toston & Maine Railroad Historical Society ^ WSLBITE Patrick Abegg, Editor • P.O. Box 418 • Gloucester, MA 01930 • Email: [email protected] Visit the B&MRRHS on the web at http://come.to/bmrrhs Meeting/Membership Telephone Number (978) 454-3600 January-February 2001 Opinions expressed in the signed columns or letters of this Afewsfefferare those of their respective authors and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Society, its officers or members with respect to any particular subject discussed in those columns. The mention of commercial products or services in this Newsletter ts for the conve• nience of the membership only, and in no way constitutes an endorsement of said products or services by the Society or any of its officers or directors, nor will the Society be responsible for the performance of said commercial suppliers. We reserve the right to edit all material, either due to length or content submitted for publication. — B&MRRHS CALENDAR — January 13, 2001 Carl Byron will be giving us a slide show on the B&M in the 1970's. Carl will be signing copies of latest book, "Trackside Around Boston 1942-1962," as well as copies of his previous books. Copies will be available for sale at the meeting. February 10, 2001 Dr. Bruce Heald will be giving a presentation on the history of the MS Mount Washington, from the days under B&M ownership down to the present. March 10,2001 Gary Young will show various videos of railroading in New England. April, 2001 Our annual Joint meeting with the Mass. Bay Railroad Enthusiasts. Details and date in next Newsletter. All Lowell meetings are held on the second Saturday of any given month in the BOOTT MILLS THEATER (2nd floor) at 3:30 PM unless otherwise noted. If you forget what the program will be please call the Society's phone line. DIRECTIONS TO THE LOWELL MEETING PLACE—at the traffic light near the Mogan Center, take a right or left depending on which way you come down French St., go past the little guard shack (Parking lot is on right-Boarding House Park is to the left), Walk over the trolley tracks and bridge. Into the courtyard, bear to the right and go to the end. The doorway will be lighted. Also look for signs. VISITORS MUST PARK IN THE LOT ON FRENCH STREET—NO PARKING IS ALLOWED IN THE COURTYARD. WINTER MEETING CANCELLATIONS With the winter months upon us again, we remind everyone that if a snowstorm or other serious weather situation warrants such, the B&MRRHS meeting will be cancelled or postponed. To find out whether the meeting has been called dueto weather, we ask that you call the society's answering machine after 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. And as usual, we ask that when in doubt, you should use discretion—if you don't want to drive in it, we probably don't either! B&MRRHS Newsletter Page 7 Society Addresses SOCIETY NEWS... Membership: B&MRRHS - Membership WILDER, GOODWIN P.O. Box 9116 RECEIVE AWARDS Lowell, MA 01852 The Society presented plaques to H. Arnold Wilder and Newsletter: John Goodwin in appreciation of their continued service B&MRRHS to the Society. The presentation was made at the P.O. Box 418 September members meeting when they presented their Gloucester, MA 01930 show on the Stony Brook line. Both of these men have E-mail: [email protected] given of their time and knowledge to the Society for many years. Business Address: B&MRRHS P.O. Box 469 Deny, NH 03038 SOCIETY OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND STAFF E-mail: [email protected] (Please note change of e- President Paul T. Kosciolek maU address) Vice President Joseph N. Shaw Which address should you use? For membership payments, Treasurer Allan Klatsky use the membership box in Lowell. For any correspondence Secretary Buddy Winiarz concerning the Newsletter, use the Newsletter box in Clerk Richard Nichols Gloucester. Everything else should go to the Derry address. This includes catalog orders and correspondence with the Board Of Directors Archives, Historian, Bulletin, and Board of Directors. As James Nigzus, Jr always, include a SASE or postage if you want a reply to your Brian Bollinger correspondence. Russell Munroe, Jr. Daniel Hyde John Goodwin Wayne M. Gagnon IMPORTANT Fred Brown MEMBERSHIP NOTICE George "Sandy" Shephard Buddy Winiarz IMPORTANT MEMBERSHIP NOTICE Alternate Directors As of September 1, 2000 dues in the following cate• gories will be going up. The B&MRRHS hasn't raised Ellis Walker dues since 1988 and with the rising costs of printing and Allan Klatsky mailing we have to do it. At the May meeting of the Board of Directors it was voted on to do so. Staff Basic from $25.00 to $30.00 Historian: Vacant Basic + from $27.00 to $32.00 Membership Secretary: Buddy Winiarz Foreign and Canadian from $35.00 to $45.00 Archives Chairman: Frederick N. Nowell UJ Show Coordinator: James Nigzus, Jr. At the same time, we are raising the newsstand price Program Chairman: Vacant of the Bulletin to $10 per issue. Bulletin Technical Assistant: David A. Fletcher Bulletin Production Asst.: Brian Bollinger The Board of Directors has votedto institute a $28 Bulletin Distribution: John A. Goodwin charge for returned checks. This applies to all Society Newsletter Editor: Patrick Abegg transactions. This reflects the expenses that the Modelers Notes: Bruce Bowden, Robert Warren Society incurs when a check is returned. Model Projects Coordinator: Vacant Bulletin Editor: Andrew Wilson Layout And Art Director: John Alan Roderick Contributing Editor: Craig Delia Penna, George H. Drury Page 2 B&MRRHS Newsletter NOTICE CONCERNING THE ESTATE of From the Board... HARRY A.FRYE The Board of Directors would like to ask all members who have borrowed Society materials to return them Avid train collector and B&MRRHS Historian Harry when they are finished with them. This will ensure that A. Prye of Hooksett, New Hampshire, died on these materials are available to other members of the September 2, 2000. The law firm of Sulloway & Hollis, Society, and that the Society's ownership of such materi• PLLC.has been appointed Administrator of the Estate of al will not be called into question if circumstances arise. Harry A. Frye. Anyone holding items that belong to Harry A. Frye - OR - anyone who can identify items held by Harry A. Frye that did not belong to him should con• tact Attorney Elise H. Salek of Salloway & Hollis, PLLC, 9 Capitol Street, PO Box 1256, Concord, NH 03302-1256 (603-224-2341) on or before April 13,2001. FROM THE ARCHIVES Drawings. We have good coverage in the areas of track pro• Resources for Modelers files, signal plans, and steam locomotive and component The Archives Committee handles many modeler inquiries dur• drawings. We hold a comprehensive collection of system ing the course of the year. Modelers are welcome to visit the maps. You will find large-scale valuation maps for many Archives and browse through the wide variety of materials B&M valuation sections. We have less extensive coverage in that is available. When information is needed, the following the areas of diesel locomotive, car, station, and yard drawings. sources often prove helpful. (We can always use more material in these areas). B&M Bulletin. The Bulletin has been the Society's premier pub• Time tables. We hold a large collection of employee and pub• lication since 1971. Its issues contain many photos and drawings lic time tables that contain station lists and interesting operat• of trains, locomotives, cars, and structures. Also, many maps and ing details. equipment rosters. An index is available for volumes I through XX and a reprint of volumes I through V will soon be available. Freight train symbol books. Contain symbol descriptions, routes, and schedules of B&M/Guilford freight trains from the Modelers Notes. This series is a regular feature of the 1920s to the present. Society's Newsletter. Contains, photos, drawings, operating details, and modeling instructions. Operating rules. Modelers will find early operating rules in employee timetables. Later, separate rule books were pub• Photographs. Structure photos are filed by location; locomo• lished. The Archives has an extensive collection of them. tive photos by railroad, class, and road number; rolling stock by type. (We need good freight car photos from all eras). File cabinets. "Vertical Files." Subject, e.g. air brakes, bridges, curves and turnouts, cars-passenger, cars-freight files Boston and Maine Railroad Employees Magazine. material, cars-work. Published several times a year between 19xx and 19xx. Contains photos and detailed articles about structures, locomo• Good luck with your modeling projects. Hope to see you at the tives, cars, equipment, signal systems, etc. Also a large amount Archives soon. of operating information. Unfortunately, there is no index ICC Valuation field notes. ICC field engineers made an extensive physical survey of the B&M beginning in xxxx. The Society holds NOTICE OF ARCHIVES HOURS detailed field notes for many B&M valuation sections. These notes The B&MRRHS archives are located in the contain dimensional and component information about many B&M Patrick Mogan Culture Center at 40 French St., structures including floor plans of many stations. Lowell, Ma. They are generally open Mon.—Fri. 9 to 5 and Sat. 10 to 3. Closed Sun. and holidays. For Locomotive and car records. We hold extensive steam loco• further information and to see if they are open call motive roster material and card file service records for steam 978-934-4997 or 4998. and diesel locomotives and passenger cars. Of particular inter• est is the Leroy Hutchinson collection of passenger car infor• mation.