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| August 2015 |
Club: Notes about the dissolution of SPRRHS :::: effective 7/22/2015
This is a very sad day, but with some ongoing good news. We are very sorry to report that SPRRHS has ceased to exist on its own right - but its assets have been taken over by the Amesbury Carriage Museum - so the station is safe ! ! We delayed publishing any information until we were sure what was happening to SPRRHS. The newsletter contains the following information:
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| Mar-Apr 2015 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report Salisbury Point is in difficulties and may have to close down. Please read details in newsletter and come to board meeting on March 10th at 7:30pm
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| Jan-Feb 2015 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Railway Express RX2014 Report - Update on Station Move Photos: The SPRRHS Salisbury Point Station is placed on its pad at the lower Water Street development site - more pictures of station move - Photos from Railway Express 2014 - R=Bronx: Bronxstack Continental, an open air train car - A double-deck TGV train arrives in Lyon from Paris in May 2014 - Panama Canal ‘mule’ locomotive - one of the last McKeen cars - Maine two-footer - Wiscassett Museum staff fires up No. 9 on Nov. 25 History: Interest: In the Bronx, Test-Driving a Plan to Open tracks for recreational use. They envision opening the tracks Railroad Tracks to the Public News: Hartwell plan to restore Central of Georgia 2-8-0 ends - Nevada Northern to begin restoration of 2-8-0 No. 81, other steam locomotives - Future of French high-speed trains questioned - Operation Lifesaver names new coordinators for Delaware, New Hampshire - Demolition of Asheville roundhouse begins - Trains Magazine award to speed Santa Fe 4-8-4 restoration - Historic San Francisco PCC cars to be rebuilt - Fundraiser seeks donations to restore the Panama Canal ‘mule’ locomotive - California teen sets out to save one of the last McKeen cars - Maine two-footer gets FRA waiver, will run this winter - Funding approved for Norwalk River Bridge renovations - WiscassettMuseum fires up historic two-foot gauge steamer for the first time since 1933 - Center for Railroad Photography & Art presents 2014 awards - Steamtown fires up former Baldwin 0-6-0 - Maine business agrees to subsidize rail service |
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| Nov Dec 2014 2014- 2015 Membership Renewal Form Railway Express 2014 info: Show Flyer (color) Show Flyer (2 pages ready for 2-up printing) Dealer Form Sponsor Form See pictures of a previous show |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events AGM Meeting - Annual Financial Report - Election - Trails and Sails Report - Update on Station Move - Update on Railroad Museum Status - Railway Express 2014 Photos: NYC Portal Bridge - Portal Bridge bridge ablaze in 2005 - November 1996, a northbound Amtrak train derailed at Portal Bridge - A rendering for a renovated Portal Bridge - The Portal Bridge location shown on a USCG nautical chart - Carstens rail magazines - MBTA's Orange Line - A Metro-North train passes the New Haven-style catenary at Westport - The Greenville Junction depot in 2010 - Shay No. 35 in service in Tennessee in the 1950s - Delaware & Hudson - New Haven RDC - New Orleans streetcar - Pan Am Railway's Madison Job switches the paper mill at its namesake Maine town in January 2009 - An example of an IRT train consisting of "low-voltage" cars from 1917 History: Interest: 104-Year-Old Portal Bridge Presents Problem for Rail Commuters News: White River acquires Carstens rail magazines - New MBTA Somerville station opens - Sandy damage will require closing Hudson River tunnels for repair - The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum has big plans for its proposed move to Gray - Last remnants of New Haven catenary falling this week - Greenville Junction depot may remain at original site - Australian preservation group purchases Shay from US - Future of NRHS uncertain as board votes down new business plan proposal - Harrison: CP has agreement to sell Delaware & Hudson - Original New Haven RDC to return to home rails in Connecticut - New Orleans streetcar line named National Historic Landmark - With yet another mill closure Maine railroads brace for change - Realignment of Massachusetts Turnpike to include new commuter rail station - New York City Transit celebrates 110 years of subway - Conway Scenic to host photographers' steam special Jan. 3 |
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| June July 2014 2014- 2015 Membership Renewal Form 2015 Announcement and Election Slate |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Membership Reminder Photos: Somerville Yards ca. 1943 - Old Portland, Saco and Portsmouth pictures - Henry Ford Museum coaling dock - C&O 2-6-6-2 - Blue Ridge Tunnel - German 4-6-2 Pacific No. 01 202, and 2-8-2 No. 41 018 - F3B No. 664B - Electroliner traverses 5th Street in Milwaukee - B&M Waybill of empty milk cans History: Old Portland, Saco and Portsmouth is gone (B&M Magazine 1953) Interest: TTX company needs images of its equipment in action for calendar News: Henry Ford Museum completes coaling dock - Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington hosts annual work weekend - National Railroad Museum restoring “Eisenhower” cars - Western Maryland Scenic to acquire, restore C&O 2-6-6-2 - Plans for Blue Ridge Tunnel restoration moving ahead - Pan Am train may have sparked five-alarm fire - Berkshire Scenic acquires RDC 6126 - First new Amtrak baggage car leaves CAF plant - Fireworks test set for Buzzards Bay Bridge FCC, railroads reach positive train control agreement - Pitch made for more passenger trains in Maine - Passenger operations resume over repaired Connecticut bridge - German festival dazzles steam fans - Anthracite Railroads Historical Society raising funds to restore F3 B-unit to operation - Illinois Railway Museum plans was scheduled to work the event, developed mechanical to return Electroliner to operation |
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| June July 2014 2014- 2015 Membership Renewal Form 2015 Announcement and Election Slate |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Membership Reminder Photos: Somerville Yards ca. 1943 - Old Portland, Saco and Portsmouth pictures - Henry Ford Museum coaling dock - C&O 2-6-6-2 - Blue Ridge Tunnel - German 4-6-2 Pacific No. 01 202, and 2-8-2 No. 41 018 - F3B No. 664B - Electroliner traverses 5th Street in Milwaukee - B&M Waybill of empty milk cans History: Old Portland, Saco and Portsmouth is gone (B&M Magazine 1953) Interest: TTX company needs images of its equipment in action for calendar News: Henry Ford Museum completes coaling dock - Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington hosts annual work weekend - National Railroad Museum restoring “Eisenhower” cars - Western Maryland Scenic to acquire, restore C&O 2-6-6-2 - Plans for Blue Ridge Tunnel restoration moving ahead - Pan Am train may have sparked five-alarm fire - Berkshire Scenic acquires RDC 6126 - First new Amtrak baggage car leaves CAF plant - Fireworks test set for Buzzards Bay Bridge FCC, railroads reach positive train control agreement - Pitch made for more passenger trains in Maine - Passenger operations resume over repaired Connecticut bridge - German festival dazzles steam fans - Anthracite Railroads Historical Society raising funds to restore F3 B-unit to operation - Illinois Railway Museum plans was scheduled to work the event, developed mechanical to return Electroliner to operation |
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| May-Jun 2014 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events (Amesbury Days - help needed for the open day on June 28th 10:00 - 4:00) Photos: STEAM IN THE SNOW” Conway Scenic RR No. 7470 January 2014 - Jodi Ross, town manager of Westford, Mass., and Joseph Targ, its fire chief, could learn little when a train derailed there this year. - Aftermath of an oil train accident in Casselton, N.D. this year.- Former Southern Railway steam locomotive No. 4501 - Greenville Junction Depot - Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. 611 - A4 4-6-2 No. 60008, the Dwight D. Eisenhower. - Bridgton & Saco River 2-4-4T No. 7 - Maine Narrow Gauge Museum loco - Railroad Museum of New England acquires three new cars - New Haven Union Station History: A locomotive that went "AWOL" in the great blizzasrd of 1888 Interest: Bob Grodzicki's Art Exhibition at the provident bank - STEAM IN THE SNOW” Conway Scenic RR No. 7470 January 2014 News: Despite Rise in Spills Hazardous Cargo Rides Rails in Secret - Former Southern Railway steam locomotive No. 4501 felt the warmth of a fire on her grates today for the first time since 1998 - Boston Green Line extension included in Federal New Starts funding request - Details emerge on Amtrak writers’ residency program - GREENVILLE JUNCTION, Maine – The nonprofit Greenville Junction Depot Friends is attempting to save the 125-year old former Canadian Pacific depot in Greenville Junction - VMT outlines plans for 611 education/maintenance facility, wheel work planned - Group restoring Maine Central No. 470 launches new fundraising campaign - Altoona museum roundhouse nearly complete, K4s to move in soon - Green Bay museum declines proposed sale of A4 4-6-2 No. 60008, the Dwight D. Eisenhower. - New short line files to begin common carrier operation over EBT - One of Maine's best known two-foot gauge steam locomotives, Bridgton & Saco River 2-4-4T No. 7, is on track to being under steam within the next year and a half. - Quebec, New England states study ‘Montrealer’ restoration - British tour company offers 53 day railway journey around the world ($35,000) - Maine Narrow Gauge Museum to move, secures deed to new home - Railroad Museum of New England acquires three new cars - Facelift underway at New Haven Union Station - First new MBTA HSP46 commuter locomotives enter service April 16 - Conway Scenic Railroad 0-6-0 No. 7470 will pull a farewell excursion on May 31 prior to be taken out of service in July for its federally-mandated inspection |
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| Mar-Apr 2014 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events Photos: Starrucca Viaduct - Kirkwood, Adams, Whistler - Merrimack River Bridge - Various small stone bridges - Middlefild-Becket Bridge - Jeff Brown - GP40-2W No. 311 - Maine Central steam locomotive No. 470 - Cass Scenic #4 - No. 2019 at Thomaston, Conn - new steel on No. 2019 - A regular French freight train, headed by an SNCF-owned Alstom Prima electric locomotive - New Amtrak electric in revenue service ACS-64 No. 600 on train No. 171 at Niantic - Saratoga & North Creek No. 52 - Pere Marquette No. 1225 on an excursion near Cadillac, Mich - Amtrak exhibit train display History: History Lesson: Rock Sold Stone Railroad Bridges of the 1840s. Interest: Haverhill Bridgework starts in April Reconstruction of train bridge will require some busing of rail commuters News: Vermont Railway debuts 50th anniversary locomotive, GP40-2W No. 311 - Pennsy caboose heading back to Pennsylvania(ex-Pennsylvania Railroad caboose No. 477768) - Maine Eastern to host open house April 12 for Maine Central steam locomotive No. 470. - Cass Scenic to host 2014 Railfan Weekend May 16-18 - Railroad Museum of New England lays out 2014 goals - French railway run Europe's longest freight train - Momentum continues to build for a new national historic park on Chicago’s far South Side at Pullman - Photo of new Amtrak electric in revenue service - Rare BL2 locomotive moving to New York ()former Bangor & Arookstock BL2 No. 56 to its Saratoga & North Creek Railway - Maine narrow gauge photo special set for March 29 - Steam Railroading Institute to offer 'Train Expo 2014 - Amtrak Exhibit Train begins nationwide tour in March |
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| Jan-Feb 2014 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Railway Express 2013 Photos: The streamlined Cheshire, nearing Keene, NH in early evening, is pictured crossing the beautiful stone arch bridge at Joslin - The ball signal at Whitefield, NH - Thomas Viaduct - Canton Viaduct - O’Farrell Jones & Hyde Streets cable car No. 42 - 1950 Marmon-Herrington trolley coach No. 776, 1912 streetcar No. 1, and 1938 White motor coach No. 042 - Maine Eastern FL9 No. 488 - "Google Doodle" honors industrial designer Raymond Loewy - Union Pacific 4014 Big Boy - Historic ‘Jim Crow’-era Southern coach - New British P2 steam locomotive - A rendering of the proposed 125 mph diesel passenger locomotive from Siemens. - Maine Central No. 470 - West Side Lumber No. 8 - Penn Station - N&W No. 1218 - No. 663 pulls a Steamtown fan trip History: Still In Service: America's Enduring Stone Railroad Bridges Interest: News: SF Muni Heritage Weekend to be held Nov. 2-3 - Maine Eastern offering more passenger trips in 2014- Union Pacific Big Boy takes its first steps - Rail historian Alvin Staufer dies - Historic ‘Jim Crow’-era Southern coach headed to the Smithsonian - New British P2 steam locomotive to be named ‘Prince of Wales’ - Cross-country line to reconnect famous English cities - Work set to rebuild tracks for Berkshire Scenic - Historic New York subway cars to operate during holiday season - Siemens to enter North American diesel locomotive market - Vermont track work gets green light - Maine Central No. 470 to be sold, restored - Railfan missing in Maine woods - Extensive narrow gauge collection up for sale (Georgetown Loop) - 50 years ago: Demolition of New York Penn Station - Link Museum to celebrate 10th anniversary with N&W No. 1218 - New York subway extension on schedule to open June 2014 - 'Locomotive' awards $1,000 grant to "must-see" Lackawanna F unit |
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| Nov/Dec 2013 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Railway Express 2013 Photos: Flying Yankee ready to depart North Station - The East Wind - Forth rail bridge - 'Leviathan' to visit Steam Into History - Leviathan - Soo Line No. 2719 - Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 3751 arrives in Cadiz, Calif - Vintage rail cars transport rolling art exhibit - Conway Scenic No. 7470 down after second run of season - Restored CNJ No. 113 to make public debut Pennsylvania Railroad caboose No. 981741 - Southern No. 630 - One train to run on East Broad Top this year - Alco PA restoration No. 190 St. Louis Union Station to get makeover - Denver Union Station reconstruction continues History: The East Wind - fasters train between Washingon and Bangor Interest: Salisbury Point Station in the Heritage Park - Tour de Chooch Schedule for 11/29/2013 News: Amtrak-sponsored rare mileage excursion sells out - Forth rail bridge in Scotland could open to visitors - 'Leviathan' to visit Steam Into History - ‘Leviathan’ draws crowds to Saratoga & North Creek Soo Line No. 2719 makes last run - New venture to operate steam trains in Mojave Desert - Trains News Wire EXCLUSIVE: Vintage rail cars transport rolling art exhibit - Conway Scenic No. 7470 down after second run of season - Proposed Amtrak facility causes stir in Brunswick Maine - The Haley Tower Historical & Technical Society has completed a five-year project to restore former Pennsylvania Railroad caboose No. 981741 - Future of Conway Scenic steam in question - Southern Railway No. 630 to pull last Norfolk Southern main line excursions for 2013 - Amtrak, Google create new train locator map - US rail tour to cover Northeast landmarks - One train to run on East Broad Top this year - Alco PA restoration No. 190 reaches milestone in Oregon - St. Louis Union Station to get makeover - Denver Union Station reconstruction continues - Loco 'Best Friend of Charleston' to return to it namesake city - Cape Flyer to run in 2014 - Flying Scotsman’ to be restored to steam |
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| Sept/Oct 2013 2013- 2014 Memberhship Renewal Form |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events Photos: B&M Engine 4101 - B&M 4-8-2 (4112) Plans - Koppers Tie Treating Plant site - Air Seasoning Green Ties - Tie Handling - A4 Pacifics - Steam into History 4-4-0 (No. 17 York) - Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014 - - Amtrak dome - MBTA Cape Cod weekend service If you were the engineer B&M ad History:Tie Treating in Nashua (Koppers Tie Treating Plant site) Interest: News: Former Boston & Maine Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum receives grant - World steam speed record anniversary celebrated in England (A4 Pacifics) Illinois Railway Museum hosts Diesel Days July 20-21 - Saskatchewan farmer purchasing CN, CP equipment – including a 4-8-4 (#3101) - Union Pacific confirms plans to restore Big Boy steam locomotive (#4014)- Viewing platform, railroad museum to open in Florida - Steam Into History without steam, for now (New Freedom PA) - Adirondack Scenic Railroad to hold Railfan Weekend in Aug - Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts to operate excursions over Providence & Worcester - Madison Square Garden told to move - Dailey Foundation awards 13 rail heritage grants - Britain’s “signal boxes” marked for preservation - Cumbres & Toltec “Scenic Byway” moves ahead - Turkey completes rail tunnel linking Asia, Europe - Seashore Trolley Museum offering new service to hikers - UP preps Big Boy for move to Wyoming - Amtrak dome to operate on Adirondack through Nov. 1 - MBTA Cape Cod weekend service extended six weeks - Steamtown Railfest 2013 to be held Labor Day weekend |
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| July 2013 2013- 2014 Memberhship Renewal Form |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Election and AGM info - Events Photos: 1952 - Lamoile County transitions to diesels - Sorting mail in the RPO - Vermont diesels on covered bridge - Artist's rendering of the new F125 locomotives - ACF Plant - Omaha's former Burlington station - Massachusetts commuter service expansion - Big Boy No. 4018 - Pere Marquette No. 1225 - Acela - new Niantic River bridge History: Interest: 1952 - Lamoile County transitions to diesels News: Work continues on (Salem) rail trail after hiatus - Former Boston & Maine Waltham Tower closes - First section of East Broad Top sold - First Amtrak ACS-64 shipped to Colorado for testing - Thieves cause $100,000 in damage to railroad museum BARSTOW, Calif. - EMD Spirit Series locomotives announced - ACF marks reopening of Pennsylvania plant - New York to review railroad corridor plans - Omaha television station plans to renovate former Burlington station - Tennessee Central Railway Museum to operate fall foliage excursion - Tank engine (Former Great Western Sugar Co. 0-4-0T No. 17)moves from Colorado to Nebraska - Contracts awarded for Massachusetts commuter service expansion - East Troy Electric Railroad Museum to celebrate "North Shore Day" - Texas Big Boy to move this weekend Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4018 - Colorado fire destroys Rio Grande narrow gauge caboose, Royal Gorge Route Railroad unharmed - Hobo Railroad launches environmental education program - Eastern Maine Railway acquires ex-Bangor & Aroostook track - Pere Marquette No. 1225 to power March 2014 excursion -Amtrak completes Connecticut bridge (Niantic River bridge)replacement - Special coast-to-coast art train to run in September -New Amtrak electric in-transit to Northeast |
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| June 2013 AGM Election Form (v2) 2013- 2014 Memberhship Renewal Form |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Election and AGM info - Events Photos:Steam is back on The Cog - Carol Bove installs her sculptures on an undeveloped stretch of the High Line - Metro-North works to stabilize Hudson Line - A barge in the Hudson River used to perform shore work - Amtrak exhibit train display - Morristown & Erie across Lehigh River - Amtrak ACS-46 No. 600 at the Siemens plant in Sacramento - No. 17 under steam at New Freedom History:Vermont Metamorphosis Interest:Disney World on the Hudson - Once Upon a Landscape (The High Line) News:Construction work begins on Scotland's Borders Railway - Metro-North works to stabilize Hudson Line - Steam returns to Mt. Washington this spring - World's oldest railway tunnel unearthed in England - Amtrak rolls out updated anniversary exhibit train - Final push to save historic Pennsylvania (Stewartstown) short line - Morristown & Erie to celebrate 110th anniversary with passenger special - Amtrak, Siemens unveil first ACS-64 electric locomotives - "Century" employees share memories of train during Grand Central Terminal parade of trains weekend - Pennsylvania Trolley Museum to celebrate 50th anniversary June 22 = Maine Northern to operate two passenger excursions May 25 - Steam Into History steams up for the first time NEW FREEDOM, Pa. - Steamtown to operate Delaware Water Gap excursion with F3s - Weekend trains return to Cape Cod today (May 24, 2013) |
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| May 2013 AGM Election Form (v2) 2013- 2014 Memberhship Renewal Form |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Election and AGM info - Events Photos:Guilford (B&M) 358 and 361 pass the old freight house at Rockingham Junction, NH Steam returns to portion of Tillamook Branch - Penn Railroad Advertising Art - Soo Line No. 2719 - Leviathan to operate on Saratoga & North Creek - Acela - MBTA train in Ayer - Work progresses on Kentucky & Tennessee 0-6-0 - Cumbres & Toltec No. 463 steams again - Strasburg roundhouse - Santa Fe No. 3751 steams to San Bernardino History: Interest:NATIONAL TRAIN DAY - Report on Amtrak Service & Ridership in Maine News:Steam returns to portion of Tillamook Branch - Pennsylvania Railroad advertising art - Grand Central Terminal plans "Parade of Trains" in May - Soo Line No. 2719 to pull Mother's Day excursion - Leviathan to operate on Saratoga & North Creek in September - Federal Railroad Administration presents plans for Northeast Corridor - WWII bomb disrupts German rail lines - Keolis threatening to withdraw from Boston commuter rail bidding - Work progresses on Kentucky & Tennessee 0-6-0 - Blasting concludes under Grand Central Terminal - Cumbres & Toltec No. 463 steams again - Strasburg roundhouse design approved - National Railway Historical Society lists most endangered US rail landmarks - Historical society plans to rebuild portion of Silverton Northern Railroad - Adirondack Scenic Railroad extends service northward - Santa Fe No. 3751 steams to San Bernardino |
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| April 2013 AGM Election Form (v2) |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Election and AGM info - Events Photos:High Speed Rail in US Map - NS train crossing the Ohio River at Kenova. - Wichita Union Photo - Former Pennsylvania Railroad E8 No. 5706 - Restored Clover Valley Lumber 2-6-6-2T No. 4 pulls a train - East Troy Electric Railroad car 26 - Maine Central No. 470 steams into Waterville - Cumbres & Toltec No. 463 History: Interest:High Speed Rail in US News:Maine transit coalition says 22-trips-a-day possible, - 150th birthday of Casey Jones to be celebrated Train speeds to increase in Vermont March 11 - Norfolk Southern notes 100th anniversary of N&W Ohio River Bridge - Historic Cooper-Bessemer engine to be preserved - Future looks bright for Wichita Union Station at its centennial - Pennsylvania E8 moved to shopping center display - Last manned interlocking tower in Indiana closes - Windsor Locks New Haven station restoration to begin Clover Valley Lumber 2-6-6-2T No. 4 makes first public runs - East Troy Electric Railroad announces 2013 operating season - Old South Ferry subway station to reopen - Committee hopes to keep Maine Central No. 470 in Maine -Cumbres & Toltec No. 463 steaming this spring |
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| March 2013 AGM Election Form |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Election and AGM info - Events Photos:Looking out from the Hoosac Tunnel west portal - Hoosac Grades - Whitcomb Hill lining tower - - UK A4 Pacific Dwight D Eisenhower - No. 3751, 4-8-4 on the 2012 San Bernardino - BNSF to add 14 cars to carry Boeing 737 fuselages - new Alaska Railroad line - Cliffside Railway 2-6-2 No. 110 - The Cedar Rapids - Branson Scenic F9 - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in March 2010 History:A Straight line for Hoosac (construction of Tunnel Interest: News:Restoration of British 4-6-2 Dwight D Eisenhower - Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 3751 to pull San Bernardino excursions - Northern Pacific No. 2435 restoration begins - BNSF to add 14 cars to carry Boeing 737 fuselages - Container firm to offer Maine service (Icelandic shipping company Eimskip)- Judge refuses injunction to block new Alaska Railroad line to Port MacKenzie - Cliffside Railway 2-6-2 No. 110 returns to North Carolina - Travel Channel to run “Tricked Out Trains” television special - Branson Scenic F9 repair nearly complete - Ten years ago: Baltimore & Ohio Museum roof collapse - - Quebec, Vermont officials discuss bordercrossing improvements - First freight moves on Saratoga & North Creek Railway |
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| February 2013 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events Photos:Grand Central Terminal at 100! (several photos) - The New York, Westchester & Boston Railway Administration Building - SP Station re: State delivers $400k for Amesbury's millyard - New York Turboliner - Grand Central Terminal postage stamp - A Siemens Velaro Class 130 train glides through the Madrid Atocha station - Schnabel car malfunction Nevada Northern "Fireworks Express" - London celebrates 150 years of Tube trains — with steam trains! - New tender for Chicago & North Western No. 1385 History:Grand Central Terminal at 100! Interest:State delivers $400k for Amesbury's millyard (Sp Station in picture) News:New York Turboliners being scrapped - Contract awarded for MBTA Green line extension - The Coastal Heritage Society, which manages the Georgia State Railroad Museum in Savannah, has offered to house Central of Georgia 2-8-0 No. 509 - Artwork released for Grand Central Terminal postage stamp - Illinois Railway Museum to celebrate 60th anniversary with 60 electric cars - Spanish high speed network reaches French border - Schnabel car malfunction delays cargo delivery (for a 300-ton nuclear reactor vessel)- Amtrak planning major projects in 2013 - Model railroad manufacturer reconstructs VIA car in basement - Nevada Northern to operate "Fireworks Express" - London celebrates 150 years of Tube trains — with steam trains! - Work nearly complete on new tender for Chicago & North Western No. 1385 - Plans set for Grand Central Terminal centennial celebration |
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| January 2013 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events Photos:Railway Express 2012 (lots!) - llinois Raiway Museum - St Paul Union Depot - Amtrak empire corridor 281 - NASA - Big Boy 4014 - St Maries River Railroad PD9s - Denver and Rio 2-8-0 #315 - San Fran Municp Car #162 History: Interest:St Paul Union Depot to reopen this week News:Amtrak lease of empire corridor finalized - Illinois Raiway Museum seeking location for new barn - Steam intro hisotry plans historic attraction in Penn. NASA uses former shuttle facility for railroad duties - Cass scenic employees charged in scrap metal theft - UP studying Big Boy restoration project St Maries River Railroad to run excursions in 2013 - Englands BlueBell Railway extension nears completion - New railroad park to be completed in Silvertion - San Francisco Municipal Railway 100th Aniversary to be celebrated on Dec 28th |
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| December 2012 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Railway Express 2012 Photos:Whimsical Shrunken City - Downeaster Brunswick - Alstom Light Railcars - Soo Line 2-8-2 No. 1003 - Denver Union Station History: Interest:Railway Express 2012 - Master Designer of a Whimsical Shrunken City News:Downeaster extension inaugural train reaches Brunswick - Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority awards Alstom rebuild contract - Soo Line 2-8-2 No. 1003 awaits repairs - Brazil to build high speed rail line - Election 2012: Mixed results for rail projects - Pullman Rail Journeys begins operation - Amtrak's status quo likely to continue - Association of Railway Museums and Tourist Railway Association Inc. voted Thursday to merge, forming a single trade association to represent historic railroading organizations in North America - Hurricane Sandy delays Amtrak's Hudson River line lease - Trains magazine's annual Preservation Award goes to Washington, D.C., group's coach project -Six parties submitted bids to the city of Waterville to restore its former Maine Central 4-6-2 No. 470 - No anomalies found in Texas crossing accident - Amtrak to operate normal East Coast service for Thanksgiving travel - Denver Union Station building to close until 2014 - Shore Line Trolley Museum begins work to elevate its collection |
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| November 2012 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Railway Express 2012 Photos:Railway Express - Subway pumping train on the “L” line - Connecticut River bridge at Old Saybrook, Conn. Black River & Western 60 - Galveston Railroad Museum Nos. 315 and 316 - The Royal Canadian Pacific at Velva, N.D - Soo Line No. 1003 - EMDX No. 1201 at Peoria, Ill., History: Jamestown’s Historic Station Reopens for Business Interest:Railway Express 2012 - New York Subway Repairs Border ‘on the Edge of Magic’ News:Special train to operate for Friends of the EBT - Federal and state officials were present Friday to mark the completion of Vermont's federally funded rail corridor upgrades - Amtrak’s drawbridge over the Connecticut River between Old Saybrook and Old Lyme, Conn., is opening again for watercraft - New web cams offer views of Cumbres & Toltec Chama yard - Portsmouth Railroad Museum of Virginia set to open - New Jersey steam locomotive returns to service (former Great Western Railway 2-8-0 No. 60) - Galveston Railroad Museum prepares for reopening - East Broad Top may operate in 2013 - Royal Canadian Pacific visits United States - Soo Line No. 1003 returns to the rails in Wisconsin - Iowa Pacific acquires controlling interest in Cape Rail - Video shows how EMD moved a 210-ton locomotive down the Vegas strip - The CAT (-painted SD70ACe) is out of the bag - Cumbres & Toltec Scenic designated National Historic Landmark - Pullman service to Lake Placid proposed |
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| October 2012 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events Photos: Franklin D. Roosevelt funeral train enroute to Hyde Park - Dot111 tankers - Downeaster - Train No. 150 crosses the new Niantic River bridge - Amtrak to operate 165 mph test trains on Northeast Corridor - Amtrak opens new Niantic River bridge - Amtrak's Springfield to New Haven shuttles - Ohio Central 4-6-2 No. 1293 - Milwaukee Road 261 - Nevada Northern steam wrecking crane - Talgo Train - Texas museum collection - Steamtown #3254 - Saratoga & North Creek - Oregon Rail Heritage Center announces grand opening Massachusetts Coastal train at Myricks, Mass - History: The Daunting Logistics Behind FDR's Simple Funeral Interest: Trails and Sails - Fireball Run - Common rail car has dangerous design flaw (DOT-111 rail tankers) News: Amtrak Downeaster route extension to open November 1 (to Brunswick)- Massachusetts eyes Pan Am route - Boxcar rolls across United States-Canadian border undetected - - Belfast & Moosehead Lake offering trip over entire line - Cumbres & Toltec Scenic commissioners to manage railroad next season - Ohio Central tests 4-6-2 No. 1293 - New York, Susquehanna & Western depot destroyed by fire - Reassembly of Milwaukee Road 261 nearly complete - Nevada Northern fires up steam wrecking crane for special event - Talgo train assembly winds down in Wisconsin - Texas museum collection to move Sept. 12 - Steamtown planning autumn steam, diesel excursions - Saratoga & North Creek ridership surges - Oregon Rail Heritage Center announces grand opening |
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| September 2012 2012 Membership Renewal |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events Photos:NKP 765 westbound at the Horseshoe Curve - The Other Siberian Railroad - Georgetown Loop No. 12 - Nickel Plate Road No. 765 - Amtrak dome car - The Nebraska Zephyr History: Interest:The Other Siberian Railroad News:Frustrations of Air Travel = Push Passengers to Amtrak - Georgetown Loop No. 12 ends its Colorado run - Saratoga & North Creek extends active route Saratoga & North Creek extends active route - Railfest 2012 planned at Steamtown - Pennsylvania Railroad SW1 (Pennsylvania No. 9026)saved - Boston subway activates countdown signs - Alaska Railroad 2-8-0 No. 557 is being moved for restoration - Nickel Plate Road No. 765 wows 'em in Pennsylvania - Oldest Pullman porter dies - New exhibit highlights Pacific Electric PASADENA, Calif - The Museum of the American Railroad has begun moving its collection from Fair Park in Dallas to its new site in Frisco, Texas. - Amtrak dome car set for fall trips - Illinois Railway Museum to use Nebraska Zephyr for excursions- - Connecticut trolley museum receives $1 million state grant for relocating trolleys |
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| August 2012 2012 Membership Renewal |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events Photos:Norfolk Southern Heritage units at the Spencer, NC roundhouse - Railroad through N.H. provides new path for shale oil - Been Workin’ on the Railroad - Baldwin DS44-600 No. 662 - NKP 765 testing in Indiana - Union Pacific 844 History:Been Workin’ on the Railroad Samuel Ballton was born into slavery on New Year’s Day ....in 1838 ... story .... - Interest:Railroad through N.H. provides new path for shale oil News:Norfolk Southern Heritage units at the Spencer, NC roundhouse - Amtrak Downeaster Breaks Annual Ridership Record - UP announces 150th Anniversary celebration - Restored Chesapeake Western Railway Baldwin to debut tomorrow Chesapeake Western Baldwin DS44-600 No. 662 - Contract awarded for New York subway station completion for the 96th Street station - Switzerland's Gotthard Tunnel reopens = Amtrak promotes Northeast Corridor upgrades - NKP 765 testing in Indiana - Arcade & Attica steam lights fifty candles - Union Pacific 844 continues travels for railroad's 150th Anniversary |
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| July 2012 2012 Membership Renewal |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - AGM Election - Events Photos:"Schnabel" = World’s largest railcar completed in Pennsylvania - Railroads in Maine - Maine paper car derailment - Maine log train derailment - former Southern Pacific units, now lettered and numbered Santa Fe 315 and 316. - Big Day at Illinois Railway Museum - Burlington & Quincy Railway Post Office car - East Troy Electric Railroad Trolly Cars Weekend June 23 - 24 History: Interest:"Schnabel" = World’s largest railcar completed in Pennsylvania - As trains start to carry crude oil across Maine, environmentalists start to worry News:NH looking to improve Downeaster infrastructure - Mining crew uncovers buried 4-4-0 in Mulberry Florida - Bombardier introduces new mass transit power system without wires - Flagg Coal No. 75 to operate on Naugatuck Railroad - New York plans to sell turbo trains for scrap - Australia's Zig Zag Railway shutting down - Largest rack-and-pinion locomotive debuts - Goosebumps: One Goose scratched from Colorado Railroad Museum “Goosefest,” No. 4 to run for first time since 1951 - Santa Fe Warbonnet F units unveiled; may make special run in September - East Troy Electric Railroad to hold Railfan Weekend June 23 - 24 - Costs rise for Downeaster layover facility - Work set to continue on world’s tallest railroad bridge KAURI, India - Vermont to receive TIGER grant to upgrade New England Central |
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| June 2012 Voting Form 2012 Membership Renewal |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - AGM Election - Events Photos:Maine Eastern in Wiscasset - Chcago - Chicago Gibson Yard - Subway Map Errors - The battleship guns make their way on Delaware Coast Line - MotivePower built this R156 diesel for New York’s subway system - Three railroads team up to move 55-meter (180.5-foot) wind turbine blades History: Interest:Freight Train Late? Blame Chicago - On the Vaunted City Subway Map, Mistakes and Phantom Blocks - Rails Poem News:Historic battleship guns moving by rail DAHLGREN Va - Massachusetts backs Berkshire Scenic Railway in dispute - Penn Station expansion work to begin - Ceremonies scheduled to mark completion of new Downeaster stations - New York City subway receives first of 28 new diesel locomotives - Customs stop may be eliminated for Amtrak’s Adirondack - Santa Fe Warbonnet F units to be unveiled GREENVILLE, S.C. - Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania to hold ‘Norfolk Southern Days’ - Steamtown receives archival collection from Syracuse University - Old Colony & Newport to extend tourist train rides - Saratoga & North Creek to reopen New York rail line - UP, CSX, and short line team up on turbine move - Maine Eastern begins passenger service May 26 |
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| May 2012 Voting Form |
Club: Board Notes (big thanks to two members who are leaving the Board - Norma L'Abbe and Kathie Porter - we are grateful
for all their support and good work) - the final slate of
7 board members is now fixed - missing Katie and Norma with new nomination Ben Porter - otherwise existing encumbents on slate - Treasurers Report - AGM Election - Events -
We give our respects to Paul Richard who passed away recently and donated his railway models to the club Photos:National Train Day - Boston Engine Terminal 1930 = A4s Gala 0 Missanb e 2-8-8-4 No 229 History: Replica cream car near complete at WW&F Museum Interest: The Fall River Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry is partnering with Cape Rail Inc. to test the concept of a dinner train running out of Fall River. Cape Rail runs scenic excursions and dining trains on Cape Cod. - Amtrak establishes online contest for National Train Day News: Google Street View cameras offer ride on Swiss train - City of Roanoke donates Norfolk & Western 611, 1218 to Virginia Museum of Transportation - Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum to mark 150th Anniversary of Andrews Raid - Santa Fe passenger F units to debut this spring - New York transit chief: ‘Not a chance’ for subway to New Jersey - Los Angeles planning streetcar revival - ALCO Heritage Museum to open June 10 - "Fab Four A4" steam gala begins in Great Britain - Dedication ceremony set for Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Yellowstone No. 229 - Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad to move = The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad and Museum, which operates 1.5 miles of track along Casco Bay in Portland, will move to Gray |
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| April 2012 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - AGM Election - Events Photos:Grand Central Clock 100 Years Logo - High Line (*massive locomotive dangling from a crane) - High Line at the rail yeards - Misc High Line Concept Artwork - Ex-Soo Line ore dock in Ashland, Wis - Flagg Coal 75 steam locomotive - Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 - NY Grand Central Terminal History: Interest: High Line May Mix Past With Koons’s Vision - click here for youTube News: CN seeks to abandon Niagara Falls Bridge - Kodak discontinuing manufacture of slide films - The \ Philadelphia Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society is sponsoring a “Farewell to the Faithful Silverliners” excursion on May 6 - Minnesota Commercial retires “Crocodile GE,” - Demolition of Ashland ore dock resumes - Queen Elizabeth begins Diamond Jubilee tour by train - Flying Scotsman to carry Olympic torch - TV show to feature father and son owners of Flagg Coal 75 steam locomotive - Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 to join in Norfolk Southern’s 30th anniversary celebration - UP steam locomotive No. 844 to lead Shiloh Troop Train - New logo designed to celebrate Grand Central centenary - Last PCC car returns to revenue service - Amtrak to float in new Niantic River bridge span today - Union Pacific baggage car to house traveling museum |
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| March 2012 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - AGM Election - Events Photos:Return off steam on the London Underground - Great Northern Paper #1 - Pennsylvania Station (various) - Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. No. 463 - Chicago 'L' lines - A joint New England Central-Providence & Worcester business train (CN/CP)passes Millers Falls, Mass., Feb. 7. - “Pat Nixon Centennial Flyer” History: Great Northern Paper Co - Pennsylvania Station (Demolished) - Grand Central Terminal Interest: Pennsylvania Station (Restoration?) News: Rare mileage trips to be pulled by E8 WAUNAKEE, Wis - Colorado Railroad Museum is planning to improve its displays and put more equipment into service - The Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts will sponsor a “rare mileage” excursion to Fall River, Mass., on April 21, 2012 over freight-only former New Haven Railroad track. - B&O “William Mason” to operate in October BALITMORE - Bluegrass Railroad Museum is working to restore former Illinois Central Gulf GP8 No. 7738 - After a decade of inactivity former Rio Grande 2-8-2 No. 463 will be the star of a pre-season charter over the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad - Illinois Railway Museum sponsoring tour of Chicago 'L' lines - New Hampshire scraps commuter rail plan - New England short lines partner to bring Canadian Class I railroads to region - Nevada Northern Railway Museum’s 1915 cement gun will be featured on The History Channel’s “American Restoration” television show - Nevada Northern will also be running the “Pat Nixon Centennial Flyer” - Circus coming to Grand Central Terminal - Return of steam on the London Underground |
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| February 2012 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events Photos:60008 Dwight D Eisenhower LNER Class A4 steam locomotive built in 1937 and donated to the USA in 1964 - Edaville RR - Two foot gauge Edaville & SR & RL (various) - British A4 Pacifics No. 60008, the Dwight D. Eisenhower, and No. 60010, Dominion of Canada. History: Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes & Edaville Interest: News: Alaska Railroad 557 arrives back in Anchorage - British government approves first intrastate highspeed route - Illinois plans launch of 110-mph trains this summer - Busy Boston-area bridge forces Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority closure Gloucester, Mass - Norfolk Southern loads largest-ever vessel at Lamberts Point Pier 6 - Senator on New York fast-train project: Hurry up - Restoration group acquires Frisco 2-8-2 (Colombus Ohio) - B&O RDC moved to Maryland museum - New roundhouse, turntable under construction at TUSCUMBIA Alabama museum - Amherst Railway Society awards grant to Railroad Museum of New England - France, Italy to construct new high speed link - North American railroad museums to send steam locomotives to United Kingdom - |
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| January 2012 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events Photos:Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes #18 stands at Strong - SR&RL many pictures - Narrow Gauge at Gretna - mock-up of electric locomotive cab - Milwaukee Road 261 gets its wheels back - mockup of Amtrak’s new single-level dining car - mockup of the new single level sleeping car - Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal No. 13 History: Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Interest: News: Amtrak completes mock-up of electric locomotive cab - Canadian Pacific plans to lengthen trains further - Electro-Motive to overhaul hundreds of Canadian Pacific diesels - Montreal, Maine & Atlantic plans sale of isolated route in Northern Maine - Milwaukee Road 261 gets its wheels back - Amtrak boss: Long-distance trains are sacrosanct - As centennial nears, Florida women recall riding Overseas Railroad to Key West - Steam switcher moving to Age of Steam Roundhouse (SUGARCREEK, OHIO Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal 0-6-0T No. 13) - Amtrak official: Northeast Corridor expansion requires larger New York station - The Georgetown Loop Railroad has acquired an ex-National Railways of Colombia narrow gauge 2-8-2 |
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| December 2011 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Railway Express 2011 Photos:Amesbury Station Postdard c. 1904 - Restoring the Windham Depot B&B Cabforward E1 - B&B combine Fawn - B&B Sylvan - B&B Box cars & Flats - B&B Excursion cars - B&B other - Missabe & Iron Range “Yellowstone” 2-8-8-4 No. 229 - Amtrak Acela - Bicentennial diesel - "New Haven" 3025 History: Billerica and Bedford Railroad - Interest: Salisbury Point Station Memo circa 1980 with details of station move. News: United Kingdom’s National Railway Museum to host Railfest 2012 - Winston Link locomotive (Canadian Pacific 4-6-0 No.453) headed to Virginia - Work to cosmetically restore Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range “Yellowstone” 2-8-8-4 No. 229 is progressing - Orange Empire Railway Museum restoring Union Pacific E8A - Amtrak reorganizes plans for Northeast Corridor, high speed rail - - Buffalo Central Terminal flagpole returns after 30 years - TRAINS’ 2011 Preservation Award goes to Virginia Museum of Transportation for Bicentennial diesel - "New Haven" 3025 to make test run this afternoon |
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| November 2011 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Railway Express 2011 Photos: St Johnsbury and Lake Champlain (many photos Vermont - Maine) ) - Lamoille - Waldon - Greensboro) - Cumbres & Toltec Scenic - Workers celebrate the completion of repairs to Washington County Railroad's crossing of the White River at White River Junction, Vt. - Vermont railroads haul aggregate History: Boston and Albany Railroad (Part 3) - St Johnsbury and Lake Champlain Interest: Tour de Chooch Program 2011 News: Durango & Silverton parent company may run Cumbres & Toltec - Cumbres & Toltec commission \ reaches deal with Durango & Silverton parent - 'Vermonter' returns to the rails - British historian: 1890 plan called for Scotland-Ireland rail link - New England Central, Vermont Rail System near complete recovery from Irene - Museum of the American Railroad inks deal to leave Dallas for good - Vermont railroads haul aggregate for fixing Irene-damaged highways - STB approves Desert Xpress (between Las Vegas and Southern California)- Amtrak to replace two bridges on Northeast Corridor next week (Stonington, Conn) |
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| October 2011 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events Photos:Stabilizing Green Mountain's Bridge 114 (after Vermont floods)- Typical Boston and Albany Locos - Bound for Cincinnati, St Louis and Chicago - St Johnsbury and Lake Champlain (various) - Vermont railroads work to restore service - History: Boston and Albany Railroad (Part 2) Interest: Tour de Chooch Program 2011 - St Johnsbury and Lake Champlain RR News: Vermont railroads work to restore service post Irene - More rail service restored in storm-wracked New England |
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| September 2011 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events Photos:A meet at Rockingham Jct., NH June 1943 - Boston and Albany Railroad (many maps and photos) - Southern Pacific 4-8-4 No. 4449 - Steam locomotive Leviathan - Soo Line 2-8-2 No. 1003 - Coos Bay Lumber Co. No. 10 History: Boston and Albany Railroad Interest: Tour de Chooch Program 2011 News: Metro-North faces heat for train that stalls in triple-digit temps - Portland (Ore) approves new home for its three steam engines - Steam engine ‘Leviathan’ to make trips at Illinois Railway Museum - Kinzua Viaduct to reopen Sept. 15 - Mudslide strikes, closes Durango & Silverton - Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority General Manager Richard Davey will become Massachusetts’ transportation secretary - The group that operates Soo Line 2-8-2 No. 1003 says it will rebuild the engine for more - Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum celebrates 50 years - Scrappers have already removed the smokebox and made test cuts in the boiler of Coos Bay Lumber Co. No. 10, a 100-ton Alco 2-8-2T built in 1930 for use in the Oregon Coast Range. - Norfolk Southern launches '21st Century Steam' website - Reading & Northern to operate fall excursions - After 62 years a PCC streetcar returns to San Diego site- Colorado Railroad Museum to build new track in one day - Strasburg grows freight business with rail-to-truck site - Portland Maine narrow gauge museum obtains grant for steam locomotive - Funding laid out for Northeast Corridor work |
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| August 2011 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events Photos:the Ohio State Limited - Michigan Central - Over the Berkshires B&A (many pictures) - Friends of the 261 operating private car train to Chicago - Metro-North’s Waterbury Branch at Waterbury, Conn - Chicago & North Western 4-6-0 No. 1385 - A welded rail train works through White River Junction, Vt. - Saratoga & North Creek BL2 No. 52 - Southern Pacific 4-8-4 No. 4449 - Five steam engines power a Little River Railroad - Doubleheaded Chinese-built 2-10-2s History: Over the Berkshires Pictures Interest: News: Power problems create repeated corridor headaches NEWARK NJ - Friends of the 261 operating private car train to Chicago - Metro-North to close Waterbury line for bridge work - Museum to begin restoration work on Chicago & North Western 1385 -New England Central advances fast-train upgrades - Saratoga & North Creek to feature classic diesels, paint schemes - Portland ORE approves new home for its three steam engines - Quintuple-headed steam train operates over Little River Railroad - Iowa Interstate sets a steam-hauled tonnage record - |
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| July 2011 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Election Results Photos:D&H sharknose 1216 and PA 17 stand at Plattsburgh NY in May 1977 - Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn (several) - NH Railroad Map - - Canadian National boxcab 6712 - Vermonteer - Engines in Jersey Central, Lackawanna colors debut (2) - Lobato Trestle reopening History: Revere Beach and Lynn 3ft railroad (part 3) Interest: News: Railcar orders spike - MOUNT ROYAL, Que. – A former Canadian National Railway boxcab electric locomotive (CN 6712)intended for display in the town of Mount Royal has been scrapped. - CSX train derails after thieves steal rails TAUNTON MA - Rhode Island police investigate rail theft - CSX begins work at planned Massachusetts intermodal yard WORCESTER, Mass - ‘Vermonter’ resumes following Sunday derailment - World’s northernmost railroad proposed for Canadian Baffin island - Engines in Jersey Central, Lackawanna colors debut at anthracite roads group convention - Boston subway cars need $100 million in upgrades - Beijing-Shanghai fast-train line gets go-ahead to open- Lobato Trestle reopening |
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| June 2011 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Election Slate - AGM Details Photos:“Requiem for Steam: The Railroad Photographs of David Plowden - Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn (several) - White Pass & Yukon Route Railway operated an all-steam rotary plow train for a crowd - Chesapeake & Ohio 614 begins move home Clinton Forge VA - M-8 railcars - An Amtrak Northeast Regional train zips through Edison, N.J. - BMTA Tie work - NJT 4500 locomotives - Museum of the American Railroad History: How to air a 5-mile tunnel in 25 minutes (Hoosac) - Revere Beach and Lynn 3ft railroad (part 2) Interest: Essex Steam Train & Riverboat to host Plowden railroad photo exhibit News: White Pass & Yukon Route Railway operated an all-steam rotary plow train - for a crowd - Chesapeake & Ohio 614 begins move home Clinton Forge VA - Kawasaki will have to delay deliveries of M-8 railcars to the Connecticut Department of Transportation owing to supply problems (Japan Tsunami) - Meridium Software company charters train for guests - Canadian Pacific Hudson to roll this summer 4-6-4 No. 2816, The Empress (Kicking Horse Pass) - Northeast Corridor wins a piece of Florida high speed rail funds - Northeast Corridor tie work to foul Massachusetts commuter trains - New Jersey Transit unveils dual-mode NJT 4500 locomotives - Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania to employ geothermal heat - Museum of the American Railroad prepares to move, Frisco TX - Amtrak reaches midpoint of Niantic River bridge work |
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| May 2011 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Election Slate - AGM Details Photos:Class T1a berkshire. # 4017 May 1947 - Methuen train station 55 Union St - Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn (several) - Canadian National orders 1,000 containers for grocery, consumer goods - Amtrak “Heritage” P42s 184 and 66 pass Gaithersburg - Walter Breuning, the world’s oldest man at 114 - Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 3751 - Stone Mountain’s newly rebuilt FP7 History: What Autos Did to Amesbury The above article was taken from the November 1926 Boston and Maine Employees Magazine Vol. 3. No. 8 - 1928 Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn 3ft railroad Interest: Officials try to save historic train stop METHUEN News: General Electric looks at Massachusetts plant for locomotive assembly - Judge: Canadian National can’t directly serve Maine paper mill, Madawaska - Massachusetts seeks to replace key ‘Downeaster’ Merrimack commuter line bridge - New Brunswick Southern expansion planned for July 1 - Iowa Pacific gets go-ahead to operate Upper Hudson River Railroad - Budget cuts all 2011 funds for high speed rail - Canadian National orders 1,000 containers for grocery, consumer goods - Dad charged in daughter’s death at crossing grade CHICAGO - Amtrak launches kids' website - Britain’s ‘Tornado’ steam locomotive gets its boiler back - Amtrak releases two more 'heritage' units - World’s oldest man, a Great Northern retiree, dies at 114 - Santa Fe 3751 steams for California railroad celebration - Historic Toronto roundhouse uncovered during construction - Stone Mountain Park in Georgia unveils first of two rebuilt Southern FP7A units |
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| April 2011 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Election Photos:From North Station, Boston & Maine passenger trains cross the Charles River Trains magazine 9/1948 - Mail pickup on the B&M (many pictures) - The Camel Train (many pictures) - New Mexico trestle CHAMA, N.M - Metro-North M-8 cars - Atlas Shrugged: Part I - Grand Canyon steam - Western Maryland Scenic 2-8-0 No. 734 at Cumberland - Cumbres & Toltec - Friends of the 261 builds special press - Railway Mail Service mascot History: Mail pickup on the B&M Interest: The Camel Train - an Irish Eccentricity News: CSX completes land acquisition for Massachusetts intermodal terminal - Bid awarded to fix burned New Mexico trestle CHAMA, N.M - Metro-North M-8 cars make unexpected debut HARTFORD, Conn - Railroading set to be key to action in upcoming ‘Atlas Shrugged: Part I’ - Grand Canyon steam to make 10 trips during 2011 season - Flying Scotsman to debut in black YORK, UK - Ridership up on Western Maryland Scenic CUMBERLAND - Cumbres & Toltec to run “Geology Train” - Friends of the 261 builds special press to inspect locomotive axle - Postage stamp to honor Railway Mail Service mascot - New Hampshire House votes to shut down commuter line - Study: New Massachusetts commuter route should run via Stoughton |
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| March 2011 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events Photos:B&M Extra 1450 South crossing the Contoocook River and US 202 - Diesels and Bridges - B&M Pacific at Rutland - Luxury B&M Coaches $85,000 - Amtrak P42. No. 145 shows of its retro paint scheme in Chicago - Army Alco RSD1 No. 8011 is readied for transport at Strasburg - McCloud No. 25 - ‘Tornado’ (UK) - Workers attempt to right New England Southern GP39-2 No. 2370 at Concord, N.H. History: Diesels and Covered Bridges Part 2 Interest: News: First Amtrak locomotive in historic paint scheme kicks off year-long 40th anniversary celebration - Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania awarded NS grant - New Orleans to expand streetcar network - Flying Scotsman, rebuilt boiler to be reunited (UK) - Army Alco arrives at military museum - Amtrak proposes New Jersey-New York tunnels - New Hampshire Republicans plan to kill commuter line - McCloud No. 25 sold to Oregon Coast Scenic - Repair work begins on ‘Tornado’ boiler (UK) - Snowmobilers blamed in New England Southern derailment - Amtrak starts YouTube channel |
February 2011 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events Photos:A meet on the B&M at Bradford, VT #3629 - Diesels and Covered Bridges - Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad and Museum 2-foot-gauge 0-4-4T No. 4 - Polson Logging Co. No. 70 is nearly ready for service on Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad History: Diesels and Covered Bridges Part 1 Interest: News: Group buys ‘Phoebe Snow’ dining car - Illinois Railway Museum receives dome car - For one rail photographer Kodachrome goes out with a bang - New observation deck being built at Kinzua Viaduct - Tornado steam engine work hits snag (UK) - Three towns to compete for new Maine Narrow Gauge Museum site - Chesapeake & Ohio 614 is southbound after 10 years of storage - Maine to take control of Montreal, Maine & Atlantic lines today - Amtrak to celebrate 40th Birthday with specially painted locomotives, train - - Pan Am Railways to shortline owner: you're banned - Logging service 2-8-2 to return to service |
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| January 2011 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events Photos: BM 2733 a class K-8-C stands at Plymouth NH c.1941 - Fillmore & Western No. 14 returns to steam - American Locomotive Company Builders Photo September 1922 - Railroad flashers you can model (crossing signals)-Crossing gates at Dover (maps and pictures) - C&O 614 will return to Virginia - New England Central crews deposit welded rail next to the Amtrak Vermonter route -The Philadelphia-bound Liberty Limited passes Bowie, Md., with 19 cars enroute to the Army-Navy game - CSX signal crews remove one of the last ex-Monon Railroad semaphore signal from service at Crawfordsville, Ind History: Crossing Gates at Dover Interest: News: Famed Chesapeake & Ohio Greenbrier to move after 10 years ROANOKE, Va. — Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 No. 614 - Fillmore & Western No. 14 returns to steam - - Finger Lakes Railway suspends passenger excursions GENEVA, N.Y. - New Middletown station to be built on Amtrak’s Keystone Corridor - Vintage Delaware & Hudson caboose coming home to Pennsylvania CARBONDALE - Former New York Jets safety chooses Norfolk Southern over football (Keith Fitzhugh chose operating trains over a shot at a Super Bowl) - - ‘Downeaster’ to get some money formerly bound for Ohio, Wisconsin - Museum of the American Railroad (Dallas) delays reopening - - Morocco places first African high speed rail order - Vermont upgrades tracks while poised to receive funds from canceled Ohio, Wisconsin - Army-Navy game train 'Liberty Limited' returns to the rails - B&O Museum considering expansion projects - Rail line to be reactivated CECIL, Pa.(MarkWest wants to build a line connecting its natural gas processing plant near Houston, Pa) - CSX decommissions last of ex-Monon semaphore signals - General Electric produces video illustrating the future of railroading - ‘California Zephyr’ becomes a mileage collector’s dream |
December 2010 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events Photos:B&M 2-8-0 K-8b #2669 Shoving hard on a westbound freight at Ashburnam Curve in 1938 B&M 0-6-0 G-11a #424 stands at the Boston engine Terminal water tower in 1935. - Path Network - Soo Line 2-8-2 No. 1003 - A New England Central rail train breaks through a ceremonial banner at St. Albans, Vt. - Denzel Washington charges across the top of a moving tank car in the movie “Unstoppable” History: The day Flying Yankee came to town by John Lagoulis - Interest: A Little Subway That Looks, Smells and Sounds Different in NY (the Path Network) News: Commuter agency Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is displaying two mock-ups of its new bi-level commuter coaches on Track 1 at Boston’s North Station - Which projects got high speed rail money in the second round of funding? - Soo Line 1003 to make last run this month - First Silverliner V cars put in service - 218 mph Shanghai-Hangzhou line opens with new world record for “normal” train - Chinese QJ, Union Pacific 844 to meet in Iowa - Edaville Railroad put up for sale - Trains magazine’s 2010 preservation grant of $10,000 has been awarded to The Center for Railroad Photography & Art to preserve, process, and present the Wallace W. Abbey photograph collection - Vermont, Amtrak formally kick off high speed work - Unstoppable: Now barreling toward a theater near you |
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| November 2010 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events Photos:Gotthard Base Tunnel final breakthrough - Gotthard Map - Boston South Station - National Train Day - CP Holiday train - VIA Rail putting refurbished cars into service - Amtrak’s new ACS-64 electric locomotives. - Soo 1003 - museum's roundhouse groundbreaking ALTOONA History: Interest: Tour de Chooch 2010 - Gotthard Base Tunnel final breakthrough News: Plans to expand Boston South Station will move ahead - Amtrak orders 70 new electric locomotives from Siemens project cancelled to build a commuter rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River - Amtrak plans $40 million renovation for Chicago's Union Station - Canadian Pacific releases Holiday Train schedule - Norfolk Southern loads massive coal ship - New Jersey and CSX opens Liberty Corridor Freightway - VIA Rail putting refurbished cars into service - Deal struck for commuter train service to Rhode Island airport - New York Penn Station expansion to finally see light of day - Maine reaches deal to buy imperiled rail lines - Federal funds to go toward Cumbres & Toltec bridge fix - ‘Polar Express’ author to arrive at event aboard Soo 1003 - New railroad engineering program announced at museum's roundhouse groundbreaking ALTOONA, Pa. |
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| Oktober 2010 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events Photos:The Mounttaiineerr” emerrgiing ffrrom a tunnel,, bound for Summiitville, NY on the The Mountaiin Railroad ((NYO&W))- Carloads of Amesbury Carriages - Amesbury from the air - Grand Junction Rairoad - Crawford Notch train - NYOW Paintings - Penn Station - Southern Railway 2-8-0 No. 401 - Six eagle statues are visible atop the cornice - Alstom's new diesel switcher that, surprise, converts waste heat into steam and uses the steam to run a turbine to produce more power - General Electric's new Freightliner six axle unit History: What Autos Did to Amesbury Interest: across Cambridge on a little-known railroad called the Grand Junction. - HART’S LOCATION —— Drive through Crawford Notch a time or two, taking the time to explore the legends and lore of this historic part of New \ Hampshire, and it’s easy to become enchanted with the place. Downeaster Project Expansion News: New York, Ontario & Western artwork to be auctioned - Arizona museum gets electric locomotive delivery by truck - The Arizona State Railroad Museum’s new helium car - Photographer David Plowden's steam work to be displayed - Long Island Rail Road marks centennial of Penn Station service - Illinois museum fires up ex-Southern 2-8-0 - MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa — The Midwest Central Railroad celebrated its 50th anniversary - Penn Station eagle gets a facelift BERLIN — The biggest railroad trade show in the world, InnoTrans 2010, |
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| September 2010 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events Photos:Section of the 1854 Clark Map of Amesbury - Mt Washington CRR - Siemens new Vectron electric locomotive - FRA crashes tank car onto concrete slab History: Railway to the Clouds (Mt Washington CRR) Interest: Book Review: Steam-Driven Dreams News: Major Breakthrough For NYCT No. 7 Extension - Fatal plane crash closes Alaska Railroad main line - Caterpillar now owns EMD - First trailer for Denzel Washington's Unstoppable' Movie released - Artifacts sought for Grand Central exhibit - Rail arrives for 'Downeaster' extension - American Railway Explorer plan is scrapped - Federal funds sought for Northeast Corridor upgrades - Front-line news: Virginia & Truckee Railway derailment caught on camera - Smithsonian donates "the other" PA diesel to Texas museum - FRA crashes tank car onto concrete slab - Boston commuter line nears deal to extend trains into New Hampshire |
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| August 2010 |
Club: Board Notes - Treasurers Report - Events - Richard Sanborn Obituary Photos:Restoration drawing of Grand Central Terminal - New York - Britains Last Railroad Gun - Grand Central Terminal - FDR arrived on a custom car - Southern Consolidation-type steam engine No. 154 - Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 - Iowa floods - Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 - History: Britains Last Railroad Gun Interest: Grand Central's multimillion-dollar secrets News: Southern 2-8-0 No. 154 made its first post-restoration trip - Cumbres & Toltec fire-damaged bridge may require replacement Fire engulfed the remains of the abandoned Delaware & Hudson shops at Colonie NY - Pennsylvania man asserts right to trespass on railroad - The MBTA placed an order for 20 new commuter locomotives Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 was lifted off its wheels as part of its ongoing rebuilding. - Amtrak orders 130 single-level cars - The newly built Class A1 Pacific Tornado has been taken out of service to repair boiler problems - Floodwaters continue to plague railroads in eastern Iowa - Nickel Plate Road 765 to haul October trips - Maine, railroad negotiate to save routes from abandonment |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 Sponsors: Please support our sponsors - our sponsors are very important to us:
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| 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 Sponsors: Please support our sponsors - our sponsors are very important to us:
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| 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 Sponsors: Please support our sponsors - our sponsors are very important to us:
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 Sponsors: Please support our sponsors - our sponsors are very important to us:
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| 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 Sponsors: Please support our sponsors - our sponsors are very important to us:
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| 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) Sponsors: Please support our sponsors - our sponsors are very important to us:
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| 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 Sponsors: Please support our sponsors - our sponsors are very important to us:
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| 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. |
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| 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 Sponsors: Please support our sponsors - our sponsors are very important to us:
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| 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) Sponsors: Please support our sponsors - our sponsors are very important to us:
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| 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' Sponsors: Please support our sponsors - our sponsors are very important to us:
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| 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) Sponsors: Please support our sponsors - our sponsors are very important to us:
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| 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.) Sponsors: Please support our sponsors - our sponsors are very important to us:
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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" |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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: |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||||||||