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July 2010
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - 2010 Election - Events
Photos: Wolfeborough RR meets tthe Mt Washington steamer - Al Periera giving talk on digital photography at AGM - Wolfeborough RR - Wolfeborough Railcar crossing the Crescent Lake causeway - Wolfeborough Map - Wolfeborough Station - Amqui Station - McCloud River No. 18 - Wheeling & Lake Erie Car - CN 4-8-4
History: The Wolfeborough Railroad -
Interest:
News: Amqui Station saved by Johnny Cash to reopen MADISON - 20th Century Fox shoots McCloud River No. 18 in action - CSX upstate New York high speed rail deal - Portsmouth VA railroad museum nears completion - Former American Orient Express cars to roll again as American Railway Explorer - Salvage of Knox & Kane track begins - Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway rolled out its first business car - A preservation group is working with BNSF Railway to save a famous piece of graffiti on the wall of the station at Beach - Amtrak plans study of new tunnel beneath Hudson River - CN 4-8-4 moves by truck to new home GUELPH, Ont - the Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum has purchased a historic Wiscasset & Quebec coach from the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad
June 2010
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - 2010 Election Slate - Events
Photos: B&M 3685 with Pine Tree Limited at North Station in 1931 - Western Maryland 734 - Biking Maps - Salisbury viaduct (PA), more biking - Tehachapi Pass Railroad - William Hood - An Amtrak inspection train - McKeen Motorcar - Age of Steam Roundhouse
History: History Lesson, connecting the loop of the Tehachapi Pass Railroad
Interest: Biking Coal Country’s Tracks and Tunnels -
News: Maine Eastern prepares for start of passenger season - Amtrak visits Florida East Coast - Tornado Group want to build another steam engine (Gresley P2) - Last "Armstrong" interlocking in US shut down (Ill) - MBTA Old Colony tie project will require weekend shutdowns - Amtrak extends Vermont discounts - Milwaukee 261 sold, will continue operating - McKeen Motorcar Rides Again - Staten Island S1 heads for Catskill Mountain Railroad - Walls raised at Age of Steam Roundhouse SUGARCREEK, Ohio - Northeast states to FRA: plan for Northeast Corridor upgrades
May 2010
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - 2010 Election Slate - Events
Photos: BM 4017 A northbound extra seen leaving Worcester yards in 1939 - Railtrails (May 23rd) - Bradford Rail Trail (behind Roma Restaurant and behind Elm St - Waushakum Live Steamers - Spectacle Pond to flood over Pan Am Railways’ main line east of Ayer,MA - Housatonic Railroad plans to reopen its main line - St. Paul Union Depot
History: On the Right Track (Bradford Rail Trail)
Interest: Restaurant on tap for Lower Millyard (which has put SPRRHS's at risk) - The Waushakum Live Steamers in Holliston, MA
News: Monticello receives first-built SD40 - Pan Am Railways recovers from New England floods - Maine bonding proposal would purchase MM&A rail lines - Housatonic to participate in 'Railroad days' - Work on Kinzua Viaduct progresses MOUNT JEWETT, Pa. - Housatonic Railroad plans to reopen its main line to Pittsfield April 8th - STRASBURG, Pa. — The Association of Railway Museums and the Tourist Railway Association Inc. will cooperate in publications, meetings, and other areas - Amtrak plans blues train for National Train Day (May 6) - Famed K4s No. 1361 headed for static display - STB: Maine, MM&A should mediate abandonment - The last bastion of bar cars will live on, much to the relief of the Metro-North New Haven Line riders who frequent the cars. - Renovation plans for St. Paul Union Depot ahead of schedule - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will visit Connecticut today to discuss improved rail service - The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania will hold its second annual Conrail Days May 21 through 23
April 2010
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Gift Memberships - 2010 Election - Events
Photos: Chinese bullet train - Alec Flickinger and Senior Center layout - Switchbacks, Stevens Pass - Amtraks President Joseph Boardman - Amtrak displayed P40 No. 832 and two sleepers and a diner, all recently restored at the railroad's Beech Grove - Angels Flight Funicular
History: Scaling the switchbacks
Interest: US Bullet Trains to the Rescue - Alec Flickinger and Senior Center layout
News: Centenial of Canadian deadly avalanche - Amtraks President Joseph Boardman wants to do real stuff - Canada: Amtrak must pay for 'Adirondack' screening - Money raised for restoration of 'Lindbergh Engine' STRASBURG - Former Colorado mayor sends waves of support to passing trains - Channel Tunnel operator looks at running freight - Maine, MM&A spar over abandonment plan :: The Maine Department of Transportation asked the Surface Transportation Board to reject a regional railroad's plan to abandon 240 miles of track yesterday. The Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railroad - B&O Railroad Museum finishes restoration of 1863 steam locomotive BALTIMORE - Work to begin this year on 'Downeaster' extension, State officials say work could begin this summer to improve Pan Am Railways tracks between Portland and Brunswick - Coal land lease clears way for Tongue River Railroad ASHLAND, Mont. - Locomotive enters open drawbridge, closes short lin, A Chesapeake & Albemarle locomotive entered the trestle leading to an open drawbridge and stopped just short of plunging into a waterway - LOS ANGELES — Angels Flight is back. After shutting down in 2001 following a fatal accident, the oneblock long funicular railway began operating again
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This month we feature: The Provident Bank
Jocelyn Marine
Richard Gale Landscape Archtects

March 2010
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Gift Memberships - 2010 Election - Events
Photos: Amtrak Lakeshore Ltd - outside, dining, sleeping - Triton after crash - A1 Pacific Tornado -
History: Recalling the fatal 1890 crash of the logging loco Triton January 31, 1890
Interest: Overnight train’s virtues put anxieties to sleep (Lakeshore Ltd NY-Chicago)
News: City of Dallas files suit to force railroad museum to move - Stimulus funds spare historic MKT bridge (an abandoned ex-Missouri-Kansas-Texas bridge) - Royal couple travels behind 'Tornado', Britain's Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, duchess of Cornwall, rode behind 4-6-2 A1 Pacific Tornado - Poland "Steam Parade" to feature 19 working locomotives on May 1 2010 - Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway files to to abandon 233 miles of track in northern Maine - Pittsburgh Locomotive Works face demolition - Montana's Alder Gulch Short Line won't operate steam on its railroad this year, but will operate its normal slate of tourist trains - NJ Transit to begin restoring Lackawanna Cutoff this year - A federal agency has signaled support for a new 3.3-mile spur to connect Vermont Railway's Burlington-Rutland, Vt., main line to a major marble quarry - Federal money to jump-start Moynihan Station - Genesee & Wyoming has reached an agreement to operate the newly constructed Bloom Lake Railway, an eastern Canadian ore-hauler - Potomac Eagle Scenic to host West Virginia steam weekend June 25-27 - Amtrak prepares to break ground on Niantic drawbridge - New York officials are planning an 11-mile high speed rail test track in the western part of the state parallel to CSX's Albany-Buffalo, N.Y., main line - Four steamers to headline Steamfest II - 'Flying Scotsman' restoration date moves back to mid 2010 - Talgos to open new Milwaukee assembly plant
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This month we feature: Amesbury Improvement Association
David Dow
Charles Schissel
Citizens Bank

February 2010
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF SPRRHS RAILROAD MUSEUM
Photos: BM 3662 Stands at Sallem MA :Octoberr 1955 - Emergency Brake - This Rock Island paint scheme - Sweden: IORE double-section heavy haul locomotives
History:
Interest: High speed rail in the Northeast: Beyond the Corridor, slow trains get some help - ‘Emergency Brake’ (But Don’t Pull It) -
News: Decenber Weather halts Eurostar, strands passengers - China launches world's fastest train (217mph) - Board approves Alaska Railroad extension - Reading & Northern adds 6-mile short line : Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern has begun operations over the six-mile Towanda-Monroeton Shippers Lifeline Railroad - BNSF Railway and Watco's Stillwater Central have launched a unit crude oil train service between North Dakota's Bakken oil fields and a terminal in Oklahoma - Amtrak's Boardman: new cars, locomotives on their way - Massachusetts aims for expansion of Boston's South Station - Union Pacific operates monster intermodal train from Texas to California (3.5 miles long) - Niles Canyon to hold second Steamfest FREMONT, Calif. - Errant boxcar door cripples Amtrak's 'Silver Star' dining car - Iowa Interstate's Rock Island 'Heritage Unit' emerges A Union Pacific locomotive traction motor went missing last month - Short line opens in Washington State SNOHOMISH, Wash. Eastside Rail Freight - Fish Car documentary on the restoration of 97-year-old "fish car" Badger No. 2 - Milwaukee Road 261 sold - Center for Railroad Photography & Art announces April conference - Bombardier builds locomotives for Sweden Iore routes
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This month we feature: Amesbury Industrial
Amesbury Glass
Windwmill School
Amesbury Chamber of Commerce

January 2010
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report
Photos: B&M 3670 stans at Salem Aug 29, 1954 - Action shot of Russ Munroe at Railway Express 2009 - Grand Central Control Room and station pictures - ATSF 2-10-2 No. 940 - White Pass & Yukon shovelnose diesels Nos. 91 and 99 - John S. Reed 4-4-2locomotive
History: 3 articles on Prides Crossing Crash in 1981 (orginal article run in Salisburypoints 2005-06)
Interest: The zoo that is grand central - at full gallop (New York Times 11/26/2009)
News: Empire Service returns to normal following disabled crane SPUYTEN DUYVIL, N.Y. - Amtrak Downeaster hits abandoned vehicle at a railroad crossing in North Andover - The NRMA and California State Parks have signed an agreement to develop a model railroad exhibit at the California State Railroad Museum - Ohio rail park plans on track The Fostoria Iron Triangle Rail Park is one step closer to reality - Salt Lake City may bring back streetcars - Vandals strike Kentucky rail museum Elkhorn City Railroad Museum - Santa Fe No. 940 to move this week BARTLESVILLE, Okla.- Why the Army-Navy special didn't run this year - New locomotive rebuilder formed in Washington State A newly formed locomotive rebuilding company (Global Locomotive)will finish overhauling White Pass & Yukon's fleet of General Electric shovel-nose diesels near Olympia - Historic New Haven "Solari" boards to be replaced - Amtrak restores 'Lake Shore' dining car - $10 million allocated for MBTA Fitchburg Line improvements - Historic John S. Reed 4-4-2locomotive (1/8 scale) to be dedicated in Kansas City - Move could place Gettysburg station in national park - Free rider on freight nearly frozen on freight train hopper
December 2009
 
Club: Board Notes - Railway Express 2009 Help Needed - Treasurer's Report - Events
Photos: B&M 2725 att Biillllerriica (MA) Shops c1953 - Bob Grodzicki, the Painter/Archivist with the newly renovated library area in the SPRRHS Museum - Alec Flickinger the mastermind behind the new HO layout at the Amesbury Senior Center - Railroad Square”, later, “Depot Square” and in 1960, Luigi Marelli Square(Hampton, NH) - The Poughkeepsie High Bridge Walkway - Niles Canyon 1924-built Clover Valley Lumber Co. 2-6-6-2T No. 4EMD BL2 diesels pass through Waukesha - One of two Iowa Pacific F3s gets a coat of paint - China HXN5 locomotives
History: Depot Square has had many a name (Hampton, NH) -
Interest: Awessome Train Set,Mr.. Buffett - if you are the investor Warren E. Buffett, you can purchase the complete set of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, for $26 billion or so - The Poughkeepsie High Bridge Walkway
News: Niantic River drawbridge became stuck - State grant to explore double-tracking New Haven-Springfield - Vandals cause more than $100,000 in damage to the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum - Father and son railfans killed walking on tracks in California -C&TS K27's boiler shipped to Alabama for rebuild CHAMA, N.M. - Niles Canyon tank engine wins TRAINS Preservation Award WAUKESHA, Wis. - Canadian Pacific will stop its trains Wednesday and ask engineers to sound their horns in honor of Veteran's Day - Santa Fe steamer to move , Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 2-10-2 steam engine No. 940 will be moved to a new display location at Bartlesville's historic Santa Fe station - Berkshire Hathaway will sell its shares in Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern - A variety of motive power ranging from E8s to SD9043MACs is headed for Iowa Pacific Holdings short lines - - The Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum is working to raise money to fix damage done by vandals - Steam guru Jerry Joe Jacobson has launched a Web site that will update fans on the progress of his Age of Steam Roundhouse, now under construction. - Denver ski train gears up for the new winter season with a new operator - GE Transportation has reached an agreement with CSR Qishuyan Locomotive Co., Ltd. to provide 300 Evolution series diesel engines to be installed in new China HXN5 locomotives - Study looks at 'real' cost of a Vermont train ticket - A woman who was hit by a train while standing on an active railroad line taking a picture has sued BNSF Railway for $6 million
November 2009
 
Club: Board Notes - Railway Express 2009 Help Needed - Treasurer's Report - Events
Photos: B&M 100 (ex 1455)) at Edaville in 1958 - Ramapo Valley MRC - Pullman Pacific Sands - Sierra Railway 2-6-2 No. 30 - Long-awaited walkway over Poughkeepsie Bridge opens NY - St. Paul Union Depot = Virginia & Truckee McKeen motor car No. 22 - Watco has donated Frisco cement hopper 84199 -
History: Private Railcars - Poughkeepsie Bridge opens NY -
Interest: Tour de Chooch Flyer for 2009 - Hobbyists, Vets and a Big Fight Over a Small-Scale Landscape NJ -
News: Haverhill Rail Service to Upgrade - West Coast: Two locomotives will see steam (Sunset Timber Co. Heisler No. 1., Sierra Railway 2-6-2 No. 30) - Federal Railroad Administration decision on high-speed rail grants coming this winter - Half-naked mooner caught, dragged by train BERLIN - Ohio tourist Minerva's Steam Railroad Museum - Plans move ahead to renovate St. Paul Union Depot - Virginia & Truckee McKeen motor car No. 22 moved under its own power today for the first time in 64 years - NJ Transit to break ground on Pennsauken Station - Amtrak has begun replacing transformers and other electrical equipment n NE corridor - Watco Inc. yesterday a two-bay covered cement hopper to the Heart of the Heartlands Museum for preservation. - New York subway derailment snarls morning rush hour - Long-awaited M-8 cars to begin journey to Connecticut - A new affiliate of Cape May Seashore Lines has begun working to reopen an ex-Central Railroad of New Jersey branch to Woodmansie, N.J. - Study to look at restoring Staten Island North Shore line - Plaistow NH talks MBTA commuter trains - Doubts swirl around steamer 261's future MINNEAPOLIS

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This month we feature: Tibbetts Electric
Edward Jones
Stone Ridge Properties
Vermettes

October 2009
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurer's Report
Photos: Minuteman (Flying Yankee) departs South Station - Ferdinand Magellan (1942): Outside; Ladies Bedroom; Conference Room; Lounge; Corridor; President Trueman - North Conrailfan day: Ben teaching kids on handcar; Ben teaching Peter on handcar; Kathie womannng the SPRRHS table; Bens birthday lunch (19) - Trails and Sails: Walter running the 3 gauge; Bob and Sel manning the station - Lindbergh E6 - Saginaw Timber Co. 2-8-2 - Chinese-built 2-10-2 "QJ"
History: Presidential Passage - the Ferdinand Magellan passenger car
Interest: Haverill Rail Service to Upgrade
News: Boiler work progresses on Mid-Continent Mikado NORTH FREEDOM, Wis. — One of the long-time steam, repaired boiler for privately owned Saginaw Timber Co. 2-8-2 No. - Coal to begin shipping on new BNSF line BROADVIEW, Mont - Homeland Security chief Report "suspicious photographers" - Federal grant will realign Finger Lakes Railway line WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. - 'Adirondack' car will get dome for fall color season; Amtrak NY to Montreal - Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania plans to restore Pennsy Lindbergh E6 STRASBURG, Pa. - Museum seeks help in restoring car 'Ferdinand Magellan' MIAMI - Canadian Pacific plans celebration of spiral tunnel centennial - MBTA nears agreement on Rhode Island extension - Metro-North proposes Connecticut to Penn Station revival - Niantic drawbridge replacement advances NEW LONDON, Conn. - Penn Station plan gets new life in Amtrak deal - Two narrow gauge tourist train German steam collision injures 52 RADEBEUL, Germany — Metro-North prepares launch of Giants Stadium service - Virginian passenger station renovation gets OK ROANOKE, Va. - Colorado Ski Train gets nod to run this year DENVER - Corman's 'Old Smokey' steam locomotive puts on a show MIDWAY, Ky. = R.J. Corman's Chinese-built 2-10-2 "QJ" - CSX to sell Massachusetts lines for commuter service

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This month we feature: The Salmon Team
The Riverwalk Bead Shop
The Dog Connection
Richard Gale - Landscape Architect

September 2009
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurer's Report
Photos: BM4104 East Wind at Worcester (1950) - Tibet - Mount Rainier Scenic - Amtrak Tomatoes - CF7 #7104 - Eureka - UP Bridge - GN441
History: Into the logging railroaders realm - Maine Milk in Boston Milk Shed
Interest: Riding the Tibetan Plateau -
News: CP sells Montreal Windsor Station - Tennessee Valley Rail Museum Link Exhibit - RN to close Leesport-Hamburg route - Amtrak rolls out first rebuilt superline - Engineer faces charges for letting passenger run train - Great Train Robber released from prizon (UK) - Mount Rainier Scenic steams up geared engine - Amtrak ridership slump continues - NS picks site for new PN intermodal yard - Stralight makes tomato paste in crash - NY town leans to makeing Adirondak Bike Path - CF7 #7104 donated to museum group CARONA, Kan - Feds make downpayment on Jersey-Manhattan Tunnel - Amtrak won't stop in Pittsburg during G7 summitt - MM&A proposes massive abandonment BANGOR, ME - 1st train in 70 years on Virginia and Truckee CARSON CITY, Nev - Eurteka 4-4-0 returns to Durangon and Silverton - UP opens massive new bridge BOONE, Iowa - Big Sky Blue F45 GN441 prepped for shipment to Montana (as timeshare)

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This month we feature: Amesbury Playhouse
Port Sheet Metal
Portside Technologies
The Provident Bank

August 2009
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurer's Report
Photos: B&A #402 on Grand Jct branch at Cunard Pier 1936 - Deer Island Clean Up Party - Bob Palinos Classic Car at SP Station - with Sel and Bud looking on - Conway Scenic Railroad Schnabel Train, June 26, 2009 - A typical transformer being lowerd on to the Emmert Internatinal Schnabel Train - Bailey Electric Car on display at Amesbury Block party in June 2009 - Flagg Coal Co. 0-4-0T and another tank engine put on a steam show Sunday for Owosso Train Festival 2009
History: Remembering the railroad depot on Pond St, Newburyport - The New Bailey Electric Roadster
Interest: Conway Scenic Railroad delivered two halves of a transformer on Schnabel Train, June 26, 2009
News: No. 844 to pull Frontier Days train CHEYENNE, Wyo. - wanna buy a Turboliner GLENVILLE, N.Y. - NTSB releases information on the Disney World monorail incident on July 5, 2009 - Sabotage suspected in runaway storage cars GILMOUR, Ind. - Work begins on new Texas commuter line DENTON - Strasburg opens up shop to fans LANCASTER, Pa. , Strasburg Rail Road will open up its shops to railfans Oct. 3 and 4, 2009 - History Channel declines to pick up 'Extreme Trains' again - Steam, diesel relics to be saved from scrapyard ROANOKE, Va - New England lays out high speed vision BOSTON - LIRR engineer let passenger run train - New Hampshire looks into controversial line lease CONCORD - U.K. NG/G16 Beyer Garratt to be restored and run on Welsh Highland Railways PORTHMADOG, Wales - Draw mechanism fails on key Amtrak bridge NEW LONDON - A new life for Massachusetts Grafton & Upton short line? UPTON, Mass - Britain plans $1.65 billion electrification LONDON - Train Festival draws 36,000 OWOSSO, Mich - Rohr vehicle moves to museum for preservation PUEBLO, Colo - Maine Eastern eyes passenger locomotive shop projects BRUNSWICK, Maine

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This month we feature: Newbury Animal Hospital
Garry Little DDS
Newburyport 5c Bank
Michael Madden

July 2009
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurer's Report - Election Results - New Membership Year Dues Due !
Photos: B&M 2388 at North Conway in 1933 - Map of Vision of High Speed Rail - NH Map - Ben Porter and Flying Yankee - - Brad Kippen and Family on the OHIO Central - SPRRHS folks on the Hobo Railroad & at Clarke's Trading Post (June 13th)
History: On High, A Fresh Look at the NY HighLine
Interest: All Abord? Not yet for NH Rail
News: Long winter for Escbabana and Lake Superior - Cleveland non-profit may be forced to auction 30+ streetcar collection - Baltimore Penn Station to get Hotel - CN Faulted, but mysteries remain on runaway - Minnesota Transportation Museum revived SDP40 diesel - GM Bankruptcy recalls specter of Penn Central - Groundbreaking planned for NJ tunnel - Pocono-NY train gets approval - Grand Canyon Railway owner buys GrandeLuxe cars - UP donates SD40T-2 to firefighter training center - Skytop hulks bound for museum - 0-4-0 steam this weekend in Lindstrom Minn.
June 2009
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurer's Report - Election Slate Warning - New Membership Year Dues Due !
Photos: Washington Cog Railway - Sylvester Marsh - Cog Slideboards - Antique Pitsburg Streetcar - MC SF30B #42 - YP&Y #90 - Amtrak Christmas Carol
History: Gearing up the mountain cog railway
Interest: Experimental Edge of Concrete Ties over Wooden Ones
News: New Jersey Short Line gets rehab grant - Nevada State museum to celebrate golden spike - Non-Profit organization to operate East Broad Top - Vandals move loco into path of freight train (Minot ND) - Power Co re-opens Penn RR Branch (Edwardsport Ind) - Antique Pittsburg car arrives in trolley museum (Washington PA) - SF Beep heads for musuem (Barstow CA) - Minnesota Commercial aquires one of a kind SF30B - Light Rail plan to link Jersey to Philly - Washout delays WP&Y - Agreement on washed out bridge (Waterloo Iowa) - Amtrak breaks ground on Florida auto train terminal - GE Transportion may rejoin passenger business - WP&Y Rebuilds emerge - Amtrak cuts some NE fares for summer - Disney Dickens train - Santa Fe 4-6-2 # 3415 returns to service - Utah tourist RR rebuilds rare military diesel - Construstion could begin next year on LA-Vegas link

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This month we feature: Jack Sanborn
Kosciolek Insurance
Knight Oil
Jocelyn Marine Services

May 2009
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurer's Report - Election Slate Warning
Photos: Fitchburg RR #113 c1886 Scrapped by B&M in 1900 - Pullman Porters - Cole's Crossing Wreck - Denver Ski Train - Fish Car
History: The Last Pullman Porters Are Sought for a Tribute - Wells Train Wreck 1882
Interest: Excursion to the White Mountain Railfest Weekend on June 13th - Under Broadway, the Subway Hums Bernstein's West Side Story
News: What is National Train Day - Altoona museum gets $2 million grant - Judge fines Pan Am for fuel spill, failure to report it (WOBURN, Mass) - Pennsylvania town wants hearings on tourist train relocation (HUMMELSTOWN) - Pan Am Southern deal complete (ALBANY, N.Y.) - Amtrak, Vermont offer discounts to 'Vermonter' passengers - Amtrak tweaks Northeast schedules for track work - Amtrak plans to test GEs on Talgo sets - Obama lays out vision for high speed rail - Royal Hudson to ride B.C. short line in May (Canadian Pacific "Royal Hudson" steam locomotive No. 2860) - Stimulus funds will rebuild Mississippi River bridge (BURLINGTON, Iowa) - Disney Movie promo train to tour country (a Christmas Carol) - Denver's 'Ski Train' service ends suddenly - Fish car' restoration progresses (WEST ALLIS, Wis.) - Three locomotives steam at California museum (Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 844, Southern Pacific 4-6-2 No. 2472 , Robert Dollar 2-6-2T No. 3 from Niles Canyon Railway)

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This month we feature: Jack Sanborn
Todd S Schell - Edward Jones
Flatbread Pizza
Gould Insurance

April 2009
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurer's Report - Election Slate Warning
Photos: Spanish War Troup Train on old WN&R - Riding the Rails - California Zephyr Map - CN retires first SD40
History:
Interest: Riding the Rails (Transcontinental US and abroad) - The largest model railroad in the world at http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com
News: Amtrak train spends night stuck in blizzard (RICHMOND,Va) - The West the railroads made Exhibit ST. LOUIS - Movie trailer features 261 Universal Pictures has released a trailer for the movie "Public Enemies" featuring Milwaukee 4-8-4 No. 261 - 3751 will make May trip to San Diego (SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) - High speed New York State plan unveiled - STB clears way for NS's New England Corridor - Amtrak bans photographers from station platforms - North Shore Scenic Railroad earns extra cash from storage cars (DULUTH, Minn.) - Steamtown plans "Founders Day" steam trip June 27 - CP 2816 to take year off (CALGARY, Alta.) - New York subway system gets first new station in 20 years (South Ferry Station) - CSX's Greenbrier Resort bankrupt, will be sold (WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va.) - Plans move ahead for new Amtrak trains in Virginia - CN retires first SD40 - 'Ethan Allen' no longer on chopping block (MONTPELIER, Vt.) - "Daylight" to visit TrainFestival 2009 (OWOSSO, Mich.) - Sleeper added to Boston section of 'Lake Shore'
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This month we feature: Citizens Bank
David Dow - Attorney
David Heating and Cooling
Eastern Lumber

March 2009
 
Club: No Board/Treasurer's notes
Photos: Climbing Through Crawford Notch - Peanuts - High Speed Rail Corridors - Nevada Northern 2-8-0 No. 93
History: A Watch Shop Offers a Look Back in Time (Falt Watch Service and Repair, a little nook of a place on the third floor of Grand Central Terminal)
Interest: High-Speed Rail Proposals Sought by Federal Government
News: New pitch for NH rail line Boston to Concord: CEO of Pan Am Railways wants to use stimulus money to link state rail to the MBTA’s Lowell line. = Potential NH Rail Stops - CN donates $1.25 million for BC roundhouse and conference center (SQUAMISH, B.C.) - Plans move forward for summer trips on V&T (CARSON CITY, Nev.) - Vermont warned on 'Ethan Allen' cuts (MONTPELIER) - San Luis & Rio Grande plans photo freight (ALAMOSA, Colo) - Group gets grant to restore engine house (SILVERTON, Colo) - UP releases steam schedule (OMAHA)- Canadian city commits C$1.2 million to save steam train (GATINEAU) - Passenger rail scores last-minute win in stimulus bill - Amtrak discounts Acela fares for leisure travellers - Utah State Railroad Museum planned (OGDEN) - Boardman: Changes are coming to Amtrak - Prince Charles dedicates 'Tornado' YORK, England) - MTA to begin first subway boring in half-century (NEW YORK) - Nevada Northern steamer (2-8-0 No. 93) down, but will return (Ely, Nev)
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This month we feature: Citizens Bank
Amesbury Improvement Association
Chalres E Schlissel
Bellavance Barber

February 2009
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report
Photos: Pan Am Rwy double-plow snow train at Rockingham Jct., Newfields, NH (Jan 2009)- Rennovated St Pancras Stn - Canaan, New Hampshire Train Wreck - Iowa Traction No. 50 -
History: Canaan, New Hampshire Train Wreck (3 articles) -
Interest: Cathedral of the Iron Horse, Awesome Again ( St Pancras etc) -
News: Godfather of Northeast Corridor dies (Former U.S. Sen. Claiborne Pell) - CSX resort steeped in railroad history (WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS) - The Siouxland Historical Railroad Association will get a $477,142 grant from the Iowa Department of Transportation - Iowa Traction Railroad not for sale (yet) - Challenge grant issued to finish restoration of Rio Grande Southern No. 20 - Appeal launched to finish restoration of famed 'Flying Scotsman' - Wakefield steam train receives funding (GATINEAU, Que.) - Citizens urge preservation of Vermont Amtrak service (RUTLAND, Vt.) - Milwaukee Road 261, a waiting game - Wisconsin town welcomes train-watchers Published: Wednesday (FERRYVILLE, Wis.)
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This month we feature: Amesbury Chamber of Commerce
Amesbury Glass
Amesbury Industrial Supply
Amesbury House of Pizza

January 2009
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report
Photos: Boston & Maine Snow Train Posters - RailwayExpress 2009 - Snow Train at Campton - Allegheny Portage Railroad
History: Canaan's Snow Trains
Interest: Climbing the Mountain: The Allegheny Portage Railroad - NMRA Seacoast Division is offering a Course ( Spring Semester March 3- April 21, 2009 (8 weeks) Timberlane Regional High School Plaistow, NH The beginning of a great hobby: MODEL RAILROADING) -
News: Rare mileage trip planned on New York short lines (The Southern Appalachia Railway Museum) - NS chief offers $1 million to Virginia museum (Virginia Museum of Transportation) - Vermont eyes Amtrak cutbacks - Catenary inspection technology debuts on Northeast Corridor - World's longest high speed railroad nears completion (BEIJING) - Cincinnati museum sells GM&O Pullman - SP&S 700 to make Portland-area run - Amtrak cuts trains during ice storm - Obama plans pre-inaugural train trip - Feds eye exclusive Washington-New York passenger line - Italy launches Milan-Bologna high-speed train link - Rutland's only passenger rail likely safe until at least January
December 2008
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report
Photos: Communing with Union Pacific No. 844 - COG Railways first biodiesel locomotive Wajo Nanatasis - Walk the High Line - Cliffs Erie F9s making last run
History: Flying Yankee Raffling Off Seats To Aid Train Restoration
Interest: Communing with Union Pacific No. 844, DENVER, JULY 20,2008 - Name of COG Railways first biodiesel locomotive revealed at decication - Extreme Trains on The History Channel - Is it Time to Properly Fund Passenger Rail in the United States? - Passenger trains gain favor with public, Congress - Annual "Ice Harvest" excursion planned Jan 17th in Steamtown
News: Walk the High Line “It’s the ultimate in recycling, the High Line. a 22-block elevated railroad reborn as a park Manhattan - Cliffs Erie F9s making last run today Taconite Harbor, Minn. - Your chance to bid on Boston S station's Solari board - DM&E, IC&E to be folded into Canadian Pacific - Flying Yankee truck restoration complete North Woodstock, N.H. - Yreka Western steam locomotive 2-8-2 No. 19 for sale (which starred in the 1970s film "Emperor Of The North" - Soo Line steam locomotive 4-6-2 No. 2713 vandalized in Wisconsin - White River Junction roundhouse burns - Most rail projects approved by voters in Seattle - Amtrak New England ridership shows dramatic gains - New Haven steam locomotive to return (No. 58, a 2-8-2 built by China's Tangshan Locomotive), Essex, Conn. - Cost of New Jersey tunnel rises to $8.7 billion - Kansas tourist hauler test-runs Santa Fe steamer (1919 Pacific, No. 3415) - South Dakota Museum set for Friday groundbreaking, Hill City
November 2008
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report
Photos: B&M 4102 1935 - Poughkeepsie High Bridge 2008 - Shay on Woodstock and Thornton Logging RR - James Everell Henry - Easty Branch and Linton Logging - Tour de Chooch Program - Delaware & Hudson Alco RS3s - McCloud River No. 25 steams for photographers
History: Update on Poughkeepsie High Bridge (Bob Grodzicki)
Interest: Tour de Chooch - History of Tour de Chooch (Bruce Robinson) -
News: New Tappan Zee Bridge may include a rail line (NY)- Man turns E unit into soda fountain (DUANESBURG, N.Y.) - Amtrak plans to demolish Northeast Corridor towers (GROTON, Conn.) - Fifteen rail projects get grants nationwide (WASHINGTON) - California produce to travel in new high-tech freight cars - Expansion plan for UK heritage steam railway (Weardale) - China to build section of China-Laos-Thailand railway - Delaware & Hudson Alco RS3s run on Delaware-Lackawanna - McCloud River No. 25 steams for photographers - Report: Mass. needs more rail - Decaying bridges may shut down Ohio tourist pike (LEBANON, Ohio) - CEECO begins work on White Pass GEs - Mid-Continent gets $10,000 for flood recovery (NORTH FREEDOM, Wis.) - Iowa Interstate breaks steam-hauled freight record - B&O museum to focus on restoration of 4-6-0 'Thatcher Perkins' (BALTIMORE) - AIG bailout leaves 31 transit agencies in trouble
October 2008
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Excursion to Green Mountain
Photos: Carl Lindblade at AGM - Flying Yankee - North Conway Railfan Dayex-Southern 2-8-0 No. 154
History: Flying Yankee (the transcript of the talk given at this years SPRRHS AGM by Carl Lindblade)
Interest: Three new online photo galleries on the web site (Winnipeaukee, North Conway, Clarkes Trading Post)
News: Rare mileage excursions announced MANCHESTER, N.Y.(Those looking to get a glimpse at Finger Lakes Railway's ex-Lehigh Valley Railroad main line) - Archaeologists excavate site of LA's first train station - Ridership loss, rising fuel prices drove Grand Canyon RR to cancel steam program - MBTA to spend $1.6 million to fix damaged Beverly-Salem drawbridge - Whistle Stop Tour kicks off today - UP plans tour for Challenger 3985 - NTSB: Engineer didn't repeat conductor's signal call (LA Chatsworth Train Crash - due to cellphone?) - Biden: Obama administration would be pro-rail - Two prominent railfans die (David Sweetland of Exton, Pa., and Robert Malinoski of Camp Hill, Pa.) - Group begins restoration of ex-Southern 2-8-0 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Southern Railway No. 154) - Reading & Northern No. 425 to pull day-long steam excursion PORT CLINTON, Pa. - Reading FP7s set to "Ramble" again (restored Reading FP7s Nos. 902 and 903) PHILADELPHIA - New York governor pushing for Penn station plan to go ahead - Iowa Pacific buys British railroads & contractor LONDON (Chicago-based Iowa Pacific Holdings earlier this month bought Britain's Dartmoor Railway and RMS Locotec
September 2008
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report
Photos: Closed Trolley on Charles St - Kickety Klack - Steamer Flagg Coal #75 - Denver UP 844, 2622 and 1989 - Funeral Train
History: The golden age of Trolley Travel (Rochester) - Early (1832) Tunnel Unearthed, Scheneckady NY - Indiana history train seeks volunteers
Interest: There's always something new to experience at the Kickety Klack Model Railroad
News: Salem Depot Weatherproofing gets under way - Taking DownEaster is an UP experience - Amtrak used to evacuate New Orleans - Soo Steam to head funeral train Hartford Wis. - Amtrak president says 200mph NE corridor should not be a priority - Museum suffers lightning damage, Medina NY - Metro North plans Moona Viaduct work, Cornwall NY - Nashville to Atlanta high speed would cost $5.4b - Minor Derailment causes major headache, Braintree VT - MTA gave away free tickets NY - QJs to make trips for glood relief, Cedar Rapids IOWA - Steamer Flagg Coal #75 to revisit Whitewater Valley Metomora, IND - City of Galesburg wants RR Hall of Fame ILL - Future looks bleak for Canada Tourist line - Alleged spike thieves may face terror charges - Steamtown opens exhibit at Scranton Station - Convention brings loco headaches to Denver - Major East Coast High Speed Route Planned from NE to SE, NewNan, GA- Grandluxe calls it quits, Fort Lupton, COL
August 2008
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report
Photos: B&M 4-4-0 #214 meets the side wheeler Mt. Washiingtton on the Wolfboro NH dock(c1905) - member William H. Sayward passes - Thames River Amtrak Railroad Bridge Span Removed - SPRRHS Display table at Amesbury Days - June 28-Trip on the Winnipesaukee RR & MV Mt Washington
History: Thames River Amtrak Railroad Bridge Span Removed / Reopened - New (yes, new) British steamer to debut Saturday July 30, 2008 DARLINGTON, U.K.
News: Travelers Shift To Rail as Cost Of Fuel Rises - Indiana Rail Road announces plans for heritage locomotives - Center for Railroad Photography & Art launches online exhibit - Thieves take quarter-mile stretch of tracks ROCKHILL FURNACE, Pa. - Erie Mining line sees first train in two years - with F units at The Cliffs Erie Railroad - Steamtown to run Tunkhannock excursion Sept. 6 SCRANTON, Pa. - Patriot Corridor terminal planned ALBANY, N.Y. - Historic 2-8-0 leads 8-train parade on Cumbres & Toltec - Amtrak launches Northeast Regional service - Police: Sabotage led to derailment EDMONTON, Alta. - Flooded museum seeks money fast NORTH FREEDOM, Wis. - Trains presents 2008 Preservation Award to Mid-Continent Railroad Museum WAUKESHA, Wis.- UP to pay $102 million for Feather River fires SACRAMENTO - Fall trip to Virginia announced SPENCER, N.C. - Downeaster posts 28 percent gain PORTLAND, Maine - Report: Iowa railroad recovery could take a year - Albany-NYC express service could start this fall - CP: Rumors of the death of our steam program are greatly exaggerated CALGARY, Alta. - Senate bill aims to entice passenger car builders - California museum plans Labor Day steam trips SUNOL, Calif.
July 2008
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Election Results (a close race)
Photos: CoG Railway goes Diesel - 1910 Avalanche - Shakespeare in England (Orient Express) - Clinton Train Wreck of 1949 - Driving the 1st spike of the Exeter St Railway May 19,1897
History: Summer Reading (The White Cascade) 1910 GNR Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche - timely way to go back in time - Driving the 1st spike of the Exeter St Railway May 19,1897
News: CoG Railway goes Diesel - NJ Transit to push forward on reopening Lackawanna Cutoff - Santa Fe 3751 completes first San Diego run since 1953 SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-8-4 steam locomotive No. 3751 - Mount Washington Cog Railway builds diesel - Analyst: Railroads' futures look bright - National Railway Museum defends plan to sell, scrap some artifacts GREEN BAY, Wis. - Dinner train starts up on Chesapeake Bay CAPE CHARLES, Va. - Forest fires cut remote passenger route PUKATAWAGAN, Man. Thames River bridge rail service outage imminent New London, Conn. - Flooded Mid-Continent Railway Museum cancels summer rides NORTH FREEDOM, Wis. - Massive funding increase for Amtrak passes House June 12, 2008 WASHINGTON - Canada puts CN on notice to remove faulty wheels OTTAWA - Flooding still causing havoc for railroads operating in Midwest OMAHA - Russia plans railroad link to Japan MOSCOW
June 2008
 
AGM & Election 2008 Slate
 
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Election - Spring Excursion
Photos: On the deck of a fast loco (Scientific American 1924) - Map of New England Railroads 1892 - Subway cars being dumped off Slaughter Beach (Del) -Steam engine 261 pulls an all-Milwaukee consist past Augusta, Minn. - Minneapolis & St.Louis-painted RS1 diesel No. 244. (Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad)
History: Early Railways between New England and Canada (Engineering News 1892) - Train Hopping Travelers Life Captured on film -
News: Growing Pains for deep sea homes built with subway cars - UP Museum to celebrate 5th Anniversary (Council Bluffs Iowa) - CP Steam Crew restorung FP9A #2816 (Calgary) - Twin Cities Streetcars turn 100 (Minneapolis) - FRA to oversee operations on Georgetown Loop Railroad (GEORGETOWN, Colo.) - Milwaukee 261 heads to Chicago tomorrow for appearance in feature film. The movie is Public Enemies (Minneapolis) - Ted Rose art exhibit opens (STRASBURG, Pa.) - Landslide closes Quebec steam line, The Hull-Chelsea-Wakefield Steam Train Co. is shut down indefinitely following a landslide this past weekend, the Ottawa (Ont.) Citizen reported - NS, Pan Am partner on New England corridor (NORFOLK, Va.) - R.J. Corman to break in Chinese QJ (NICHOLASVILLE, Ky.) - Iowa tourist hauler shows off "Louie" RS1 (BOONE, Iowa) Steamer arrives at Pennsylvania tourist line,Wannamaker Kempton & Southern today unloaded a Baldwin 2-6-2(KEMPTON, Pa.) - Museum to display pieces of Pennsylvania K-4 (ALTOONA, Penn.) - Girls sunbathing on railroad tracks lose limbs (MILTON, N.H.) - Work on Poughkeepsie Bridge begins
May 2008
 
AGM & Election 2008 Slate
 
Checkout our online galleries
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Online Photo Galleries - Events - Spring Excursion
Photos: National Train day May 10,2008 - Smoother Ride Bogie pictures - Beyer Garratt 6040 in Thirlmere (Australia) with Peter Bryant and Poppy - Queensland Maroon Beyer Garratt - Where is?What is the Caboose? - George M. Hart (Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania)
History: National Ptrain Day - The Quest for a smoother ride (A layman's guide to suspension)(Part 2)- Museum contracts new boiler for 2-6-0 LA PORTE, Ind. (The Hesston Steam Museum has contracted with a Canadian firm for a brand new all welded boiler for its Porter 2-6-0
News: Madison Square Garden renovation may be death of Penn Station project CSX derailment (Palmyra NY)affects Amtrak, freights - Henry Ford museum buys GG1 - Pan Am Railways indicted on environmental crimes - Steamtown to offer summer trip to Delaware Water Gap - Thief breaks into car carrying ketchup GALESBURG, Ill. - Massachusetts Central sold - Report: Amtrak service great for Maine's economy (Portland) - BNSF prepares to demolish Arizona Harvey House SELIGMAN, Ariz. - Preservationist George Hart dies - 20,000 have died on Mumbia's trains in five years - Obama campaigns by train in Pennsylvania HARRISBURG
April 2008
 
Election 2008
 
Checkout our online galleries
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Online Photo Galleries - Events - Spring Excursion
Photos: The Waumbek tank, halfway up the slopes of Mount Washington is the destination for the Cog Railway’s Winter Train - Suspension Parts - Bill - Hudson River Rail Bridge
History: The Quest for a smoother ride (A layman's guide to suspension) - A town called Bill
News: Hudson River Rail Crossing to Become World’s Longest Pedestrian Span - Plans for "new" Penn Station may collapse - PATH trains turn 100 - Amtrak will need money to fix ties on Northeast Corridor - Documentary features B&O station SILVER SPRING, Md. - State of Maine eyes hostile takeover of PanAm Railways - Amtrak to sponsor "National Train Day" - Abandoned rail tunnel for sale PLUMMER, Idaho - Historic locomotives, cars burned in arson KANE, Pa. - NTSB: dispatcher's error led to Woburn MA deaths
March 2008
 
Spring Excursion
 
Election 2008
 
Checkout our online galleries
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Online Photo Galleries - Events
Photos: Pere Marquette 2-8-4 #1225 on Tuscola & Saginaw Bay Line - Quebec, North Shore and Labrador Railway - Smokey Joe
History: A North Woods Passage - The only stops on the QNS&L in Labrador are for a hunting camp or maybe a herd of caribou crossing the tracks
“Smokey Joe” The little railroad at “Rocky Nook” in North Hampton, N.H.
News: Steam Railroading Institute's Pere Marquette 2-8-4 1225 making time on former Tuscola & Saginaw Bay lines that are now part of Great Lakes Central on Feb. 18, 2008. - Ottawa: RAC Press Release Remote Essential Services At Risk By Planned Legislation - Beverly Railroad bridge Guts will be replaced - Containers by train: China to Europe in 15 days (5 days ahead of schedule) - The Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad has placed all its rolling stock for sale - Maine to study commuter line to Brunswick - 'Zephyrs' get stuck behind snowplow on Donner Pass - Brookville Equipment builds road diesel for Connecticut DOT - Permanent solution found for Beverly Massachusetts drawbridge - Michigan Tech establishes railroad program - Canadian government will fund continued northern Quebec passenger trains - Wisconsin railroads deploy plows to beat back record snowfall - Circus parade may return,but circus train won't Baraboo, Wis. (Milwaukee's Great Circus Parade) - Steam locomotive art exhibit planned in Kansas City - Coast Guard to close Thames River channel for Amtrak bridge replacement in June 08
February 2008 Club: Board Notes - Railway Express 2007 Report - Treasurers Report - Online Photo Galleries - Events
More Lionel should come to SPRRHS
Photos: Southport CT station in flames on 1/4/2008 - The New and Old Kate Shelley High Crossing Bridges - Lionel
History: How Kate Shelley saved a train at the High Crossing Bridge
News: Century Old Kate Shelley High Crossing Bridge Replaced - History Channel to visit Strasburg Railroad - Adirondac sells out 25 Polar Express runs - Chinese steamer QJ 2-10-2 #7040, bound for Corman, arrives stateside - Missing snowmobilers take shelter in Cumbres and Toltec station - Southport CT station destroyed by fire 1/4/2008 - Southport RR resumes after fire - Maine Narrow Gauge may be forced from waterfront - Reading Fs to be displayed in Strasburg - Germany, China test trans-siberian intermodal service - MBTA bridge at Salem needs overhaul
January 2008 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events
Photos: Railway Express 2007 - Nov 30,2007 Amtrak Train Crash - Chinese Steam and Diesel in Daban
History: Trolley car leaves Hampton for the last time in 1966 - The railroad comes to Rochester (The first 50 years)
News:Chicago crash Nov 30,2007 (1) Amtrak Train Crash (Jennie Naffie gives a victim's account of the crash) (2) Amtrak train rear ends NS stack train report (3) Amtrack engineer may have been confused about signal (4) Amtrak engineer only had 3 months experience - Sentimental or not Steam Power ending in China - National Railroad Museum overhauls diesel powered 2-8-2 - NJMT moving forard on conserving sunken locomotives - Key senator backs passenger route from NY to Binghampton - Event recorder shows Amtrak running too fast for signal (Chicago Dec 3) - - Vermont won't buy Colorado Railcar DMUs - Grant will help Cumbres & Toltec bring K-27 steamer back to life - Amtrack to pay $20m in Turbolinet dispute - Poughkeepsie bridge gets state grant - Erie Lacawanner diner 741 repainted
December 2007 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events
Photos: DeLuxe Suite on American Orient Express - Paul Kilian at Ton Oxnard's layout on Tour de Chooch - The longest covered bridge at Newport
History: Class Tracks (Epic Train Odysseys = The Rocky Mountaineer,The Eastern and Oriental Express, The Deccan Odyssey, The Blue Train, The American Orient Express, The Ghan) - Fund to protect the longest covert bridge at Newport - Blazing the old rail trail at Newburyport
News: Britains oldest working standard gauge loco to be overhauled (Furness #20) - Maine Eastern to run shopping trips - Streetcars return to St. Charles line in New Orleans - "Wrapped" (advertising) Acela makes debut - Chicago: Iowa Pacific acquires steam locomotives & dome cars for tourist line - Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania to cosmetically restore E6 "Lindbergh Engine"
November 2007 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events
Photos: Carriages (Horse Drawn) on the Move (Amesbury Carriage Museum Move) - North Conway Railfan Day (3) - Woodsom Farm Festival - Hobo RR leaf peeping trip (3)- Waterbury's Station - Reading F's public in Penn - Milwaukee Northern 4-8-4 261 excursion - Hybrid train in France - Italian Steam Engine 741.120
History: Carriages (Horse Drawn) on the Move (Amesbury Carriage Museum Move) - Waterbury's Restored Train Station -
News: Reading F's pull public in Penn - Worlds First Hybrid train enters service in France - Long Island Metro North girding for leaf battle - First Train with ECP breaking operates over NS - New Downeaster Station at Saco - Dome car to run on Amtrak Adirondack - Group pushes for Alaska-Russia link - Gasoline leaks from derailed cars in VT - Amtrak asks for longer bridge closure in CT
October 2007 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events
Photos: The Contoocook NH Covered Bridge - Trolleys 1907 Map - Soo Line 4-6-2 #2719 - St Croix River CP 2816 - CPR 2816 and Milwaukee #261 pull double header
History: The Contoocook NH Covered Bridge - Trolleys to the Casino (part 11)
News: Eurostar makes record run (London-Paris at av. 186 mph) - Norfolk & Western steam returns to Roanoke Ships (N&W J 4-8-4 #611 and A 2-6-6-4 # 1218) - Upstate NY Amtrak station (Hudson) gets 4M upgrade - Lake Supoerior Railroad Museum Railfand W/E highligts Soo Line 4-6-2 #2719 - St Croix River CP 2816 completes steamy weekend - New York's empire corridor to be improved - New Yorks A train turns 75 - Metro-North to host open house at Harmon shop - CPR 2816 and Milwaukee #261 pull double header - Steamtown details on Lackawanna Railfest - GradeLuxe cuts Amtrak Trips - Steamers return to Virginia Museum N&W J Class #611 and N&W A class #1218 - Railroad library to open in Maryland City (Old Bowie)
September 2007 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events
Photos: 2007 Aerial view of north end of Rigby Yard, Portland - 1902 Map of 'Casino' Trolley system - 1908 Trolley Ocean Blvd - 1897 Exeter Trolley Depot and Water Street - Trolley car 15a - Minnesota Bridge Collapse - Dellows Fall Vermont Tunnel - Denver and Rio Grande Western 2-8-0 #15 - Rio Grande 2-8-0 # 315
History: Trolleys to the Casino (part 10)
News: Minnesota Commercial Line blocked by Minneapolis Bridge Collapse - Pennsylvania K4s returning to Altoona in pieces - Train gets stuck in Penn Station tunnel - Guiness world record set for riding entire NY subway - Amtrak Vermonteer disrupted due to track work - Bellows Falls Vermont Tunnel project nears completion - Narrow gauge Dever and Rio Grande Western #15 2-8-0 set to steam again - Wall Street journal takes note of Amtrak's success - NRHS announces Railway Heritage grants - Reading FP7s to head up excursion train - Rio Grand 2-8-0 #315 steams again after 60 years - Olympic "Bullet" train arrives in UK - Winston Churchill Funeral Carriage to return to UK (Swanage RR)
August 2007 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events
Photos: Exeter, Hampton and Amesbury Trolley System Map -
History: Trolleys to the Casino (part 9)
News: Adirondac Railroad Bridge in Chateauguay Quebec to be sold, raised - Rock Island E Units to be aquired by Iowa Northern Museum - Union Pacific celebrates its 145 anniversary - Rio Grande 2-8-0 restoration of No 315 nearly complete - Excursion Trains return to Altoona Railfest - El dining car preservation gets AMEX award - New Hope Valley to operate double headers in November - Rio Grande Narrow Gauge caboose burnt by vandals - New Plans coming for Penn Station - Kummant says true high speed on NE corridor not possible - Nevada northern No 93 withdrawn from service
July 2007 There was no issue this month for technical reasons
June 2007 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events
Photos: Train ready to leave on Old Colony SPRRHS excursion - 175lb Irish Wolfhound Higgins visits SP station with Selwyn - No 14 Trolley at Smith Sq. Seabrook - Open No29 Trolley from Amesbury to Hampton Beach - Seabrook Trolley (rt 1 1920) - Trolly line car derailed at Dodge Ponds, Hampton Falls - Peoria & Western Fs - FL9 - Billboards - BNSF 10,000 ft train
History: Trolleys to the Casino (part 8)
News: Regular service vab units still found in 21st Century - Streamliner firsts and lasts - Metro North retires last FL9 - K4s restoration encounters another problem - Equipment hit by Amtrak train in Boston was on wrong track (May 4) - Billboards on rail cars - BNSF runs a 10,000 ft stack train - Nevada County Narrow Gauge building new steam locomotive
May 2007 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events
Photos: Mt Washington Cog Lithograph 1882 - Trolleys: Peaslees Newton, Market Square Amesbury Amesbury Carhouse, Hampton Carhouse, Smithtown Sq Seabroom - UP844 and SP4449 doubleheades SP&S 539 loaded onto flatcars
History: Trolleys to the Casino (part 7)
News: SP & UP steam to power Washington State trip - French train sets new speed record (357.2mph) Former Northern Pacific Mikado (SP&S 539) to steam again on Grand Canyon RR - MBRE sponsoring Rutland trip - New and upgraded stations for Connecticut - NYC E8s arrive in Medina Museum - Portion of Maine Central Mountain Division may make a comeback - Kummant views Downeaster as a model for other states
April 2007 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events
Photos: Derailment at E Lynn 3/9/1910 Atlantic #827 - Exeter, Hampton and Amesbury RR c. 1919
History: Trolleys to the Casino (part 6)
News: Canada gets national railroad museum - Vermont House endorses DMU purchase, Belfast and Moosehead Lake is 140 years old - Cuyohoga Valley Scenic to operate rare mileage trip - Englands West Coast Main Line opens after Pendolino derailment - CSX derails in Oneida NY and propane cars explode - B&O Museum to host steam days in April - Colorado Historic Society preparing steam and diesel for the Georgetown loop for 2007 - Museum of Transport (St Louis) sponsors program on George Pullman - Beverly Historical Society receives Webb preservation award - Nine railroad stations make list of Americas favorite architecture - France to inaugurate fastest rail service - Amamosa's Rio Grande Scenic aquires 1901 steam engine
March 2007 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events
Photos: B&M E7 Loco #3808 at North Station in 1948 - Mass NE Trolley on Ocean Blvd in Hampton c1900 - Building the bridge at Hampton - SP2-8-2 745 Makes successful test runs in New Orleans - Empire Builder in glacier park 1951
History: Trolleys to the Casino (part 5) - Operations 1897-1901 - Expansion - 1903
News: Plans for Manhattan Station may be back on track - Maine Eastern to add rare mileage to one excursion - SP2-8-2 745 Makes successful test runs in New Orleans - Special program focus on railroad worker Phineast P Gage - Antoniton depot on endangered list - Union Pacific releases 2007 steam schedule - Empire Builder marks an anniversary - Canada gets national railroad museum
February 2007 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events
Photos: B&M Loco 2057 joining main line from Amesbury Branch in 1926 - Trolley approaching/around Hampton Casino Robert Dollar engine #3 - Royal Train (Prince Charles) at Elisabeth NJ
History: Trolleys to the Casino (part 4) - Operations 1897-1901
News: Robert Dollar engine #3 steams again PLA Niles Canyon - Price Charles and Camilla ride royal train in NJ - Poughkeepsie bridge to return as walkway? - Maine Central Bath Station being rehabilitated - Steamtown announces winter lecture series - New Hobo Museum Exhibit in Greenbay Wis - Boy takes Hocking Valley Scenic diesel for a ride - Swiss Railways offer cab rides - Flying Yankee reconstruction awarded to NH Central - B&O Museum Roof Collapse Recovery - Breakthrough for Timber Heritage Collection in Eureka CA
January 2007 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report
Photos: 1890 Amesbury Yard (Shields Carriage Co) - Railway Express 2006 (Mildred Ilsley) - Trolly on Exeter Rd near Hampton House - Lafayette Rd Hampton - Exeter/Amesbury RPO - Hampton Casino Pacific Lumber #29 2-6-2 Arata and Mad River Shea #7 - Liberty Ltd
History: Trolleys to the Casino (part 3)
News: New England Rail ridership up - Erie D8 sold to NY and Greenwood Lake - Timber Heritage Association collection being evicted - Flying Scotsman undergoing overhaul - New England Centra lowering tunnel for double stacks
Interest: France hopes to set world speed record with new TGV - Steam Train Maury 5 Time Hobo King is dead at 89
December 2006 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report
Photos: B&M 1494 Class B-15a - Trolleys to the Casino Map & Pictures - Pan Am Loco in Blue - Fat git in T shirt -
History: Trolleys to the Casino (part 2)
News: Tourist Trains on San Diago & Arizona Eastern - Mew bridge for Western Maryland Scenic New Streetcar Track laid in Little Rock - Portland's (Ore) steam loco to pull holiday express - Men charged trespassing for living in Railroad Display - Amtrack security screening for passengers EJ&E Caboose Dedicated - Fire Damages Railroad Museum in Lexington KY - Heart of Dixie RR Museum opening track extension - Decision on DMU in Vermond delayed - eBay cancels railroad switch keys in auctions - Carso City Museum wins award - DownEast Scenic (Elsworth Maine) moving ahead - High speed Eurostars to London 2007 - Pan Am Railways paints first loco blue
Interest:
November 2006 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report
Photos: B&M 1451 picks up a train in Boston - Minn & St Louis 2-8-0 (no 457) - Norfolk & Southern F units - Milwaukee Road #261
History: Trolleys to the Casino (part 1)
News: Dispute over Lackawanna Camelback goes on - 50th Anniversary of the Denver Zephry - Ground breaking ceremony for shelter over Minn & St Louis 2-8-0 (no 457) Norfolk and Southern aquired F units for buisnes train - Mount Washington Cog railroad to burn biofuel - Hawaii museum to restore steam loco #6 - Milwaukee Road #261 concludes season with Minnesota trips - Floods damage Durango and Silverton
Interest: R&LHS announces history award - to Richard J Orsi for Sunset Limited Book + more awards - Trans Asian railroad getting a closer look
October 2006 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report
Photos: French National 241 4-8-2 Steams after decade of restoration - Powow Poets visit Salisbury Point Station - West Highland Line map - irresistable T shirt -
History:
News: Restored French 241 4-8-2 to make inaugural runs - Nevada Northern celebrates centenial & becomes national landmark - Monticello Railroad Museum restores Illinois Central RPO car - NS runs trains carrying wind farm equipment - Friends of C&TS awarded $30k from Gates foundation for restoration of PO and Cook cars -Vermont considers DMUs for passenger service - Sept 11 shutdown of NY Penn Station - Barge hits Amtrak bridge in CT - Lake Superior Museum holds railfan w/e - New electic loco world speed record of 344kph(213mph) (Germany) - Amtrak to run last Metroliner - Maine Governor orders plan for more train service - Dead body travels 1000 miles on Amtrak
Interest:Higland Trains - a trip on the West Highland Line in Scotland
September 2006 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report
Photos: Flying Yankee 1935 - Flying Yankee Map - F7A - Cockatoos at SPRRHS station
History: Depression Era Train Restoration (Flying Yankee)
News: Chinese QJ Steam locos begin testing in IOWA - Your chance to design a RR emblem (Middletown and NJ) - Something fishy about Canadian derailment investigation - Illinois Museum restores C&NW F7A - Long Island Railroad Tower Demolished - Peter Marquette 1223 marks 25 years in Grand Haven - NJ Transit studying dual power locos - Mid Continental RR Society receives $459,000 grant for fish car - Amtrak urges Vermont to try smaller passenger equipment - Garbage truck hits steam train - and loses
Interest: Land Purchase brings Newburyport Rail Trail a step closer
August 2006 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report
Photos: Revitialized Old Colony Line
History: Historic Cars ride the rails again
News: South Shore towns rezone land to concentrate buildings near new stations - Greenbush Line
Interest:True Science Adventure (Popular Science 1961) Runaway Engine on the Main Line
July 2006 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report
Photos: Progress on Greenbush Line (Grodzicki photo essay) - - European High Speed Trains -
History: Another Steam Railroad comes back to life (Georgetown Loop)
News: Europe on Fast Track to High Speed Rail - Beijing :: Last Stop Lhasa (worlds highest Railroad - Amtrak Vermont Freight affected by derailment - Santa Fe demolition uncovers 100 year old cars - Amtrak loco derails in Connecticut - New York asked to rethink rail stations deep underground - Chinese 2-10-2 arrive in US - Vermont city buys waterfront parcel in statin renovation - Powder River ships billionth ton of coal
Interest:
June 2006 Club: Board Notes - Treasures - Report - Election/AGM June 17th 5:00pm (Guest Speaker Steve Klomps (leading Amesbury Historian will explain the history of the lower millyard from 1600 to the present) - SP Promotional Video available - Audio Tour of Amesbury's Historic Sites Available - Station open on Saturday Mornings in Summer 10:00-1:00 (May -August) - Station open on Sun May 21st in Afternoon for Tourist in your own home town - Family membership introduced for $35 - New Membership Year starts in July
Photos: Keystone Arch Bridges (Jet Lowe)
History:  Amesbury Audio Tour Available - Sentinels to history need more than gravity to survive (keystone bridges)
News: Russian Fisherman transporting dynamite blow up train - Penn announces $2m in funding for home for PRR K4 - Gold Spike selectad as design for Utah quarter - BNSF historic photos available through picture agency - Steam engines bang inteo each other at Promontary ceremony - Historic Dome Superdome 53 Car returns to its roots - and NJ senators urge fast track for planned tunnel - Amtrak unplugged + commuter rail as power outage knocks out NE corridor (New York to Washington)
Interest: The Powder River Coal Train - part 4 (conclusion)
May 2006 Club: Board Notes - Treasures - Report - Election/AGM June 17th 5:00pm (Guest Speaker Steve Klomps (leading Amesbury Historian will explain the history of the lower millyard from 1600 to the present) - SP Promotional Video available - Audio Tour of Amesbury's Historic Sites Available - Station open on Saturday Mornings in Summer 10:00-1:00 (May -August) - Station open on Sun May 21st in Afternoon for Tourist in your own home town - Family membership introduced for $35 - New Membership Year starts in July
Photos: Track Plan (Newburyport to Hampton Falls 1935) - 1908 Timetable of the Salisbury (Amesbury) Branch
History:  Salisbury celebrates spirit of the Ghost Train Trail & inauguration -
News: PanAm lands at Guilford - Japan unveils latest bullet train 225mph - officials break ground for NY High Line Park - Group to offer $45,000 for vacant Connecticut passenger station - Pensy 0-6-0 #643 fired up after 5 year rebuilding - Westen Maryland scenic outrides funding setbacks - Nostalgia for noise at Boston South Station - Boston North Station to double its size Interest: The Powder River Coal Train - part 3
April 2006 Club: Board Notes - Treasures - Report - Spring Excursion - Election
Photos: Restored Cog Loco at Beaverbrook Farm
History:  Cog Railway Coach Restored
News: Smoke in Tunnel causes Penn delays on LIRR - New Management Team for Cumbres and Toltec - More people riding comuter in Connecticut - Water break stops Brookly subways - Hudson River rail tunnel plan wins another approval - Guilford losing auto unloading contract  -  Remember Sun Valley ? UP notes chair lift anniversary Interest: The Powder River Coal Train - part 2
March 2006 Club: Board Notes - Treasures Report - Spring Excursion - Election
Photos: Easten Railway Map
History:
News: NH lawmakers nix funds for Amtrak stations - Need push : Call Amtrak (to help CN 436) - Grand Central Terminal host railroad workers photo exhibit - CP 125th birthday Baltimore/CSX setting 2001 tunnel fire/derail dispute - Southern Museum (Kennesaw) receives federal grant for library and Archives - LIRR Amtrak working on Grand Central Terminal Link
Interest: Good news about the Newburyport Rail Trail Project - The Powder River Coal Train -
February 2006 Club: Board Notes
Photos: Extra 1475 Approaching American Yacht Club Newburyport - The big E - Alden Dreyer with Chinese Steam and Ladies
History: Chronology of the Amesbury Branch 1846 - 1900 - What Auto's did to Amesbury by 1930 - The Ghost Train - Alden Dreyer's Twenty years of fun and games on B&M (part 5) -
News: Officials seek state action on rail services (Southern NH) - Threat to parts of UK rail network - Penns Knox and Kane Embargoes itself - Chicago Transit L Car makes historic move - Nevada land parcel reserved for V&T reconstruction - Amtrak to replace bascule lift span on NE corridor - Freight car barge sinks in NY East river - Boston T tokens: almost a thing of the past - Maine seeks funds for Downeaster extension to Brunswick.
Interest: Say Hello to Alden Dreyer - New T shirts available in B&M Blue and White - currently all sizes available - Small Trains Have Big Following (report from Big E at West Springfield) -
January 2006 Club: Board Notes
Photos: 1852 Timetable - ghost train
History: Chronology of the Amesbury Branch 1846 - 1900 - What Auto's did to Amesbury by 1930 - The Ghost Train - Alden Dreyer's Twenty years of fun and games on B&M (part 5) -
News: Steam engines turn over rail while on Portland's Holiday express - Amtrak Downeaster rebounds from last years ridership decline - Yucca Mountain Railroad cost est raised to $2B - BNSF the center of merger speculation
Interest: New T shirts available in B&M Blue and White - currently all sizes available
December 2005 Club: Board Notes
Photos:
History: FEATURE : The Great Amesbury Branch Train Robbery
News: New Hampshire money allows Downeaster to add a trip
Interest:
November 2005 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Activities - Maine Central Trip
Photos: Baby Boomers Trains -
History: Letter and details of Amesbury UK Station - from a friend in the UK - Alden Dreyer's Twenty years of fun and games on B&M (part 4) -
News: Wilbur Frey Loco Exhibition in Beverly Dec 3 to Feb 26 - R&LHS announces winners of 2005 awards - Brattlebro Vt going to renovate station - Worlds highest railway is completed in China - Weekend washout on Housatonic - Fire in German Museum damages locos - War move to use Illinois Metra station - Historical society completes latest rebuilding of NKP Berkshire
Interest: Riding those old rails to Baby Boomers dreams - Ecomagination Update from GE
October 2005 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Activities - Maine Central Trip
Photos: Trails and Sails - Thomas at Little Farm - Maine Coast Trip - Amesbury UK - flying yankee - East Deerfield Map - Sawyer River Valley Map - Car Kits
History: Letter and details of Amesbury UK Station - from a friend in the UK - Alden Dreyer's Twenty years of fun and games on B&M (part 3) - Flying Yankee Final Leg of Restoration - The Sawyer River Railroad in NH - Banana Reefers
News:
Interest: Trails & Sails Guided tour round Amesbury's lower millyard - Thomas the Tank on show at the Little Farm Harvest Festival -
September 2005 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Activities - Maine Central Trip on Oct 1st
Photos: The SP Station Foundation Project - EMD Class 66s - White River Junction -
History: Alden Dreyer's Twenty years of fun and games on B&M (part 2) -
News: Amtrak still recovering from CSX Derailment (New York/ New Haven) - One feared dead in channel tunnel link fire - Mexican train collides with tank truck
Interest: The SP Station Foundation Project - Th US rail post WW2 invasion of Europe (Class 66s) - New Banana and Minute Man car kits
August 2005 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Activities
Photos: Trolley crossing Chain Bridge c. 1900 - Guilford track plan (Montague to Deerfield)
History: Alden Dreyer's Twenty years of fun and games on B&M (part 1) - National Railway Historical Society Grants
News: Via Rail Canada Bras D'or tourist train cancellec - Mineta says Alaskans know how to runa railroad - Rail buckling due to extreme heeat cited for CN derailment - Norfold Southern says abandoned corridor may be used again (Durham) - Guilford may face brush fire chartges - Amtrak Empire Builder receives new look - Houston to give SP 2-10-2 a new home - New York Penn Staion design moves forward - UP steam pulls excursion - Sate and city combine to buy N Carolina depot sidt in Asheville - Amtrak Acela service returns to Boston - Teen rescued after spending 3 days in tank car
Interest: Thomas the Tank pulling into Portland ME - Amtrak: Basics and Posters
July 2005 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Activities
Photos: Typical Scene at Concord station 1885-1962 - Barre Granite - Peter Bryant - Notch train outing pictures - B&M 4-8-2 #4112 schematic
History: Concord" 3rd and 4th passenger station - Barre Vermont = the granite center of the world
News: Acela brake designs were switched - New Japanese bullet to cruise at 225 mph - Power failure stops Swiss network -- CPR celebrating centenials with steam - conversion of NYC elevated line to park progress - Amtrak would have to shut down - California Bay Area Electric Railroad Association museum receives grant - Maryland holds hope for Western Maryland Scenic receiving grant
Interest: Vista Dome Excursion Pictures (24th June 25th 2005) - see also http://salisburypoint.tnsing.com/events/2005/notch - member profile #2 Peter Bryant
June 2005 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Activities
Photos: Boston Engine House - Grand Central Terminal - Prides Crossing Crash - Acela - Havensack Bridge NJ
History: Boston Engine House Demise - Frances Gagnons notes - The Prides Crossing Crash of August 11, 1981
News: Minerva calls Amtrak to cut costs - Wayward freight car rolls of siding and 8 miles down main line - BNSF equipping locos with cameras - DOT announces new National Rail Safety Plan - Japanese executives to resign over crash - North East Corridoor back to normal after bridge fire - New Hampshire derailment halts interstate road traffic - Hoboken ferry terminal restoration to start
Interest: Got the Time - Grand Central Stations Clocks Vista Dome Excursion on June 25th 2005
May 2005 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Activities
Photos: Salisbury Point Station arrives at Water St 4/22/2005 - more Station move photos - Acela
History:
News: Acela, built to be saviour, brake trouble - NRHS Convention Lineup - bomb on track in Illinois - Georgetown loop hits paperwork snag - Downeaster gets speedier schedule - Steam Railroading Inst. acauires 2-8-0 for restoration - Amtrak calendar photo contest
Interest: Salibury Point Station Move Details and Newspaper article 4/22/2005 - Vista Dome Excursion on June 25th 2005
April 2005 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Activities
Photos: E-7 3800 meets F-3 at Dover, NH 1/2/1953
History: Article from B&M Society Bulletin 1981 about the Merrimac Branch
News: EMD new initials -> EMD - Conductors error -> grade crossing death - leaking tank car not designed to haul acids - Bush plan to shift Amtrak costs to states - VIA forced to detour over CN - Model trains stolen in Scotland - NE Corridoor to be rebuilt under Amtrak plan - Electrical fence planned around Montana birdseed and molasses spill to keep bears away - Amtrak announces all-reserved regional service on NEC - Fire in Illinois destroys locking machine - DOT rule to improve crossing safety
Interest: Vista Dome Excursion on June 25th 2005 - members skiing on Mt Washington
March 2005 Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Activities
Photos: Trolleys for Mass NE Street Railroad in Amesbury yard in 1939
History: Article from B&M Society Bulletin 1981 about the Amesbury Branch
News: Ice Slab hold up Alaskan trackwork - Moosehead looses lease in Belfast, ME - Alabama Railroad shop to close - NARP condemns Bush's budget proposal - Original roadbed unearthed that carrlied Lincoln to Gettysburg - Michigan derailment collapses bridge - Man gets probation for Amtrak bomb threat - CP to fund BC photo collection
Interest: Members Corner: Bud Kuran
January 2005 Club: HAPPY New Year ! Show Report - Treasurers Report - Railway Express - a major success
Photos: Chinese Maglev - Lots of Railway Express Layouts & Layabouts - Library - Canteen
History:
News: Guilford to rebuild industrial lead in Maine - Metro-North gets new repair facility in Connecticut - Amtrak tap cust track in Connecticut - China's Shangnair-Hangzhou line to douse steam - Montana to get new railroad museum - MBTA halts purchase of green line lemons
Interest: Chinese Maglev (continued)
December 2004 Club: HAPPY HOLIDAYDS ! Board Report - Treasurers Report - Railway Express Show Announcements (Dec 11th 2004) -
Photos: Chinese Maglev - #3713 restoration - Horby OO Steam --Amesbury Carhouse (1905 / 2004)
History: Restoration work on B&M #3173 continues - The Amesbury Carhouse
News: Chinese Maglev
Interest: OO Hornby Live Steam Review
November 2004 Club: Board Report - Treasurers Report - Railway Express Show Announcements (Dec 11th 2004) - Visiting the Maine Two-Footers
Photos: WW&F Steam Loco #10 (2004) - Acela - GeorgeTown Loop #12 - NY Subway Map - Alton Station (1905) - Alton Bay Station (1970) - WW&F 0-4-4 (2004)
History: The current situation at the Historic Georgetown Loop Railroad - The Railroad in Alton -
News: Acela Express derailment fouls N of NY -- Steam group stunned by last minute cancellation of Michigan trip
Interest: New additions to video library - Some 4.5 million people use the 100-year-old New York City Subway every business day
October 2004 Club: Board Report - Treasurers Report -
Photos: BM 505 stands at the Warner NH station in 1908 - BM 4017 (Class T-1a) leaving Worcester yards in 1939 - LNER B12 - BM 4017 at Waltham MA 9/5/1931 - records the sound of the Pere Marquette 1225's air compressor - Virgin Pendolino
History: Boilers and their limitations - 9/20 Pre-Civil War era steam locomotives found off New Jersey coast -
News: New York’s Penn Station closed by East River tunnel fire - Co-star of ‘Polar Express’ movie to steam to Grand Rapids preview - B&O Railroad Museum to reopen in November - Rensselaer Railroad Heritage Exhibit Open House
Interest: What Railroad Whistles Mean - UK tilting train breaks speed record on its initial run - Derailment sets off blaze in St. Louis-area yard
September 2004 Club: Board Report - Treasurers Report - Moved into new premises and 'up and running'
Photos: 1938 B&M 1468 End of Track - Peterborough loco in 1938 before accident
History: B&M Branch Line Blues (part 2) -- Kinzua bridge taken off historic register
News: UP Donner Pass Reopens after fire - Kerry-Edwards make unscheduled stop - Author John Armstrong dies - UK passengers up to their ass's in tilting toilets - Amtrack restores service to Florida after hurricane - Train Moose nose cone -- Railstar Corp Runs Georgetown loop
Interest: Pictures and plan of #9 Water Street - Excursion on 2nd October
August 2004 Club: Board Report AGM Report - Now moved into new Location - Treasurers Report
Photos: B&M 3666 loco in 1938 before accident - Paul and Bob at Horseshoe Curve on 150th anniversary
History: Street Railway Part 2 - Haverhill and Amesbury Concluded - Loco 36666 "plunge" in Portsmouth in 1939
News: POTUS Amtrak delayed by secret service - VIA Rail's Ocean's Century - Illinois Coal Derailment - Flying Yankee needs money
Interest:
July 2004 Club: Board Report AGM Report - Election Results - New Location for SPRRHS - Treasurers Report - Car Kits - History Days - Birthday Party - Recognition
Photos: 1920 Looking west toward Amesbury Station
History: Street Railway Part 1 - Haverhill and Amesbury
News: Infamous Transit Thief caught again - Lionel Ordered to pay rival - MBTA random stop and search policy - Downeaster Faster 79mph - Downeaster shutdown for convention
Interest:
June 2004 Club: Board Report - Election Plans - Station Status - Treasurers Report - Wilton Trip - History Days Report
Photos: Loco #1441 passes trolley in Concord NH - Wilton Trip RDC - Freight Derailment - Mail Train - Bicentenary
History: Boston and Maine Branch Line Blues - 1906 Trolley tickets
News: Edaville's fate remains clouded - some Steamtown trains back on track - UK Royal Mail Trains may return - Night Mail Poem - Freight derails in Denver - COG skiier trips
Interest: 2004 Rail Bicentenary in UK 1804-2004
May 2004 Club: Board Report - Election Plans - Station Status - Treasurers Report - New Layout in E Kingston
Photos: Loco #2431 in Boston N Station 1950 - The club juniors in action - B&M Logo - Flying Yankee in Salisbury
History: Amesbury Branch Map (17/17) - Seabrook 1910 - 1950 topo of Amesbury
News: Renovations of Amesbury Station Building Complete - Leaking Car Snarls Boston Commute - B&M Plaque stolen from Boston Tunnel - Human Error blamed for crash in Penn Station
Interest: Thrill of Lifetime - where you can go to drive a train today
April 2004Club: Board Report - Election Plans - Station Status - Treasurers Report History: Amesbury Branch Map (17/17) - Seabrook 1910 - 1950 topo of Amesbury News: New hires climb aboard revitalized railroad industry - Quiet Zones and Whistle Regulations -- NOT Boston to NY in 3 hours (Amtrak)-- Downeaster's last train is 1h earlier
March 2004Club: Board Report - Treasurers Report> History:Amesbury Branch Map (16/17) - Boston & Maine Wreck in Canaan 1907 - B& M Perspective The Station and the Dawg WagonNews:Downeaster Train Service Thrives - Amtrak=CSX Near Miss in SYracuse - : Derailment curtails rare mileage trip - Railroader saves mountain lion kittens frozen to rails
February 2004Club: Board Report - Treasurers Report> History:Amesbury Branch Map (15/17)News:Australian North South Rail Opens - Newmarket; Vehicle lands on Tracks - train stops on time - Little Engines that could (Wenham show article) - Bay state society of model engineers - Tour de Chooch photos
January 2004Club: Board Report - Treasurers Report> History:Amesbury Branch Map (14/17) - COG Snowflake Express News:NH Relief of Route 16 congestion - Getting the trains on board - Wells River : Derailment curtails rare mileage trip - Railroader saves mountain lion kittens frozen to rails
December 2003Club: Board Report - Ice Cars History:Amesbury Branch Map (13/17) - Manhattan High LineNews:Conway - British Rail Speed Record (208) - Cog Railway - Tour de Chooch Photos
November 2003Club: Board Report - Ice Cars - Santa Trip History:Amesbury Branch Map (12/17) - Amesbury Wreck 1911 - Portsmouth Electric Railway News:Freight in Australian Outback - Amtrak Capital Improvements - Portsmouth, Deerfield, Connecticut, Wiscasset - Aboard the Super C
October 2003Club: AGM Result - Board Report - Ice Cars - Santa Trip History:Amesbury Branch Map (11/17) - Restoring 3713 News:Amtrak Rewards - Trainriders NE - Book Review (Working on the Railroad) - Hampton Rail Re-Design
Sepember 2003Club: AGM Election Countdown - Board Report -- Aerial Photo of SHS site History:Wilton Scenic Rail - Amesbury Branch Map - 10/17 News:Hoosac Tunnel Photos - Delivery Driver Stuck - Kinzla Viaduct Collapses - Hub Rail Link
August 2003Club: AGM Election Countdown/membership.History: What might have been News:Riding Scenic Canada - Rails-Trails - NY Tunnel
July 2003Club: AGM Election Countdown/membership. Trolley Museum Excursion Report History: What might have been - Amesbury Branch Map - 9/17 (I95). News:More Train Yard - Deaths - Kittery - Hampton
June 2003Club: AGM Election Countdown. History: Weirs Wreck (continued). Ames NH. Amesbury Branch Map - 8/17 (Elm St). News:More Train Yard. Near Plunge.
May 2003Club: AGM Election Information. By-Laws Changes. Excursion to Trolley Museum - May 31. History: Weirs Wreck. Amesbury Branch Map - 7/17 (SP Station). Modeling: Mapping Trainz topology to real world. Declining Hobby. News: Train Yard. Downeaster.
April 2003Club: AGM Election Information. Excursion to Trolley Museum - May 31. History: Amesbury Tales. Amesbury Branch Map - 6/17 (SP Station). Modeling: Mapping Trainz topology to real world. News: Danvers Station Move.
March 2003 History: Amesbury Branch Map - 5/17. News: Work delayed on Greenbush line. A week of derailments. Downeaster Faster
February 2003 History: Amesbury Branch Map - 4/17. Modeling: Model Railway Simulation (MS, Trainz, Raildriver. New Bellows Falls Cars Released.News:Repair Plan for Acela

       
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