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1 Central Oklahoma Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society Oklahoma Railway Museum, Ltd., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ORM Monthly Meetings- First Tuesday Night of The Month Soliz to provide overview of OCC at May 1 ORM meeting Sherry L. Soliz, Railroad Department Manager, Oklahoma Corporation Commission's (OCC) Transportation Division, will discuss what the commission is and how it works during the Tuesday, May 1 ORM membership meeting at the Museum. No meal will be served and the meeting will be held in the diner car starting at 7 pm. Her background is trucking safety and she is learning about railroads very quickly. She has served as Safety Administration Coordinator for OCC's Transportation Division and has conducted commercial vehicle safety inspections. We looking forward to her coming to ORM. Soliz is an Oklahoma native, rides her own Harley Davidson motorcycle and enjoys good food and good times. She should fit in very well at ORM. I look forward to seeing you at the meeting. Looking ahead, we will be holding the Annual Membership Picnic on June 9 at the Museum. More details about the picnic will be in the next Dispatcher. Larry D. Dodd Vice President and Program Chair Oklahoma Railway Museum, Ltd. P.S. The next ORM Board of Directors meeting will be held Tuesday, April 24 at 7 pm. Inside this issue: Museum Update 2 Let Your Child Have 3 A Fun Filled Event At The Oklahoma Railway Museum! President's Column 4 Order Engraved Platform Bricks Surf The Web... The ORM Web site address is: oklahomarailwaymuseum.org. Telephone number is 405/ The mission of the Oklahoma R ailway Museum (ORM) is to provide the opportunity for p eople to receive an education about rail transportation in the p ast and in the future, while providing the experience of preservation and restoration of rail artifacts and equipment. l a r:.r~n. l Professional Affiliate Member of Association of Railway Museums "Advancing R ailway Heritage" L ~

2 Museum Update... by Drake Rice, ORM secretary As mentioned last month, the grass is really growing well with the spring rains we have been having. Several members have begun the work to keep our Museum grounds looking good on we ekends. Pat Riley has been going out and mowing during the morning hours during the week and Charles Price and Bob Cosinart have mowed along the right-ofway. It looks like we will have a full summer of mowing. All help in this area is appreciated. The first operating date helped us find all the little bugs. Volunteers were able to address all the little issues that come up. From getting the credit card system working to handling three birthday parties and fueling the engine, it was a busy day for the volunteers. The train operations went smooth. It was a cold start, with the temperature around freezing, but the sun quickly warmed things up, which made the day of operations good for the volunteers and visitors. The final plans are being prepared and submittal to the city for a building permit will occur in the next 30 days. The final changes to the building have allowed many issues to be addressed and provided space to allow the Museum to maximize the way the building is used. The goal, as mentioned earlier, is to have the building up without the track laid to the building and use it for the Day Out with Thomas store. Then after Day Out With Thomas, the track will be built to the building and tied to the track that will be installed inside the building when it is built. This will give the mechanical department a big boost in having a nice place to work that is inside and out of the weather. The track work is now finishing up at NE 50th Street with the run around track being installed. The location of the station at that location has been determined and work should be under way in the near future. This will become the end of rail for the Oklahoma Railway on the north end of the line. The station wil l serve the Adventure District venues and we hope link to Bricktown and the downtown area in the near future. Jim Pasby has been leading the Museum's work on crewtraining and testing for certification. David Townsend, who has taught the GCOR and air brake classes for our volunteers, has assisted Jim. The Museum currently has 15 members involved and they have now taken their DOT physicals. Jim is completing the paper work and working with the FRA on the Museum's certification. We appreciate the assistance provided by several of the state's short line railroads like Farmrail, A-OK and TSU in addition to volunteers from the Class l's and the FRA. By this time next month, ORM hopes to have the rail crane OG&E has donated to the Museum moved to the Museum grounds. Jim Murray has been directing this project over the last two years and the end seems to be in sight. He is also having an ALCO specialist in to look over the three ALCO engines to determine which one would be the easiest to bet into operation. The goal is to have one operational by the Day Out with Thomas event. As always, the Museum can use volunteers. There are many areas that one can volunteer to help with the grounds, depot, store, car host, and car repair crews. So if you would like to volunteer, contact Jim Murray at Farm rail passenger trip being planned ORM is partnering with the Guthrie Santa Fe Depot Museum to operate a passenger train on Saturday, August 11th from Clinton to Okeene and back. The details are being worked out and more information will be forth com ing. So watch the Dispatcher and mark the date : Museum trains run on first and third Saturdays starting in April The Oklahoma Railway Museum (ORM) offers excursion trains on the first and third Saturdays of each month starting in April for the general public from 10 am until 2:30 pm. Trains leave the historic Oakwood Depot at 10 am, 11 am, Noon, 1:30 pm and : 2:30pm. The Museum itself is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 9 am to 4 pm and there is no admission charge to tour the grounds. However, trains run only on the first and third Saturdays of the month. Train rides are free for children under the age of 3, $5 for children 4 years to 12 years, and $8 for those 13 years and older. : In addition to the train ride, various railroad equipment, including motor cars, locomotives and passenger cars, are on display. : A display car contains permanent exhibits of railroad memorabilia. ORM is located in Oklahoma City at 3400 NE Grand Boulevard, just west of 1-35 and south of NE 36th Street. The phone number is 405/ or visit the Museum Website:

3 let your child have a fun filled event at the Oklahoma Railway Museum! The following information is about having a Birthday Party at the ORM Mu \ seum inside the Birthday Caboose. The caboose can be reserved during the l:::::s::~::a 1 months of April through September. a train ride, is $175. The Birthday Party Package is available to the public the third Saturday of the month at the ORM Museum. The cost of the package, which includes The 11/2 hour Birthday Party Package includes: * 1 hour use of the Frisco Party Caboose * Engineer paper party hats * Coloring books * Party host or hostess * Guided tour through the Display Car * And, 1/ 2 hour ride on the Museum train for all birthday guests The 2007 Train Ride Party Schedule for the first and third Saturdays of the month at the Museum is as follows: Convention pre-registration open Pre-registration is now open for the next NRHS convention, "Chattanooga Rails 2007." The event is scheduled for August 21-25, 2007, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The headquarters hotel will be the recently renovated Chattanooga Choo-Choo Holiday Inn, located in the former Chattanooga railroad station. Room rates for the convention will be $89 for'a regular room, per night, and $109 for a railroad car room, plus taxes. Party 1 9 am-9:15 am 9:15 am - 9:45am 9:45 am - 10 am 10 am - 10:30 am 10:30 am - 10:45 am Party 2 10:45 am- 11 am 11 am - 11:30 am 11:30 am - Noon Noon - 12:15 pm Set-upTime Party Time Tour Display Car Train Ride Clean Up Time Set-up TimejTour Display Car Train Ride Party Time Clean Up Time Party 3 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm 12:30 pm - 1 pm 1 pm - 1:30 pm 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm Party 4 1:45 pm - 2 pm 2 pm - 2:30pm 2:30pm - 3 pm 3 pm - 3:15 pm Set-up Time Party Time Train Ride Clean Up Time; Tour Display Car Set-up Time; Tour Display Car Train Ride Party Time Clean Up Time The entire convention registration fee for those who pre-register is $15. For members choosing not to pre-register, the convention registration fee will be $25, payable when you register for the event. To engineer your child's party at the Oklahoma Railway Museum, call 405/ , or mail your request to ORM, 3400 NE Grand Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Rail Happenings Oklahoma Centennial Train- The Oklahoma Centennial Train will be running September 9-30 from Cheyenne-North Platte-Marysville Herington-Wichita-Enid-EI Reno-Chickasha-Lone Star and return via the reverse route, again with the stopovers planned in current and past UP employee sites. The territory south of Herington is new to UP steam and hasn't seen a steam locomotive since Fort Smith To Winslow, Arkansas Photo And Mixed Train Weekend - The NRHS Arkansas-Boston Mountains Chapter, Springdale, Arkansas invites rail fans, photographers and the public to Fort Smith, Arkansas for the 2007 Quad Chapter Convention to be held June This is a special event as the last Arkansas & Missouri Railroad mixed (freight and passenger) train operated in the early 1990s. Saturday events include buffet supper followed by programs on the "Railroad History of Fort Smith," "The Fort Smith-Van Buren Railroad Bridge," "Steam Railroading in Arkansas," and "Movie Making on the Arkansas & Missouri RR." The nearby Fort Smith Trolley Museum will be the site of a special night photo shoot of Birney Car 224. Sunday events include an 80-mile roundtrip excursion on the Alco C420 powered Arkansas & Missouri RR from Fort Smith to Winslow, Arkansas. The trip includes a photo stop at the normally off limits former Frisco yare in Fort Smith and photo runbys at the Winslow Tunnel (elevation feet), Trestle No. 1 (125-feet high) and the scenic Lancaster trestle. The 1903 Frisco depot at Fort Smith will be open prior to the Sunday trip. Attendees may select from three levels of service: coach, parlor car and caboose. Registration on June 23 is from 4-6 pm at the Howard Johnson Inn, 101 North 11th Street, Fort Smith, Arkansas, (479/ ). Discounted rates are available for attendees at the recently renovated inn. When making reservations, be sure to mention NRHS Arkansas-Boston Mountains Chapter to obtain the discount. Since there is a major event in Fort Smith that weekend, the chapter suggests booking your room early. For more information, call 4 79/ or 4 79/ French Train Hits New World Speed Record - France's TGV fast train set a new world speed record on rails on April 3, hitting kilometres per hour (357.2 miles per hour) on a specially prepared stretch of track east of Paris, according to official monitors. The record - easily beating the kph set by a TGV (Trains a Grande Vitesse) in was made by an experimental version equipped with two supercharged locomotives and extra-large wheels. However, the TGV narrowly missed the overall world train speed record of 581 kph (360.8) reached in 2003 by a Japanese Maglev train.

4 At/Aboard! April2007 Greetings To All! Harry Currie ORM President T he weather was warm in March. The grass turned green, the trees bloomed, and then came April. We had snow and cold weather - it even froze. The top of the grass turned brown from freezer burn, welcome to Oklahoma. Anyway, on April 7 the Oklahoma Railway Museum (ORM) had our first train ride day for this year, though it was a heavy coat day. We had three birthday parties at the Museum, a fair turnout for our first train ride day and everything went well. Lots of activity continues at the Museum. Jim Pasby is busy getting train crews trained and tested in order to meet the Federal Railroad Administration requirements for running our trains to Bricktown. Bob Hussey and crew are working on the track and siding for the Northeast 50th platform. We will be involved in constructing the platform and shelter for the Adventure District, which will be paying for it, when the track is completed. We have begun clearing the building site for our 74ft. x 100ft. Multipurpose Building on the Museum grounds, which we talked about in the March newsletter. We need this enclosed building for our upcoming September- October 2007 Day Out with Thomas event. We have to move right along in order to meet our deadlines. Construction Timeline for the Multipurpose Building: 1. First week of April Present plans to the City of Oklahoma City for the building permit; 4-6 weeks. 2. April- Clear area from construction. Start constructing the building pad site. 3. By Apri115- Award contract for concrete work, steel building and erection of building so as to purchase steel building from supplier: 6-8 weeks for delivery. 4. End of April -Start moving dirt for building pad. 5. May- Award contract for plumbing and electrical contractors to get preliminary groundwork done before the concrete work. 6. June- Have all concrete work done. Start erecting the building. 7. July- Enclose the building. 8. August- Start indoor work on restrooms and office. Finish outside of building, brick and gutters. Clean up exterior of the building, finish grading and landscaping. 9. September- Receive occupancy permit from city, so as to occupy the building for the Day Out with Thomas event.. As you can see, this is on a tight construction schedule. We are in need of financial commitments, as soon as possible. Hopefully, we will have all funds received andjor commitments made by June 1, 2007, or sooner. Remember- ORM is a non-profit organization: 501-C per IRS status. Your donations are tax deductible in the year you give funds. Have A Great Month! Harry Currie

5 Amtrak service included in legislative agenda Tulsa is the fifth largest metro in the United States witho\lt Amtrak service. That's something Sen. Bill Brown wants to change in the near future. Brown, R-Broken Arrow, is the principal author of Senate Joint Resolution Senator Bill Brown 14, which urges the U.S. Department of Transportation to include a Tulsa to Springfield, Missouri rail line in its existing Missouri Amtrak feasibility study. Gov. Brad Henry voiced his support for the concept when he signed SJR 14 on Sunday. "Even though Tulsa has been without passenger rail service since the 1980's, all the feedback I've been getting is that interest has done nothing but grow- especially with the popularity of the Heartland Flyer line collecting Oklahoma City to Fort Worth," Brown said. "The most recent census data shows the Tulsa metro is growing, but we can further capitalize on the growth with passenger rail service." Census data released last week estimates that the Tulsa metro could hit a population of one million in the next three to five years. Reaching the one million mark could help attract additional businesses to the area. Brown said six years ago, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation completed a study of high passenger rail service connecting Tulsa and Oklahoma City to the national passenger rail system. At that time, it was noted that the Tulsa to St. Louis, Missouri connection would become more feasible when the Springfield to St. Louis leg was addressed by the State of Missouri. "Last year, Missouri requested Amtrak to study the St. Louis to Springfield line. Now is the perfect time to ensure a Tulsa to Springfield connection is a part of that study," Brown said. Apri/10, 2007, Oklahoma State Senate "The importance of transportation, including passenger rail service, cannot be underestimated as we prepare to take Oklahoma into its next century. It's critical for commerce and for tourism. I'm hopeful that with the signing of SJR 14, we could be on track for expanded rail service in Oklahoma." by Mark Springer For the first time in over 50 years, the sight and sound of standard gauge steam will be seen and heard in Alamosa, Colorado and over La Veta Pass this summer. The San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad has just completed purchase of former Southern Pacific Railroad # #17 44 is an M-6 class built by Baldwin in She weighs in at about 88 tons and has 33,200 pounds of tractive effort with 63" drives. I know some will ask this: I figure #1744 will pull four coaches up the east side of the hill. #17 44 was retired by the SPin 1958 and displayed in Corrine, Utah until the early 1980s. It was returned to operation by the Wasatch Mountain Railroad in Heber City, Utah and operated there until sold to the Ft. Worth & Western Railroad in Ft. Worth, Texas in It was stored in Ft. Worth until 1999 when it was sold to the Rio Grande Pacific Corporation for use on an excursion railroad in New Orleans, Louisiana. RGPC overhauled #1744 and ran it only about five months before abounding the excursion project. #17 44 has been stored in Louisiana since that time. Photo by Ken Fitzgerald when #1744 was overhauled in It is our intent to move #1744 to Alamosa sometime in April and have it in service by opening day of the passenger season, May 26. At this time, #17 44 is scheduled to be operated on Saturdays and Sundays only on the regular La Veta passenger train. Norfolk Southern, BNSF to test new train brake technology BNSF and Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) will begin testing a new braking system that may reduce the amount of time it takes to brake a train. The project. authorized by the Federal Railroad Administration, calls for NS and BNSF to equip and test certain locomotive and freight cars with controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes. ECP brakes have the potential to reduce train stopping distances by as much as 50 to 70 percent over conventional air brake systems. ECP electronic signals to simultaneously apply and release throughout the length of the freight train. This differs from conventional brake systems that brake individually as air pressure moves in a series from car to car. Testing ECP will allow the railroads to review its potential for improved braking and shorter stopping distances that may improve railroad and network capacity and efficiency, assist utilization, fuel savings and equipment maintenance.

6 Railroads fight pro posed cap a_~c:._::_i ~-~--=--=-=--=--=-=:.=..:.._.==-=-=-==--=-=--, by Angela Geiling Keane Bloomberg News, Apri/12, 2007, 2007, World Publishing Company Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation's CEO told regulators Wednesday that more federal rules would stifle railroads' spending to add capacity. The carriers can handle expansion without government requirements, Matt Rose told a Surface Transportation Board hearing in Washington, D.C. "While clearly more capacity is needed, we at BNSF believe the regulatory model is working as needed," Rose said. "We must be able to sustain returns to reinvest at the right levels in our network." Railroads are working to head off legislation in Congress to improve service, which is linked to capacity. Shipments are increasing as track mileage shrinks, and the Transportation Department expects shipping demand to rise 35 percent by Rail shippers including chemical manufacturers told the STB members to be mindful of their interests as they study railroads' capacity. Many shippers support the customer-service bills opposed by railroads. "It would be unfortunate if current concerns about rail capacity and infrastructure were used to increase the Surface Transportation Board's tendency to protect the railroads from the consequences of competing in the real world," Tom Schick, senior director of the American Chemistry Council, said in an interview. Track mileage for the largest U.S. ra ilroads fell18 percent from 1990 to 2005, according to the Association of American Railroads, the industry's Washington-based trade group. Over the same period, railroads have had an increase of more than 60 percent in revenue ton-miles, which reflects each ton of freight moved a mile, said Transportation Undersecretary Jeffrey Shane. "It's clear that we are finally running enough freight trains to consume the capacity of the network," Shane said told the STB, an arm of the Transportation Department that regulates rail rates. "System congestion adds costs to all goods produced in the economy." Fort Worth-based BNSF is the nation's second-largest railroad. Rose was joined at the STB hearing by the CEOs of the other largest railroads: Union Pacific Corporation, CSX Corp., Norfolk Southern Corporation. and Kansas City Southern: : ~: j_ A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train carries coal out of the Powder River Basin in Wyoming on a joint line located east of Wright, Wyoming. The demand for power plant coal is exceeding the region's rail lines capacity to ship the fuel Tulsa World Photo Michael Ward, CSX's CEO, and others asked for support for a 25 percent tax credit for railroads and shippers that add tracks and terminals. Senators Trent Lott, R-Miss., and Kent Conrad, D-N.D., reintroduced a tax credit bill Wednesday after Congress failed to act on it last year. The coal industry, the rail industry's biggest customer, said lawmakers should back the tax break. "Freight rail is an enormously costly system to expand and maintain," Kraig Naasz, CEO of the National Mining Association, said in a statement. "Federal incentives are urgently needed to drive the investments needed for a growing economy." Shane, who didn't take a position on the bill, said railroads shouldn't expect the government to pay for adding capacity. "It's really important that all of us get over the fantasy that there's going to be a huge infusion of public sector money into rail infrastructure," he said. "It's not going to happen." The Standard & Poor's 500 Railroads Index, which consists of the four largest U.S. railroads, has gained 15 percent this year.... Service interruption: derailment occurs on AOK east of Oklahoma City Great Plains Dispatcher, April 2007, page 3 On April 2, BNSF suffered a derailment on the AOK east of Oklahoma City. Train L-TEX was operating east from Oklahoma : City to Shawnee over the former Rock Island tracks now operated by the Arkansas & Oklahoma (AOK) with BNSF GP & EMD GP pulling 12 cars. The train had a small bridge collapse under it at Harrah, Oklahoma with the rear four cars derailing and : spilling a small amount of plastic pellets. The bridge is still out of service as of April 7 with the power trapped at Shawnee. This track was operated by the UP for a number of years prior to the AOK take over of it. The rest of the track from Shawnee to Holdenville is still UP track and out of service due to various : bridge defects and wash-outs. Harrah is approximately 25 miles east of Oklahoma City

7 ORM Depot Store The Oklahoma Railway Museum, Ltd. (ORM) has items available for both children and adults at the Depot Store. These include baseball caps, polo shirts, t-shirts, lapel pins, and coasters. Funds raised by donations for these items support the_ Museum project. Order Form- Engraved Platform Bricks Cost is $50.00 per brick. Up to a maximum of 4 lines with 16 letters and spaces per line To avoid confusion, please complete the form in Capital Letters Purchaser's Name: Phone Number: ( Text Line 1 The Depot Store, located inside the Oakwood Depot Line 2 on the Museum grounds, is open during regular Museum hours- 10 am to 4 pm on the first and third Saturdays of each Line 3 month April through October. The store is also open for special events j Line 4 For those interested in becoming members of the Oklahoma Railway Museum, Ltd., Central Oklahoma Chapter of the NRHS, memberships are available at the following rates: Regul~r Membership- $30.00 per year, Senior Member (Retired)- $25.00 per year, and Student Member (Full-Time Student)- $25.00 per year. National Railway Historical Society dues are $22.00 per year (Spouses are an additional $4.00). (Student memberships are $11 each.) For information on membership, contact the Oklahoma Railway Museum, Ltd., 3400 NE Grand Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION: per year- Individual Membership in the Oklahoma Railway Museum, Ltd. (spouse included) $25.00 per year - Individual Senior (age 65 and up) (spouse included) and Individual Student (full-time student) Membership in ORM $22.00 per year- To add Railway Historical Society (NRHS) Membership (add $4.00 for spouse) (Student Memberships: $11 per year) Send your application and dues to: Oklahoma Railway Museum, Ltd NE Grand Boulevard Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Name Address ~ City : Engraved Platform Bricks More than one platform : brick can be donated to the : Museum and you can make : copies of the attached form. : Mail completed forms : with checks or money ; orders to: Jim Murray, : ORM, 3400 NE Grand : Boulevard, Oklahoma City, : Oklahoma ; If you have any questions, : you can Murray : at jmurray@cox.net. Crosstie Donations Friends and families of ORM continue to make donations for crossties, equipment and facilities on the Museum property and on the leased track. If you want to make a donation to purchase a crosstie, a donation of $42.50 will help purchase a new crosstie. You can donate a crosstie in recognition or in memory of someone. All donations should be made out to the Oklahoma Railway Museum Ltd. Phone D Membership toorm D TOTAL ENCLOSED Senior or Student Membership D Add NRHS Membership Please note on the check what the donation is for, and mail it to: ORM Ltd., 3400 NE Grand Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

8 Any changes to the following information or articles for "the Dispatcher, " should be directed to the Editor, Bruce Ackerman, ( For information on upcoming programs. contact Larry Dodd, (e-maii ORM telephone number: 405/ Oklahoma Railway Museum (ORM) -Tuesday, May 1- Sherry L. Soliz, Railroad Department Manager, Oklahoma Corporation Commission- ORM, 3400 NE Grand Boulevard, Oklahoma City - 7 pm ORM- Open Saturdays 9 am - 4 pm; Train Operations 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month ORM Board Meetings- Tuesdays, April 24 and May 22 at ORM, Oakwood Depot, Oklahoma City- 7 pm Upcoming ORM Meeting - June 9 - Annual Membership Picnic- ORM, Oklahoma City Oklahoma "N" Rail -For information, call Mary Hanson, 405/ Oklahoma Passenger Rail Association- - Rail Consumer Advocate Organization. Meets bimonthly. For information, write or call Roger Carter, 1120 South 21st Street, Chickasha, Oklahoma 73018, 405/ Passenger Rail Oklahoma -A grassroots advocacy organization. Meets every Saturday and Sunday morning an hour prior to the arrival of the Heartland Flyer in Norman. The depot opens at 7:50am. Contact Evan Stair at sfrr@aol.com, 405/ , or 517 Claremont. Norman, OK Depot volunteer opportunities are available. Oklahoma S.W. Division NMRA- 2nd Saturday each month, 1 pm, Goldman Room, Kirkpatrick Center, Jim Heidon, President Yukon's Best Railroad Museum - Thursday/Saturday/Sunday and by appointment. Located 1 block north of Main and UP tracks in Yukon. Call John Knuppel, 405/ , for times and information. OUTOFTOWN Railroad Museum of Oklahoma- Tuesday thru Friday afternoons 1 pm to 4 pm, Saturdays 10 am to 1 pm, Sunday 2 pm to 5 pm, or by appointment, HO, N and Lionel layouts, Meets 3rd Tuesday at 7 pm at Old Santa Fe Freight Depot, 702 North Washington, Enid Waynoka Station/Waynoka Historical Society- 202 South Cleveland, Waynoka Call Sandie Olson, 580/ Enid Model Railroaders (HO & N)- Wednesday 7 pm to 9 pm, Saturday 9 am to Noon, Sunday 2 pm to 5 pm, 702 North Washington, Enid 580/ Memberships are available at the following rates: Regular Membership is $30 per year, Senior Member (Retired) is $25 per year. and Student Member (Full-Time Student) is $25 per year. National Railway Historical Society Dues are $22 per year (spouses are an additional $4). (Student Membership: $11 per year) For information on membership, contact the Oklahoma Railway Museum, Ltd., 3400 NE Grand Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma The Dispatcher is the official monthly publication of the Oklahoma Railway Museum, Ltd., Central Oklahoma Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. Opinions expressed by individual writers are their own. and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the Editor, Central Oklahoma Rail Club, or the National Railway Historical Society, Inc. However, the Editor reserves the right to reject any or all contributions or hold items for a future issue. Any articles in the Dispatcher may be reprinted in other newsletters. providing credit is given to the Dispatcher. Oklahoma Railway Museum, Ltd NE Grand Boulevard Oklahoma City, Oklahoma NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. Postage PAID Permit No Oklahoma City, OK \ I :.4: '\ f.