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Key Lock & Lantern News KEY LOCK & LANTERN Jan/Feb 2021 NEWS Issue No.60 The Bi-Monthly Digital Supplement to Key Lock & Lantern Magazine Saving Adirondack Flour By Rail Legacy January Dirk Soulis Alco Locomotive #25 Project Moves Ahead Railroadiana Auction Key, Lock & Lantern A non-profit membership KEY LOCK & LANTERN corporation dedicated to the preservation of transportation history and railroad memorabilia The mission of Key, Lock & Lantern is to gather and publish information on the NEWS history of the transportation industry, The Bi-Monthly Digital Supplement to Key Lock & Lantern Magazine and to support the preservation of railroad artifacts. KL&L members have WWW.KLNL.ORG an interest in all aspects of railroad & transportation history, from research and January/February 2021 Issue #60 preservation projects to the conservation and restoration of all types of historical From the President’s Desk ...........................................................3 memorabilia. Originally formed in 1966, Railroad Event Calendar...............................................................3 Key, Lock & Lantern, Inc. was officially incorporated in 1988 as a non-profit, Key Lock & Lantern Convention Update......................................4 educational, membership corporation in the State of New Jersey, under the Railroad Events Postponed..........................................................6 provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code. Soulis Railroadiana Auction.........................................................8 Membership is open to anyone with an Saving Adirondack #25...............................................................12 interest in transportation history and in achieving the goals of the organization. Flour By Rail Legacy Project......................................................14 KL&L News & Announcements...................................................16 Officers & Trustees ............................................................21 Chairman of the Board Membership Application John Brainard KL&L News Editor..............................David Hamilton [email protected] Production Facilities.........NY-PA Collector Magazine President & Editor David Hamilton Send News Items for Publication to the Editor at: [email protected] [email protected] VP- Membership / Treasurer Marie Brainard [email protected] The Key, Lock & Lantern News is published bi-monthly as a digital supplement to the quarterly Key, Lock & Lantern magazine. Recipients may repost or forward complete Secretary and unmodified copies of this newsletter to other hobbyists and websites, but its content (Rotates Among Trustees) may not otherwise be copied or distributed without the permission of the KL&L Board of Trustees. Copyrights are held by the respective authors and photographers. Excerpts of Chaplain / Sgt at Arms news items may be published with the credit line “Key, Lock & Lantern News” Chip Greiner Annual membership dues for Key, Lock & Lantern are $30 for residents of the USA, and $40 for outside of the USA (by money order or electronic payment in US funds). Counsel Members receive four issues of the quarterly KL&L magazine, delivered via first class Jeremy Tuke mail. Memberships for additional family members are $5 each (only one magazine is sent per family). Applications for membership & address changes should be forwarded to the Historian VP-Membership at the e-mail address listed at right. Online membership forms and dues Peter Gores payment via Paypal are available at www.klnl.org. Trustees at Large Contributions of articles, photos, and news may be forwarded to the editor at the e-mail Lyman Gray, Sam Lombardi, Joel address listed at right. Hard copy articles should be written on 8 1/2 x 11” paper, and typed Shaw, Sam Ferrara, Phil Simms, or neatly printed. Photos should be sent with a caption card attached which includes the contributor’s name, phone number, and description. Photocopies of advertising and supply Leonard Gordy, Bob Lipman, Randy catalogs are acceptable. The submission of material in digital format is preferred, with Bushart, William Sternitzke, Bill text files in DOC, TXT, or PDF format, and images in JPG, TIF, BMP or GIF format. Digital Roberts, Bob Myers & Joey Senese files may be sent by e-mail or on a computer CD or flash drive. Please contact the editor regarding optimum file sizes and formats. www.klnl.org By submitting material to Key, Lock & Lantern, the contributor grants permission for use in For Current News any edition of the KL&L magazine, digital newsletter, websites, and other publications. All “Like” KL&L on material will be retained by KL&L for future use, unless the contributor specifically requests that it be returned, and includes a suitable, self-addressed, stamped envelope. Current deadlines are listed in the Key, Lock & Lantern Advertising Guide, which is available on the KL&L website at www.klnl.org, or by contacting the editor. KL&L News - Page 2 The Slow Road to Recovery Railroad Event Calendar In the last issue, I noted that the proverbial “light at the end of the tunnel” was in sight, with the start of the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine and a path toward returning to normal life. Although things are headed in the right direction, progress continues to be slow. The current unnerving situation and the tunnel analogy made me think of thirty years ago when I regularly traversed the Otisville Tunnel on the former Erie Railroad Graham Line. Those who have ridden on Metro North “West of Hudson” trains from Port Jervis, NY are no doubt familiar with the two mile long tunnel at the top of the grade east of “Port.” From the head end of the train, a pinprick of light at the far end is visible upon entering the tunnel. Working as a conductor on overnight stack train runs, it was always comforting to see that distant speck of light from the Otisville station platform Upcoming historical society conventions, special lamps, indicating a clear track ahead. events, railroadiana shows & auctions. Listings However, when the weather conditions were right, a light subject to change. Check show web sites before fog would settle inside the tunnel, blocking the view of the traveling and visit www.klnl.org for updates. See light at the other end. It was easy to imagine a heap of rocks submission guidelines at the end of the calendar. or collapsed brick liner on the tracks ahead, with dozens of Events that have been cancelled or rescheduled due to loaded SeaLand containers poised to pile up behind us if we COVID-19 have their date crossed out. Other changes came to a sudden halt. On those nights, it was an edge of the are possible - check the organizations websites. seat ride through the tunnel, but the fog always cleared and Look for Advertisements in this Issue & on the Key the light eventually appeared. Lock & Lantern Website for Events Shown in Blue The light at the end of the tunnel will be visible soon, but Feb 11-15 Online Auction - Sweetheart Express Auction. it is obvious that things are unlikely improve to the point Holabird Western Americana Collections. necessary for holding the KL&L Convention in May. Like Info:www.fhwac.com. many other organizations, we have rescheduled the KL&L Feb 13 Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville Rail Fair by convention to a summer date, in our case over the weekend Golden Spike Enterprises. of August 13-15. We are confident that most people will Info: www.gserr.com. have received the vaccine by the end of July and travel & Feb 20 Online Auction - Rail & Road Auctions online meeting restrictions will be loosened up by that point. railroadiana consignment auction. Although it is difficult to be optimistic these days, a COVID Info:www.bidrar.com. relief package is making its way through congress, the Feb 21 Catalog Auction - Railroadiana Consignment new Johnson & Johnson vaccine will soon be added to the Auction. Railroad Memories. lineup, and infection rates are declining. I am hopeful that Info: www.railroadmemories.com by KL&L Convention weekend, my biggest worry will be Feb 26-27 Fletcher, NC - Asheville Train Show. WNC that my wallet has already been emptied by all of these killer Agricultural Center. auctions that have recently taken place and are scheduled to Info: www.asheville-trainshow.com. be held over the next few weeks. Feb 27-28 Lone Jack, MO - Online railroadiana auction. With everything going on, the recent severe winter weather Dirk Soulis Auctions. almost seems like just another item to heap on the full plate. Info: www.soulisauctions.com. I hope that all of our members made it through the recent Feb 28 Catalog Auction - Golden Spike Enterprises storms in good shape. Going in to work and seeing the snow Mail Bid Railroadiana Auction. covered diesels reminded me of some the winter photos in Info:www.gserr.com the OWI-FSA collection at the Library of Congress. What a Mar 20 Lone Jack, MO - Online railroadiana auction. sight it must have been when dozens of steam locomotives Dirk Soulis Auctions. were hard at work in a frigid classification yard. I’ve pretty Info: www.soulisauctions.com. much had enough snow for the season, but we still can enjoy the classic scene shown on the front cover. Continued on Page 26 As always, thanks for everyone’s ongoing support, and I hope that you will be able to attend our rescheduled KL&L Front Cover: A December, 1942 view of the Convention in August. Until then, stay safe & healthy. Chicago & Northwestern Proviso Yard. Jack Dave Hamilton Delano Photo, Library of Congress collection. KL&L President & Editor KL&L News - Page 3 2021 Key Lock & Lantern Convention Update Important: Schedule Change! Although progress is being made in distributing the COVID with friends from other states, and crowding around tables as vaccine, it has become evident that the situation will not newly discovered memorabilia is unpacked. None of these have improved enough to the hold the KL&L Convention in things are possible with the current state of the pandemic and May. Therefore, the convention committee has rescheduled the rules that are needed to combat it. the event to the weekend of August 13-15, 2021.
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