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Happy Holidays from Your Editors! NOVEMBER 23, 2015 ■■■■■■■■■■ VOLUME 35 ■■■■■■■■■ NUMBER 10 Happy Holidays from your editors! The Semaphore David N. Clinton, Editor-in-Chief CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Southeastern Massachusetts…………………. Paul Cutler, Jr. Paul Cutler III Cape Cod News………………………………….. Skip Burton Boston Globe Reporter………………………. Brendan Sheehan Boston Herald Reporter……………………… Jim South Wall Street Journal Reporter....………………. Paul Bonanno Rhode Island News………………………………. Tony Donatelli Empire State News………………………………. Dick Kozlowski “Amtrak News”…………………………….….. Russell Buck “The Chief’s Corner”…………………………. Fred Lockhart PRODUCTION STAFF Publication……………………………………….. Al Taylor Al Munn Web Page and photographer…………………... Joe Dumas Guest Contributors………………………………. The Semaphore is the monthly (except July) newsletter of the South Shore Model Railway Club & Museum (SSMRC) and any opinions found herein are those of the authors thereof and of the Editors and do not necessarily reflect any policies of this organization. The SSMRC, as a non-profit organization, does not endorse any position. Your comments are welcome! Please address all correspondence regarding this publication to: The Semaphore, 11 Hancock Rd., Hingham, MA 02043. ©2015 E-mail: [email protected] Club phone: 781-740-2000. Web page: www.ssmrc.org VOLUME 35 ■■■■■ NUMBER 11 ■■■■■ NOVEMBER 2015 CLUB OFFICERS President………………….Jack Foley BILL OF LADING Vice-President…….. …..Dan Peterson Treasurer………………....Will Baker Chief’s Corner.......……….3 Secretary……………….....Dave Clinton Contests .................…. .…..3 Chief Engineer……….. .Fred Lockhart Directors……………… ...Bill Garvey (’16) Clinic……………..……...5 ……………………….. .Bryan Miller (‘16) ……………………… .Mike Dolan (’17) Editor’s Notes .......……….15 ……………………… ….Roger St. Peter (’17) Members ...............……....15 Memories ..............………..4 Potpourri ................……….6 On the cover: “The Great Daily Race”. Passengers, crew and stewards were caught up in the tense excitement as two of the most famous trains of the era fought for the lead in a daily six-mile race through Chicago’s th Southside. New York Central’s mighty 20 Century Limited and Pennsylvania Railroad’s Broadway Limited departed 12:40 p.m. from different stations in downtown Chicago. They came alongside at Englewood and veered apart six miles later, providing one of the greatest ongoing grudge matches of railroad history. Regardless of your favorite,2 here are cheerful remembrances speeding your way Christmas day. (From Leanin’ Tree card. Original painting by Howard Fogg.) FORM 19 Fred Lockhart ORDERS Since the last column, we had our Fall Open NOVEMBER B.O.D. MEETING House, which went very well with respect to the Monday, November 30th 8 p.m. railroad’s performance; there were not any major DECODER & LOCO TUNE-UP CLINIC problems and the others were minor, as more Thursday, December 3rd 8 p.m. members have learned how to correct them. Case in point, losing control on a duplex throttle seems to DECEMBER BUSINESS MEETING th always be the battery voltage going below nine Monday, December 7 8 p.m. volts, if someone could only design a higher voltage ANNUAL AUCTION th battery in a nine volt case! The railroad continued Monday, December 7 after BM to run great for our November Operations, also. JUNK FOOD JOLLIES In between, and since those two operations, work Tuesday, December 8th at Editorial Offices has continued on the railroad, mostly in the areas NEWSLETTER DEADLINE of scenery and electrical. The Scenery Committee Saturday, December 26th continues to put the finishing touches on “Corner DECEMBER B.O.D. MEETING City” and is working on the permanent area of West Monday, December 28th 8 p.m. Middleton. Right now, most of the work for that area is being done at the workbench. They have a long slab of pink foam, on which they are building a residential area of homes with the backyards facing CONTESTS the railroad. Mike Dolan is still working on the cut out area near Larson. The Electrical Committee has Congratulations to Jim Ferris on winning his been wiring the LEDs for the toggle panels, with month’s 50/50 Raffle! three working and a fourth to be completed by the time this newsletter is in your hands. They have FOR DECEMBER: There are two very beautiful and also set up the interface panels so we can connect historic viaducts in northeastern Pennsylvania; both over the toggle panel for the Cedar Hill passenger 100 years old. Name them and the railroads that either terminal turnouts for manual operation. We will ran over them in days past or that presently run over probably put the LED work on hold and wire that them. panel right away, as anyone who has operated the terminal knows it can be difficult to keep track of the FOR JANUARY: Our Annual Train Calendar contest. turnout position when things get hectic. With the toggles working, one will only have to look at the What is the designation of Amtrak’s latest Electric locomotive, which replaces the “Mighty Mouse”? Also, toggles to see if all turnouts are clear and throw the what manufacturer produced this loco? As per tradition, turnouts listed on the Station master’s sheet to get contributions of RR calendars are being accepted now the correct route--a much appreciated step for and all members with correct answers will go home with better operation. The next piece of the puzzle will a RR calendar…no one loses! be the “model board”, which is in design stage at this point. When that is complete, the LEDs on it Answer forms available on old display case inside door will confirm that the correct routes are set. to train room or any piece of paper will do, or email Bad Order cards: I continue to see rolling stock answers to: [email protected]. Good luck! left around the railroad on the plywood or scenery; these should have been bad-ordered and placed on the bad order shelf in the model workshop. Why is this important? If the problem is not evident, then someone else may come along and place the piece back on the railroad, only to cause a problem during our scheduled operations. An example, of such a problem, which has happened, is a truck on 3 a hopper car that has play where it is held on by the Progress Rail, subsidiary of Caterpillar, and screw and as the car rolls down the track it purchaser of EMD, opens new locomotive plant in intermittently causes a short circuit as the metal Muncie, IN, leading to speculation that London, wheels touch the metal weight. We have a supply Ontario plant will close. (which it did.) of B.O. cards in the Cedar Hill pit by the transfer Housatonic RR proposes reviving passenger rail table also in the Model Shop and we will locate between New York and Berkshire County in MA. some in a couple other places to make it Two state governors, John Kasich (OH) and Scott convenient. Make out the card when you find a Walker (WI) turn down rail grants from Federal problem piece, that way if you forget to put it on the government, wanting to use them on highways Bad Order shelf in the shop someone else, who instead. finds the car, will know what the problem is. Your Amtrak experiments with biodiesel fuel blend in help with this problem will be greatly appreciated! the P42 locomotives pulling The Heartland Flyer. Well, that’s it for this month. Groundbreaking for $13.5 million Yawkey Fred Lockhart Commuter Rail Station on Framingham line. Chief Engineer UP Steam Program boss Steve Lee retires, after 22 years leading the program. NOVEMBER 2005 (10 years ago) David Gunn fired as head of Amtrak, due to SEMAPHORE politics. China completes world’s highest railway, running MEMORIES through Tibet, with 342 miles laid on frozen ground. Vermont Transit bus discontinues Montreal connection with Amtrak Vermonter. NOVEMBER 2010 (5 years ago) EMD receives order for 300 locomotives for NECR begins laying continuous welded rail China. program. E. Spencer Miller, famous president of MEC dies. Ground broken for 4.5 mile “Wachusett Metal-framed tent structure encloses Flying Commuter Rail” extension from Fitchburg. Yankee at Hobo RR in Lincoln, NH. Federal Government commits $120 million for New bi-level Auto Rack cars on Amtrak Auto improvements or rail line from New Haven to Train replace aged ex-Canadian National carriers. Springfield, MA. Maine moves to add fifth round-trip of Maine reaches agreement to acquire 233 miles of Downeaster. track from Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway; Final funding obtained to return ex-CPR “Royal former trackage of the BAR. Eastern Maine Hudson” #2860 to the rails. Railway, owned by Irving Oil, shows interest in Green Line to Lechmere re-opens, after 1-yr. operating part of trackage. Orville Harrold, well-liked president of the P&W, $32.5 million awarded for design phase of South dies. Station expansion project. Leg #2 extensively modified into two smaller legs. Amtrak places order for 70 new electric NOVEMBER 2000 (15 years ago) locomotives, ACS-64, to be called “Amtrak Cities Middleton Yard wiring completed, staging yard in Sprinter”, replacing the 20-30-year-old “Mighty process; scenery committee begins work, with first Mouse” AEM-7s, which average 3.5 million miles area in center of Middleton Yard. on their records! Inaugural run of Amtrak’s Acela Express. Ex-Alco Locomotive complex in Schenectady, Illinois Central RR passes into railroad corporate NY, begins transformation to condominiums, office history, taken over by Canadian National Railways. and retail space and marina. Amtrak orders 100 mail and express boxcars. Railroaders’ Memorial Museum in Altoona, PA, Automated stationary locomotive horns tested at breaks ground for new roundhouse construction. crossings in Illinois. Jon Delli Priscoli puts Edaville up for sale for $10 Amtrak takes delivery of first of 85 P42 “Genesis” million. locos, dressed in “Acela” livery. 4 UP unveils plans to build 25-story headquarters Mike Dolan, trackwork chairman, looking for building in Omaha.
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