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Cape FLYER Crew Makes Qualifying Run, May 22 THE NEWSLETTER OF THE NATIONAL RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AUGUST 2020 Cape FLYER Crew Makes Qualifying Run, May 22 By DOUG SCOTT, Director, District 1 NRHS Yes, the Cape FLYER summer weekend service from [recently rebuilt at MPI] F40PH-3C #1032 from South Station, Boston, to Hyannis was supposed to Middleboro MA to Hyannis, MA. start on May 22, 2020. Ever since the service began, it has started on the Friday night of Memorial Day The Cape Cod Chapter operates the West Barnstable Weekend. Such was not the case this year. Due to the Train Station & Museum. Some of us were at the Covid-19 virus, service was rescheduled to begin on station on May 22, practicing social distancing and Friday night, June 26. The crews have to be qualified cleaning in preparation for opening when Cape Cod to run to the Cape every year, and must refresh that if Central Railroad begins its Coastal Excursion trains they have run this route in previous years. On May 22, for the season. Then, a KEOLIS Cape FLYER crew KEOLIS made up a bit for not running the Cape qualifying extra ran past us. Although our baggage FLYER by running a crew-qualifying extra train led by cart was ready, the train did not stop. PHOTO COURTESY OF DOUG SCOTT CAPE FLYER, June 22, 2020 – KEOLIS runs the Cape FLYER, and the Cape Cod Central Railroad provides the Coastal Excursion trains. While making a crew qualifying run, the KEOLIS Cape FLYER passed the West Barnstable Train Station & Museum. Looks like some baggage missed its connection. The Cape Cod Chapter NRHS operates the Museum. NRHS News <www.nrhs.com> August 2020 2 NRHS NEWS – AUGUST 2020 Table of Contents Cape FLYER Crew Qualifying Run, West Barnstable .................................................1 Table of Contents ...........................................................................................................2 Important Notices ..........................................................................................................2 Upcoming Conferences and Conventions ...................................................................2 Submission Deadlines ...................................................................................................2 NRHS Bulletin Double Issue Coming in September ...................................................3 2020 Annual NRHS Meeting to be held Saturday, September 26, 2020....................3 Conrail Museum Planned for Shippensburg PA .........................................................6 Lackawanna RR Symposium Rescheduled to 2021....................................................7 Oregon Rail History Center Masks Up .........................................................................8 Wisconsin Chapter Connects & Meets Virtually .........................................................9 Champlain Valley Chapter’s Virtual Train Ride .........................................................11 Twilight Zone Train-Fix: Syracuse/Albany & Return.................................................12 Members & Meetings Adapt to New Conditions .......................................................19 Editor’s Notes – Recognizing Writers & Submitters.................................................19 Important Notices The 2020 NRHS Convention is cancelled due to the health pandemic. Our convention partners are uncertain if they will be open and/or available to attendees. The NRHS has issued refunds to members who had registered for the 2020 Convention. The 2020 NRHS Fall Conference (Johnson City TN) and 2021 NRHS Spring Conference (Raleigh NC) are cancelled . Be in good health and keep your eye down the line until we meet again. Upcoming Conferences and Conventions 2021 October, 2021 2021 NRHS Convention 2021 NRHS Fall Conference (date, location to be confirmed) Ronkonkoma, New York Submission Deadlines Month Print or .pdf Deadline September 2020 Print / mail August 31, 2020 October 2020 .pdf September 25 NRHS News <www.nrhs.com> August 2020 3 NRHS Bulletin Double Issue Coming in September By JEFF SMITH, Editor NRHS Bulletin NRHS 2020 members will receive a double issue of the NRHS Bulletin next month. This one-time double issue consists of Volume 83 Numbers 1 & 2 and will total 80 pages. In 2020, members will receive a total of four magazines: Volume 82 Number 4 (already published); Volume 83 Numbers 1& 2; Volume 83 Number 3; and Volume 83 number 4. NRHS members typically receive four issues of the NRHS Bulletin per year, consisting of numbers one through four in a single volume. When the NRHS experienced financial difficulties a few years ago, we published magazines irregularly. This caused issue numbers to be off when we returned to publishing four issues per year. This one-time double issue will fix the numbering problem. Going forward, all NRHS Bulletin issues will comprise a single volume within a single calendar year. If you have any questions, please contact the NRHS Bulletin Editor Jeff Smith at [email protected]. 2020 Annual NRHS Meeting to be held Saturday, September 26, 2020 By ROBERT ERNST, Secretary NRHS The Annual Meeting of the National Railway Historical Society, Incorporated, for 2020 will be held via GoToMeeting on Saturday, September 26, 2020. The call will commence at 1:00PM EDT/10:00AM PDT. • To join the webinar meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone, the login information is: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/816364413 • You can also dial in using your phone. U.S.: +1 (669) 224-3412 Access Code: 816-364-413. • New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/816364413 NRHS members will vote on several proposed changes to the Bylaws and act on any society business as may come before the members for the Annual Meeting. Chapter Members, At Large Members, and Family Members in good standing with the National Railway Historical Society may vote only by proxy for the 2020 Annual meeting. Each member should complete an individual proxy which has been mailed to all members. A copy of the proxy form is included after this article. You may obtain additional copies of the proxy by mail from the Secretary (Mr. Robert J. Ernst, Secretary NRHS, 5245 S. Newland Avenue, Chicago IL 60638-1125) or send a request by email to [email protected]. To be effective, your proxy must be in the Secretary's hands by September 1, 2020. If you received your proxy by mail and returned it to the Secretary you do not need to complete the proxy printed in this issue. The proxy results will be given on the webinar. During the call, President Al Weber will give his report to the Membership. Members will be able to listen during the call and submit a question or comment in the chat room; however, questions and comments are best handled if submitted prior to the webinar. All questions and comments from the membership must be submitted to the President or Secretary by September 1, 2020 via email at [email protected] or via mail to the address listed above. President Weber will respond to the questions and comments as part of his report on September 26. Two important items follow at the end of this article • A copy of the NRHS Bylaws Changes - 2020 • A copy of the proxy form . Reminder - All questions and comments from the membership must be submitted to the President or Secretary by September 1, 2020 at the email [email protected] or [email protected] . NRHS News <www.nrhs.com> August 2020 4 NRHS Bylaws Changes – 2020 At its meeting on November 9, 2019, the NRHS Board of Directors voted on and passed eight (8) changes to the Bylaws. Per Article XV of the Bylaws, dated June 2011. We are forwarding those changes to the NRHS members in good standing for approval. Those eight recommended changes are as follows: 1. Replace the text of Article VII, Section 3, to read as follows: “All of the seats on the Board of Directors shall be elected directly by the voting members in good standing of the Society. Of the eleven (11) seats on the Board of Directors, two (2) shall be held by the President and Vice President, who shall be elected by all voting members. The remaining nine (9) seats shall be elected by all voting members .” 2. Delete all of the text to Article VII, Section 5, and all of its subparagraphs. 3. Replace the text of Article VII, Section 6, to read as follows: “Each individual who serves as a member of the Board of Directors may not exceed eight consecutive years of service on the Board. Members of the Board of Directors shall serve for a maximum of four (4) two year terms . “ 4. Replace the text of Article VII, Section 9, to read as follows: “Upon ratification of these Bylaws, these Bylaws will take effect on January 1, 2021. The Board of Directors seated on January 1, 2021 will retain their seats until new elections can be held and the members elect a new Board of Directors as follows: a) The President shall be elected to a new four-year term that ends in the next even-numbered year that is not a Leap Year, i.e. 2022. b) The Vice-President shall be elected to a new four-year term that ends in the following Leap Year, i.e. 2024. c) The remaining Board of Directors members shall be elected to two-year terms that end in the next even numbered year. “ 5. Replace the text of Article VII, Section 13, to read as follows: “Subsequent to the adoption of these Bylaws, the newly elected Board of Directors shall convene for organization on a weekend date in October or November of the year in which the society election occurs. The date of the meeting shall be fixed by the President or a vote of the Board of Directors at a previous meeting. The
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