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| 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 2004 | Club: 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 2004 | Club: 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 2004 | Club: 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 2004 | Club: 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 2003 | Club: 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 2003 | Club: 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 2003 | Club: 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 2003 | Club: 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 2003 | Club: AGM Election Countdown/membership.History: What might have been News:Riding Scenic Canada - Rails-Trails - NY Tunnel |
| July 2003 | Club: 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 2003 | Club: AGM Election Countdown. History: Weirs Wreck (continued). Ames NH. Amesbury Branch Map - 8/17 (Elm St). News:More Train Yard. Near Plunge. |
| May 2003 | Club: 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 2003 | Club: 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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