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Newsletter of the Rochester NY Chapter, NRHS July 2004 P.O. Box 23326, Rochester, NY 14692-3326; Published Monthly Volume 46, No. 11
Program for July 15: MUSEUM MUSINGS help. Not only will you be helping the guests byi Dale Hartnett you greet, you will also make the load lighter Fun time at the Depot! for the volunteers who have been holding down the fort this year. Riding Our Own Railroad!! Did your mother ever tell you, “Many hands make light work”? It was true when Never been a Depot Guide? Session #2 you were growing up and it’s still true today. Here are a few things you might want to You are invited to come out on For years, Don Shilling used to ask every know: Thursday, July 15, anytime after 6 Chapter member to commit one Sunday to * Duty is Sundays, arriving by 10:45 PM, to the Industry Depot on NYS being a Depot Guide at our Museum. We AM. You can generally leave at 5 PM. Route 251 to enjoy the "fun"(work?) didn’t put it quite that way this year - until * We have materials to help you learn that our Chapter volunteers have now. perfected over the years! what to do and say. Frankly, we’ve had trouble staffing our Please invite your friends and neighbors * You can request to be scheduled with Museum for Sunday tours. Sometimes we an experienced Depot Guide, if you like. to join us. They may enjoy the only have had one person on duty. Other occasion and become interested in * You don’t have to be an expert at weekends, we’ve been dangerously close to joining the Chapter! We discourage everything. However, with a minimum of not being able to open at all. the presence of small children; if training plus what you probably already present, small children must be con- If you have been working as a Depot know, you will be far ahead of most of our stantly supervised. Guide on Sundays or for the many weekday guests. tour groups, thank you for your generous At the June meeting, there were about a * It’s a lot of fun and you get to hear dozen attendees from the Rochester help! Model RR Club and Genesee Society many interesting stories. (The experience is If you have not yet signed up, please frequently worth it just for the stories!) of Model Engineers. An invitation contact Dave Peet right now (586-8964 or Many hands make for light work. Would has been sent to other modeling [email protected]). We have many groups for the July meeting. you give us a hand? slots available and could really use your Future Programs by Harold Russell U&M Chapter to tour our museums on Saturday, July 17 August: Meeting will be had at the R&GV RR Museum's Depot in Industry. Pro- Utica & Mohawk Valley Chapter plans to About 3 PM they should arrive at NYMT gram will be what the Motive Power visit R&GVRM and NYMT Sat., July 17. for a tour and then track car rides to our Team will put together for our enjoyment. Chapter members will leave by bus from R&GV RR museum for the final event of the September 18: Pennsylvania Railroad's Utica Union Station at 6:30 PM. First they day. Elmira Branch by author Bill Caloroso. will go to Medina to tour the GVT Railroad, Let's extend a 'hearty welcome' to our October 21: A speaker from Utica and and the Medina Railroad Museum. fellow NRHS Chapter members. Maybe in Mohawk Valley NRHS. Around Noon, they will stop in LeRoy to not the too far future we can arrange a tour November 21: Oil Creek Railroad by Dick have lunch at D&R Depot Station restaurant to Utica and Syracuse Chapters and areas. Senges. (former BR&P, B&O, CSX depot). December 16: Railroads of the Southern Tier by Fred Trumbore President Jer- emy Tuke holds a Chapter Library quick membership meeting during the 11 May Street (by OMID Tracks) in June Chapter meet- Webster ing at the Diesel Hours: 7:00 to 9:30 PM Days meeting point. Monday, July 19, 2004 After the meeting, members were Library Phone: 872-4641 taken by track car Welcome - Come and to tour the NYMT which was open for the meeting. (Chris Hauf photo and caption)
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Track Car Operators riders, give them a little history of the Membership Report museums, tell them what to expect on their Janet Dittmer, Chairperson Weekend scheduling is done by Harold trip and most importantly assist them in Welcome to this new member: Russell, telephone 427-9159 or e-mail to: boarding and unboarding in a safe manner. Patrick Mruczek [email protected]. Check your calen- The Third Operator will relieve the other 2 Thorp St. dars now and see which dates you can track car operators. To assure fairness, the Batavia, NY 14020 operate. You will be contacted by him using Third Operator is expected to operate each 585-344-0269 track car third of the available time. E-mail or US mail. Change of Address: Dave Soble does the weekday scheduling. All weekend operators should arrive at Ralph Wulff He will contact the operators who are NYMT by 10:00 AM. This will allow you to 327 Walker Drive available weekdays by telephone. thoroughly inspect the track car, make any Canandaigua, NY 14424-2373 switching moves, and make a safety run to This year we will schedule three opera- New e-mail address: Industry before the first revenue run at 11:30 tors for weekend operation. Two operators E. Wayne Turnblom AM. In some cases the first revenue run may will be assigned to a specific track car each. [email protected] be at 11:00 AM. When this occurs you will We would like three operators on Diesel be advised to start one-half hour earlier than Days. Membership Contact: usual. The third operator will serve two very Janet Dittmer, Membership Chair Have a fun day and remember that important functions. He/she will welcome the 983 N. Winton Rd. Rochester, NY 14609-6824 Track Car Operator's Schedule (thorough Aug. 8)
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Managers
Railroad: (Motive, Rolling stock, MOW, ROW) Chris Hauf: 381-8583; [email protected] Infrastructure: (Buildings, grounds, shops, construction, communications, signals & power, heavy equipment) Dave Luca: 288-0318; [email protected] Visitor Experience: (Visitor, Train & Track Car operations, 4-Q Vision, Special events) Dale Hartnett: 243-0139; [email protected]
Reserve time for "Diesel Excursion Car Fleet Work Library Report Days" by Dave Luca Charles Robinson, Chairman Diesel Days, Saturday and Sunday, Au- Although Wednesdays from noon until The next session at the library for gust 21 and 22 will soon be upon us! 9:00 pm and most Saturdays from 9:00 am ordinary use is Monday evening July 19 Last year we handled nearly 1,200 visi- till ? are the scheduled work days, anyone between 7:00 and 9:30 PM. The air tors during Diesel Days—our second highest wishing to become more involved with the conditioning is working so keep cool at the attendance of all time! This year, we're restoration and maintenance of the cars and library. Besides that we have a fabulous tape expanding our hours. We'll be open from 10 find that other days and/or times would be collection to browse through and check out AM to 6 PM both days. better, should contact Dave Luca at 288-0318 to set things up. for home viewing. Block out your calendar now to help Work continues on the large donation in with this fun event. More details nest This year we would like to finish the memory of Dick Barrett. Jerry Gillette has month. work we started on: done a very complete job of sorting out the ? diaphragms, periodicals in that collection, cataloging them 'Gandy Dancers' attracted and placing them on the shelves. Thanks to many viewers ? installation of emergency windows, the Barrett family’s donation and Jerry’s This year, our 'dancers' performed at the ? replace several, if not all, of the cloudy efforts, the library is assembling a very Industry Depot. Dale Hartnett and Rand plastic windows on the cars., complete array of railroad and railfan peri- Warner had laid out a linear array of track ? replace several rusted out interior panels, odicals that is well worth a look. Gale Smith tools, all identified. They discussed the use is taking care of the Barrett books that will of these tools with our visitors. Near by, ? do some interior painting, be shelved in a separate section under Dick’s Randy Bogucki demonstrated the removal name. Gale has a big job ahead. From what I and insertion of tie replacement. ? begin the installation of electric baseboard have seen, the books are in excellent shape. heat. Their demonstrations attracted a lot of According to Gale, the Barrett collection also attention to where the regular Depot Guides In addition, we would like to set up one contains a large number of unique tapes that had little work to do! of the cars as an all adult car which could will expand the tape choices at the library. involve relocating and/or removing some of Nice work(?) guys! Bill Limburg and David Luca have the seating. If this sounds to you like a lot of developed plans to add more shelves to the Thanks to all our RIT Friends work, you would be correct. It also means book room with the above mentioned special that the four or five members that show by Rand Warner section for Dick’s books. up regularly need your help! Primarily through the Rochester Institute The library chairman has stopped the leak One final note. It would be great to have of Technology’s Model Railroad Group, we in the book room skylight. However do not someone working on the cars at various have received a great amount of help in trust this fix and leave items on the round times and days throughout the year and not recent years on special events, trackwork and table. Unfortunately another leak, this time in just on Wednesdays. The more we are out in in other activities. the periodical room, has emerged in the area Webster with the cars at different times in where a hole was accidentally punched in the Hats off to: the day and different days of the week, we roof during attempts to repair the west cupola Tom Rohatch help to discourage any vandalism. last summer. That hole was temporarily Ryan Kane patched but is now leaking again. It leaks Mike Smith Spencerport Gang into the chair at the northeast end of the long Chris Stillson by Rand Warner table in that room. Look carefully before you Jessica Stallone Our man in Spencerport, Bernie Cubitt, sit down! has been actively recruiting for R&GV RM! Mike Roque Hope to see you cooling off in the Dick Pickering is very interested in Otto Vondrak library on Monday evening July 19. working with us on heavy equipment opera- Seven people is a HUGE shot in the arm. tions with Joe Scanlon and Art Mummery. RL&B Waiting Room moved Did we miss anyone? Could there be anyone Jack Mazzarella and Bud Nichols are The Rochester Lockport & Buffalo inter- else coming along? going to help Bernie on various restoration urban waiting room has been moved from in aspects of Rochester Lockport & Buffalo front of the Pine Falls to the west side of Young Railfan dates: Interurban #206. LA&L RR tracks. This move allowed the Saturday, July 24 installation of the bumper to Track 3. Saturday, July 31 Page 4 July 2004 The Semaphore
Motive Power Update lapped. These function by staying open when its annual startup. Its batteries, as well as by John Redden no steam pressure is present to allow those of NKP-79 were serviced in June. condensed water to drain, then they close Number 9 should be operational by the time Gasoline Locomotives when pressure is applied. Hopefully by the that you read this. Plymouth Locomotive Status end of warm weather, the pistons and valves Progress continues on our 6-ton Plymouth will be cleaned, reinstalled, and sealed up for Model BL locomotive. One half of a large winter. bronze collar from the transmission has been Diesel Locomotives built up with brazing rod to repair about ¼ EK-6 has re-joined the active fleet this inch of wear. After brazing the other half, month. This, the Chapter’s first locomotive, they will be machined back to a flat surface that was donated by Kodak in 1981, has seen and fitted to the friction drive wheel hub. service in most, if not all of the past 23 years Also, one half of the shifter yoke that mates on the Museum Railroad. Thanks to a great with this collar is being fabricated from steel deal of work in June of 2004, the EK-6 has bar stock. The original was worn almost had some significant improvements and pre- three fourths of the way through. ventitive maintenance performed. Chris Hauf Bob Mader took the old cab roof as a managed the installation of eight new pattern, and made a beautiful set of roof batteries, which had been purchased with trusses and frame members. Thanks, Bob. money that had been donated by Chapter The Plymouth brake linkages had been members. In addition to the considerable rust re-assembled several months ago, as reported removal, priming and painting that he did in The Semaphore. These had been tempo- last month, Chris also fabricated and installed rarily put together with 1/2” bolts. Kevin new lumber for the battery box. James Klees fabricated new pins, and added wash- Johnson cleaned up, and in some cases, re- ers and cotter keys to finish the brake worked the battery cables and lugs. He then assemblies. re-connected the batteries. Bill Blaesi, Char- Steam Locomotives lie Harshbarger, Jessy Stallone, and Ryan After the June Steam Team meeting Kane each spent time removing old loose Jim Johnson takes care of the final step another attempt was made at separating the paint, brushing rust, and priming many areas by hooking up Eastman Kodak Co. GE 80- piston rods from the crossheads on the where the exterior paint had failed. Dick tonner #6 new batteries. With new batteries, Heisler Steam Locomotive. With the help of Holbert de-bugged a low voltage wiring the engine was checked over and returned to a lot of heat and a larger hammer, the taper failure and effected repairs. He also checked service. Thanks to all that donated to allow joints finally came apart. This was a signifi- out other auxiliary wiring and battery charg- us to buy these batteries. (Chris Hauf photo) cant milestone in our work on this ing equipment and circuitry. Jim Johnson locomotive. We have been trying to get these checked out the main generator and auxiliary parts separated, using various tools and generator. John Redden checked lubrication, techniques, for nearly a year. Thanks to Ron commutators, and brushes on the four trac- Amberger and Kevin Klees, who together tion motors. Norm Shaddick located and designed and built a rig to hold a hydraulic repaired two air leaks. Finally, Dee Mowers, jack, in order to “keep the pressure on”. Jeremy and Matthew Tuke tested out the Kevin provided his rosebud torch to heat the various systems on our venerable 80 tonner crosshead socket. And Randy Bogucki pro- with a run up the line and back. vided the impact force, wielding a very It’s great to see our ever-reliable number heavy hammer, to finish the job. We learned 6 marked up as “In Service” again, and it’s well from the experience of the left-side also very gratifying to see such a large crosshead, which took us many months to number of our volunteers helping out on such separate. Following this, the right-side with- a worthy project. stood only four blows from the hammer Locomotive 1941 (RG&E) has had some before separating! Well done, to all involved. significant progress this month, as well. The Once these parts were separated, disas- connecting rod caps, rods, and pistons were sembly of the running gear could then removed from the number one prime mover continue. The piston and rear cylinder head this month. This is a significant were removed from the Engineer’s side. The accomplishment, moving toward our goal of engineer’s side cylinder and valve chest are rehabilitating this prime mover back into now being cleaned and inspected. Copper action. gaskets for the cylinder and valve heads have The former U.S. Government engines As EK #6 was getting some mechanical been specified, and are on order. The Heisler 1843 and 1654 were both used this month for attention, Ryan Kane started to give the is equipped with automatic water drain switching moves, work trains, and demon- engine some cosmetic attention as well by valves in the cylinders and valve chamber. stration runs during our June Chapter cleaning up some exposed areas. Following These have been removed and several have meeting. behind him was Jessica Stallone who was priming the newly cleaned areas. (Chris already been cleaned and had the seats EK-9 has been brought into the yard for Hauf photo and caption) The Semaphore July 2004 Page 5
Machine Shop News Need to Drill Big Holes ??? More Mader Miracles by Kevin Klees by Kevin Klees by Rand Warner More machine shop tooling has been Need to make track joint bars? Drill Bob Mader has done it again: acquired this month, including a dividing through thick steel plate? Drill so many holes 1. Track Motor Car TC-2: head with tailstock and chuck. Dividing your arm gets tired leaning on the drill press Bob has pulled the head, ground the heads allow a round work piece to be arm? Read on….. valves, soaked the pistons and rings, and put precisely rotated around its axis and located The R&GVRRM Machine Shop has an the engine back together and has it running in equal increments. For example, they are opportunity to obtain a
Tail-gate Train Sale FLUE TIME The little wedges teach the flues good by John Stewart manners! by Harold Crouch Mill-side Trains in Ontario, NY (Ridge All the flues at the rear flue sheet where When it came time to apply the flues in a Rd.) is having a Tail-gate Train Sale on then expanded and made tight using a big locomotive boiler (the flue sheets having Saturday, August 7 from 10am to 2pm. This segment type expander. A boiler maker been checked for straightness and the flue is your chance to the part in an organized burner then came and cut the safe end off to holes cleaned up) at New York Central’s sale and dispose of surplus model railroad the correct length at the smoke box end. All West Albany steam locomotive backshop, a equipment. Call Pete Oosterling at 215-524- the flues at the smokebox end were then boilermaker and I went to the boiler shop to 85158 for more information. Space is expanded and made tight in the flue sheet. bring back a bundle of flues. These were the limited. With all the flues tight in the flue sheets, old flues out of the boiler that had been run both ends of each flue were beaded, using a through the flue rattler to knock off any scale beading tool in an air hammer. With plain on the water side of the flues (today’s Amtrak's Adirondack Train brute force the bead was completed in one teenagers would delight in the sounds from in jeopardy revolution of the beading tool! After doing a the flue rattler!). The ends of the flues had The Adirondack passenger train to Mont- couple hundred flues, one gets a bit tired! real could shut down before year end if New been cropped and a new piece of flue safe ended (welded) on one end of each flue. The When all the “fittings” had been applied York state doesn't pay $4.4 million that to the boiler, the hydro test (one of a half Amtrak said it is owed in back payments. overhead crane deposited the bundle of flues in the smoke box of the locomotive, the out times the working pressure) was applied. This is one of two trains that serves the board ends being supported by a high Invariably, a few “weeps” were seen at the recently rebuilt Saratoga Springs train “horse”. flue beads, but were taken care of with the station. The other train is the Ethan Allen to beading tool/expander. Also a few brown While we were gone, the boiler maker’s Rutland, VT, which Vermont subsidizes. bolts and staybolts weeped a little, but were partner was busy at the rear flue sheet Confounding any negotiations are (1) the sealed by bobbing over a little more. applying the “coopers”, the short copper request of NYS for the installation of a sleeve interposed between the o.d. of the flue While I was at West Albany shop (1947), second track between Albany and and the flue sheet. the Interstate Commerce Commission al- Schenectady, and (2) the use of the newly lowed the rail industry to seal weld the beads With a boiler maker at the rear flue sheet, rebuilt Turbotrains along the Empire Corridor on the smoke box end of the flues, but the his partner in the smoke box to feed the flues running from New York City to Albany and firebox ends were verboten! With the end of through, and yours truly inside the boiler to Buffalo, a project paid for by the state. steam in sight, the I.C.C. finally broke down ensure the correct location of the flues, it was [Railpace Hot News, 6/22 via American and not only allowed the flue beads on the a merry “dance” as the flues literally came Rail Link, #165] firebox end to be seal-welded (after a hydro ‘flying thru! The shop was working piece test), but also the heads and the crown bolts work at that time. and stay bolts in the fire box. Railroad Safety With all the flues adjusted at the rear flue This was a major cost saving for the rail So far in 2004, the commuter rail agency sheet, small steel wedges were applied to industry, but it came too late -- the march to in Chicagoland area has experience 12 reach flue at the smoke box end. These dieselzation was in full swing! fatalities. Three of the victims were where necessary as with a segment type or children; three were walking along the tracks. roller type expander there is an axial force Thus, locomotive boilers being returned Another victim was a child who broke away trying to drive the flue out of the flue sheet. to service today, reap the benefit of this from his mother then he saw his father across decision! the tracks. Metra has undertaken a consider- able public relations effort to acquaint people A Pittsford Scapbook with only casual proofing. It was unlikely with the dangers of railroads. Paul Spiegel has assembled a scrapbook: that the unfinished work would ever be As people become less familiar with “Old PIttsford Scrapbook, Sampler One”. He completed. The Chapter Library has a copy, trains there seem to be more incidents, man became interested in Pittsford history, and although apparently incomplete. of them fatal. To other people we are used a borrowed camera to copy many of the deemed to be "experts' in railroading. We existing pictures. After his retirement in Amtrak Dispute settled should take every opportunity to acquaint our 1988, he consulted the microfilms of Roches- Back in March, Amtrak and the family and friends (Ed: and visitors to our ter papers at Rundel Library. Later, Pittsford Bombardier/Altom consortium agreed to a museums!) about railroad safety. When "on had its own newspapers for more emphasis settlement concerning the Northeast Corridor the property," we should set the example by on local happenings. This collection contains high-speed rail program. our own safe conduct! [Shore Line, June some interesting facts on early railroads and The consortium was to build 20 Acela 2004] trolleys. For example, a canal boat delivered Express sets, 15 HHP-8 electric locomotives, the “Young Lion” at Cartersville in 1938, build three new maintenance facilities and The "Big Shot" Re-enactment which was located halfway between Pittsford maintaining the above until 2012. Norfolk Southern and Sylvania-Osram and Bushnell’s Basin. This engine was used Now the consortium will get $42.5 were to light Horseshoe Curve, PA on July 4, on the line between Rochester and Auburn. million of the $70 million in payments with a reenactment of the famous 1954 "Big According to the introduction, Mr. Spiegel withheld by Amtrak (pending satisfactory Shot" lighting of the curve with over 6,500 planned to make 40 to 50 copies. He noted, completion of the program) and Amtrak will flashbulbs. A fireworks display was also that because of shortage of time, this work excuse the prior maintenance agreement in planned. [Cinders via Highball, Old Domin- had to be done quickly and inexpensively October 2006, when Amtrak will take over ion Chapter, NRHS] those functions. [NARP News, May 2004]
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Buffalo Model RR Club From the Internet ... robbed. Anniversaries submitted by Dale Harnett Sometime between Friday (6/11) and Scranton/NYC Link proposal th Monday (6/14) a person or persons broke 75 for the "Empire Builder" displayed into the Model RR Club of Buffalo and stole Great Northern's Empire Builder first New Jersey Transit was to host an "open hundreds of pieces of equipment from their departed Chicago on June 10, 1929 and house" on July 1st at the Hilton Scranton and HO layout. Most equipment stolen was of Seattle on June 11, 1929. It is now an Conference Center. Engineers and others modern models. Taken was at least 28 Amtrak train covering the rail transportation were present to answer questions. locomotives, 300 freight cars (the Club is needs of northern US states. Current plans are for a 133-mile line. still inventorying). The engines were DCC So far this year, 230,000 passengers have Involved is relaying 28 miles of track in equipped except for a few dummy engines. ridden it, an increase of 7.6 percent. Last northwestern New Jersey, which Conrail Included was a 30-car Somerset coal train fiscal year (Oct. 2002-Sept. 2003) the train removed in 1984. and a 20-car ML train composed of custom carried 415,722 passengers, and increase of tagged Walthers Autoracks. Scenery items Scranton saw its last train service in 1971 12.9 percent. [Whitefish, MT Pilot, 6/14 via along the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western included buildings and containers and trail- American Rail Link, #164] ers in the intermodal yard. Railroad. The earliest future train service, if funding can be procured, would be 2007. The Club wants Western New York th 200 for the steam locomo- [Scrantontimes.com, 6/30/04] modelers and railfans to be on the lookout tive for these items at meets. [American Rail Ron Amberger noted that: "Last February Sterling, NY anticipates RR- Link, #165] 21 was the 200th Anniversary of the invention themed park of the steam locomotive. Richard Trevithick Hot Rails? The Sterling Historical Society is plan- (1771-1833) built the first steam locomotive ning Sterling Heritage Park as interpretive, CSX early in May imposed speed restric- to run on rails. The engine pulled a train open-air museum focused on the area's rich tions for passenger and commuter trains from Pontmorlais to Abercynon (9.5 miles) train history. The 23-acre park would have between Richmond and Washington. CSX in Wales (UK). The engine was called the the Sterling Junction signal tower and its imposes speed restrictions when it sees a "Penydarren". The engine had a single railroad crew headquarters. Also the weather forecast of 90 degrees or more. cylinder located within the boiler shell and Society's Little Red Schoolhouse Museum. Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express are driving through a reduction gear system., A computer installation is in the plans affected. Trains must obey 20 mph when The loco was a 0-4-0 tender engine. The that would have touch-screen consoles lo- restrictions are in effect between 1 PM initial trip on Feb. 21, 1804 hauled 10 tons of cated in the signal tower. Visitors would be through 7 PM. iron and cars of passengers. It ran on a able to access three dimensional, virtual Norfolk Southern, which owns some of "tram" railroad ... a railroad that up to that reality railroad operations depicting Lehigh the tracks used by VRE, also imposes speed date had been powered by horses." Valley line from Sayre, PA to Fair Haven. restrictions but only after on-track Norm Shaddick adds this: Estimated cost is $250,000 and the study inspections. [Richmond Times-Dispatch via "Last year I visited Ironbridge (Wales) was started three years ago. [The Citizen, Potomac Rail News, June 2004] where Trevithick built this locomotive. They Auburn, NY 6/28] China's maglev train operates have an operating replica of it there, (built in 1802) but it wasn't operating at the time. Loco saved from land fill The first maglev line to operate commer- Really a weird looking machine, but you've cially was constructed in Shanghai to their got to start somewhere!" Minot, ND officials were considering airport. It takes less than eight minutes to sending Soo Line engine #735 to a land fill travel the 20 miles on this line which cost 175th for "Stourbridge Lion" because of asbestos. The North Dakota Air $1.2 billion. National Guard engineers volunteered to Several Pennsylvania Wayne County his- remove the asbestos as a training exercise, German engineers from ThyssenKrupp torical societies are planning celebrations, which took about a week. It now sports a and Siemens are now bidding on a proposal including a D&H Symposium, for the run- new coat of paint, and the casual oberserver to build a $16 billion high-speed Shanghai to ning of the "Stourbridge Lion" on August 6- could not tell that it was 'operated on'. [The Beijing line intended to reduce at 1/2 the 14 8. Included are trips on the "Stourbridge Minot Daily News, 6/20 via American Rail hours it takes to make the 865-mile trip. Tourist" train from Honesdale. [Washington Post via Potomac Rail News, Link, #164] The intended use of the engine was not June 2004] successful as it was too heavy for the rail Small plane crashes on railroad structure then in use. [The Green Block, On May 15, a small plane, fully loaded Shows/etc. April 2004] with fuel, crashed in Willoughby, OH (east July 18 - 24: RailCamp 2004, It was the groups intention to actually run of Cleveland). The large amount of fuel Steamtown, Scranton, PA. the Stourbridge Lion, but latest information burned for several hours. The Norfolk South- July 30-August 1: Train Festival 2004. is that it will not run because of regulatory, ern mainline was closed about two hours, the Dennison, Ohio; sponsored by Dennison RR insurance and gauge problems (4'-3"). This CSX mainline was shut down for nearly a Museum and Ohio Central RR. Several is a replica, constructed by D&H in 1932 to day. [The Lake Shore Timetable, June 2004, steam locomotives will run. Unfortunately, celebrate D&H birth 100 years earlier, of the from article in Cleveland Plain Dealer] Ft. Wayne's NKP 765 will not be there; original engine. For now, it will remain in mechanical work not finished. For the museum. [Jim Shaughnessy in BLHS information: www.TrainFestival2004.com Bulletin, July 2004, pg. 19]
Rochester Chapter National Railway Historical Society The Semaphore Non Profit Org. P.O. Box 23326 U.S. Postage Rochester, NY 14692-3326 PAID Rochester, NY Permit #826
Chapter Meeting & Program: Riding our Railroad! Y-O-U Thursday, July 15, 2004 6 PM to ?? Industry R&GV Depot NYS Route 251
The Semaphore is published monthly by the Rochester, NY Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. It is mailed free to all Chapter members. Non-member's subscriptions are $8.00 and run from January 1 to December 31. Chapter meetings are held the third Thursday and the Board of Directors meets the first Thursday of each month.
Contributions to The Semaphore are welcomed and encouraged from all readers. They Rochester Chapter NRHS Officers: should be mailed to: Gale E. Smith, 299 Seneca Park Avenue, Rochester, NY 14617-2433. President: Jeremy Tuke Phone: (585) 544-6221. Contributors using a computer are asked to send their submissions on Vice President: Dale Hartnett any MS-DOS diskette in ASCII or *.txt format, as well as a printed copy. Also can send by e- Treasurer: Dave Luca mail to: [email protected]. Deadline: First Day of Each Month. Recording Secretary: Dave Peet Correspondence Sec.: Chris Hauf Pouring the Restoration Facility Floor! National Director: Bob Miner The Restoration Building is up and running! Now we need to provide it with a concrete Trustees: Randy Bogucki, John Kernan, floor. We raised the dust to finish the space. Now we've faced with dust all over the place. Bob Mader, Harold Russell and John One hundred dollars will buy a batch of concrete. The estimate for the floor is $25,000; we'll Stewart. need 250 batches (!). Help "cement" together a great project. Maybe we'll even let you write The Semaphore Staff: your name and date in a slab! [Don Shilling] (Each block indicates $1,000) Editor: Gale Smith Printing & Mailing: Bob Miner, Gale Smith, Jerry Gillette
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