lease out to sustain this venue for the Chapter. We need some Chapter members to assist in the brick by brick fundraiser paperwork to recognize those who have already made donations to the project. Anyone willing to help should contact Skip Salmon or Jeff Sanders. Thanks To Our Friends In Lynchburg F By Dorr Tucker or the last three or four years our gracious friends in The Blue Ridge Chapter of Lynchburg have arranged for Roanoke Chapter to have a table for the annual Lynchburg Rail Day train show usually held on the second Saturday in August. This year was no exception. At 6:30 a.m. on the 9th, Jim Overholser, Dorr Tucker and Elly Wefel headed out to staff the all day event held at The Boonesboro Ruritan Club located off route 501 northwest of town. Along with some items from previous sales and donated items, we had Skip Salmon s Tuscan red Tee shirts featuring the Virginian on the back. Ken Miller provided our marquee tail sign that he made over 24 years ago for the Mardi Gras (now owned by our friend Ed Ellis Iowa Pacific Co. and currently in service on the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad operating out of Alamosa, CO). This writer donated an old book from 1975, entitled Coach Trains And Travel by Patrick C. Dorin. For $10 it didn t sell. At any rate I am pleased that it didn t. It seems that the book has over two pages devoted to the Powhatan Arrow that I had forgotten about. Although our revenue was modest we enjoyed meeting the folks and exchanging information and ideas with them regardless of their background and knowledge. Other non-profit groups in attendance included Operation Lifesaver, the Virginia Museum of Transportation, the High Bridge group, and the Boones Mill Depot committee. However, the most rewarding part of the event is saying thanks to The Blue Ridge Chapter for supporting our projects and events over the years. They have contributed toward our excursions and the Virginian 5

22 Station as well as supporting the Link, VMT, and helping save the Boones Mill depot. Without doubt, we are fortunate to have this partner in Virginia s Rail Heritage Region. Thanks to Norris Deyerle who has long been a member of both chapters for his outstanding correspondence, President Rick Johnson and the entire bunch of guys and gals who make up the Blue Ridge Chapter. You are top notch. Mechanical Department Report August 2014 T By Lewis Foster hings have been busy down at 9th Street this summer with teams working on several projects. The wooden box car project is almost at the end, with end doors and windows the last components that need to be installed. After that, the roof and underbody will be finish painted and the car will be lettered before being delivered to VMT. We hope to have this project completed and ready to move by this fall. Apple Ridge Farms is ready to take delivery of the former N&W payroll car that the chapter donated. It has been repainted and is now loaded and ready to move once the ground dries out at the farm where it will be placed. A team has been working on the air brakes on the 522 as well. All the brake valves have now been rebuilt and reinstalled (thank you to Graham White for donating the rebuild of all the valves to the Chapter). The cylinders have been torn down and the pistons are being refurbished by the team at 9th street. Hopefully we will be ready to repack them and test the brakes in the next few weeks. Work has also begun on the 1489 Scioto County, the former N&W S-1 class sleeper that the Chapter purchased last year. A group has removed all the seats and the plywood / rubber floor that MARC had put in over the PRR-era tile floor that was installed when the car was converted from a sleeper to a coach. Last weekend, the majority of the tile was removed as well, having been too badly damaged from water and the vast number of screws that were used to hold the plywood down to be salvageable. We will be operating rides next at VMT during their Grandparents Day event on Saturday, September 6, We will be running up the museum lead as far as the switch at 10th Street. If you d like to come volunteer to help out, or to simply come by and ride the train, please let us know. If you d like to follow our work as it progresses, photos are available on the Mechanical Department Facebook page (no account required): com/roanokenrhs/ If you d like to volunteer with the crew at 9th Street, please feel free to contact Gary Gray or any other member of the Mechanical Department. We re at the yard most Saturdays and Sundays and would be happy to show you what we re working on. No special skills are required, you just need to be willing to get dirty. June through August Board Summary A By President Jeff Sanders s usual, members may contact our Treasurer if there are any financial questions, or if you would like to see the financial reports of the Chapter. Your Board meets the first Tuesday, 7 p.m., at the VMT Board Room. As always, members are welcome to attend. Efforts to obtain an ex-rpo car have been thwarted. We had planned to convert the car to a commissary car to be used with the 611 train-set next year. But we are out of luck unless we can find another suitable car. Brake valves have been returned from Graham-White in Salem, who very gener- 6

23 An occasional feature offering a small window into the past from an archive file or image. Historian Kenneth L. Miller What a glorious image John Krause captured! The 2152 is pounding west into the afternoon sun as fast as those 53 inch drivers can propel her. We've lost so much of the railroad since these days. Note the cattle chute at right, the house facing the tracks with trains roaring by only 30 feet away. The homeowners probably did not even notice after a few months. The 2152 without white flags to indicate an extra, is leading a time freight on this summer afternoon. She is probably leading train 85 west enroute to Bluefield. 7 8

24 ously provided the reconditioning for us for our GP-30 No We appreciate Graham- White s continued support of the Chapter. Peter Lewis has arranged a donation of 70 crossties from Koppers for the badly needed work at the 9th Street grade crossing. We operated our train at VMT on June 21 for Train Day, then again on June 27 for the NWHS Convention. The Valley Bank Commitment Letter for the bridge loan has been executed. Other discussions are ongoing to get the Advertisement for Bids approved, and the job advertised. We have offered our property on Franklin Road to be considered for possible use of a cell tower. We are searching for someone to take on the responsibilities of the Membership Chairman as Walter Alexander has resigned after many years of fantastic service to the Chapter. A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to Walt. Tax returns for the Chapter and Virginian Railway Station, LLC, have been filed. The A/C compressor on coach No. 512 has failed. We plan to swap out the undercar unit with the ex-amtrak unit that the Chapter has in time the next run day in September. The run day during the Norfolk and Western Historical Society Convention went very well, as well as their visit to 9th Street. Motor car rides were also given during the event at VMT. The NWHS Convention tours at the Virginian Station and 9th Street were also very successful. We received several individual donations to the project as well as a contribution from NWHS. C&M Maintenance pressure washed the floors and walks at the Virginian Station for the NWHS convention at no charge. Skip thanks all of the chapter and board members who helped out for the visit by the convention attendees. We got a lot of good comments about the building and our progress. The window frames for the box car are now complete and we will be getting glass for the car shortly. National Representative Carl Jensen attended both sessions of Rail Camp. Carl and Jim Cosby have been making preliminary plans for us to host the January National Board Meeting in Roanoke. There have been conversations with Norfolk Southern regarding parking underneath and on the west side of the Jefferson Street Bridge for the Virginian Station. Valley Bank requires, as a condition of the bridge loan, that we have hazard insurance (which we have) and flood insurance for the building. Jim Cosby is working on getting an estimate on flood insurance. The Chapter has been nominated, by our contact at Valley Bank, for Not-For-Profit Organization of the year. We are very honored to be nominated. Current membership stands at 192. Chapter tool car No is being prepped at TVRM for painting. Out of service steam heat equipment is being removed, along with some floor patching. We plan to get estimates on work for several pieces of our equipment, which will give us a better understanding of what our priorities should be as we move forward with the passenger equipment. The brake work for the GP-30 No. 522 is largely complete. The seats and old floor in coach No have been removed. There are several leaks to be repaired and new window gaskets installed. Work is progressing on the wooden box car. The end doors are framed up and the windows and end doors are almost ready to install. The payroll car is scheduled to be moved to Apple Ridge Farm soon. 9th Street grade crossing work is still being pursued. National Representative Carl Jensen 9

25 reports that new Chapter member Will Ardis, who the Chapter sponsored to send to RailCamp West this summer, did very well. He was very knowledgeable and showed good skills at the camp. Will volunteers at VMT. Amtrak was very involved in both east and west RailCamps this year. National appointed a committee to put together a new organization for the National NRHS which will be voted on September 20 by the National Board. The latest rumor is that the reorganization will likely will result in a separation of Chapters entirely from the National organization unless they want to become an affiliate. We do not know if there will be a Fall National Board meeting that will include the Chapter Advisory Council or not. That depends on the results of the meeting of just the Board on September 20. We also do not know if the January National Board meeting in Roanoke will occur. Chapter authorized to advertise for bids for Phase II for the Virginian Station! Final approval from the various agencies was received recently, and our advertisement ran in the Roanoke Times on Sunday, August 17. Bids will be received until 2:00 pm, September 18, Contractors should go to the Chapter website (roanokenrhs.org) and click the Contractor s link for further details. The Chapter participated in Blue Ridge Chapter s Rail Day in Lynchburg August 8. Dorr Tucker represented the Chapter. A nominating committee consisting of Skip Salmon, Chairman, Andrew McArthur and Walter Alexander has been appointed. Please contact any of the folks to nominate or express interest in running for a seat on the Board. This year there are four Directors whose terms expire - Lewis Foster, Landon Gregory, Ken Miller, and Eddie Mooneyham. The election will be at our Annual Meeting on November 20, See information elsewhere in this Turntable Times about the meeting. LCL N&W Historical Society Award To Landon Gregory Roanoke Chapter member and director Landon Gregory was awarded the prestigious H. Reid Memorial Award at the June 28th banquet of the Norfolk And Western Historical Society s annual convention. This award, named after the newspaperman and famous VGN author, is given for outstanding efforts in the preservation of the history of the Virginian Railway. Congratulations, Landon. VMT Names Author In Residence The Virginia Museum of Transportation has named Lynchburg resident and author Aubrey Wiley the Author in Residence. Starting in the following months, there will be some new programs and workshops aimed at preserving a new dimension of transportation history. NRHS News Information News from the National: com/news/significant-changes-coming-nrhsstands-crossroads 611 Restoration Update The boiler lagging has been removed and the boiler has had an ultrasound to determine if it has weak areas that will interfere with it holding steam pressure. If so, additional steel plates will be welded on. The engine is now inside the roundhouse, with flues being inspected, rust being removed and all the chrome has been replated. A compressor has been replaced and the workers are looking for a new pilot truck wheelset. Virginia Museum of Transportation officials said they hope that 611 is back in Roanoke by January. Visitors are welcome 10

26 11 and can get a tour of the restoration for a $5 donation. (The Roanoke Times, August 8, 2014) The 611 Society Help us protect, preserve and sustain the Class J 611 for future generations The 611 Society is an annual membership program designed to protect the investment of rail fans around the world the Class J 611. By becoming a member of the 611 Society, you ensure that the Virginia Museum of Transportation keeps the Class J 611 in top condition so that future generations can experience the beauty and power of the last J-Class locomotive in the world. Society Levels and Benefits: Protectors: $40 Yearly subscription to the 611 Magazine, a celebration of the history, design, power and beauty of the Class J 611 Steam Passenger Locomotive. Every issue blends rich articles and amazing photography with the expertise of the historians of the Virginia Museum of Transportation, the Norfolk & Western Historical Society and the National Railway Historical Society. Tax deductible portion is $15. Preservers: $100 * Yearly subscription to the 611 Magazine. * All the privileges of a Dual Membership to the Virginia Museum of Transportation. * 10 percent discount in the Museum Store. * Tax deductible portion is $75. Sustainers: $611 * Yearly subscription to the 611 Magazine. * Active Sustainers have the opportunity to purchase two coach excursion tickets before the general public. * All privileges of a Family Membership to the Virginia Museum of Transportation for one year. * 10 percent discount in the Museum Store. * Tax deductible portion: $586. The Virginia Museum of Transportation is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Memberships and donations are tax deductible to the full extent as allowable by law. (VMT) Trains News Wire EXCLUSIVE: Prep work begins on N&W Y6A at St. Louis Museum of Transportation By Chase Gunnoe Published: July 22, 2014 ST. LOUIS Staff at the St. Louis Museum of Transportation have moved Norfolk & Western Y6a No from its display at the museum s Roberts Building. The locomotive now sits at the front of the restoration shop, museum cultural site manager Molly Butterworth tells Trains News Wire. The relocation of the locomotive will enable Norfolk Southern employees to better evaluate the for its anticipated move from St. Louis to the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke this summer. Museum officials anticipate up to two weeks of inspection work before the locomotive will be ready to depart from the museum. The locomotive will be on a five-year loan for display at the Virginia museum, accompanying N&W A-class No In exchange, the Virginia museum will send a former Southern Railway EMC FTB unit to complement the St. Louis museum s FT demonstrator No Boones Mill Depot Saved Had to share this with everyone, the town has received a Bill of Sale from Norfolk Southern after the successful move of the depot onto town property, this was such a great effort by you and by many more. This was a rough road getting here but surely has been worth the efforts. Norfolk Southern Railroad were really great to work with and I m sure that over the next year the depot

27 will come back to life, hopefully for another 107 years. If all goes OK, we hope to dedicate the depot before Christmas, that would only be the exterior completion. Thanks to everyone that was a part of this. Mike Smith, July 30, 2014 Ben Shank Photo Rural Retreat Depot Restoration The restoration of the ex-n&w Rural Retreat, VA, depot is coming along beautifully. Work on the foundation, which was in pretty bad shape, has been completed and the replacement of the loading dock is underway. A grant application for roof replacement and siding repair, scheduled to be completed by next summer, has been submitted. Although interior restoration won t begin until the exterior work is finished, the depot has already been returned to service for the community. A Farmer s Market at the Depot began its second year of operation on July 2nd, and a second benefit auction was held on July 26th as the Rural Retreat Depot Foundation ( continues to raise money for matching funds for grants. (Watauga Valley newsletter White Flags and Full Steam, August 2014) Norfolk Southern 21St Century Steam Program Norfolk Southern will not run 21st Century steam trips for the remainder of 2014, spokesman Rob Chapman said. He confirmed that steam trips will resume in Spring Freight traffic at NS is up significantly and road crew availability is tight, leading to the decision not to run steam this fall, according to those familiar with the operation. That doesn t mean that the stars of the show will take the fall off, though. In the South, Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum s overhaul of Southern Railway No is expected to be completed in August, and the famous Mikado or stablemate Southern No. 630 will lead Summerville (Ga.) Steam Specials Oct. 4, 11, 18, 19, 25, 26, and Nov. 1. Details and tickets are available at the museum s Web site, Meanwhile in the Midwest, Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society s Nickel Plate Road No. 765 will return to Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad Sept. 6-7 and Sept. 13 and 14. Details will be posted soon at Work continues on the Virginia Museum of Transportation s Norfolk & Western Class J No The s engine and tender were separated at the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer, and the engine placed inside the roundhouse for the next phase of work, which includes ultrasonic testing of the boiler shell. The locomotive should be ready for the main line in (TRAINS News Wire) Southern Railway No Update Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum s Southern Railway No has been repainted, in black, and is close to being back in service, likely this fall. It MAY be used on the TVRM Chattanooga area excursions this fall mentioned in the 21st Century Steam article. (Various sources) Trains News Wire EXCLUSIVE: Restoration of C&O No begins, tours scheduled Sept By Chase Gunnoe, Published: August 11, 2014 CUMBERLAND, Md. Mechanical forces with the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad have started their initial inspection and evaluation of C&O Mallet No at the railroad s Ridgley, W. Va., shops. 12

28 Shop forces will conduct additional evaluations in the upcoming weeks as the locomotive begins her restoration as part of the railroad s Moving Full Steam Ahead initiative. The locomotive, which arrived three weeks ago, had its main rods removed last week to allow for the advancement of inspection and evaluation. It s exciting to see things moving along quickly by our Mechanical Department. The rods are being removed for the beginning of the restoration and initial detailed inspection of the locomotive, Media Coordinator Jody Shaw tells Trains News Wire. More information on this special opportunity to tour the railroad s restoration shops and photograph No during its earliest stages of restoration is available online at The steam locomotive may begin service on the Cumberland to Frostburg, MD, railroad as early as Rd Quarter Timetable Saturday, September 6 Roanoke Chapter train rides at Virginia Museum of Transportation s Grandparents Day. www. vmt.org Saturday, September 6 Pulaski, VA, Toy Train Show, inside the N&W Depot at Route 11 and Commerce Street, free admission. 10 AM to 5 PM. Train photo show and contest and flea market. October 18, 19, 25 and 26 Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society Amtrak excursions. The New River Train roundtrips between Huntington and Hinton WV. November 1 and 2 North Carolina Transportation Museum and Watauga Valley Railroad Historical Society and Museum Amtrak excursions. Roundtrips on Saturday to Charlottesville (changed from Appomattox, VA,) and Sunday to Toccoa, GA. November 8 and 9 Bluefield, WV, Model Train Show sponsored by Pocahontas Chapter. Bluefield Youth Center, 1780 Stadium Drive, admission $5 per person or $10 per family. 9 AM to 5 PM Saturday, 12 Noon to 5 PM Sunday. Thursday, December 18 Annual Chapter Holiday Gathering, Calvary Baptist Church. June 14 20, 2015 NRHS National Convention, Rutland, Vermont. Information now available at Fond Memories The Series When Steam Visited Charlottesville By Mr. Robin R. Shavers few days ago I received information A via the Internet that Norfolk Southern would not be operating steam excursions during this autumn due to an increase of revenue freight service. This article by no means can compensate for that but it might mildly entertain a few of you in the meantime. To tell the truth, I have been meaning to present this for several years. Charlottesville, Virginia U.S.A has never been viewed or thought of as a railroad town. When you think or hear that name, you think of The University of Virginia. During the Southern Railway and later Norfolk Southern steam excursion programs, that city would be the destination of NRHS and RRE trips out of northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. By the way, RRE stand for the Railroad Enthusiasts, a prototype railfan organization with chapters scattered across the nation. Before websites, s and home computers, Southern and NS had a mailing list and you would be notified by a mailed flier two or three times per year of the railroad s system-wide excursions, both steam and diesel. This was one of my favorite pieces of mail to receive. I really looked 13

29 forward to the Charlottesville bound excursions since for me living in Richmond it was just a 75 minute drive from home to the Southern s Charlottesville depot. The trips to C ville were usually scheduled for mid spring or early summer. The era of this article is focused on the late seventies and the entire eighties. The locomotives that powered the steam trains that I witnessed were 4501, 2839, 611, 610, 2716, and maybe 722. Most of these excursions involved the entire weekend. A few were Saturday only. These excursions were a big deal to our sister chapter, the Rivanna. The local Coke distributor would provide a mobile food and drink stand which the chapter operated to generate some revenue. It was usually positioned in the parking lot not far from the Charlottesville team track. I would usually be one of the first railfans to arrive, probably around 9:30 a.m. The train was usually due around 11:30 a.m. or Noon. Being a Southern fan, I arrived extra early to hopefully catch some freight action or a tardy northbound Southern Crescent, and later, Amtrak Crescent. Crowd assembly went like this. Railfans increased the closer it got to train arrival time. Locals would see the railfans and wonder what was happening or going to happen. After being informed, most would stick around. The same held true for over-the-summer college kids. The Rivanna Chapter NRHS folks, about three to five, would show up around 10 a.m. A few enterprising railfans and civilians would commandeer the baggage carts to sell railroad related goods. Depending on the photo or sound recording I wanted I would position myself about 11 or 11:30. The weather was always nice and just about everyone was in a happy mood. The excursions would arrive and the C ville population would swell by several hundred for a few hours. Good ole fashion 35 millimeter cameras and a wide assortment of others would get a real workout. The turning of the locomotive with tender on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway s turntable just over a mile to the east would be a highlight of the trip or visit to C ville. A C&O or Chessie geep would pull the steamer backwards to the C&O yard and turntable. Folks, it was a sight to see a throng of people in all types of attire, creed, race, and other classifications treading along the C&O track with the steamer. The attractive women in high-heeled dress shoes were especially interesting. Quite a few of those heels died in transit. The C&O yard was literally taken over by non-railroaders for about 45 minutes as the steamer was turned. Normally this was a STRICK NO-NO. There was a city fire department company next to the tracks up on a hill. The steamer s tender would take on water there before heading back to its train about a half mile away. Once watered, the geep-pulled steamer and its throng of human followers would head westward to the SR. Clearance would be granted from the dispatcher to proceed north on Track Two to the point where double track became single. The steamer would then make a reverse southward move on Track One back to its train. Departure time was usually around 3 or 3:30 p.m. Of course I and other fans would position ourselves somewhere north of the depot for the dramatic take off of the Alexandria bound train. There is a slight grade departing the C ville depot and I have gotten some great sound recordings and photos just north of that signal bridge. If it was a two day excursion, I would hit the local music scene that night and spend the night with friends or in the car at the depot to do it again the next day. Programs Roanoke Chapter is always interested 14

30 in programs for our monthly meetings. If you have a program in mind, please contact Program Chairman Dorr Tucker. Board of Directors Our board usually meets at the VMT Conference Room on the first Tuesday of every month at 7 PM (see schedule right). Visitors are welcome. President Jeff Sanders Vice-President Gary Gray Treasurer - Jim Cosby Secretary - Lewis Foster National Representative Carl Jensen Director at Large - Landon Gregory Director at Large - Ken Miller Director at Large - Eddie Mooneyham Director at Large - Skip Salmon Upcoming Meetings/Events Regular Meeting Locations are at the O. Winston Link Museum. September 18 - General Meeting October 7 - Board Meeting October 16 - General Meeting November 4 - Board Meeting November 20 - Annual Meeting December 2 - Board Meeting December 18 - Holiday Gathering January 6 - Board Meeting January 15 - General Meeting February 3 - Board Meeting February 19 - General Meeting Visit us on the web: Turntable Times is published quarterly monthly as as the newsletter of of the Roanoke Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, Inc. Opinions and points of view expressed herein are those of the staff members of and the non-staff Turntable contributors Times and of not the necessarily Turntable reflect Times those and do of not the necessarily members, officers reflect those or directors of the of members, the Chapter. officers Items or directors of interest of should the Chapter. be sent Items to Editor of interest Kenny should Kirkman, be sent 590 Murphy to Editors, Road, P.O. Collinsville, Box 13222, Roanoke, VA VA Editor, Turntable Times Roanoke Chapter NRHS P.O. Box Roanoke, VA Dated Material Please do not delay Return Service Requested

31 This true story is about a mess of trains at auction up in down Maine. It was the Saturday of the 1976 TCA National in the Boston Area. I was on the Committee putting on the Convention and could not get away. Jimmy, a fellow who worked for me and a dear friend agreed to run up there, check on the stuff and see what he could do. We could not find out the details of the collection so he just plans to go up and see what he could get. Now Jimmy don't know nutin bout any antique toy trains, he's a model railroader. Well, he leaves early Saturday morning but he forgets his check book. (How do you go to an auction without your checkbook? Oh well, he is a model railroader after all.) It is a four plus hour drive and he has only so much cash on him. I'm doing the National so I've already spent all the money I can find plus what I can borrow/steal. Our action plan is that he gets there, looks at the stuff and calls me at the National meet trading hall at exactly 11:00 AM. Well, I block the pay phone we selected at 10:30 AM with the locals fussing to use the phone. The call comes in and I'm stunned. Remember Jimmy don't know nuthin 'bout trains and I certainly am no expert. Jimmy is gurgling about all the stuff. Phrases like boxed Ives sets, 3 boxed large crackle black passenger cars, (he thinks they said Dorfan on the side), big green frame ("looks like a picture frame"), black engine, Ives catalogues, plots, a mason jar full of clay marbles, A kliadascope, rounded end platform with the steps in the middle and one remaining broken over light post on one of the railings, and other debris, and on and on. EVERYTHING has a thick layer of black coal dust on it. How does that sound to you? He and I are shouting at each other with glee, then he tells me he ain't so much money got. So I tells him to do his best and target the Ives sets first, then the crackle cars, then anything else he can get that looks complete. Did I mention he don't know Nathan' about this stuff? The stuff is in 9 lots and Jimmy is some scared. He waits two hours before any trains hit the block. So up comes the first lot and the auctioneer says sumthin about this being not so much and he says lets sell all this train mess as one lot. Jimmy now ain't got no heart left. Lemme tell you, Jimmy has collected pennies from under his car seats and change from every where, but... The auctioneer calls out for the first bid at a price three times what Jimmy has in his pocket. His heart sank, but being real observant, he notes that nobody bids. The auctioneer drops his opening price a little, still nobody bids. In frustration the auctioneer drops his

32 asking price WAY down down well below what Jimmy has in his pocket. Jimmy looks around the barnyard. Did I mention that this sale of FINE merchandise was being held just outside Farmer Brown's huge red barn? Did I mention what the cows had been doing there for years? Anyway, Jimmy looks around and nobody is bidding, so he figures, Why not? Jimmy raises his hand from the back of the crowd and gets in the first bid. Suddenly, the place is alive with bidders. The price goes up and up and Jimmy is still in. Then it goes over what he got in his pocket. God bless him. He thinks what would Clem do and that's it he bids some more of what he ain't got some of. A couple bids later he WINS the load. Then he don't know what is to happen. He was thinkin enough to track the heavy bidders, but they all leave immediately after the win. One person had wanted the catalogue, but she is nowhere to be found. The clods running the auction gather up all nine boxes and throw it all over in a corner of the barn. Jimmy follows them inside and jumps all over them for so badly treating this mess of rusty tin, covered with coal dust. Jimmy figures this would establish him as the owner while he looks for some of his bidding competition. So Jimmy starts pawing over his treasures, all the time keeping an eye out for the other bidders. Well like I said, they all left, so Jimmy sits. Then Jimmy sits some more. The auction is almost over. Finally someone comes up and expresses interest in one item. Jimmy tries to look cool and not cry. With great skill, Jimmy lets the fellow talk him outa a plot. The agreed price is just enough!!! Now the guy doesn't immediately slap leather and pay Jimmy the money and Jimmy don't know how to ask the guy for the money so he can pay the auctioneer. But finally it happens. The guy says "here let me pay you what I owe you and I'll help you load this stuff up." He hauls out a HUGE roll of hunert dolla bills, pays Jimmy and starts to pickup some boxes. Jimmy says "Hang on a minute, I forgot to pay these guys." He runs over to the cashier and proudly plunks down this guy's hunert dolla bill and fishes out the singles, fives, and tens he has stuffed in every pocket, just a grinnin. Jimmy rushes home with a 70's era BIG Dodge Station wagon full of treasures and no money for food on the way. We did a lot of yellin' at midnight that night as we saw what he had done. Our hands were black (faces, too) when we finished going through the loot. Whata job and whatta load of treasure. Jimmy done good! Clem Clement TCA [Oh yeah, there was a colored Buddy L sales brochure in the mess that came from the Maine auction. I had never seen one before. And it seems to me that there was something special about that Ives catalogue, too a rare year or

33 something? The green picture frame turned out to be the base to the 840 Power Station. The rounded end platform turned out to be a 129 terrace that the birds had used as a roost and target. We later decided that the piece Jimmy sold so he could get out the door was a Lionel Plot. It had three lithographed houses on it, sans roofs, a round a circle of grass where there was a hole in the middle where the flagpole was set. It had one scrawny tree stuck in one of several holes around the outside edge, where there had obviously been several other trees. There was a lot of stuff and all that black, oily, coal dust. And the horror in Sandy's eyes as we unloaded that filthy stuff in her living room. Whatta time. I still have the crackle black Dorfan cars.]

34 HIGH GREEN The Official Newsletter of the Chesapeake Railway Association Volume 40, Number 9 September So Long, Walkersville! Delayed from its earlier forecasted departure on August 10, on Monday, August 18, ex-lirr 2962 was hoisted onto rubber tires for transport by a Daily Express truck to its new owner in New England. WS volunteer Jamie Haislip photographed the action as the car left Walkersville forever. This Month s Meeting: Saturday, August 30 at 12:30 p.m. at the Walkersville Community Park for the Joint Annual CRA/WS Picnic in Walkersville, MD. Following Meeting: Wednesday, October 1 at 8 p.m. at Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, featuring The 2013 NRHS Convention by Jay Creswell.

35 HIGH GREEN Chesapeake Railway Association Officers and Directors President Tim Moriarty 2781 Prince Harold Court, Herndon, VA (703) Vice President Wayne Kirchhof A. E. Mullinix Road, Woodbine, MD (410) Treasurer Paul Bergdolt 8832 N. Westland Drive, Gaithersburg, MD (301) Secretary Bill Breazeale Orleans Way, Kensington, MD (301) Directors Bill Breazeale Orleans Way, Kensington, MD (301) Equipment Chief Tim Moriarty 2781 Prince Harold Court, Herndon, VA (703) Program Director Tim Moriarty 2781 Prince Harold Court, Herndon, VA (703) Editor Tim Moriarty 2781 Prince Harold Court, Herndon, VA (703) The High Green is published monthly prior to each membership meeting. Contributions for inclusion in the newsletter are welcome. Send news items, articles and photos (via or hard copy) to the editor at the address above. Originals will be scanned and returned. Be sure to include caption information. Please send address changes to Paul Bergdolt at the snail-mail or address above. SEPTEMBER TIMETABLE 5: WM Railway Historical Society Membership Meeting at 8 p.m. at the Community Center, 4770 Ladiesburg Road, Union Bridge, MD. 9: Action Coalition for Transit Meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Silver Spring Center, 8818 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD. 9: Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum Special Membership Meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the HRM, 296 South Burhans Boulevard (Route 11), Hagerstown, MD : 2 nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet, open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, at the Wingate by Wyndham Fredericksburg, 20 Sanford Dr, Fredericksburg, VA For details see 13: Open House at the Northern Virginia Model Railroaders layout in the W&OD depot at 231 Dominion Road, Vienna, VA, from 1 to 5 p.m. 13: Winchester Chapter, NRHS Membership Meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Calvary Church of the Brethren, 578 Front Royal Pike (Route 522), Winchester, VA. The church is located south of Route 50 near Winchester Airport Road (southeast of Winchester and east of I-81). 13: Mount Savage (MD) Iron Rail Days will include various activities commemorating the manufacture of the first rolled iron rails made in America by the Mount Savage Iron Works in Most activities will take place around the pavilion in the Community Park near the center of town. Located here will be many craft and food vendors, and live music will be performed on the nearby stage. Local historic sites will be open for visitors, and the old Union Mining Company office building to the west along Foundry Row will again be the site for railfans interested in model trains and local railroad history. 13: Model Train Sale at the Washington County Ag Center, 7313 Sharpsburg Pike, Sharpsburg, MD, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., sponsored by the Hagerstown Model Railroad Museum. Admission charged. For more information visit or call for voice mail. 13: Antietam Station Fall Model Train Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Washington County Agricultural Center, 7313 Sharpsburg Pike near Sharpsburg, MD, 6.5 miles south of I-70 Exit 29 on MD Route 65. Admission is $4. See: 14: Stewartstown Railroad Open House featuring the motor car rides (weather permitting) from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Fares are $6. For information call : Potomac Chapter, NRHS Membership Meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the main auditorium, Montgomery County Executive Building, 101 Monroe Street, Rockville, MD. Paul Woodring will present Understanding Railroad Operating Practices, a digital program covering the technical aspects of standard procedures on Class I railroads. The program designed to assist a somewhat knowledgeable railfan in understanding what some of the more technical things they see and hear around a railroad are all about, so they can use that information to make better decisions about chasing and photographing trains. Included are air brake test requirements, interpreting trackside signals, rules for handing special shipments and other facets of day-to-day operations of U.S. railroads. Thanks to John Sery for arranging this program. 16: Rivanna Chapter, NRHS Membership Meeting at the Elks Lodge, 389 Elks Drive, Charlottesville, VA, at 6 p.m. Visitors are welcome. 18: Old Dominion Division RRE Membership Meeting at 8 p.m. at James Madison High School, 2500 James Madison Drive, Vienna VA in the Lecture Hall. Pre-meeting dinner at 6:30 at the Amphora Restaurant, 377 West Maple Avenue Vienna. To reach the school from the Amphora Restaurant, go south two blocks on West Maple Avenue to James Madison Drive and turn right. School is at the end of this street. The evening s presentation will be The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, a commercial film highlighting this most interesting railroad from its early years until its merger with the Burlington Northern Railroad in The story begins with the charter of the ATSF on February 11, 1859, to join Atchison and Topeka, KS, with Santa Fe, NM, and then covers the early years of steam-powered freight and passenger service. Dieselization in the 1940s is well covered, as well as the introduction of the ATSF s famous named trains, such as The Chief, the El Capitan, and the Grand Canyon. The film also covers the ATSF s freight services in the latter years, including the introduction of its intermodal service which became one of its major enterprises : B&O Railroad Historical Society s National Convention in Cumberland, MD. For details go to : East Coast Train Show (all scales) from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday in both memorial halls at fairgrounds at 334 Carlisle Avenue, York, September 2014 Page 2

36 HIGH GREEN PA. Admission is $12 and good for both days; children 12 and under free with paying adult. See: 27: 2014 Potomac Chapter Picnic from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Griffith Park at City Hall (one block from the B&O Station), 29 South Summit Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD. The Chapter will provide burgers, hotdogs, NC barbeque, fixings, and soft drinks. Cost is $8 per person (12 and over) or your party may bring a pot luck dish (salad, side, or desert) to share. Site amenities include picnic shelter, tables, restrooms, parking, playground equipment, and tennis courts. Help needed with: charcoal grills, set-up and clean-up. RSVP by Thursday, Sep 20 via Potomac Chapter to Potomac_Rail_Picnic@hotmail.com or phone (301) Please indicate the number in your party, what pot luck dish you plan to bring (if any) and whatever other help you may wish to offer. GRILL MASTER WANTED: Call Jay at (703) if interested : Amtrak Exhibition Train Visit to Cumberland (tentative) : 25 th Annual Tidewater Regional NMRA Train Show at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, th Street, Virginia Beach, VA from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. See: 28: Arbutus (MD) Train & Toy Show at the Arbutus Fire Hall, ¼-mile off Beltway Exit 12A on Southwestern Boulevard, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission is $4, under 12 free with an adult. AROUND THE BEND 4 Oct: 23 rd Annual Hurlock Fall Festival in Hurlock, MD, featuring rare mileage between Hurlock and Federalsburg over the Maryland & Delaware Railroad. Trains depart from the station on Gay Street at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 3:30 p.m., and 5 p.m. Call the Hurlock Town Office at between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, for information and to reserve tickets. 4, 11 & 18 Oct: Autumn Leaf Rambler excursions on the Buckingham Branch Railroad from Dillwyn to New Canton and return. For information and tickets sales go to 11 Oct: Pope's Creek Railfans Meeting at the Train Station Museum on Kent Avenue in La Plata, MD. Door opens at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. sharp. 12 Oct: Clifton Day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Enjoy fine arts, crafts, and antiques in the historic town of Clifton, VA. VRE will run trains from the Manassas, Manassas Park, Rolling Road and Burke Stations to Clifton for free. Tickets for the return trip from Clifton may be purchased at the red caboose in Clifton for $5. Children 2 and under ride free with a fare paying adult. Similar to previous years, VRE passengers may NOT use their VRE ticket for passage. Details in next month s HG. 18 & 25 Oct: Fall Foliage Rail Excursions (tentative) aboard track cars of the Rappahannock Chapter NRHS at the industrial park south of Fredericksburg, VA, and along Deep Creek Run. Rides last about 40 minutes each and run continuously. Rides depart from the Rappahannock Railway Workers Museum, Main Street, Fredericksburg, VA Oct: Great Scale Model Train Show at the Maryland State Fairgrounds, 2200 York Road, Timonium, MD, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $9 on Saturday, $8 on Sunday. Families are $18 on Saturday and $15 on Sunday. Under 15 free. Saturday admission is good for both days. 29 Oct: Fall Photo Special with Steam Into History No. 17, a faithful replica of the Civil War steam engine on a 9-hour limited capacity trip. All seats are $180; optional spaghetti lunch for $15. Depart New Freedom, PA, at 8 a.m. and return at 5 p.m. For reservations and further details contact Carl Franz at cmfrr@aol.com or INTERNAL BIDNIZ In place of our September membership meeting we ll have the Joint Annual CRA/WS Picnic at the Walkersville Community Park in Walkersville, MD, starting at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 30. You can park near the station and ride with the crew to the picnic in the park (departing around 12:15 after they return from the 11 a.m. run) or drive directly to the park. The crew will depart shortly before 2 p.m. to take the train back to the station and you may then ride the train to the end of the line and back at no charge. The picnic itself, of course, will feature the usual summer treats: hot dogs, hamburgers, beans, chips, soft drinks, Popeye s chicken, cole slaw, potato salad, desserts, etc. As always, there s no charge but donations of food and money will be gratefully accepted. Coming to the picnic will give Chessie members the opportunity to see our two cabooses and ride ex-rf&p 923 during the 2 p.m. run. See you there! Meeting Location: At our August meeting at the former B&O Silver Spring Station our assembled members stated they would prefer meeting there instead of our current location at Montgomery College. Unfortunately it does not appear that the station will be available to us more than once a year, but we re continuing to look for other alternatives, preferably one with free parking and proximity to a Metro station. You can help in the search by checking out and suggesting potential meeting locations, and if you know of one, please let your editor know. LAST RUN George W. Hilton, a retired college professor, author and transportation economist whose works on railroads and shipping included the seminal history of Maryland's Ma & Pa Railroad, died Aug. 4 of heart failure at Lorien Health Park in Columbia. He was 89. "George was a great historian for lost causes and great failures like narrow gauge railroads and the Ma & Pa," said Herbert R. Harwood Jr., a retired CSX executive and a nationally known railroad historian and author. "That resulted in the definitive histories of the American narrow-gauge railroads, the electric interurban railway industry, cable-powered street railways, overnight steamships along the coasts and in the Great Lakes. "In all of these, he was obsessive about detail but then could summarize everything into a big picture explained simply, directly usually with a few memorable September 2014 Page 3

37 HIGH GREEN bon mots along the way," he said. "He described the hilly, ever-curving Ma & Pa, for example, as 'the route of the screaming flanges.'" Frederick N. Rasmussen/The Baltimore Sun, August 11, 2014 (Excerpt) It is with regret that Carstens Publications, Inc. will be closing permanently at close of business on Friday, August 22, Carstens Publications, Inc. has been a leading publisher of leading hobby magazines for over 50 years. Unfortunately the current economic climate has placed us in this position. Discussion is continuing with several parties who expressed desire to take on the continuance of the magazines. At this point there is still hope that all three titles will remain in existence. But I can offer no guarantees. We thank you for your patronage over the years, and wish you the best of luck in your endeavors. Henry R. Carstens, President, Carstens Publications, Inc. (Carstens published Railfan & Railroad, Railroad Model Craftsman, and other magazines. Ed.) FREIGHT RAIL NEWS FRA Quiet Zone Established: The first active grade crossing south of Washington DC on the former RF&P mainline is Featherstone Road at MP With the increasing number of homes having been built near this location, as well as around the nearby Rippon VRE station, the constant horn blowing has no doubt become an irritant to an increasing number of residents. With the installation of four quadrant crossing gates that prevent people from driving around them, an FRA-approved quiet zone has been established effective August 13 th. Under normal circumstances, only the bell is to be rung over this grade crossing. Ashland, VA, is the only other quiet zone on the former RF&P main line. La Plata Geep Down: Chessie member Art Audley reports the blue GP7 at Aggregate Industries rock plant, located at 9622 Rosewick Road on the north side of town, is out of service and has been replaced by a "Gato Motor" (trackmobile) to switch cars while the geep is being repaired. Reportedly the locomotive had been experiencing brake problems and, when switching, the crew would keep one or two gravel cars connected to the locomotive at all times for braking power. The geep is ex-rock Island 437, later Washington Terminal 81, built in 1950 with frame number Those who wish to obtain a picture of the locomotive should do so soon in case the trackmobile substitution becomes permanent, as it has in so many other locations. Looking Ahead on the Popes Creek Line: In December 2013 NRG Energy announced it plans to retire the Chalk Point and Dickerson power generating plants in May According to an article in TheBayNet.Com, Chalk Point, located along the Patuxent River in Prince George s County, and Dickerson, located in Montgomery County, are two of only seven remaining coal plants in the state. Art Audley of the Popes Creek Railfans notes Things don't look good for the lines serving either location. The Chalk Point plant is the only customer on that line, which is out in the sticks, so it would likely be abandoned when the plant closes. The Popes Creek line to Morgantown has some customers but whether CSX would want to continue service without the power plant is unknown. Yes, currently there are two lumber customers on the line, Chopp Lumber in Waldorf and the recently restored 84 Lumber in White Plains. The only other current on line customer that I'm aware of is the Aggregate Industries plant just north of Rosewick Road at MP 36 in La Plata. In the past, service was Monday-Wednesday- Friday; however these trains are seasonal and generally run at night, making photography difficult. I'm sure that we could provide a "laundry list" of former customers, but to the best of my knowledge, these are the three that remain. Others in the group are more knowledgeable than on the northern portion of the line. Other than the power plant there are no customers south of La Plata, so the future of the south end of the line is not promising. When the Indian Head line was to be pulled up and converted to a trail, a Charles County official told your editor that he wanted the Popes Creek line to go, too. According to him, the growth in the county s population had led to more auto traffic and drivers didn t like to wait for trains to pass at grade crossings. After the two plants close, what will become of the Popes Creek line? Will CSX keep it and continue to serve the remaining customers, spin it off to a short line operator, or abandon it? Under a worst-case scenario, the Charles County official might get his wish. PASSENGER RAIL NEWS New MARC Coaches: Chessie member John Fuller writes, Some news about MARC s new coaches from a friend who had a conversation in Brunswick two days ago with a MARC trainmaster....there were half a dozen shiny new bi-levels parked there in the MARC yard. They have four doors on each side, and look a little lower slung than the big Kawasaki bi-levels currently in service. I was fascinated with the advanced looking trucks, with coil spring primary suspension, air spring secondary suspension, and torsion bars. I couldn't get under them or look inside, but it looked to me as though they just might be radial trucks (steerable axles). Maybe not, but they look as though they could be from the outside....we counted 62 seats downstairs, 59 upstairs, for a total of 141 per car (with the 20 folding seats, 10 at each end). The seats are fabric, but they have soft plastic cushion headrests... Easy to clean and keep clean! It wasn't until we reached the fourth car in the line that we found a bathroom (handicapped accessible, of course), which I found a little surprising. The bathroom takes up the space otherwise occupied by foldable wall seats on the level end area (the ends are the height of a high-level platform)... The vestibules are spacious, and the buffer bridges are dead level (at least sitting in the yard), with no arch plates, but I also noted a pretty big gap through which blowing snow could enter. September 2014 Page 4

38 HIGH GREEN [The trainmaster] told me yesterday that he found out the cars will be going into service on the Penn Line in a week or so, and that six or so cars will be delivered each month, in an order of fifty. As the new cars arrive on the Penn Line, older Kawasaki bi-levels will be moved from there to the Brunswick Line. The old CTA gallery cars are being retired. (I don't know of any changes planned regarding the Nippon Sharyo 3+2 cars, other than that I expect some will leave the Brunswick Line as the bi-levels come off the Penn Line.) Chesapeake, VA, Intensifies LRT Effort: Seeking to maintain recent momentum to add light rail transit, the Chesapeake, VA, City Council on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014 voted to officially ask Hampton Roads Transit, operator of The Tide LRT, to help Chesapeake locate adequate funding for a $1.8 million study of the proposal. Chesapeake's City Council adopted a resolution endorsing LRT in Chesapeake as early as 1996, and four years later, unlike neighboring Virginia Beach in 1999, voters approved a referendum favoring the concept. But concerns over local cost shares stalled further progress until last June, when the City Council indicated a willingness to advance a study, as well as begin applying for federal and Virginia state funding assistance. Chesapeake reportedly already has applied for part of $24 million in state transportation planning money that will become available in 2021 under the Regional Surface Transportation Program. Neighbors Virginia Beach and Norfolk are using funds from the program for other proposed LRT extensions. Virginia Beach seeks to extend The Tide from its current eastern terminus at Newton Road Station to its Town Center, though access to the city's beachfront has been shelved for the present. Norfolk, with backing from the U.S. Navy, seeks to add LRT access to Naval Station Norfolk, extending The Tide from its current western terminus at Fort Norfolk Medical Center Station. Hampton Roads Transit and the city of Norfolk officially marked the opening of The Tide, 7.4 miles in length costing $318 million, on Aug. 18, 2011, with revenue service commencing on Aug. 22, Douglas John Bowen/Railway Age, August 21, 2014 via Alex Mayes PRESERVATION NEWS WMSR Steam Locomotive Gets Role in Upcoming Hollywood Film: The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad is playing a part in an upcoming Hollywood film. Railroad officials said Thursday (8/14) that Meg Ryan, directing her first movie, shot the railroad's steam locomotive at various points along its route between Cumberland and Frostburg this week. The scenes are for the movie Ithaca, set during the World War II era. Ryan plays the widowed mother of a 14- year-old bicycle telegraph messenger who is the film's protagonist. Other notable actors in the movie include Tom Hanks, Sam Sheppard and Ryan's 22-year-old son Jack Quaid. Ithaca is scheduled for release in AP, August 15, 2014 via Alex Mayes Ex-WT Alcos Scrapped: On the heels of the scrapping of two ex-washington Terminal Alco RS1s at the Morgantown Generating Station in July 2013 and the vandalism of another in June in Salem, NJ, comes the news that the Tioga Central Railroad (TIOC) has scrapped ex-wt 47 and 62. No. 47 was built in September 1945 with builder number for the WT and later became Amtrak 47, then Tioga Central 47. No. 62 was built in March 1950 with builder number for the WT and, like No. 47, retained its original number under Amtrak and TIOC ownership. Also scrapped was a third RS1, originally Susquehanna 240, built in April 1945 with builder number Two TIOC Alcos survive: S2 No. 14 (ex-buffalo Creek No. 46, Conrail 9662, New York & Lake Erie 46, Ontario Midland 46, and Ontario Central 14) built in February 1947 with builder number 73924, and RS3u No. 506 (ex-d&h RS3 No. 4112) built in September 1952 with builder number The Livonia Avon & Lakeville Railroad in New York purchased all five with the intention to scrap the RS1s for parts and operate the other two. New Book on Pot Yard: The RF&P Railroad Historical Society announces the release of the long awaited history of Potomac Yard book authored by Society member and former RF&P Potomac Yard employee James E. Foley, titled Potomac Yard: The Gateway Between the North and the South. Foley's book covers the time period from about 1880 to 1920 and describes how the builders overcame the struggles related to the planning and construction of Potomac Yard during that period. The book describes in detail the operation of the yard from its startup through its first 15 years. The book is hardcover with over 750 pages of text, maps and pictures. Regular (non-member) price: $69 plus $7 shipping & handling for each book ordered via mail orders or when using PayPal. Virginia residents please add $3.66 sales. For details go to or contact the RF&P Railroad Historical Society, Inc., PO Box 9097, Fredericksburg, VA Colebrookdale Rail Line Gets Birdsboro Station: Boyertown and Pottstown both have climbed aboard with plans to revitalize the Colebrookdale Rail Line, a nine-mile stretch between the two boroughs geared at attracting passengers by offering rides with various themes. The Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust is fundraising for the effort, and rides on the railroad, nicknamed the Secret Valley Line, are scheduled to start the first weekend of October. A one-way trip would take 40 minutes and eventually include stops at local parks for fishing, camping and biking. Some possible themes include holidays, fall foliage viewing and springtime Mudball Express rides, in which children could throw mud laced with wildflower seeds out the windows. Birdsboro also supports the project, as the Berks County borough recently agreed to allow a 70-by-20-foot September 2014 Page 5

39 HIGH GREEN freight house along Furnace Street to be dismantled and taken to Pottstown to be reassembled as part of the rail project. Photo: Joseph N. Scherbenco Birdsboro Mayor Joseph Peterson called the former station a "neat and interesting building," but it hasn't been used in over 20 years. It's located in a triangular plot at the intersection of Furnace Street, First Street and Cowpath Lane. "I'm glad it's going to be used and put into a positive function," Peterson said of the station, which was built in 1887 and had been slated for demolition. "It'll be maintained and restored and become a great asset." The preservation trust will take on the $820,000 cost of moving the building and setting it up in Pottstown's Memorial Park, with lighting, landscaping and access for people with disabilities. Guest said a quarter of the funding already has been committed, and the move will begin when the trust has the total amount in hand, hopefully by the fall. On the Boyertown end of the rail project, Guest anticipates it would take $2 million to build a new station at Third and Washington streets, landscape the area and provide easy access from the downtown. Boyertown recently transferred that vacant lot for $1 to the Berks County Redevelopment Authority, allowing the preservation trust to apply for a $670,000 state grant. Guest said the trust is also seeking other financing and private donations, which can be made by calling or online at Paige Cooperstein/Reading Eagle, June 22, 2014 Traces of Old Rail Lines: All rail buffs have encountered streets named for rail lines that no longer exist and some that still do. One example, seen in the accompanying picture, is a street along the former right-of-way of the Arlington & Fairfax Railway just west of the Beltway in northern Virginia. A section of the route now serves as a trail. A look through a map atlas for the greater DC area turned up the following streets in our area: Rail Court: Fairfax County, VA, near the GF&OD Railroad. Rail Line Court: Gainesville, VA, near the Southern Railway (NS). Railroad Avenue: Bowie, MD, by the PRR (CSX) Popes Creek line. Railroad Avenue: DC, along the B&O s (CSX) Blue Plains line near 11 th Street. Railroad Avenue: West Falls Church along the W&OD. Railroad Avenue: Near the Fairfax Court House by Arlington & Fairfax Railway terminus. Railroad Avenue: Laurel, MD, next to the B&O (CSX) main line. Railroad Avenue: PG County, near Bowie; WB&A. Railroad Avenue: Woodbridge, VA, on the south side of the Occoquan River along the RF&P (CSX). Railroad Avenue: Ranson, WV, near Charles Town, next to the B&O (CSX). Railroad Court: Near Fairfax Court House by the Arlington & Fairfax Railway terminus. Railroad Drive: Cedarville, MD, alongside the PRR (CSX) Popes Creek line. Railroad Place: Waldorf, MD, by the PRR (CSX) Popes Creek line. Railroad Square: Near Fairfax Court House by the Arlington & Fairfax Railway terminus. Railroad Street: West of Falls Church, VA, along the Arlington & Fairfax Railway. Railroad Street: Bluemont, VA, near the W&OD. Railroad Street: Chevy Chase, MD near the B&O (CSX) Georgetown Branch. Railroad Street: Washington Grove, MD, by the MARC station. Railroad Vine Court: Fairfax County; not near any rail line. Railroad Terrace: Ashburn, VA, but not close to the W&OD. Electric Avenue: East side of Vienna, VA, on the former A&F right-of way. Electric Avenue: By Sheriff Road & MLK Highway in Hyattsville, MD; WB&A. Electric Avenue: West of Bowie, WB&A. Photo: J. D. Guzman If you know of a rail street in your area that isn t on this list, send it to your editor for future publication. WHERE THE TRAINS ARE In mid-february Kenny Binegar of Washington Court House, OH, wrote that he had gone to Alexander, WV, and had seen my favorite railroad, the Beech Mountain September 2014 Page 6

40 HIGH GREEN Railroad, a coal hauler. They have a 1946 Alco S2 used for lugging cars up and down the mountain. This was the first time I have been able to see them in snow. When you go there it is almost like going back in time. One picture shows them getting ready to cross the only public crossing on the line and the other is at daybreak. Kenny added that the locomotive is called Old 113 and the railroad also has a blue Alco S4 numbered 115. timers that congregated at Oakland Army Base to get acquainted with the EMD SW8s we were taking to Korea, he had never seen a diesel, much less run one. That meant with my 2½ months of Army training with the B&O on diesels in Baltimore, it was up to me to acquaint these "old steam hogheads" on some of the basic differences in diesel operation. I would take them on my No for a couple of hours, hand them the operating manual, and then tell them they were on their own to practice on No They caught on very quickly, and I learned some niceties about running steamers in the process. A lot of good it did me because I was never in a steam locomotive cab again since we operated them with the 790 th Railway Operating Battalion in Pusan in I ran into Tex Finney, one of those old "hogheads" and a veteran of World War II, on our way back to Camp Stoneman, CA. He almost had tears in his eyes when he talked about one hot summer's day in 1951 when he was assigned a mortuary train going to the rear. The braking system went out and the crew went searching for the problem, including him. He said the bodies of the deceased were packed in ice in boxcars. The heat, of course, was melting the ice and he said blood and gore was dripping out the ends of the boxcars. I thought that tough old Texas steam engineer was going to cry. I was ready to cry with him. I then counted my blessings that I had been in 3 rd TMRS Advance supervising teletype operations. There s no glamour in war. I ve wondered many times how life treated "Tex" and those other experienced steam "hogheads" upon their return to civilian life in They were a great group of guys. INTERNATIONAL RAILS A LOOK BACK DOWN THE TRACKS TO KOREA, SUMMER 1951 Having been assigned to Korea from late 1946 to April 1948 with the 790 th Railway Operating Battalion, Les Jacoby was mobilized from inactive Reserve status, trained on the B&O Railroad while based at Fort Meade, MD, learned how to operate EMD SW8s at Oakland Army Base, CA, and sent over for a second tour during the Korean War in early Assigned to the advance headquarters of the 3 rd Transportation Military Railway Service near Seoul, the HQ for all military railway operations on the peninsula, he left to return to the USA in October Les tells his story: I ran into one of the guys in the 724th Transportation Railway Operating Battalion on my way back to the U.S. Like me, he had been an inactive reservist illegally recalled and had to be discharged by Jan. 1, He was in his late 30s or early 40s and was a civilian steam locomotive engineer. Like the other older Getting Electrical Energy from the Tracks: Residents lie on railway tracks in Rawa Buaya in Indonesia's West Java province. The residents believe that the electrical energy from the tracks will cure them of various illnesses. MSN News; photo by Enny Nuraheni/ Reuters, via David Saunders See you at the Joint Annual CRA/WS Picnic in Walkersville on Saturday, August 30 at 12:30 p.m.! September 2014 Page 7

41 No longer a woebegone eyesore, the Depot in Rural Retreat gleams in the sunlight. Photo and comment by Mike Pierry, Jr., via Norris Deyerle. See A history of Potomac Yard is available for purchase. Read about it in this High Green!

42 INTERCHANGE BALTIMORE CHAPTER National Railway Historical Society, Inc. Vol. LI, No. 9 SEPTEMBER 2014 Our 79 th Year September 1, Labor Day September 8, Regular Chapter Meeting September Bicentennial of War of 1812 Conclusion September 14 - Defenders Day - Star Spangled Banner 200th Anniversary October 13, Regular Chapter Meeting

43 2014 CHAPTER OFFICERS President Martin K. VanHorn st Vice President Mark Hummel ndVice President Alexander Mitchell Secretary Mel Ginsburg Treasurer Charles Plantholt National Rep. Richard Shulby Chapter Director Raymond Martin No Chapter Director Bob Parks Charter Director Kenneth Spencer BALTIMORE CHAPTER 2014 COMMITTEES COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN PHONE Banquet Plantholt/Van Horn/ Kalkman By-Laws Bob Parks Editor (Newsletter) Charles Plantholt History Martin K. Van Horn Library Kenneth Spencer Membership Robert Janssen No Nomination/Election VACANT Programs William Kalkman Property Raymond Martin No Publications Alexander Mitchell Sales Ken Spencer zero.net Slide Contest Charles Plantholt Trips Matthew Brandley Webmaster Alexander Mitchell Members are requested and invited to chair and/or join committees to further the work of the Baltimore Chapter. *********************************************** The Chapter s WEB PAGE ADDRESS CHANGES: Send address changes to: cpplantholt@comcast.net or by mail to: Baltimore Chapter NRHS 3025 Orlando Avenue Parkville, MD COVER PHOTO: It has become a tradition for the Baltimore Chapter to make a donation to the Baltimore Streetcar Museum at its annual picnic. This year was no exception. Chapter President Ken Van Horn presents a check for $1,000 to Museum Vice President Ed Amhrein. The Museum will use the funds for ongoing restoration projects, such as cars 554, 1050, 3828, NJT 26, BTC Photo by Alex Mayes.. BALTIMORE CHAPTER NATIONAL RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Maryland Non-Profit Corporation) P. O. BOX 100 LUTHERVILLE, MD The Interchange is published ten times yearly and is the official publication of the Baltimore Chapter, NRHS, Inc. Articles in the Interchange do not express official NRHS policy on any subject unless specifically designated as such. Permission to reprint articles appearing herein is granted to NRHS chapters and historical societies provided credit is given. Charles Plantholt, Editor ******************* BALTIMORE CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP Membership in the National Railway Historical Society and the Baltimore Chapter is open to all persons over 12 years of age who are interested in railroads and railroad history. Dues are $59.00 a year. Spouses and children under age 18 can be added at $8.00 each per year. Students ages dues are $ Membership includes four issues of the NRHS Bulletin, six issues of NRHS NEWS, and 10 issues of the Baltimore Chapter NRHS Interchange. Members of other NRHS Chapters may join the Baltimore Chapter. Dues are only $9.00 a year, $1.00 each for spouse and children. The Baltimore Chapter meets on the second Monday of each month at the Visitors Center of the Baltimore Streetcar Museum at 7:30 p.m. Write to the Baltimore Chapter at 2700 E. Joppa Road, Parkville, MD for a membership application or more information. Deadline: The deadline for items for the next Interchange is, September 20, Send material to EDITOR, at 3025 Orlando Avenue, Parkville, MD or by .

44 INTERCHANGE 3 SEPTEMBER 2014 WELCOME! The monthly business meeting of the Baltimore Chapter NRHS will be held on Monday, September 8, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. at the Visitors Center of the Baltimore Streetcar Museum, 1911 Falls Road, three blocks from the Amtrak Station and adjacent to the CSX Belt Line crossing of the Jones Falls Valley. Please wear your membership badge to the meeting. Bring a Guest and welcome new members to our Society! Following the business meeting, Olev Taremae will present a program "Forty Years of Amtrak outside the Northeast Corridor." Don't miss this program that will provide a snapshot history of the National Passenger Railroad. The October program will be presented by Richard Shulby. It is "Chicago's lost railroad architecture: A history of the development of Chicago's terminals." Membership - New Members Now would be a good time to recruit new members for the Society. All applications received will have their membership paid through Dues for an individual are $59; and family members are an additional $8. From The President s Desk On Sunday, August 17, Jim Genthner forwarded this sad news to me: On Saturday, August 16, :03 PM, John Engleman wrote: Long time Baltimore Transit Co. streetcar motorman and operator, and long time Baltimore Streetcar Museum member and benefactor Carvey Davis passed away earlier this afternoon, Saturday, August 16th. Carvey was 90 years old and was in good mental health right up to the end but his physical body was breaking down. Carvey had both bone and prostate cancer and the combination just finally got to him. He had been in pain for the past couple months but was gamely resisting it. I first met Carvey when I joined BSME in April Crash Davis and Flip Lloyd would tell BTCo streetcar war stories at the north end of the O gauge layout where the trolley gang hung out. Then in a couple of months, the club raised monthly dues from 50 cents to 75, and Carvey quit in protest! But he remembered me and spoke every time we bumped into each other, and I was only a dumb 16-year-old Junior Member who gave him a good rollicking belly laugh when he overheard me ask Charlie Buschman if he remembered the old 25 line, gone all of 5 years by that time! He visited me at my parent's home several times in the late 50's to run my O gauge trolley layout, and my next door neighbor knew him. And later I asked Mr. Latham where he knew him from, and he said Carvey was an old Hampden boy who lived at 3800 or 3802 Elm Avenue, around the corner from my paternal grandparents. At the time he was 14, I was busy getting born! When he was starting to work for BTCo in 1946, we were moving in with those grandparents during the postwar housing shortage. Carvey was an Army Corporal during the war. So I played baseball on the Maryland Casualty Co. vacant lot across the street from Carvey's former home. Maybe he played there earlier as a boy as well. The gang at the Davis house on Saturdays in the late 1950's consisted of weekend guest Frank Tosh, P. Richard Myers, and myself. Joe Bosse (BSME O traction modeler) dropped by once. I was carrying a lot of excess weight at that time, and Joe Bosse elicited one of the famous Davis belly laughs when he dryly said I was on the critical list at Slenderella for months! In , I rode almost daily with Carvey on Block He pulled out of Belvedere in the afternoon before rush hour, went to City Hall, back to Walbrook Jct., then to Overlea and finally all the way back to Belvedere to pull in. I was working a split shift at the Department of Employment Security on Hopkins Place, handing out unemployment checks in the recession of , working 7 am to 1 pm one week and 1 pm to 7pm the next. When working the afternoon shift, I took my two breaks together, ran up to Fayette St. And met Carvey coming east, threw the switch for him at City hall and rode down Holliday and Commerce Sts to Lombard and over to the back door of my office. But we always managed to take in unused trackage on Hanover, Redwood and Charles St.! When I had the morning shift, I rode the entire run, and Carvey started letting me run the car if no passengers were on board...on the Belvedere Avenue private right of way across the Western Maryland mainline! On a fantrip with 7092, I also got to run the Rolling Road P-R-W ending with sliding downhill and halfway

45 INTERCHANGE 4 SEPTEMBER 2014 through the switch into the loop on wet leaves. National Photographer Ara Mesrobian had a better deal, he ran the 7092 back up the hill! I thought my running days were through, but next time on the 15 line run, I was back in the seat at the W.M. crossing. Memories come flooding back at a time like this. Jim Genthner remembers: Carvey told me that he used to get 6119 regularly on his morning run. He remembered that run as a hard run with lots of passengers and he had to make change for nearly every one of them. It was out of Belvedere Division but I can't remember all of the details. He worked out of Belvedere for most of the time and as car lines disappeared he drove buses. He told me that he also worked the 32 bus line when that line worked out of Belvedere.. He told me that he liked to make those ACF-Brill buses backfire when he passed a pretty girl on the street I doubt if anyone under the age of 65 has any memories of Carvey as a streetcar operator. I first knew of him on the NMRA 1955 fan trip. He operated car 7359 on the farewell trip on rte. 19 on the June 17, 1956 fantrip over the 19 line. Carvey decided to take the car on the last few feet of abandoned trackage on Belvieu Avenue. He made a right turn onto Belvieu and ran the car as far as it could go. He cut through about 12 inches of asphalt doing so. I have a picture of it somewhere. John Engleman has always been close to Carvey and I sometimes went with John and rode Carvey's car. Carvey was working as a part time driver for Baltimore Motor Coach when he drove us to Cumberland for the NRHS trip from Cumberland to Connellsville on the late, great WMRY. I encountered him at a Wendy's one lunch time in the late Eighties or early Nineties. Once I got him started talking about streetcars his eyes lit up and his face glowed. On a happier note, we had a great picnic on Saturday, August 9, thanks to Mark Hummel and all those who volunteered to help. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves, and thanks to BSM, they got to run streetcars also if they so desired. It was a distinct pleasure to present our donation of $1000 to the Museum, which will continue their good work. I need a volunteer at the September meeting to step into the position of Nominating Chairman, and we will need candidates for officer and director positions. Please serve your chapter at this of critical time in the history of the NRHS. Ken National President The results, as tabulated and recorded by Fernley & Fernley, certified that Al Weber received 1,869 votes; incumbent President Greg Molloy received 1,321 votes. As such, the NRHS will install a new President at its Board of Directors Meeting at the Fall meeting in Johnson City, TN on November 14 16, Global Directors will be Steve Barry and David Flinn. All other candidates were also elected to their positions. This election and new administration comes at a critical time for the NRHS. There will be a multitude of changes forthcoming, especially as the Board votes on a new business model, the implications of which will affect all of us. Regardless of which candidate you supported, the NRHS needs your non-partisan support and input. We are all in this together and in-fighting amongst ourselves will not in any way be beneficial to the long-term health of the organization. I was certainly perplexed recently when a friend of mine sent me a photograph of the former sister car to the former Baltimore Chapter NRHS ex-b&o #3302 Edward G. Hooper being cut up for scrap. The car of which I am speaking was the ex-b&o observation car #3303 which had been sitting alongside of the CSX main line in Hyndman, Pennsylvania, since it was retired about 50 years ago (or more, not sure). Shelley's Commentary by Shelley Hopkins The car had been purchased from the B&O by Tom Cunningham, a retired B&O employee and had been parked on the property originally belonging to Donald Stewart in Hyndman. Mr. Stewart is the gentleman who also owned the two former Chessie System cabooses (former C&O hacks) #903556, Class C-15A and #904115, Class C-27A, both of which can be observed by passengers riding on Amtrak s Capitol Limited on the way to or coming from Washington, D.C. However the cabooses

46 INTERCHANGE 5 SEPTEMBER 2014 were sold by Mr. Stewart and I have been told that the current owner is a Mr. Jason Walter. The main reason as to my surprise with this passenger car being cut up was the fact that I had read in several rail publications during the past two years that the car had been sold or donated to the West Virginia Railroad Museum located in Elkins, West Virginia. As I am writing this article I have now found out, from a reliable source, that the #3303 was well beyond a reasonable point of restoration and upon further inspection by representatives from the West Virginia R.R. Museum they decided not to take the car. Mr. Cunningham had passed away several years back and his relatives were trying to get someone to remove the car from the property. After the West Virginia R.R. Museum refused the car no one else wanted it and so the relatives of Mr. Cunningham had no other choice but to scrap it and have it removed from the property. With the 3303 now gone, and trying not to be redundant, I am asking the Baltimore Chapter NRHS members to keep in mind that the former B&O lounge/observation car, #3302 that was saved by the Baltimore Chapter back in 1969 and named in honor of one of the founding fathers of the NRHS, Mr. Edward G. Hooper, is now a one-of-a-kind treasure and survivor. The car should be restored and preserved properly. First of all, I am NOT asking the Baltimore Chapter as a Chapter of the NRHS to do this; however I am pleading with all of you fellow members as individual rail historians to contact the B&O Railroad Museum here in Baltimore and ask them to prioritize with the restoration of this historic passenger car. I do realize that many of you members may not have ridden on this car and that you do not realize the significance of preserving the car. Therefore I ask you to read the history about the Many of your past Baltimore Chapter officers and members spent countless hours of their time and talent in the initial restoration of the 3302 when the car was first saved from the scrap pile. Knowing the history and the part that this car played in the operations of many special passenger trains through the years, especially after it was retired from regular B&O service, should be more than enough reasons to see that this car is restored at the B&O Railroad Museum for future generations. I know that most rail fans spend a lot of their time taking photos of locomotives. Many folks also send in their donations towards the restoration of many locomotives, steam, diesel and some electrics. This is all proper and appreciated by folks today as they are able to witness these locomotives, especially steam engines, in operation around the country. However saving and restoring locomotives is only one part of our rail history. Surely there are many of you who also appreciate the opportunity to ride an excursion train in the comfort of a historic passenger car. The Baltimore Chapter proved this just recently when some of you members and friends ventured up to the Strasburg Railroad to ride on the preserved historic Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Car number 20 which the Baltimore Chapter purchased in 1954 so that it would be preserved. I ll close by just stating that even though we have been told several times by the management of the B&O Railroad Museum that the restoration of the 3302 is not in their immediate future, with this car now being a one-of-akind and the fact that the B&O Railroad Museum does not have any other B&O Passenger Cars fully restored I feel that their management should readdress their priorities. I have read on the internet several stories from folks who have visited the museum and these people are disappointed that none of the B&O passenger cars are restored and that no B&O passenger cars are in operation with the museum s excursion train. I am asking each one of you members as individuals who care about Baltimore and B&O history to take the time and send a letter or an to the B&O Railroad Museum and ask them to please get a program started to restore the B&O 3302 Edward G. Hooper immediately. Every day wasted means that the car will continue to rust and deteriorate. Please folks, we don t want to see this historic passenger car wind up being cut up for scrap as what happened to B&O Send your letters to: Mr. Courtney Wilson, Executive Director, B&O Railroad Museum, 901 W. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD The Train if Life At birth we boarded the train and met our parents, and we believe they will always travel on our side. However, at some station our parents will step down from the train, leaving us on this journey alone. As time goes by, other people will board the train; and they will be significant i.e. our siblings, friends, children, and even the love of your life. Many will step down and leave a permanent vacuum. Others will go so unnoticed that we don't realize they vacated their seats. This train ride will be full of joy, sorrow, fantasy, expectations, hellos, goodbyes, and farewells. Success consists of having a good relationship with all passengers requiring that we give the best of ourselves. The mystery to everyone is: We do not know at which station we ourselves will step down. So, we must live in the best way, love, forgive, and offer the best of who we are. It is important to do this because when the time comes for us to step down and leave our seat empty we should leave behind beautiful memories for those who will continue to travel on the train of life. I wish you a joyful journey on the train of life. Reap success and give lots of love. More importantly, thank God for the journey. Lastly, I thank you for being one of the passengers on my train.

47 INTERCHANGE 6 SEPTEMBER 2014 Chapter Picnic Photos Picnics are for eating, and everyone did, all 82 members & guests. This was one of the best attended picnics ever. Good food & great weather was the order of the day. This year's picnic also provided door prizes. Winning prizes included tickets for the Western Maryland Scenic, a night at the Roanoke Hotel, among others. Thanks to these sponsors. Another winning ticket is drawn as Frank DiDomenico and Clay Moritz look on. Sunshine and streetcar rides go together. And plenty of CSXT trains went by to go along with the good eating. A group shot of most Chapter Board members was in order. Shulby, Hummel, Mitchell, Martin, Parks, Van Horn, Spencer & Plantohlt stand tallby car Only Ginsburg was missing. Thanks to our officers for serving. Streetcar Museum members donated their time to instruct young and old "operators" how to operate the various streetcars. Justin Tillman keeps a watchful eye on the young operator, Richard Shulby's son. Picnic tables and summer open cars are perfect for a picnic. Photos by Alex Mayes.

48 INTERCHANGE 7 SEPTEMBER 2014 NRHS Convention & Other Photos - by Alex Mayes Fort Smith Trolley Museum 224 provides rides for Conventioneers at Ft. Smith. The car operated for the Fort Smith Traction & Light Co. June 12, Eureka Springs & North Arkansas 1951 Chevy Deluxe was available for rides at the yard area. June 11, Eureka Springs & North Arkansas 4732 is an SW1 built for the C&EI as its #98 in The historic engine pulls excursions at Eureka Springs, AR. The date is June 11, Arkansas & Missouri shops on June 9, with ALCOs and new SD70ACes on the ready tracks. Some ALCOS have been retired, but several are available for local service on the system. Frisco #4003 is on display at the Ft. Smith Trolley Museum looking ready to roll. June 12, A&M 70 & 71 lead the Monnet Turn at Lowell, AR. on June 13, Two units replace 5-6 ALCOs that were needed for the heavy trains from Springdale on the hilly railroad.

49 INTERCHANGE 8 SEPTEMBER 2014 Travelin' Big Fire & New Home by Bob Janssen On Sunday, September 12, 1943, I got up at 5:20 AM and left my house at 5:50 AM using a BTC R bus route to get to Parkville from where I left on route 19 PCC 7346 which took me to B&O's Camden Station. When I got on the "El," I stayed on to downtown to view the earlier fire scene at Broad Street Station. BTC 7346 operated right up to the end of streetcar service in Baltimore as it is seen at Irvington Car House on October 20, Bob started his 1943 trip on this car, after getting off the jerkwater bus at Parkville. Photo by Tom Buckingham, MRHL Collection. From there, I left on B&O's 7:32 AM train for Philadelphia. The train was filled so I stood on a coach platform. In spite of the crowding, I noted that both the train porter and conductor were very pleasant. There was a troop extra running ahead of us and we had to wait for it to get into the clear at Newark, Delaware. After arriving in Philadelphia, as I was leaving the B&O station, I could see heavy smoke rising in the downtown area, so I walked in that direction to investigate and found that it was the Broad Street Station of the Pennsylvania Railroad that was on fire. I had never seen so much fire apparatus at one fire, and there were scores of policemen, soldiers, sailors and Civil Defense workers assisting the firefighters. I estimated that I walked about three miles in watching the fire from all sides. I had not become interested in the fire service or fire apparatus at this time but maybe this helped spark (joke) it. Finally, I took the el out to 69th Street Terminal, from which I got a Philadelphia & Western car to Pennfield and soon found my Uncle Jim's new home. He, Aunt Viola, and Jim, Jr. showed me their new home and served lunch. After lunch, Jim, Jr. and I rode a P&W car to Strafford and back. That evening, they served dinner and then Uncle Jim and Jimmie drove me to the P&W station from which I got the 7:20 PM car to 69th Street. Possibly Bob took one of this type trolley as he headed back to the B&O Railroad station at Chestnut St. ca- 1940s. From Lee H. Rogers Collection, MRHL Coll. I bought a newspaper before taking a route 13 streetcar back to the B&O Railroad station. I then got the 8:34 PM B&O train to Baltimore and was seated in a Pennsylvania Railroad coach with a nice gentleman. As I was getting off in Baltimore, I ran into George Voith on the platform, so we got a route 17 streetcar, #5381, together. At Harford Road, I transferred to a Peter Witt (6089) on the 19 line and eventually reached my home about 12:30 AM. BTC semi-convertible 5381 was working the 24 line from University Parkway to Lakeside ca By 1943, this car worked on the Route 17 car line when Bob rode it home from his Philadelphia trip. MRHL Collection.

50 INTERCHANGE 9 SEPTEMBER 2014 History: Burning Bridges by Martin K. (Ken) Van Horn Now for a little change of pace. From railroading to The Railroad War. My other historical interest is the American Civil War, and on July 19, I took a bus tour of the route of home-grown Maryland Confederate Major Harry Gilmor s raid of July, 1864 to burn railroad bridges and destroy telegraph lines. U.S. Park Ranger Vince Vaise from Fort McHenry dressed as Major Harry Gilmor, C.S.A., and fellow Ranger Tim Ertel dressed as a C.S.A. cavalry man to lead the tour. had a good talk. We started with a slide show at the Ridgeley family's historic 18th. Century Hampton Estate, which had neighbored the Gilmor's Glen Ellen estate. Since Glen Ellen no longer exists, Hampton's mansion, outbuildings and gardens were used to show what a 19th. Century estate looked like. We saw the imported trees such as a Cedar of Lebanon, that pre-dated the Civil War. Most all things were there when the Gilmor's came calling on the Ridgeley's more than 150 years ago. The original Hampton estate comprised 25,000 acres. After burning the Northern Central bridge at Cockeysville, Harry Gilmor went home to visit Glen Ellen while his troops rested at the Pryce Farm in the Long Green Valley. So we headed to the Boordy Vineyards near the vicinity of the old Pryce farm to have lunch. Major Gilmor is pictured with Rudy Fischer, Archivist of the Ma & Pa RR Historical Society at Boordy. (Rudy supplied over half of the photo content of this article.) There I met author Daniel Toomey ( The War Came By Train ) and we I bought Mr. Toomey's booklet on the raid: The Johnson-Gilmor Raid July 9-13, 1864", and also Hero At Front Royal: The Life of General John R. Kenly (my middle namesake's brother), and The Civil War In Maryland. Next stop was Fork, Md. (where Rudy, Jack Cassell and I usually lunch). Gilmor was destroying telegraph lines there while his sergeant and a private reconnoiterred. In Confederate sympathizing Fork, these 2 encountered Ishmael Day flying a huge U.S. flag on his farm. When the Sergeant tried to tear it down. Day killed the sergeant with a shotgun and the private ran back to Gilmor. The troops came while Day went into hiding. Gilmor and his men put the farm to the torch. Day filed for reparations and U.S. soldiers came through and forced the Confederate sympathizers of Fork pay for Day's loss. Day took the money and moved to Baltimore. But he's buried in the Methodist church graveyard in Fork so we stopped at the grave and unfurled a reproduction of his big flag. (So large it took about half of the bus riders to hold it up, and one wag said Vince must have made a mistake and brought the 15 stripe - 15 star replica of the Star-Spangled Banner from the fort!) We headed east to Jerusalem Mills at Kingsville, Md., an un-changed milling village in Gunpowder State Park. We visited the General Store, now a Museum and Gift Shop, where Gilmor's troops "re-provisioned" themselves.

51 INTERCHANGE 10 SEPTEMBER 2014 applicants the previous week. It possibly will become an annual event. Hampton estate is just 1/2 mile east of my home and a 5 minute drive. I live in an area that was truly C.S.A. country 150 years ago. Hampton s owner was a Confederate sympathizer, but he behaved himself during the war to keep from being thrown into prison without charges nor due process as many Marylanders were. Harry Gilmor s home was at the end of Providence Road, at what is now Loch Raven Drive, a Scottish castle named Glen Ellen. When the lower dam was built in 1881, the water did not reach the mansion but the rest of the estate was submerged. Harry Gilmor, who became Police Commissioner of Baltimore after the war, and a Colonel in the Maryland National Guard, lived at Glen Ellen until he died at age 45 in 1885 from complications with a wound he received in the war. And across the lake was Ravenhurst, home of Major General Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, C.S.A., who was a U.S. Army engineer in the 1830's involved with surveying the Baltimore & Ohio. Since Ravenhurst preceded the formation of Loch Raven, possibly it lent its name to the lake. ***** After this, I had to have my semi-monthly Civil War Train Ride and July 20, I headed to New Freedom for the afternoon run to Hanover Junction. There I encountered Bob Parks, and had my usual talks with Debi Beshore and Bob Gotwols. The topic was the recent arrival of the newest coach. This one built in Pennsylvania rather than Arkansas. From there we proceeded to Mariner's Park on the Gunpowder River, where we could see the Amtrak bridge. In 1864, this was the site of the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore RR's bridge. Gilmor's main objective was to destroy this bridge and nearby Magnolia Station. Magnolia Station site can now only be reached through the Aberdeen Proving Ground so this was a close as we could get. Despite the bridge being guarded at the north end by Delaware troops and at the south end by Ohio troops, and the gunboat Juniata, Gilmor managed to push a burning train onto the bridge destroying it and dropping its loco through the draw span into the ship channel. This picture is a photograph I took of the state s historical marker at Mariner s Cove of an illustration from Harper s Weekly, my second photographic contribution to this article. Rudy got better photos! This ended the tour and we returned to Hampton just before 4 p.m.. Ranger Tim Ertel (Gilmor s trooper) is a member of the National Park Service 2 nd United States Artillery, Fort McHenry Guard Fife and Drum Corps and as each participant in the tour stepped down from the bus, Tim presented a CD of Civil War Fife and Drum Music by the band. The $50 tour was so popular that this was the second weekend it was offered due to so many late Like the open Cattle Car borrowed from the T.E.& G. Last year, this car has inward facing benches along the sides and a double sided bench down the middle of the car. I doubt very much I will ride it, and I hope that they will get at least one more coach with conventional

52 INTERCHANGE 11 SEPTEMBER 2014 flip-over transverse seating. Only the middle coach in this photo has such seating, the combine also has inward facing side benches. The car is a convertible, like B.S.M. s streetcar 264, this coach has removable windows that will be put in for cold weather use. On this day, the coach was occupied by members of the Lancaster Chapter, which held a chapter meeting in the car at the conclusion of the round trip. (Some of their members, like me, preferred to ride in the transverse seat coach.) TVRM's Historic Steam Locomotive #4501 Is Ready for Tennessee Valley Railfest Chattanooga, Tennessee - The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (TVRM) announces the return of their iconic Steam Locomotive 4501 to operation. TVRM has been restoring Locomotive 4501 over the past three years and she will make her public debut at Tennessee Valley Railfest on September 6 & 7. The locomotive last ran in 1998 and has patiently waited for a complete overhaul. The locomotive restoration specialists at TVRM began the project in 2011 and it has continued nonstop since then. The 4501 has now rolled out of Soule Shops in East Chattanooga looking better than ever. After testing and various final adjustments, the locomotive will make its public debut at the Railfest celebration.. "This is a dream come true," said TVRM spokesperson Steve Freer. "Many of us at TVRM grew up riding behind 4501 (often simply referred to as "the 01") and loved every minute of it. With the diminishing demand for main line rail excursions in the 1990's, large locomotives were relegated to storage or display. However, 4501 is returning to active operation. It is a great day for TVRM and we are thrilled to make this example of living history available to the public." Railfest is an annual celebration of railroading at TVRM, which includes train rides, special exhibits, interesting displays, model railroads, children's activities, live entertainment, and more. The public debut of Locomotive 4501 will feature a public dedication at at Railfest. Tickets for Railfest on September 6 & 7 are only $20 adults and $15 children (per day) and are available online at Locomotive 4501 has an interesting history: She was built for Southern Railway in 1911 and worked for 37 years before being forced out of service by a wave of modern diesel locomotives. Instead of being scrapped as so many other steamers were, 4501 was sold in 1948 to the Kentucky & Tennessee Railway in Stearns, Kentucky, to

53 INTERCHANGE 12 SEPTEMBER 2014 haul coal from mines served by the K&T. After 16 years serving the K&T, 4501 was sold to Chattanooga railroad enthusiast Paul Merriman in Merriman was a TVRM founder and president at the time, and brought Locomotive 4501 to Chattanooga for display and possible operation. This is just what the fledgling museum needed, as 4501 was a highly visible symbol of steam railroading. Shortly thereafter, Southern Railway leased the engine from TVRM to be used throughout their system as a roving ambassador and to pull public rail excursions, which continued until Back in home in Chattanooga, TVRM was able to operate the locomotive until its boiler certification ran out in Since other steam locomotives were operating at TVRM at the time, 4501 rested in semi-retirement until 2011 when Norfolk Southern inaugurated their "21 st Century Steam" program. 21 st Century Steam is a program of excursions for Norfolk Southern employees and the general public, utilizing steam locomotives on a limited number of trips on Norfolk Southern rail lines. TVRM's Locomotive 630 has been participating in the programs since 2011, and now with the help of many contributors, including Norfolk Southern, 4501 will join the program in The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum is a nonprofit, educational organization founded by volunteers in 1961 with a mission to preserve, restore, and operate historic railway equipment. Trains operate within Chattanooga daily in season with many additional special events and excursion trips throughout each year. Every ticket sold is a fundraiser to keep the history of American railroading alive and available for the public to experience. For more information and schedules, please visit Pennsy's New York-Philadelphia Runs Made by Electricity Electric train service between New York and Philadelphia was started on January 16, 1933 by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The 9 o'clock train left Pennsylvania Station drawn by an electric engine especially designed for the service. On the run from Philadelphia, the first train to pull into Pennsylvania Station under electric power arrived at 3 p.m. The initial electric service consists of four round trips. It will be increased, gradually, until the entire schedule of trains between the two cities is electrically operated. For the time being 12 modern electric engines will constantly be in use. At present, no change in the schedules of these trains will be made. Through trains between New York and Washington will begin running under electric power as far south as Wilmington, Delaware sometime in March. The change of engines will be made at Wilmington. A PRR P5 Modified leads a passenger train in New Jersey under the new catenary in the early 1930s. From Lee H. Rogers Collection, MRHL Coll. A grand total of 72 electric engines will be required to handle this complete electric passenger service in the Wilmington, Paoli, Philadelphia-New York territory. Practically all of them have been delivered. Suburban trains of the multiple-init type will continue to be operated between Philadelphia and Trenton, and between New Brunswick and New York and Jersey City. The Pennsylvania Railroad now has under electric operation more than 1,450 miles of track. All of its passenger lines entering Philadelphia are so equipped. With that city as the hub, this improvement extends westward on the Main Line to Paoli, on the south to Wilmington and the branch line extending to West Chester, to Norristown on the Schuylkill Valley line, the entire Chestnut Hill branch, and on the east to new York City and the western portion of Long Island. Inauguration of electric train service between New York and Philadelphia on January 16th marks the completion of an important portion of the $100,000,000 electrification program, announced on November 1, 1928, to cover both passenger and freight train service at the Pennsylvania Railroad's eastern terminals. The work is being carried out over a period of years. It will embrace, in its entirely, all train service, both freight and passenger, between New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. (Transit Journal News - January 21, 1933)

54 INTERCHANGE 13 SEPTEMBER 2014 Amtrak officials have many options for Susquehanna rail bridge Havre de Grace mayor will present resolution to form advisory board in September The mayors of Havre de Grace and Perryville say they are closely monitoring Amtrak's planning process that could lead to replacement of its Susquehanna River bridge. With numerous options on the table and a likely cost in the hundreds of millions, it will be several years before any decisions are made, Amtrak officials say. (AEGIS FILE PHOTO, Baltimore Sun Media Group / August 27, 2014) A lengthy process remains ahead for Amtrak officials as they work with community leaders on both sides of the Susquehanna River to determine whether to replace or rehabilitate the 108-year-old rail bridge over the river. "I still think it's too soon to tell," Havre de Grace Mayor Wayne Dougherty said Wednesday when asked about the potential impact to his city. He noted officials with Amtrak, a national passenger rail organization, are still weighing their options regarding the project. The process of public outreach, planning, environmental assessment and engineering is expected to last through 2017, according to a project website established by Amtrak at Community meetings to provide information were held in Perryville on Aug. 13 and in Havre de Grace in late April. "Per the NEPA (The National Environmental Policy Act) process, Amtrak is seeking input on a wide array of social and environmental impacts this project could have on the community," Amtrak spokeswoman Kimberly Woods said in an . "These public meetings are important as we are considering everything from parks and natural resource to historic places and community facilities." Woods said Amtrak will seek community input through the summer of Dougherty said he plans to introduce a resolution during the Sept. 15 city council meeting to create an Amtrak advisory board made up of five to six people from the Havre de Grace area, including a liaison from the council. If the council approves the resolution, Dougherty said members of the advisory board would meet about every three months and communicate regularly with Amtrak officials. Havre de Grace and Perryville officials have expressed concerns about the impact to community facilities, homes and businesses, depending on where a new route is placed, if at all. "I need a lot more information from them, and this is the reason I'm appointing this advisory board," Dougherty said. The two-track, 4,154-foot long bridge, which Amtrak has owned since 1976, was built in and it is used for freight and intercity and commuter rail traffic. Amtrak officials describe the bridge as having "an obsolete design and aging infrastructure, creates speed and rail capacity constraints, is operationally inflexible, poses maintenance difficulties, and creates conflicts with marine traffic," according to a fact sheet provided by Woods. The most recent rehabilitation of the structure took place in 1998, with the last inspection was in 2013, according to the fact sheet. The bridge is considered safe, but is "nearing the end of its useful life," Amtrak notes in the fact sheet. Options include rehabilitating the existing bridge, a portion of which can be opened for boat traffic, building one new bridge; building a new bridge and rehabilitating the existing one and building two new bridges. A new bridge could be along a route on either side of the current bridge, or the existing route; officials are also considering having a "separate structure" for passenger trains, or keeping the passenger and freight traffic together. Amtrak has established a study area spanning about five miles, which includes the bridge and the approaches to it from Perryville and Havre de Grace, around the current rail line. Several Havre de Grace parks, churches, as well as Havre de Grace Middle School and the Havre de Grace Activity Center, are within that study area, according to maps posted on the Amtrak site. The historic Rodgers Tavern, the Perryville MARC commuter rail station, town hall, two parks, a Delmarva Power substation and part of the Perry Point VA Medical Center property are among the Perryville landmarks in the study area. Amtrak officials weighed 18 potential alignments for alternative routes, and they have reduced that figure to nine. Those routes will go through a detailed screening to review environmental impacts, operations and design factors and any impact to surrounding properties, according to the website. Perryville Mayor James Eberhardt said any routes north of the bridge "would have tremendous impacts on the town of Perryville, because you're talking about the railroad station and Rodgers Tavern." Unlike Havre de Grace, Perryville has a commuter station that is the current northern terminus of the MARC Penn line to Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Eberhardt said the bridge location could also affect homes in the area. Eberhardt said building a new bridge to the south would have less of an impact, because it could follow the path of previous bridges. "It's a long-term project," the mayor said. "It's not anything that going to impact us tomorrow, but they've kept the community pretty much informed." The Secret Valley Line The Secret Valley Line, departing from Colebrookdale, PA, is planning full operations the weekends of October 18th and 25th, with four trains on Saturday and three on Sunday. Departures are at 10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m., and 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Drop the last trip on Sunday. Cost is $20 dollars per person. If there is interest, we could reserve a car on October 25 for the 1:00 p.m. trip. Matthew Brandley if you want to ride. - matthew.brandley@yahoo.com

55 INTERCHANGE 14 SEPTEMBER 2014 BALTIMORE CHAPTER NATIONAL RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY POST OFFICE BOX 100 LUTHERVILLE, MARYLAND ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED TIME VALUE MATERIAL PLEASE DELIVER BY September 6, 2014 George W. Hilton passes George W. Hilton, a retired college professor, author and transportation economist whose works on railroads and shipping included the seminal history of Maryland's Ma & Pa Railroad, died Aug. 4 of heart failure at Lorien Health Park in Columbia. He was 89. "George was a great historian for lost causes and great failures like narrow gauge railroads and the Ma & Pa," said Herbert R. Harwood Jr., a retired CSX executive and a nationally known railroad historian and author. "That resulted in the definitive histories of the American narrow-gauge railroads, the electric interurban railway industry, cable-powered street railways, overnight steamships along the coasts and in the Great Lakes. "In all of these, he was obsessive about detail but then could summarize everything into a big picture explained simply, directly usually with a few memorable bon mots along the way," he said. "He described the hilly, ever-curving Ma & Pa, for example, as 'the route of the screaming flanges.'" Frederick N. Rasmussen/The Baltimore Sun, August 11, 2014 (Excerpt) (Via High Green)

56 National Christmas Tree RR - PLEASE RESPOND TO John Zampino at johnzamp@aol.com National Christmas Tree Railroad The meeting of the members of the National Christmas Tree Railroad is scheduled for Tuesday, October 7th at 7:00 PM at Library: Kings Park Library Room: Kings Park Conference Room Date: Tuesday, October 07, Burke Lake Road Burke, VA THIS IS THE SAME PLACE AS OUR LAST MEETING But in a different Room. Topics for discussion: An Agenda will follow. I encourage each of you to come to the meeting. If for some reason you cannot make it, please inform me of you intention to participate this year and the extent of your availability. We will be having dinner before the 5:00 details will follow. Please respond to this . I look forward to seeing you there. Thanks for your help & support. John Zampino Home Work Directions Braddock Governmental Center / Kings Park Library: THIS IS THE SAME PLACE AS OUR LAST MEETING But in a different Room. The Braddock Governmental Center is about 2 miles west of the Beltway on the northwest corner of the Burke Lake Road and Rolling Road intersection in the same building as the library. Directions From the Beltway: Take Exit 54A (old Exit 5) West/Braddock Road. Go west on Braddock Road 1.7 miles to Burke Lake Rd. Turn left at the intersection, which has a traffic signal and 2 left-turn lanes. Go straight on Burke Lake Road through the traffic light at Rolling Road Turn right into the Kings Park Library parking lot. From Fairfax City: Take 123, Ox Road, south to Braddock Road. Turn left. Go east on Braddock Road 3.8 miles. Turn right on Rolling Road. Go 1 block. Turn right on Burke Lake Road.

57 September 2014 PUBLICATION OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER CHAPTER NRHS, INC. Editor: John C. Dahl 147 Bouck Street Tonawanda, NY The meeting of the Chapter will be held at 8:00 pm on Friday, September 12, 2014 at 8:00PM at the Degraff Community Center, 139 Division St., North Tonawanda, NY. DETAILS, DETAILS In day to day railroad operations, both now and in the past, sometimes the little details get overlooked. While great attention is given to operations and safety, the everyday nuances can get lost in the shuffle. "Details, Details" explores, sometimes in a humorous way, the parts of railroading both past and present that contribute to the bigger picture. Join us at the meeting as master photographer and railfan-extraordinaire Duncan Richards presents his highly enjoyable review of the details of railroading! General Railway Signal casting on the base of a signal mast at CP359 near Wayneport, NY. The signal box, which has been scrapped since the time this photo was taken, is another detail, now vanished from the railroading landscape. Photo by Duncan Richards.

58 - 2 - MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Summer is like a box of chocolates, because, well, you never know what you are going to get. OK, who said that? We started off way behind schedule because it took the season a while to get started. Time flies when there is a lot happening. On the restoration front, Marcus continued his work on the NYC caboose, progressing to the point of painting the station side in primer. We can look for it to be totally Jade Green this year. This will be a milestone to be sure. Steve continued his work on the Plymouth and replaced the repaired speedometer on the Tonawanda Island locomotive. On June 22 we hosted a Boy Scout Railroading Merit Badge session at the Museum. We had 21 boys, several parents and several counselors in attendance. I would like to thank Steve Fry, Marcus Gillebarrd, Dennis Hurley, Devan Lawton, Doug Nagel, Becky Gerstung and especially Greg Gerstung for their participation. Mary McLelland-Papp from the Fort Erie group that champions 6218 was also on hand. We sprang a little surprise on the boys at the end when Steve fired up the Tonawanda Island loco and with Devan Lawton acting as conductor, demonstrated a spotting and coupling move done with hand signals. I think that the audience was very impressed. On July 15 th we parked cars, lots of cars, for the CanalFest Parade, sixty three cars at $3 each, total take for four people for two hours of easy work was $ Too bad we can t do that regularly. Thanks to Becky, Al LeTeste, and Betsey Ball for their help. Steve Frey gave us a $ donation for windows for EL-2. Dennis immediately went to work removing the first three windows to be rehabbed and bringing them back to the station for work. The roof has a small hole in it, but we are working on getting it fixed, along with the loose flashing and hopefully some fresh paint on the building to go with the new windows. You do remember that we are working on putting this jewel on the National Register, right? As for the station, we had the heating system and the heat & AC for the archive room inspected. The archive room AC unit was cleaned and a new filter put in. The station heating system has been deteriorating for some years as the radiators are over ninety years old. We had some TLC applied by an expert to ease the pains of old age. Some things were found that lead us to consider that we will have to go with a hot air system sooner rather than later. Of course that will bring the possibility of air conditioning, but it will be a major expense. Congratulations to Al Weber and all the other newly elected officers of the National Railway Historical Society. We trust that they will do their best to take the Society solidly into the future and make us all once again proud that we are members. As we move into the fall, we have programs through the end of calendar 2014, a Chicken Barbeque on October 11 and possibly a pair of group tours. We will continue to have Museum days until Christmas. The new Chapter calendar will out in September. I ve been watching it being put together. You are going to want one, trust me calendars will be available at the meeting. See you there. Jim Ball

59 NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE S REPORT Becky Gerstung The most important news at this point is that Al Weber of the St. Louis Chapter has been elected President of the NRHS. Al is very capable and has some strong feelings on the future of the Society. The current Board of Directors has been meeting and will decide on September 15 th just what the future of the Society will be. A committee to create a new business plan will present their work for a vote up or down at this meeting. Not knowing all the details and hearing a lot of rumors, I will not report further on this matter until I hear specific details from National. Just know that there will definitely be major changes in the NRHS. Our chapter is incorporated in the State of New York and has our own 501(c)(3) tax exempt, non- profit status. We will continue to hold our monthly meetings, produce the ESX and work on our museum project regardless of what happens on the National level. You will be contacted soon about dues renewal. At this time we will only be collecting dues and donations for the chapter. National dues, if any, will be handled by the National office. LAST RUNS Sadly, over the summer a number of Last Runs occurred. Long time members will recall former Chapter member Kevin Mugridge, who passed away in mid June 2014, after a long illness. Kevin led many interesting Chapter rail excursion in the very busy years of the late 1970 s and decade of the 1980 s. At that time, VIA Rail Canada ran numerous trains and multiple options were often available for highly enjoyable day and overnight trips from Niagara Falls and Toronto. Your editor was among several other Chapter members who participated in perhaps the most memorable trip Kevin ever organized. In July of 1986 Kevin led an excursion to Vancouver, B.C.! The main objective was to visit the world s fair, Expo 86, then being held in beautiful British Columbia. A luxury flight on Ward Air was followed by a several day visit in Vancouver, a ferry boat to Squamish and return behind CP s Royal Hudson, and a day trip by ferry to Victoria. The return by rail included the incomparable Canadian, Vancouver to Toronto, with a several day stopover in the magnificent Canadian Rockies at Banff, Alberta. At that time, the train operated on a mostly Canadian Pacific Railway routing all across Canada. The late Harold & Hazel Alstrom were fellow passengers, and Jon Rothenmeyer and I had the privilege of chauffeuring them to Lake Louise for a day trip. (I drove the rental car, JR did the navigation.) It was a once in a lifetime opportunity to see a world class exposition and ride what is even now still arguably the best train in North America. I m sure Kevin is now organizing trips and riding some great trains in heaven. May he have an eternal Green Block on the journey. -JCD In July, long time Chapter member Robert Bob Fruehauf passed away. Bob was fond of steam, and was a frequent rider on the Chapter s Norfolk Southern Steam Specials of some twenty years ago. Also leaving us in July, was long time member Robert Bob Mehl, Jr. Lastly, former Chapter member and board member Leonard Len Sliwinski has passed away. Len was instrumental in efforts in the mid 1980 s when the Chapter acquired the former Erie Railroad station and tower EL2 in North Tonawanda. The Chapter extends its condolences to all of the above families.

60 -4- LACKAWANNA PHOTO CAR The Detroit Publishing Company of one hundred years ago was renowned for its classic images of turn of the 20th Century America, with thousands of photos to its credit. Founded in the late 19th century, the company was started by publisher William A. Livingstone and photographer Edwin H. Husher, but it wasn't until 1905 that the company called itself the Detroit Publishing Company. Postcards were then increasingly popular, and the company acquired exclusive rights to a form of photography processing called Photochrom. This allowed for the company to mass market postcards and other materials in color. World War I started in August 1914, and soon after the company faced declining sales both due to the war economy and the competition from cheaper, more advanced printing methods. The company declared bankruptcy in 1924 and was liquidated in The images are remarkable for their clarity, composition and sharpness. In the days before automobiles and a network of paved roads, the Detroit Publishing company photographers traveled by special train. Here is a view of the photo special, with the journalists and their team somewhere on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western about The locomotive looks to be a classic American type. The Lackawanna Railroad, which touted itself as mile for mile the most highly developed railroad in America shows off its neat as a pin, heavy rock ballasted trackage, in the foreground. Perhaps the photographer is getting ready for the arrival of the noted celebrity, Miss Phoebe Snow! A huge number of these classic images are accessible online at the Library of Congress web site.

61 MARKERS Pocket Streamliners in 2014? Yes, Virginia, they do exist! One of the more than twenty vintage diesel locomotives that participated in the blockbuster Streamliners at Spencer event from May 29 th to June 1 was Pennsylvania Railroad 5809 and its trainset of museum quality restored cars. Racing west at Landis, North Carolina on the former Southern Railway mainline (now Norfolk Southern) the train offered an exotic ride to Charlotte. The Spencer event hosted at the North Carolina Transportation Museum brought nearly ten thousand fans over a four day event to witness what Trains magazine editor Jim Wrinn has dubbed the last great roundup. John C. Dahl photo. BARBECUE TIME AGAIN Although it hardly seems possible, Saturday October 11, 2014 will be our fall barbeque fundraiser at the station. Tickets are available from Becky Gerstung. Please help support this event which helps to fund the Chapter s museum effort. RAILFAN & RAILROAD MAGAZINE TO ROLL AGAIN End of the Line has not been reached! By now you have probably heard that Carstens Publications has ceased operations. Railfan & Railroad magazine, long a mainstay of the enthusiast hobby, ended publication in the late Spring. It has just recently been acquired by White River Productions on August 28, Publication will resume under the White River banner, and subscribers will not loose any issues due to them. Railfan.com website

62 SEEN ON THE LINE Racing east, late but trying to make up some of the schedule, is train #48 The Lake Shore Limited at milepost 58 in Westfield, NY on July 12, 2014, in this photo by Chapter member Jon Rothenmeyer. Heavy freight traffic this summer has wreaked havoc on many passenger train schedules, with probably the worst on-time performers being western connections at Chicago for trains like the Empire Builder. Jon notes humorously that this is only the second time in fifty years he has caught a passenger train at Westfield on camera! The first one was in 1964 when he rode a regularly scheduled New York Central System accommodation from Buffalo s Central Terminal to Westfield to visit relatives. Jon also recalled that the Central s engine, although a cab unit, was sort of beat up even at that time as the railroad was by then deemphasizing its passenger services. On the other hand, it sported NYC s signature cigar band paint scheme, and was trailed by what we would now consider classic passenger cars of NYC s Great Steel Fleet. Here, the Lake Shore Limited, although late, sparkles in brilliant morning summer sunshine on the Water Level Route! A new historical marker in Tonawanda (Main Street, near Franklin Street) notes the location of a pioneer Western New York railroad. The line was absorbed by New York Central in John C. Dahl photo.

63 SEEN ON THE LINE - continued Southbound at Ely, Vermont on June 15, 2014 is Green Mountain Railroad RS-1 No. 405 (originally owned by the Rutland Railroad as its no. 405 and built by Alco in 1952) on a Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts excursion photo run-by. The exotic rare mileage trip traveled north the previous day from White River Junction, traversing the former Boston & Maine Connecticut River line to Wells River, and then the former Canadian Pacific trackage (now operated by shortline Washington County RR) to just short of Newport, VT. (Newport is only a few miles from the Canadian border.) The train returned southbound the following day. Fans could ride one or both days with connecting charter motor coaches and overnight accommodations. The wood frame depot, complete with agent s quarters upstairs, was built by the Boston & Maine in 1901 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. John C. Dahl photo. ON THE TRACK AHEAD October s meeting program details were not available at press time for the ESX. We welcome Bob Scheib to the Empire State Express support team. Bob has stepped in to handle the monthly mailing of the hardcopy ESX to the membership. Many thanks to Bob for volunteering to perform this duty. Bob takes over from Craig & Ruth Woodworth, who faithfully handled this job for some two decades. HELP WANTED The Chapter can always use new program presenter volunteers. And, the Chapter is still looking for a volunteer to take over as program coordinator, a position which has been officially vacant for three years! We need a Board Secretary to take meeting minutes. The Empire State Express is always in need of news items / photos, feature articles and historical interest photos.

64 - 8 - CHAPTER CALENDAR SEP 12 Regular Meeting of the Chapter. Program by Duncan Richards, Details, Details. OCT 10 Regular Meeting of the Chapter. Program to be announced. OCT 11 Chiavetta Chicken BBQ at the station. Dinners ready 11:30AM, take out only. The Niagara Frontier Chapter NRHS, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) publicly supported organization. Contributions may be deductible for income tax purposes in accordance with the Internal Revenue Service. *** IMPORTANT REMINDERS *** If you receive hardcopy of the ESX and your mailing address changes, please send to the attention of Neal Kerin so that your Empire State Express can be addressed properly. Likewise, if your address changes for any reason, please let Tony Schill know by sending it to the newsletter@nfcnrhs.com THANK YOU The Empire State Express is mailed free to all members of the Niagara Frontier Chapter NRHS, Inc. Anyone who is not a Chapter / NRHS member may receive The Empire State Express by mail at a subscription rate of $35.00 a year postpaid, rate $ Please contact the Chapter at PO Box 1043, North Tonawanda, NY for details.

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66 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 29, 2014 White River Productions Acquires Railroad Model Craftsman and Railfan & Railroad magazines from Carstens Publications (Bucklin, Missouri) White River Productions has acquired Railroad Model Craftsman and Railfan & Railroad magazines, effective September 1, The asset purchase agreement between Carstens Publications and White River Productions was completed Thursday, August 28, Carstens Publications final issues of the two titles are the June issues, and future issues will be produced by White River Productions. Staff assignments for the two publications have not yet been determined. Included in the agreement is the Books Division of Carstens Publications, which will continue under White River Productions. Not included is Flying Models magazine. We are excited to welcome these two Carstens titles to our family of White River Productions publications, said Kevin EuDaly, president of White River Productions. These magazines are an important part of railroad publications and White River Productions looks forward to continuing their legacies. Subscribers will be pleased to know existing subscriptions are to be honored and fulfilled by the new ownership. Fulfillment will be based on the number of remaining issues in existing subscriptions. Due to the need to get the magazines cover dates current, a combined issue scenario will likely be employed, but the number of issues owed to each subscriber will be adjusted accordingly. If you have six issues left on your subscription, you will receive six issues, EuDaly said. The magazines new mailing address for all subscriber, reader, and industry communication is the Bucklin address. Advertisers should contact Mike Lindsay of White River Productions at or via at ads@railfan.com, ads@modelcraftsman.com, or ads@modelrailroadnews.com. Mike will be managing advertising for the new titles.

67 MODEL RAILROAD Open House and Display Schedule In Historic Vienna Depot 231 Dominion Road NE, Vienna, VA FREE ADMISSION (Donations accepted) All times - 1 to 5 PM unless otherwise noted Saturday, July 12, 2014 Saturday, September 13, 2014 Saturday, October 18, 2014 Saturday, November 15, 2014 Monday, December 1, 2014 (Vienna Holiday Stroll, 6 to 9 PM) Saturday, December 13, 2014 Northern Virginia Model Railroaders, Inc. Phone: (leave message)