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March-April 2014 ^ Y 7 Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society \9 Incorporated 71 / Meeting/Membership Telephone Number (978) 454-3600 copyright 2014 B&MRRHS March-April 2014 Bob Warren, Editor ([email protected]) Visit the B&MRRHS on the web at: www.bmrrhs.org Opinions expressed in the signed columns or letters of this Newsletter are those of their respective authors and not necessarily represent the opinions of the Society, its officers or members with respect to any particular subject discussed in those columns. The inclusion of commercial products or services in this Newsletter is for the conve• nience of the membership only, and in no way constitutes an endorsement of said products or services by the Society or any of its officers or directors, nor will the Society be responsible for the performance of said commercial suppliers. We reserve the right to edit all material, either due to length or content, submitted.for publication. B&MRRHS CALENDAR Meetings commence at 3:30 pm on the second Saturday at Rogers Hall, Lowell, MA unless otherwise indicated. March 8th - Dick Towle of the Federal Railroad Adrriinistration will provide an FRA safery and training presentation. April 12th - Our joint meeting with the MassBayRRE group in Lowell. Guest speaker will be AMTRAK Conductor Richard Kowal who will talk about New England Railroads as well as other railroads. Membership Meetings: Dec. 2013: An entertaining member's night and annual Christmas party. Everyone in attendance enjoyed a special luncheon. Buddy Winiarz made his famous spaghetti and sauce, Fred and Quesen Brown brought their signature homemade brownies, fudge and carrot cake. Karen and Christine Nigzus helped serve party platters of sandwiches, chips, cookies and treats along with Quesen Brown and Kathy Winiarz. A grand time was had by all. Jan. 2014: President Carl Byron showed a PowerPoint presentation on the B&M's West End in the 1970's. Carl is the first to use our new L.C.D. projector, purchased by the society to enable us to host presenters with digital photos and presentations. Our new projector can accommodate a laptop, I-phone, "thumb" drive; etc. Feb. 2104 Gary Gursky once again entertained us as only he can. Being a former CSX conductor, Gary started off showing us railroad hand signals. From there we viewed slides and film from the 1940's & 50's of the New Haven and Boston & Maine Railroads. We saw various train wrecks plus a segment on New Britain, CT, former site of Stanley Tool Works. Of special note was an all-to-brief color segment of an Rid class 4-8-2 rounding Zoar Curve, followed by a passenger job behind a 3600 class Pacific in Charlemont; both circa 1946. Directions To The Rogers Hall Society Meeting Location From Rt. 495 take exit 38 which is Rt. 38, go right, this is Rogers St. Depending if you come from the north or south there are six and seven sets of lights respectively. Approximately 1.3 miles from Rt. 495 is the last set of lights (working) bears to the left here. Rogers Hall is about 3 I NEXT ISSUE I tenths of a miles on your right. Directly across the street is Rogers Fort I The deadline for submitting material | Hill Park, parking is available there. | for the Newsletter is the first of each | If you come from Rt. 133 (Andover St.) follow that until you intersect Rt. 38 in Lowell. Go through this intersection and take your third left | even month. Such material can be sent | which is High St. Go to the end and take a left and this will take you to | to the editor at the above email address | | or to 2285 Stagecoach St.SW, Los Lu- | Rogers Hall on your left and Rogers Fort Hill Park on the right. | nas,NM 87031 | If you come from Rt. 38 or Rt. 113 you need to get off at the overhead | The editor reserves the right to edit any § traffic circle as if going to St. Johns Hospital. Follow this to the intersec• | submitted material. | tion of Rts. 38 and 133 and follow the above directions to High St. 2 B&M PvR Historical Society Newsletter MEMBER INFORMATION MEMBERSHIP Newsletter • Please renew your membership within the Correspondence concerning the Newsletter can be sent to either ninety-day renewal period or you will be deleted 2285 Stagecoach, Los Lunas, NM 87031 from the membership list." All renewing members or emailed to: are provided a preaddressed renewal envelope, [email protected] containing your membership data on the flap .Please All Other Correspondence goes to the following address (or by DO NOT over tape the flap. email) including catalog orders, correspondence with the Board of • Write any address changes on an additional piece of Directors, Archives, Historian, or Bulletin. paper and include within the renewal envelope B&MRRHS, P.O. 469, Deny, NH 03038 or • Payment is by check or money order ONLY... please [email protected] In all instances involving money DO NOT send cash as the society will do not send cash. You may pay by cash if you attend not be held responsible for if lost. a Membership meeting or train show at which the society has a presence. Make checks, etc. payable to B&MRRHS Address Change: if you change your address please let the Society • If you do not get society publications after renewing know by mail or email. When you do not let us know, it costs extra for contact the society at the address below. postage: first mailing, returned postage and second mailing, i.e., three • Prior to moving, please notify the society to insure • mailing costs to one person. continued receipt of society publications, etc. Failure Society Officers, Directors and Staff to do so requires additional expenditures to have returned mail forwarded to you if your new address President Carl Byron Vice President Rick Nowell becomes known. Treasurer Paul Kosciolek • A RED DOT on your address label indicates that this Clerk Michael Basile is the last item you will receive from the Society, as Secretary Paul Kosciolek you have not renewed within the allotted timeframe. • All questions regarding your membership should be Board of Directors Dave Hampton, Rick Hurst, Dan Hyde, Gerry Kelly addressed to: Paul Kosciolek, Richard Nichols, James Nigzus, Membership Mai Sockol, Buddy Winiarz c/o B&MRRHS, PO Box 469 Alternate Directors Derry, N.H. 03038-0469 Brian Bollinger and Bob Farrenkopf. Buddy Winiarz, Membership Sec. Staff Archives Chairman Frederick N. Nowell in B&MRRHS Membership Dues Hardware Archives Chair. Vacant All values in US dollars. Dues are payable by check, money Bulletin Editor Andrew Wilson order, postal money order or cash. Sorry, but we are unable to Distribution Buddy Winiarz accept charges. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for processing. Layout and Art Director John Alan Roderick Please send membership requests to: 410 Chairman Jim Nigzus B&MRRHS - Membership Historian Russell Munroe, Jr. PO Box 469 Membership Secretary Buddy Winiarz Derry, NH 03038-0469 Modelers Notes Brace Bowden, Bob Warren Basic $35 Model Projects Coordinator Vacant Basic & Spouse $38 Newsletter Editor Bob Warren Contributing $40 Program Chairman Canada & Overseas $55 Jim Nigzus, Buddy Winiarz Sustaining $50 Show Coordinator James Nigzus Supporting $75 Webmaster Andrew Ryan Benefactor $100 www.bmrrhs .org Corporate $500 B&M RR Historical Society Newsletter 3 Amherst Railway Society Awards More Than Today, a new granite memorial on Central Shaft Road $40,000 In Grants To Preserve Rail History pays tribute to those 13 victims. Members of the Historical Presented $3,200 Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Chapter, Societies in Rowe, Florida and North Adams recently NRHS of Scranton, Pa., toward continuing restoration of unveiled the monument, with the help of a clergyman, Town Boston & Maine steam locomotive No. 3713. officials, rail enthusiasts, and a folk band. The monument is inscribed with the names of those men that died. Rev. Roy A cold, brisk Lake Erie wind whips handsome ex:Boston & Burdick of the Florida Baptist Church recited a prayer for Maine T-4a No. 757 (ex-5662) as it struggles to start a heavy the 13 men. Rev. Burdick said, "This is not the end of the westbound section of manifest freight 97 from Willard yard story. There are always stories of the Central Shaft and the in March 1957. In northern Ohio, March was usually a lion Hoosac Tunnel. for the whole month. There's a lot still going on and there will be more to continue long after we are gone." A memorial already exists in North Adams commemorating all those that died during the tunnel construction, estimated to be 193 souls, though the exact figure isn't known. Charles Cahoon of the North Adams Historical Commission has identified by name more than 100 of the men killed and hopes to search more records to find all and honor them, individually. The Berkshire Eagle Grace Hutchins via The 470 The 470 Railroad Club B&M 2-8-4 At The New Haven Engine Terminal In Springfield, One Of The Joint Facilities. Photo credit: Herbert H. Harwood Jr., Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society Hoosac Tunnel Miners Honored Members of historical societies in Rowe, Florida and North Adams, Mass honored the memory of 13 miners that lost their lives in the building of the Hoosac Tunnel. On October 19, 1867- the unlucky 13, mostly Irish immigrants- were at work about 500 feet underground at the base of the Central Shaft, one of two ventilation chutes leading from the surface to what would eventually become the Hoosac Tunnel. This tunnel link between the towns of Florida and North Adams would make possible a railroad gateway from New England to the rest of the country.
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