The
EAST COAST CHAMPION
_____________________________________________________________________March
2005
PRESIDENT’S MEMO TO STOCKHOLDERS
(Editor’s note: Since Walt composed
the following letter, program plans have changed. Hal Greenlee
will bring some more HDTV recording from the PBS “Tracks Ahead”.)
First of all, let us hope that this meeting
goes better than the last one I presided over (where the women’s club
took over our meeting room & ate the cookies I'd brought & drank
the coffee I'd made). For the program this month, I have a DVD
that was made for me by MAINLINE
VIDEOS. It is a transfer of some movies that I began making about
1964 on the Erie-Lackawanna. I had received a Super 8 movie camera for
my birthday & began buying film & running it off around Binghamton
NY. I also shot film on the NYC Harlem division from the cab approaching
Grand Central Station. There's some PRR at Newark, NJ & Newark,
Delaware, & finally some of the OLD Auto-Train. PROBLEMS --
the camera didn't have sound, so I will
have to narrate and I CAN'T imitate GP9s too well. (If only I had a
video camera in the 60s). I was surprised by the extent of stuff
there was including a cab ride on BS51 - the Binghamton-Syracuse through
freight the old EL ran daily. It was weird to see Marathon, Cortland
& other stations go by looking down the hood of the Gray, Maroon
& Yellow Geep & finally see the old Syracuse passenger station
pass & see the freight yards come into view as they did many times
when I worked this job. I'll apologize in advance for the mistakes
in filming short snippets of trains. In those days I was always
thinking of the cost of developing the film & I also didn't use
a tripod (an impossibility in the engine cab). What makes up for
it is the rarity of some of the stuff. My wife & I went up
on the old Auto-Train & when we got to Lorton, I stopped by Potomac
Yard & filmed a RF&P job pushing cars up the hump. I then
went to my 35mm camera & took slides of power on the pit tracks.
I wish I'd taken more movies there, since it (Pot Yard) is gone now.
As I've said before, I'm an engineer, not a photographer and it's just
lucky that I carried my camera in my grip and took some fotos here &
there. I wish I'd taken thousands more, but I did have about 400 feet
or more of movie film and most of it's on this DVD. I'll see you all
at the meeting.
Regards to all,
Walter E. Smith
President/FEC Chapter – NRHS
MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY MEETING
In the absence of the chapter President
and Secretary the meeting was presided over by Vice-President Hal Greenlee.
No business meeting was held and no meeting minutes recorded.
RAILS ON THE WEB
(Editors Note: As a trial, I would like
to share with you some of my favorite rail web sites. I would
encourage you to send me your favorites at S2choochoo@ bellsouth.net.)
For this month try: http://www.northeast.railfan.net/. If you’re curious about my email address
check out http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/tr_prr6200l.jpg
NEWS AND INFO FROM CHAPTER NEWSLETTERS
New Books
BOCA GRANDE/ONCE A RAILROAD TOWN
by Robert F. Fischer … Someone may wonder, what’s so great about
Boca Grande? Boca Grande is on Gasparilla Island and has a very deep-water
port. In 1907 it was decided to connect the railroad from the phosphate
area to Boca Grande for shipping the stuff wherever. The history and
also the operation of this railroad clear up into Seaboard and
SCL days is a rather fabulous one. Nothing is left today except the
station building on Boca Grande that dates way back to the CHARLOTTE
HARBOR & NORTHERN. The track has been removed between Boca Grande
and Arcadia.
From
“The Orderboard” – Tampa Bay Chapter NRHS
Another GREGG TURNER book is here
- A MILESTONE CELEBRATION: THE SEABOARD RAILWAY TO NAPLES AND MIAMI.
The paperback book is 6x9 with 178 pages priced at $17.75 and is available
at www.AuthorHouse.com or phone 1—888—280—7715.
Newsletter - Miami Chapter NRHS
Flagler Museum Addition
Imagine taking a step back
in history and immersing yourself in the sights and sounds of the Gilded
Age of rail travel. At the Flagler Museum Whitehall’s exhibition,
“Great Railway Palaces of the Guilded Age,” you’ll be able to
do that.
With
60 artifacts, including maps, portraits, stock certificates dating back
to the late 19th to the early 20th century, you’ll feel first-hand
what it was like to travel through the country on the luxury rail lines.
Railway builders include William Henry Vanderbilt and his Grand Central
Station in New York City, Alexander Cassatt’s Union Station in Washington,
D.C. and E. H. Harriman’s Union Station in Kansas City, MO, will be
showcased. You’ll be able to glimpse the views that rail passengers
saw from their private railcar windows and hear the train whistles.
“The
idea here is we have four bays to tell the story of railways and railway
palaces and also some of the big players, such as Vanderbilt.
Each bay will feature one of the great rail stations and rail lines
and a key person,” said John Blades, executive director of the Flagler
Museum for the past ten years.
The
exhibition is the teaser for the main event, the unveiling of the $5
million Flagler Kenan Pavilion on Feb.4. Designed in the style
of a 19th century railway palace and built to house and protect Henry
Flagler’s private luxury railcar, the pavilion has been in the planning
stages for the past four and a half years and under construction for
the past two years.
John
Blades explains: “Basically, we needed to protect the railcar, and
designing a 19th century railway palace seemed the way to go.
It’s got to be appropriate to a National Historic Landmark.
It’s extremely rare to be building a project on a historic site. It’s
really not appropriate in most cases. Our choice was, do you protect
the railcar or do you let it disintegrate from the climate? We
wanted to continue to keep the railcar in good shape. We decided
that if we were going to do it, we needed to do something really appropriate,
to think big about it.”
And
think big is exactly what they did. Architect Jeff Smith designed
a graceful structure in the beaux-arts style of the l9th century.
From the original logo of Flagler’s Over-Sea Railroad set in the beautiful
terrazzo floor, to the soaring arched windows, capitals and columns,
the building is simply breathtaking. “The arches, capitals and
columns are all made of carved plaster, with bronze impregnated paint
so you get a layer of oxidized bronze,” said Blades. The effect
looks like wrought iron with a Statue of Liberty green hue.
Rising
up 40 feet from the floor, the pyramid shaped glass roof is a feat of
engineering in itself. “The windows are all heat rated to block
out the heat. The glass ceiling is actually made of panes of glass
that are layers of glass with ceramic dots in between that reflect the
heat back. From the floor, you can’t see the ceramic dots,”
said Blades.
And
nestled along one wall of the station, you’ll find the centerpiece
of the exhibit, Flagler’s private railcar, Railcar No. 91. Built
by the Jackson & Sharp Company of Delaware in 1886, it was described
in newspapers of that era as a “palace on wheels.” Visitors will
be able to tour the railcar’s opulent master bedroom, master bath,
guest quarters and kitchen, all restored to their original elegance.
Also located in the pavilion will be a waterfront café overlooking
scenic views of the Intracoastal Waterway.
Blades
has been instrumental in the planning and construction of the new pavilion.
“Having cared for this building and other buildings like it for 30
years of my career, I know what’s going to work over the long haul,
so I don’t want to have a mistake made in the way we put things together.
I don’t want to have a problem 50 years from now because of the way
it’s constructed. I’d just as soon avoid it ahead of time,
knowing the kinds of things that come up on a really old building.
The second reason is that whenever there is a choice on little details,
I want to choose what is appropriate so the building is as authentic
as it can be,” said Blades, adding, “I think it will be great fun.”
The “Great Railway
Palaces of the Gilded Age” exhibition opens January 8 and runs through
April 17. The Flagler Kenan Pavilion opens February 4th with a gala
for 500 of the movers and shakers of Palm Beach and the county. The
Flagler Museum is located on Coconut Row and Whitehall Way, Palm Beach.
Admission is $10 for adults and $3 for children ages 6 to 12. For more
information, call 361-655-2833 or visit their Web site at www.flagler-museum.us
(By Iris Fahrer,
Boynton Beach Times, Jan. 26, 2005) via
“The Drawbar” Palm Beaches’ Chapter NRHS
Abandon
– Florida Central, ex SAL/Orange Belt
Central Florida Chapter’s newsletter,
THE FLATWHEEL, has indicated that the FLORIDA CENTRAL RAILROAD has applied
to the Surface Transportation Board to abandon the 3.4 mile line known
as the FOREST CITY spur from Toronto to Forest City. Several members
had been to Forest City for the last and final operation of the dinner
train that used to run between Forest City and Tavares (via Toronto).
That ill—fated move was marred by the washout of a bridge in Forest
City forcing the operators to shuttle back and forth over a six block
area three times in order that they could fulfill their obligation of
running the SUNDAY BRUNCH train for the final time.
Trackwise,
Toronto is only a crossing between the former SAL line between Orlando
and Tavares and the former ACL line between Sanford and Trilby. The
north—south line is still fully operational today, as FLORIDA CENTRAL’s
mainline. In the beginning of rail building in that area the Sanford—Trilby
line became known as the ORANGE BELT ROUTE going west through Winter
Garden, Claremont and Trilby. At Trilby it connected with the north
south ACL line going on to Tarpon Springs and St Petersburg or south
to Lakeland. With the abandonment of this 3 mile track the old ORANGE
BELT ROUTE will be down to 11 operating miles, between Toronto and Winter
Garden, of a line that was 76 miles long. The SCL merger in 1967 caused
the elimination of lots of duplicate and redundant trackage. What wasn’t
spun off to short line operators was simply abandoned with CSX having
done much of that during the 1980’s.
(Newsletter - Miami Chapter
NRHS)
Motive Power 101
In December, rumor had it that FEC would
be leasing 6 locomotives and that the model was SD45T2’s of Southern
Pacific (SP) heritage. At one time according to chat room chatter,
the units in question were SD40T2’s, since according to the LTEX.
(Larry’s Truck and Electric) roster, there were only 4 SD45T2’s
listed and they were still in SP or UP (Union Pacific) paint.
Also listed were 9 SD40T2’s and most of them were LTEX black.
It was easy to assume the SD40T2 theory was correct, based upon the
roster information and the fact that 3 black tunnel motors (nicknames
given to SD40T2’s & SD45T2’s) showed up in Bowden Yard on 12/26/2004.
The locomotive numbers told a different tale. On FEC property
were unit numbers 6882, 9201 and 9366. All 3 locomotives were
SD45T2’s, retaining their ex-SP road numbers. (So much for the
SD40T2 theory.)
Much
has already been written about SP’s SD45T2s, so I’ll be brief. An
SD45T2 is a variation of an SD45-2 built for the SP from 1972 to 1975.
SP was in need of a locomotive that would operate reliably in the snowsheds
and tunnels through Donner Pass. Builder EMD redesigned the radiator
section such that cooling air is drawn though large intakes near the
loco’ s frame rather than the top as on conventional EMD’s.
The design proved successful and SP took delivery of 247 SD45T2 models
(the only ones built).
This design was later employed on the
SD40-2 to create the SD40T2 for which SP took examples and the Denver
& Rio Grande Western took 73.
Because
of the need to over come overheating problems in tunnels, both the SD40T2
and the SD45T2 became know as “Tunnel Motors”. Both models
are similar in appearance save a key difference in the radiator section
- the SD45T2’s have 3 cooling fan access doors, 3 rectangular panels
above the intake grills while the SD40T2’s have only 2.
The
SP numbered the SD45T2 from 9166 to 9404 and all wore SP’s red and
gray paint (although 166 of them were lettered for SP’s subsidiary,
Cotton Belt). The units’ numbers remained unchanged from ‘86 through
1989 when 125 units were renumbered 6767-6892, following a major re-build
and modification. Starting in 1995, SP and later UP began disposing
of the SD45T2’s so that by 2003 all were off the roster.
So what happened to all of the SD45T2’s?
Well the list is as follows:
Citibank (CEFX) has 26 SD45T2’s
in its lease fleet and carry ex-SP numbers in the 9100, 9200, 9300 and
the 9400 series.
Helm Leasing (HATX) has 21
numbered 925 through 945.
Larry’s Truck and Electric
(LTEX), in addition to the numbers mentioned earlier, number 4912, an
UP number.
National Railway Equipment
(NRE) has 3 ex-SP numbers 9243, 9270 and 9323.
Kansas City Southern (KCS)
has 10 SD45T3’s, built from SD45T2’s with numbers 4500 through 4509.
Duluth, Missabe & Iron
Range (DM&IR) have 18 SD45T2’s rebuilt into SD40T3’s numbered
400 through 415, 417 and 419.
Bessemer & Lake Erie (B&LE)
have 11 identical units to the DM&IR and numbered 900 — 910.
In
all, 93 SD45T2’s survive in one form or another. The rest have
sadly gone to scrap. The SD40T2 has faired far better both on the UP
and in lease fleets. This model will be discussed at a later date.
In the meantime it is not known how long the LTEX SD45T2’s will remain
on the FEC, so keep an eye out for the black SD’s in the company of
blue GP’s and yellow SD’s.
From
“The Drawbar” - Palm Beach Chapter NRHS
Humor
I once heard a story about a railroad
crew that befriended a monkey named Bobo. The railroaders would play
with Bobo and feed him and really treat him nice. In fact, they taught
the monkey to give hand signals and run the engine and to even read
a switch list and switch out the cars. Soon Bobo got to be so good at
it that the guys would let the monkey do their work while they went
fishing. One day the Trainmaster caught the guys fishing while Bobo
was doing the work. All of the railroaders got fired on the spot. A
couple of months later the railroaders got a letter from the company.
It was a great flowery piece and reinstated all of the railroaders to
their former positions with all back pay. It was signed by Trainmaster
Bobo.
One night the superintendent caught one
of his engineers using a fusee instead of a lantern while oiling around.
“Are you aware those things cost this company fifty cents apiece”
roared the super? “Well no” replied the engineer, “but they’re
worth every penny of it!”
From
“The Flatwheel” – Central Florida Chapter NRHS
Missed A Train
That Was A Day Late
When the Switz City division
of the Illinois Central was built, it was known as the Indiana and Illinois
Southeast. The narrow gauge line had rickety equipment and roadbed,
and while there was a schedule, an on-time train would have been considered
a miracle. The road was known as the “Try-Weakly.” Josiah McConnell
desired to go from Switz City to Sullivan, but missed the train by a
minute or two. The station clock showed that the train had left five
minutes ahead of time, and Mr. McConnell sued the railroad for $5.00
damages. At the trial it was proved beyond a doubt that the train he
missed should have gone the day before and was really 23 hours and 55
minutes late.
From a 1904 issue of
Locomotive Engineers’ Journal,
“Semaphore Long
Island”-Sunrise Trail Chap. NRHS via
“Orderboard”-Tampa Bay Chapter NRHS
STACK
TALK by NEIL MORAN
Be
patient good people, spring is almost upon us and “cabin fever”
will soon be a thing of the past. I’ll try to get these winter
doldrums out of your mind with some steam news. Unfortunately all the
news will not be good!
In
the latest reports the situation in China has deteriorated to the point
that there is only one or two trains pulled by steam locomotives over
Jing Peng Pass. lt is almost a certainty by the end of this month
steam will be a thing of the past. However all is not lost, tour
operators are now headed for Haoluku, Gongehugeng, Yalagaiti, and Baiqi.
Steam can still be seen between Chabuga and Daban. There is also
the line between Haoluku and Daban that still has the QJ’s (2-10-2)
running. There is now an option of chartering a train between
Daban and Jing Peng over the Pass. But you have to set up your
own negotiations with your tour guide and the railroad. Representatives
of the railroad recently reported that about 20 new DF4B class diesels
will arrive soon and that will knock out all steam service on the Pass.
In this report I also received news from Tiefa where Mikados still power
freight and passenger trains. It is seriously rumored that this
year diesels may replace steam engines on the freight trains.
Charters may be available during 2005. Check with your tour operator.
In a famous line from Hamlet “Alas, poor Yorick, I knew thee well!”
We
now move to Canada where the news is much better. Already plans
are being made to run excursions with Canadian Pacific Hudson #2816.
It will power a Canadian Rocky Mountain Steam Express out of Calgary
to Vancouver in mid June. The return trip to Calgary is scheduled
for around July 13th. However in more recent news,
the #28 16 will depart Vancouver down to Portland, Oregon to take part
in the NRHS convention over the July 4th holiday. The return trip
out of Portland will then head for Calgary via Vancouver. The
original plan was to run the #28 16 to Portland via Spokane but that
was canceled. The reason was that Union Pacific would not let
them run on their tracks. If the SP&S #700 does participate
in the convention there may be a round trip excursion to Tacoma.
The CP Hudson now sits in the Vancouver shops undergoing repairs for
a busy season in 2005.
Dropping
down into our country a rumor persists that the ex SF 4-8-4 #3751 may
lead an excursion out of Sacramento to Portland. At present this
is just a rumor. The possibility exists that she too may appear
at the convention in Portland.
Continuing
with the upcoming convention news, at present, no contracts have been
signed between the City of Portland and BN/SF to operate either SP&S
#700 or SP #4449 to participate in any excursions. The possibilities
of these events taking place are hindered by the enormous insurance
rates asked by BN/SF. So far the only steam excursion that looks
at all possible is a trip up to the Chehalis/Centralia Railroad in Chehalis,
Washington. This short line operates over six miles of track between
these two towns. The railroad uses a 1916 Baldwin 2-8-2 originally
from the Cowlitz, Chelhalis, and Cascade RR. Personally speaking,
I don’t think this short line is going to be a big drawing card to
attend the Convention. Today, you must have mainline steam excursions
running for a full day as an attraction for the steam-starved railfans.
Nonetheless we still have a couple of months to see how things develop.
Staying
out in the Northwest, last January’s railfan weekend up on the Yreka
Western Railroad was a success, even though there was five feet of snow
on the ground. I am sure you are all aware of the horrible weather
conditions that hit California during January, heavy rains in the southern
area, and large amounts of snow in the northern parts of the state.
The railroad did a tremendous job in getting the tracks cleared with
use of their Jordan spreader that also included the station area and
the yards. This event celebrated the final runs of the ex McCloud
River RR #18 on this property. On Saturday January 15th thirty
die hard steam fans climbed into two cabooses to many photo locations
along the line. Behind #18 the consist included three tank cars plus
the cabooses. When the train stopped for photo runbys, the photographers
stepped up into five feet of snow and had to mush their way to a comparable
photo location. Fortunately the weather cooperated and it was
not too cold and the sun came out. With all the heavy snow to
walk through, many railfans became quite tired towards the end of the
day. Since the tracks had been cleared out with a Jordan spreader,
the train looked as though it was going through a trench. Most
photographers could not shoot the rod action of the locomotive.
In all # 18 made around 25 runbys making for a full day. The second
day the railroad placed two coaches behind the engine along with their
double-decked viewing car. This was for a different group that
had chartered the train for that particular day. A larger crowd
of about 80 people was on board, some with children, which made photo
stops very precarious to say the least. The die-hard rail fans
were not very happy with this situation. After a few locations
the parents and the kids soon disappeared from the scene, leaving the
steam fans very happy. As the day grew on, mushing through the
five feet of snow gradually took its toll. Luckily only 8 to 10
runbys were scheduled that day. Fortunately there were no accidents
on either day, people were slipping and sliding everywhere. At
all photo locations railfans found themselves buried up to their beltline
in drifts. This could have been a ticklish situation but every
one survived. No. 18 performed very well under the conditions that prevailed.
She will soon be sold to the Virginia &Truckee Railroad in Virginia
City, Nevada. Once there the new operators will do some fine tuning
and have her ready to run with their #29 a 1916 Baldwin 2-8-0 Consol.
As for the Yreka Western Railroad’s other engine a 2-6-2 Prairie it
will stay on the property and be sold as part of a package along with
the whole railroad to a new operator.
We
head southeast to the Cumbres & Toltec narrow gauge operation.
They recently sent me news about a new 4,300 square foot car facility
that they started last fall. This building was erected adjacent
to the C&T railroad yard in Antonito. It is designed to be
a two-stalled car shop with storage and a shop capacity for up to four
30-ft. freight cars. The friends of the C&T executive committee
had authorized a budget of $70,000 for completion of the project.
It will be steel sided with steel and wood framing, and will have a
60ft by 72ft foundation with concrete flooring. In the future
the railroad will build a machine shop along with inspection pits. The
new facility will provide the Antonito volunteers with much needed protection
from the harsh climate during the winter months. This will give
critical indoor storage space for the historic fleet of rolling stock.
Let
us now turn our attention to the locomotives. Last year the railroad
had for the first time three operating steam engines, #484, #488, #489.
The #484 came back online after a five-year hiatus due to a derailment
near Los Pinos in 1999. The three Mikes have all had cab rehabiltations.
The crew removed all interior attachments, along with window sashes,
and rear drop windows. With the interior stripped to the wood
lining, the lining was degreased, cleaned, and sanded to remove flaking
paint and other minor defects. Where possible bends and dents
in the exterior steel sheets were corrected. After all this work
is finished then a complete repainting of the cabs will follow.
Meanwhile the interior of these three locomotives will be inspected
and side rods will be taken off and all running gear inspected for wear
and tear. Volunteers repaired the coal tipple and overhauled plumbing
in the night watchman’s house. A new door was installed between
the Chama machine shop and the roundhouse along with heavy shelving
in the engine house. As you can see it is not easy running a railroad,
besides maintenance of the engines and track lots of other upkeep come
into play in an operating railroad. Plus a huge amount of funding!
Our
next stop is in Grand Haven, Michigan. During the winter months,
thieves broke into a storage boxcar at the Pere Marquette #1223 preservation
site. Stolen were two classification lights used on the Berkshire
#1223, and kerosene caboose lamps used in the interior of Pere Marquette
caboose A #986. These items were stolen in their original cardboard
shipping cartons. If you have any information about this theft,
please contact the Grand Haven Public Safety Department at 1-616-842-3460
Case #04-948 1.
Now,
a little good news. Finally after months of delay former SP #745
had its “break in runs”. Forty-eight years ago she was placed
on display in New Orleans’ Audubon Park. Then after twenty years
she was removed from the park for refurbishing. This Southern
Pacific MX-5 Class 2-8-2 Mikado returned to the mainline last December.
The engine was built in New Orleans in the SP Algiers shops in February
1921. The Mike was donated to the City of New Orleans in May 1956.
After a multiyear restoration by the Louisiana Steam Train Association,
the #745 group underwent some break-in runs on the Kansas City Southern
RR in mid December of 2004. Her first road trip finally took place
on Wednesday December 15th. This trip ran a few miles
out of New Orleans and all went well except for an electrical problem
on the way back. The second trip took place a few days later with
a run around the wye then headed to a town called Reserve. In
fact the engineer opened her up a bit reaching 45 mph and had no trouble.
Later that week there was another test operation with the engine backing
up to the New Orleans Public Belt connection at Lambert Junction.
At that point a SW 1500 diesel was coupled on which she then pulled
back to Eagle Street to clear a signal circuit. Later that day
it pulled a caboose and a diesel to the LASTA yard. During the
trial runs the Mike had two whistles, Espee 5-chime, and a Virginian
3—chime off a MB class Mikado. Late in the afternoon the crew
ran short rides for members and visitors in the LASTA yard pulling a
caboose.
Even
though the #745 return to service was very much delayed, it would not
have happened at all if it weren’t for the hard work by scores of
people and several organizations over three decades. These activities
began well before the locomotive’s removal from Audubon Park back
in 1984. All this effort would have been for naught were it not
for the cooperation of the Kansas City Southern Railroad and Mr. Ted
Wax, KC S Manager of Operating Practices.
And
to culminate this story the entire week the locomotive had its test
runs they had clear cold and dry weather that resulted in some wonderful
displays of steam and smoke. They only accumulated 120 miles in
all, but these miles demonstrated the Mikes restoration was fundamentally
sound. By the way, the crew had a ball and cannot wait for some
more test runs. Also LASTA is announcing that it will be making
more break-in runs at the beginning of this month. For future information
visit the LASTA website at www.lasta.org.
We
next pull into steam town in Scranton, Pa. In January they ran a steam
excursion to Tobyhanna, Pa. This trip was to be in conjunction
with the town’s Ice Harvest Festival. Everything went well with the
performance of ex CN 2-8-2 #3254 powering that consist. When they
arrived in Tobyhanna every one was supposed to detrain, board busses
and then visit the Ice Harvest Festival. Unfortunately it was
not very cold so they had to cancel this activity due to lack of ice
in the lake. So the riders had to reboard the busses and head
back to the station. This meant a two-hour layover at the station with
nothing to do except to look around at the station. Several inquiries
were made to have the crew perform some runbys to help pass the time.
To their dismay the railroad would not stage any runbys fearing some
one might get hurt. This decision did not go over well and the
paying customers had to sit in the passenger cars until the scheduled
departure time two hours later. There were no photo runbys scheduled
in either direction so this day ended as a bummer. Steamtown may
decide to run another trip in February but I wonder how many tickets
will be sold this time. The first trip was a complete sell out.
Well
this ends our March news and now I must thank the people for some of
the news you just read. Steve Barry Railroad and Railfan Magazine, John
Biehn (Dayton RR Society), Mike Eagelson of Morris Park, NJ, Ed Emory
of Toronto, Canada, and Tom Tennant (Friends of the C&T RR), John
Reilly (NRHS —NY), and your most humble servant in steam.
UNTIL OUR TRACKS ACROSS AGAIN
CHAPTER OFFICIERS
FLORIDA EAST COAST CHAPTER,
NRHS
PresidentWalter
Smith(321) 757-3349
Vice-PresidentHal
Greenlee(321) 636-3393
TreasurerBob
Selle(321) 632-0944
Recording
SecretaryHarlan Hannah(321) 636-7986
HistorianJerry
Sheehan(321) 452-8649
Newsletter
Editor (Interim)Harlan Hannah(321) 259 0641
National
DirectorTom Hammond(321) 267-8339
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/
Florida East Coast Chapter,
NRHS
P.O. Box 2034
Cocoa, Fl 32923
Next Meeting: Monday, February
14, 2005, 7:00 PM
Central Brevard Library
& Reference Center
308 Forrest , Cocoa (321)
633-1792
Program- Hal Greenlee
–“Tracks Ahead Excerpts”