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The Semaphore The Semaphore Newsletter of the Rochester NY Chapter, NRHS July 2007 P.O. Box 23326, Rochester, NY 14692-3326; Published Monthly Volume 49, No. 11 Program for July19: Tioga Central Trip a Success by John Redden Enjoying our Railroad! On June 30th, 105 pas- Phase II sengers enjoyed a nice day out on the Tioga Central Railroad, with a bus ride to Wellsboro, a ride on their train, and dinner in the dining cars. Power for the train was provided by two ALCO road switchers, an RS3u, and an RS-1, belonging to the Tioga Central. It in- cluded several coaches and Attendees at the June meeting enjoyed dining cars, as well as the rides on the Erie C-254 caboose. [Photo very-popular open air ob- by Gale Smith] servation car. Our train de- parted right on time, as we Last month, Chapter members and headed North from Wells- Riders await the "All Aboard" before boarding the Tioga guests "inspected" and enjoyed a year's boro Jct, toward Hamilton Central dinner train on June 30. [Gale Smith photo] worth of dedicated work by our volun- Reservoir. Our host, Dr. teers on the Chapter's railroad Jerry Bertoldo went the extra mile for our More trip photographs on Page 6. group, both figuratively and literally - our (Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad), train traveled the entire line between CP Winners of the trip raffles construction of new yard trackage, up- CORN, and the depot in the village of grades to the Restoration Building, Barbara Kelly and Barbara Haller won Wellsboro. We also staged a photo runby on the two Tioga Central RR cab rides raffle. Industry Depot and yard—and the de- the southward move, and several dozen Marge Williams won $97.50 in the 50-50 monatraation of the Plymouth 'critter'. photographers participated. raffle. The next two meetings will held at the Dinner was top-notch, in this author’s Industry Depot on NYS Route 251. opinion. We had barbecued ribs and chicken, An Added Bonus Someone will probably be on the as well as scalloped potatoes, string beans Editor: On the return trip, at about nine grounds around 6:00; sometime during with pearl onions, several choices of o'clock, our bus had to stop in Dansville to the evening (about 7:30) a short busi- beverage, and a dessert of strawberry discharge several passengers. High on the ness meeting will be held. The rest of shortcake. Jerry and his son produced some hill side above I-390, the Dansville citizens the evening will be spent "inspecting", very nice placemats and menus for the dining 'welcomed us' with a glorious July 4 th "browsing, or "riding" various rolling cars. fireworks display! Our thanks to them for stock that the Motive Power group Even the weather cooperated, providing having it several days early. assembles for your enjoyment. sunshine and photogenic clouds all afternoon. The attendance at the June Meeting A pleasant ride, with nice company, beautiful scenery, great food, with a very accommo- seemed a little sparse. Safety & Security dating railroad staff, made for a very enjoy- by Rand Warner Guests are welcomed! able trip. After many years of relative peace This is a good time to recruit new This trip was planned as a fun day for the and quiet at our Museum, we have members to the Chapter! group, as well as a fund-raiser for the suddenly had a spate of incidents; One word of CAUTION. Chapter. We believe that it succeeded in both including theft, damage and Railroad equipment is of these goals. sabotage. DANGEROUS!. Children need to be Elaine and I wish to thank our Tioga We can all help: by stopping by the closely monitored by accompanying Central host, Dr. Jerry Bertoldo, his volun- Museum and looking around anytime teer staff on the train, as well as our trip- we are in the area - day or night - planning partners, John and Karen Stewart, and Don and Flo Wawrzyniak. In addition, weekday or weekend. Mike Byrne and Jim East provided valuable advice and assisted in the planning of the Page 2 July 2007 The Semaphore Note the vacancies waiting for Track Car Operator's Membership Report volunteers to fill as operators or guides Schedule Jessica Stallone, Chairperson by Harold Russell [email protected] Depot Guides Schedule July 8: Phil McCabe No new activity to report. by Dave Peet Gary Dettman We still desperately need depot ***** July 15: Bob Moore guides for Sundays! Here’s who has Chapter & National dues volunteered so far this year. Ryan Kane Regular: $42.00 Jay Consadine Please contact Dave Peet (586-8964) First family member: $11.00 if you are available, even for only part July 22: Bob Achilles Additional family members: $4.00 each of the day! Chris Playford Local member: $20.00 (Primary membership in another Chapter) Rest of July: Open Jerry Doerr Subscription to The Semaphore only: Operators are still needed for July 1, $10 Library Report 8, 15 and 22. If you can help, call Charles Robinson, Chairman Harold Russell, 427-9159 or e-mail: The other 25-year NRHS The library staff have completed empty- haroldrussell @juno.com. award ... ing the 3 double width book cases and Several months ago, David Shields re- boxing up the books and magazines that were ceived is 25-year National Railway Historical on their shelves. These bookcases are a little Bon Voyage: Society pin. This editor apologies to David over 6 feet long and two of them have an for this very late acknowledgment. He upper section with additional shelving. These Mark Pappalardo misplaced the original notice and had to upper shelves have been detached as separate by Rand Warner contact Jessica Stallone for the information. moveable units and lower sections have been To Mark Pappalardo, our Track unscrewed from the walls. This is a big move Superintendent this past year. Mark involving 104 banker’s boxes of books and has recently relocated to Texas for a Photos wanted for 2008 magazines. Of these 14 boxes are going to new job opportunity in his field of Calendars software engineering. storage and 3 for sale. All this will be a We are turning our attention to getting our challenge, especially up the flight of stairs at We appreciate Mark’s leadership, 2008 calendar offerings ready to print when the 40&8, to John Stewart and his crew and and his many, many years of hard we can take advantage of some better printing all should appreciate his efforts in doing this. work on our main line - replacing ties, discounts. Typically we have published one A very special thanks to Bob Miner, Gale strengthening curves, and rehabbing calendar, but with the ability to print small Smith and Bob Fleck in assisting in the switches. quantities, we could offer one, two or even library with the preparations for this move. Thanks a lot Mark, and please keep three different calendars for sale. Remaining are 2 single width high book- in touch by electronics. For 2008, we would love to be able to cases and 2 low height bookcases still filled offer another full-color Rochester Subway with books that will be moved next. The calendar. We already have the start of some preparations for this next move are being good content for a full-color Greater Roches- Future Programs (Subject to change!) delayed because of so many boxes are ter area railroading calendar in the 1950s and currently in the library. In addition, there is a 2007 1960s. And in the past, we have had success need to empty these filled boxes so they can July 19: At the Depot, Industry with a full color Rochester & Genesee Valley be returned to be used again. Aug. 16: At the Depot, Industry Railroad calendar. After the above cases and their content Have photos in the categories above? Sept. 20: Buffalo Central Terminal are moved, there are 4 file cabinets, the Have an idea that you think would have a historian’s bookcase, the slide carousels in by Bill Bigler market and have the photos to back it up? We the back room and miscellaneous boxes lying Oct. 18: Keys, Locks and Lanterns would love to hear from you. Since our around of the library to go through the by Jeremy Tuke calendars are done digitally, any film images moving and storage process. Perhaps by then you might want to contribute will be scanned we will have most of the job done. Chapter Library and quickly returned to you. We also wel- Library volunteers, including myself, go come digital images, however, they need to 11 May Street, Webster (by OMID Tracks) on lengthy vacation trips and this threatens to be high quality, 4-megapixel or better images. slow up the moving process this summer. CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER If you have something to contribute, After that, winter is coming and that brings NOTICE please contact Chris Hauf the failing library furnace into question. This ([email protected] 585-381-8583) before problem makes it compelling to empty the Contributors to this issue: Harold sending your images in to insure we can use building well before the end of the year. Crouch, Jim East, Chris Hauf, Elaine them. Your help is greatly appreciated as our Hopeful when the library staff calls members Redden, John Redden, Harold Russell, Jes- calendars are very popular, helps to raise for help they will understand our problems in sica Stallone, John Stewart, and Rand funds for the Chapter, and helps to carry out getting out before the end of December 2007 Warner and various publications as our mission.
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