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August 5, 2020 Volume 40 Special Edition AUGUST 5, 2020 ■■■■■■■■■ VOLUME 40 ■■■■■■■■■■ SPECIAL EDITION 13 17 The Semaphore David N. Clinton, Editor-in-Chief CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Southeastern Massachusetts…………………. Paul Cutler, Jr. “The Operator”………………………………… Paul Cutler III Boston Globe & Wall Street Journal Reporters Paul Bonanno, Jack Foley Western Massachusetts………………………. Ron Clough 24 Rhode Island News…………………………… Tony Donatelli “The Chief’s Corner”……………………… . Fred Lockhart Mid-Atlantic News……………………………. Doug Buchanan PRODUCTION STAFF Publication…………….………………… …. … Al Taylor Al Munn Jim Ferris Bryan Miller Web Page …………………..……………….… Savery Moore Club Photographer………………………….…. Joe Dumas 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. ©2020 E-mail: [email protected] Club phone: 781-740-2000. Web page: www.ssmrc.org VOLUME 40 ■■■■■ SPECIAL EDITION ■■■■■ AUGUST 5, 2020 CLUB OFFICERS President………………….Jack Foley BILL OF LADING Vice-President…….. …..Dan Peterson Treasurer………………....Will Baker Contests ................ ….......3, 16 Secretary……………….....Dave Clinton Editor’s Notes. …............….8 Chief Engineer……….. .Fred Lockhart Directors……………… ...Bill Garvey (’20) Form 19 Calendar………….3 ……………………….. .Bryan Miller (‘20) Members ............... …….......7 ……………………… ….Roger St. Peter (’21) Potpourri ............... ..…..…...3 …………………………...Gary Mangelinkx (‘21) Running Extra ...... .….……15 What are You Doing?...........7 ON THE COVER: Everyone who has shared “what they have been doing”, over the past five issues of The Semaphore. How about sharing your story in the next issue? 2 the Annisquam River, which was constructed in FORM 19 ORDERS 1911. (RRE) ●●●●●● AMERICAN STEAM RAILROAD, which is restoring Reading T-1 4-8-4 No. 2100, has received AUGUST NEWSLETTER DEADLINE nd a notable assist in its efforts from the Reading, Blue Saturday, August 22 Mountain & Northern Railroad, which is restoring AUGUST B.O.D. MEETING (ZOOM) st sister locomotive No. 2102. While visiting the Monday, August 31 8 p.m. Reading & Northern shops in Port Clinton, Pa., to inspect the progress on 2102, the American Steam group received the gift of a new fire door casting, courtesy of the R&N and its owner, Andy Muller. CONTESTS The cast iron piece, weighing more than 130 pounds, was made by a local foundry near the Port Clinton shops. American Steam says it will save the 15 members entered Roger St. Peter’s first attempt group money and resources that can be used on at a “Word-Find” puzzle, even though it was a very other aspects of the 2100’s restoration. (TN) difficult puzzle. ●●●●●● NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL Pan Am Railways is Gunny Doug Buchanan for sale. (Again!-Ed.) The privately held company, Savery Moore Will Baker owned by 78-year-old Tim Mellon and other Bob Farrenkropf Bryan Miller investors, has enlisted BMO Financial Group to Dick Grimm Paul Cutler III assist with a potential sale transaction, according to Brendan Sheehan Dan Peterson multiple railroad industry sources. Industry Al Taylor Fred Lockhart observers say there will be considerable Ron Clough Al Munn competition to buy Pan Am, which operates on Dave Clinton 1,700 route miles and is the largest regional railroad in North America. (RA) Congratulations to Ron on winning the drawing for ●●●●●● Bryan Solomon’s just-published book, Conrail and FIFTY-ONE SIEMENS cars in the order for Amtrak its Predecessors. Bryan has authored over 40 RR state-supported service in California and the books, during his career. He is a columnist for Midwest have either been completed or are under Trains magazine and presently works full-time at construction. Cars for the Illinois Department of the Conway Scenic RR, as manager of marketing Transportation portion of that order are scheduled and events. to begin shipments near the end of July. A total of <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 137 cars are on order, replacing the original order The 37 participants in “What have you been for 130 bi-level cars by Nippon Sharyo, which doing” over the last five issues (this one included) withdrew from the process when it was unable to are pictured on page 1. Can you name them? The produce cars meeting required safety person naming the most will win the prize and if specifications. The report also indicates the first more than one, a drawing will be held. This will be Siemens Charger long-distance locomotive for for the October Business Meeting. Amtrak remains on pace for delivery in February or March 2021; Amtrak has ordered 75 of the locomotives. (TN) ●●●●●● THE COMPANY BEHIND a proposed Alaska-to- POTPOURRI Alberta railroad has commissioned engineering firm HDR to begin surveys of the Alberta portion of the SHUTTLE BUSSES will replace Commuter Rail 1,600-mile route which would connect the Alaska between Rockport and West Gloucester through Railroad to the rest of the North American rail the summer of 2021. This is due to construction of network. The line would run from a connection with a new bridge to replace the aging drawbridge over Canadian National in Northern Alberta through the North West and Yukon territories to connect with 3 the Alaska Railroad at Delta Junction, AK. The lobby and seek grants for the restoration of service planned three-month field investigation and on the route, which last saw a train in 1979. (TN) topographic modeling project would allow Alaska- ●●●●●● Alberta Railway Corp. to begin such activities as THE GOVERNMENT OF QUEBEC announced land clearing, fencing, and access-road preparation recently that construction of a rail bypass around in three to six months. (TN) the town of Lac-Mégantic will begin in 2021. The ●●●●●● Montreal Gazette reports that the 8-mile line SAN FRANCISCO’S CABLE CARS, a symbol of relocation of the Canadian Pacific, away from the the city far beyond their significance as a form of site of the 2013 derailment and fire that killed 47 transit, are likely to remain out of service until a people, should be complete in 2022. The federal coronavirus vaccine becomes available. The San government is leading the C$133 million project, to Francisco Chronicle reports that Jeffrey Tumlin, which Quebec will contribute approximately 40%. director of transportation for the San Francisco The announcement came on the eve of seventh Municipal Transportation Agency, said the cable anniversary of the disaster, which will be marked cars, shut down in mid-March, will remain sidelined with the dedication of a memorial to the victims. because of safety concerns for operators. “The Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, on Monday inaugurated cable cars require the operator to have the most its memorial to victims of the July 2013 derailment direct interaction with passengers, and we have no and fire that killed 47 people, although the site is way to protect our operators on cable cars,” Tumlin not complete because the COVID-19 pandemic has told the newspaper. (TN) slowed construction. The Espace Mémoire, ●●●●●● designed by architects Pierre Thibault and Jerome AMTRAK AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Lapierre, consists of granite benches with the would receive at least $26 billion in emergency aid silhouettes of the victims and stones, some with under the fiscal 2021 Transportation, Housing and engraved messages, recovered from the blast site. Urban Development funding bill proposed by the The memorial is at the site of the Musi-Café, where House Appropriations Committee — but the money many of the victims died when the runaway oil train for Amtrak would be tied to a requirement that the derailed and caught fire. It is meant to represent passenger railroad cannot discontinue or reduce both mourning and moving forward, Lapierre said. frequencies on any of its routes. In a press release, Canadian Pacific, which now owns the line through Jim Mathews, CEO of the Rail Passengers the community, ran no trains through Lac-Mégantic Association, said the bill shows “Congress is really on the 6th, out of respect for the anniversary and listening to Americans and recognizing tine critical event. (TN) role passenger rail and public transit have always ●●●●●● played in economic resilience.” The bill would A TRUCK being driven by a 10-year-old was struck allocate $2.05 billion for Amtrak as part of its core by a BNSF Railway train in New Madrid, Mo., appropriation, maintaining the $1.3 billion for long- leading to minor injuries for the child at the wheel. distance trains, while the emergency provisions The Sikeston, Mo., Standard Democrat reports that would include $5 billion for the Northeast Corridor the accident occurred at 3:44 p.m. on Monday and $3 billion for the national network. (TN) when the truck driven by the juvenile failed to yield ●●●●●● to the northbound train. The report makes no TWO MORE COUNTIES have agreed to join the mention of possible citations for the incident. (TN) agency looking to return Amtrak service to OK…a 10 year-old?-Ed. Montana’s southern tier, bringing to seven the ●●●●●● number of members in the planned Big Sky VOLUNTEERS AT EXPORAIL, the Canadian Passenger Rail Authority. The Missoula Current Railway Museum in Saint-Constant, Quebec, have reports Gallatin and Broadwater counties have both won the Canadian Museums Association Volunteer indicated they will join the organization; Gallatin, Award. Exporail, the Canadian Railroad Historical with its county seat in Bozeman, is the third most Association, and the Canadian Federation of populous county in the state and the second most Friends of Museums announced the award, which populous on the former North Coast Hiawatha route recognizes groups or individuals who volunteer to a after Missoula County, which has spearheaded the museum or heritage institution and have made a effort to form the authority.
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