The5emaSeptember 1997Volume 40, NO.1

hareNewsletter of the Rochester NY Chapter,

National Railway Historical Society

Meeting: Sept 1aWe resume our regular meeting formatby returning to the 40 & H Club onUniversity Ave. The membership stansat HPl\l, followed by the program.

Jack Matsik is in the process of arrang-ing a program of one or more ,ideosabout railroading (of course). The titleswill be announced at the meeting.

Much was accomplished this summer •.so Rand Warner and others will have alot lO report. Plus Bob Miner willupdate the Fall Foliage trips status.

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Program CommitteeJack Matsik (Cluurman) 442-6269BIll Limburg 586-9470

•Dan Cos",o\"< 352-6931

Da\"<Luca (Iloard halson) 288'{)318

The Conunittee welcomes suggestions andideas for future programs. Contact any ofthe Comnullee members.

The P&H 35-lOn Truck Crane is parked out at our Webster site (our train s.:l is in thobackground). Art Mwnmery bas bren reconditioning this crane literally from top to bouom andshould be picking up raIlroad passenger cars by the time you read this. (Pho/O by BenrieCubitt)

Fall Rides Start on Sunday,September 21

If you can picture us BO\,ing al your feet, Kissingyour very toes and Thanking you obnoxiously foryour Generous Support, then you can understandour deep feelings of Gralitude!

The Depot Silver Annniversary Commi/lee

If you can help in the parking lot at Sodus, give Jim East (377-5389) or me a call.Parking is always in need of an extra person to guide people to their spol. If you cannot spend all day then parking is for you. The parking lot people can leave after the2: 15 train departs. If you wish you can ride the train instead of leaving for home.

Ticket agem, Marie Miner. can also use a helper at the boarding site. Ag.1in, you arcthrough at 2: 10 so you care free to go. If you can help. call me .

Again this year Wednesdays are cleaning the train day. It will be in Sodus by 9:3u inthe morning. If you arc retired or work nights. come out and help. There arc 5coaches to clean so "many hands make light work" and y'ou can help.

These Fall rides are one of the Chapter's projects that make money. We need all thehelp we can get lO make the rides a success.

Thank you,

Pa44 tJ•• """ Pod rk4e ~!!!Remember the Fall Foliage ny'er includedwitll the last The Semaphore'? How aboutposting it in a promiem public place'?You can pick up more at the Depot or atthe September meeting.

At the request of \Vaync County. wc ha\'cincreased our Iiabili.' coverage for thesetrips resulling in an e.xtra $3,()()() expensc!We need to recover thiS with c.\lrapatronage!

Thanks Iff

Thank Youl

•U~, 671-3589

- 40,000 (80%)

- 30,000 (60%)

10,000 (10%)

- 20,000 (40%)

~-$62.000!

.. - 50,000 (100%)

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Fall too Busy?

Membership Report •Thomas A. Way, Chairman

Welcome to:Morgan & Barbara Proseus7244 Pear Tree MeadowOntario, NY 14519315-524-5542

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EKC #6 Prime Mowr Fund: Q\'er$3.200 has been pledged or receivedwhich allowed the purchase and trans-portation of this prime mover to mu-seum property. The goal is $5.000.Additional funds are needed to switchthe units. John Redden is the overseer.

PRR N-5e Caboose Fund: $1.550 has.been pledged or collected towards thepurchase of this unique caboose design.Chris Hauf is this fund's promoter andnegotiator for the caboose.

Restoration Buildin:: Fund: This fundis over $62.000. The wrtllen "specs"have been completed: next step is tosubmit them to an architect for plans.Building design is now underway. DonShilling is the principal contact here.

A contribution to any of these fundswould be greatly appreciated by theoverseers.

Added to your roster:John Gallagher

Statistics:National + Rochester 200Rochester only 8Family 3 1TOTAL: 239

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As you know the NYMT IS open onSundays ):l:af I:llJIIld including the giftshop! Proceeds from gift shop salcs arcsplit between NYMT and NRHS. Todate. very few of our members haveworked in the gift shop. Givc it a t1).Call Marie at 671-3589.

Fall Foliage Trip Schedule:Saturday's: Oct II & 18

Sunday's: Sept. 21,28: Oct 5, 12 & 19

12 Noon and 2:15 dcpanures. all dates

Fares: Adults: $10: Ages 3-15: $6.50:Under 3: frcc if on adult's lap.

Janet Dittmer could use help on thetrain for concession and store sales.Interested? Call Janet at 288-0318 Shewill explain the fundamentals.

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Bob & Marie Miner toGive up Fall FoliageExcursion Positions

Bob Miner announced at the Augustmeeting that Marie and he will 'retire'from working on the Fall Foliage Excur-sions at the conclusion of this season.

For them, it has been a time consumingjob, which has esculated over the past9\'cars! During September and October,Mane handles mail and phone ordersfor tickets, and also sells them at theticket booth on excursion days.

Come May, Bob visits the excursion setat least weekly, to work on keeping thecars in running shape.

SO ... 'hear' this call to spread theseduties among more members! Bob islooking for I or 2 members who canbecome familiar with the train set as awhole and know what is necessary tokeep it well maintained. This includes.among others, checking trucks, wheelsets and brakes, electrical systems. airconditioners and painting. plus improve--ments. You can 'farm' out the light work- such as the annual polishing of thewindows, mopping, wiping down theseats, putting water in the batteries orwater tank (this is only a panial list).But Bob is NOT going to call YO .Go to the phone and give the Miners acall (671-3589) to reserve a job thatinterests you (before someone else does).Have the Miners assist you this year;they may not be available to do so nextyear!

These Fall Foliage Excursions brings inthe most revenue of any of our activities.and certainly help in keeping ourR&GV RR Museum functioning. Anadded benefit is that the excursion fleetwill be paid off this year! Hence, moremonies available for other uses.

Depot Guides for Sept/OctSunday. Sept 7:Harland Molitt. 324-4654Larry Boehme. 425-1246

Sunday. Sept 14:Charlie Peterson. 663-7661Jerry Ledenheil, 663.098-1Mary Hamilton Dann: Book Signing atN)~~rr.1:00pmSunday, Sept 21:DeWain Feller, 527-9619Lynn Heintz, 768.0984

Sunday, Sept 28Jim Moore. 289-9692Windsor Wright. 248-5948

Sunday. Oct 5:Bernie Cubitt, 352-3064Gary Bogue, 482-8602

Sunday, Ocl 12:Chris Kingsley, 458-8419Dave Soble, 244-2117

Sunday. Oct 19:Vic Parmenter, 924-2649Dave Berner. 223-9388

Sunday, Oct 26:Don Shilling. 381-3171Bruce Mathews. 248-5317

If an Act of God forces you to changeyour guide appoinlment, please tradewith one of the guys listed above.

Don Shilling

ContribuUonsneededtomove two carsChris Haw has negotiated the donationof two railroad cars of antique vintagein the Buffalo area. About $1,850 isneed to move each car to our yard.

The more signficant one is a wood-on-steel ice bunker religerator car do-nated by Fruit Growers Express.

At the August meeting, Dave Lucapledged $1,000 to be matched by anequal amount.

Forms for pledges will be available atthe September meeting. or you may mailyour check, payable to Rochester Chap-ter, NRHS, to: FGEX 50220 Fund. c/oRochester Chapter NRHS, P.O. Box664, Rochester, NY 14603.

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Rand Warner. Manager, 425-8587

Rand. who writes the material for thissection, is on vacation. He has askedthe Superintendents to submit material.

Maintenance of WayEquipmentby Norm Shaddick, Supt., 865-2773

The rebuild program for track carNumber 2 continues, spearheaded byBob Mader, with assistance from AnMummery, George Knab, Rand Warner.and Norm Shaddick. Sprockets to con-,'en it to 4-wheel drive are in place andenstallation of the drive chain betweenaxles is 0."1 on the agenda, At the sametime, the Oliver-Cletrac four-cylinderengine replacement is proceeding. al-though at a slower than anticipated paceowing to some unforeseen difficulties,

Dick Bean continues to spruce up theBurro crane and is rebuilding the opera-tors seat. We are hoping to have the cabfully enclosed before the onset of "interweather..

TC 3 (the RoeMobile) continues toperform as our primary Sunday passen-ger motive power as well as pullingnumerous charter runs through theweek. Recently it has been experiencingstaner problems which have been tracedback to an apparent rear seal leak.Further repairs are loooling on thehorizon. Thanks to George knab andDan Waterstraat for their assistance inremo,ing, repairing, and re-installingthe staner on Utis much needed piece ofequipment. Operators will find it aquieter machine to drive. thanks to the«ffortsof Steve Huse in installing auffier! Bob Mader, Bob Miner, and

Jeremy Tuke have upgraded the safetyaspect of our ride by installing brakelights on both ends of the car which

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automatically light with any brake appli-cation,

Mark Pappalardo is keeping the JacksonTamper exercised by tamping the rightof way as the track gang continues itstrack leveling program north of Switch6.

John Redden and company are busilyengaged in their effons to raise the frontof his Boston & Maine snowplow inorder to clear the rail sufficiently formovement. John has fabricated a shimand installed it on the lead truck centerplate bearing. which has been a difficultand time conswning task. The time isnear for its inaugural run on museumtrackage, Stay toned for further details!

Depot Campout a Successby John Redden

The third annual Depot Campout andCookout was held at the Industry Depoton Saturday. the 16th of August andSunday, the 17th.

The evening's events staned with theround-trip operation of locomotive EK-6between the depot and the NYMT. Afterreturning. we fired up the grill and hada delicious dinner featuring Italian sau-sage. hot dogs. hamburgers. and manyside dishes and dessen,

The entertainment portion of theeverung staned with Charlie Harshbarg-er's pictures of the Churchville derail-ment. After dark, the group adjourned tothe yard. where a projector and screenwere set up for slide ,iewing. Afterseveral trays of slides. we moved to thefreshly repainted Lackawanna baggagecar and watched videos into the weehours of the morning.

The Pine Falls. the Erie caboose C-254,and the New York Central caboose19877 provided sleeping accommoda-tions. Because it \\'a$ a vel)' warm andhumid evening. the newly installed airconditioner in the Pine Falls proved tobe a valuable addition.

The following morning. a light breakfastof cinnamon rolls. milk. juice. andcoffee rounded out the stay at the depot.Thanks to all who participated. and aspecial thanks to Elaine Redden fordoing the shopping and much of thefood preparatiQn and cleanup.

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Construction and Equipmentby Joe Scanlon

The assault ori the 25th AnniversaryBuilding site hill has begun! Clearingand grubbing began with the whine ofchain saws and the crack of fallingtimber undertaken by Neil Bellenger,Dan Waterstraat. Jeff Carpenter. SCOllGleason and sons. Charlie Harshbarger.Chuck Whalen and many other willinghands pitching in.

Joe Scanlon and George Knab. using theCat D-7 dozer and the Lorain clanl shellcrane moved the trees and brush.

Ne"1 the Bucyrus-Erie 15-B backhoeand International dump truck werelearned up to start moving the din.assisted by grade stakes and surveyingby Dave Goodwin and Joe Scanlon.

AJready the hillside has been dramati-cally changed. but there's a whole lotmore earth to move.

An Mummery has been religiouslyworking away at our man~' necessaryheav)' equipment repairs. Art has spentmany hours and many skinned knuckleskeeping the 15-B backhoe. Galionroller. Lorain crane. George Knab'swelder and the Bay Cil)' sho,'el going.among others!

Many thanks to all those who havepitched in and are helping 10 make ithappen! If YOU want to help. come onout!

A Collateral Museum

Museum of HistoricalConstruction Equipment

"Historical Construction EquipmenlCollection at the Rochester & GeneseeValley Railroad Museum" is the tille ofa new brochure designed by'Chris Hauf.This is a companion brochure to thoseChris recenlly designed and had pro-duced for the R&GV RR and NYMTMuseums.

As you may have ascenained from pastissues of The Semaphore. the accumula-tion of construction equipment on ourproper!)' is beginning (or has exceeded)thai of R&GV RR rolling stock collec-tion.

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Construction Eqpmt Collection(Co"lillued from Page 3)

We are verY fortunate in that bothcollections a~e not restricted to staticdisplay status. but are functional withmost items in full operational status.Consequently. the construction equip-ment. \\ith volunteer operators of thatprofession. contributed to the every ex-panding needs of present and futureobjectives. Hence. this issue \\ill high-light the most recenl acquisitons.

September 1997

The Crane is Ours!(Pictured on Page 1)

by Joe Scanlon

The 35-ton P&H truck crane. recentlydonated to the Chapter by Carl Scaczoand Russ Ladelfa of the Hudson SteelCo. was recently dismantled and movedto Webster to assist in maintenancework on the Chapter's excursioncoaches. Our sincere thanks to ourmechanical wizard. Mr. Art Mummery

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for bringing the P&H back to opera- •tional condition after not being run forscven years!

Thanks also to George Knab along \\iththe many Hudson Steel workers whohelped us dismantle the crane boom.Also, many thanks (again!) to Mr. GaryPin owner of Mendon Enterprises low-boy senice for succcssfully making avery tricky equipment move for us.Witholll Ga!}'s help. it simply wouldn'thave happened!

The BUC)TUS-Erie22B Shovelwas acquired fromChaptermemberLaITyMarmelt this year.This shovelhas a big International-Harvesterdiesel enginethat runs like a walch.It need thelracks fe-bushed and a paint job. Any painters out there? (Photo by Rende Cubiti)

Morey Moves the BoomThanks to member Walter Morev forproviding the truck altd trailer to move

'. 100 feet of crane boom from HudsonSteel's yard both to the jobsitc inWebster and the museum eqnipmentyard. T!}' moving 3U-fool boom sectionsthru downto\\TIRochester some time!

Equipment Needs PreppingBefore Painting

Volnnteers are needed to clean and prep •heavy' construction equipment for paint--inf Joe has contacled if p iiller. whose'speciality is painting this type of equip-ment. who is \\illing to paint our piece,)PROVIDED. a group hav'e beenprepped. Contact Joe Scanlon. Superin-tendent of Conslruction altd Equipment:392-88~1

,:"',. ":'.:->f.t*o/f.':::.;;.,-. ": .;. :':~;:Second Galion Roller added

to the FleetThanks to the generosity of Mr. ValKufminsky of the PiUsford Paving Co.,the Chapter now has a ~ Galionthree-wheel roller in the heavy equip-ment fleet. No. 2 Galion roller is ingenerally good condition, but \\ill needengine replacement.

Would you believe this roller was onceowned by Chapler member Walter Mo-rey? Another interesting coincidence?

Amateur Radio RailfansIf you are an amateur radio operator.there is a local net for you: Repeater1~5.290 Mhz Do\mtown Rochesterwhich meets Thursday from 7 to 8 pmevet)' week. More details from DaleFravel. N2L\VY or (716) 581-1175.

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The #2 Galion Roller was acquired. \\lth the idea that it would be a good pans madllne for ourAce Paving Co. roller, donated by Mr. Vac Kufminsky of Pittsford Paving Co. It is III suchgeneral good overall condition that it should be re-powered (bad englllc) and put ill our Ih..-ct.(Photo by Bemie Cubitl)

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The CAT 0-8 Tractor, donated by Mr. BYTonDeWitt of the B.R. DeWitt Co. awaitsreconditioning. Another project that could use a sponsor! (photo by Benzie Cubitt)

An Interview

Norman Shaddick

I was born and li,'Cd all my life inRochester area, except for a brief periodwhen Uncle Sam decided I should liveelsewhere. My working career was \\ithEastman' Kodak in tile field of photo-graphic quality control. and would prob-ably be ongoing were it not for aretirement offer I couldn't refuse.

Thanks to a father who worked for theErie Railroad, I can say that my interestand fascination with railroading hasbeen nearly lifelong. Thanks to both"Foreign" and "Home" passes. most ofmy family's travels were by train. Tothis day I can vividly remember beinghoisted 10 the footplate of an EricIOCOmOli\.cand silting in the fireman"sseat while we batted cars around theErie's freight year on Exchange SI., andgazing with awe into the inferno of thefirebox. As I grew up. one of my fa\'ontchaunLS was the Main Sl. overpass at thewest end of what was then the NYCyard. I remember one lime becomingbrave enough to walk into Ihe yard nea,the yard office and being promptlybooted out by a New York Central"Bull"!

Shortly after beginning my career withKodak I joined the n3\)' and spent thenext four years as a nlwy photographer.The recruitment posters Stud "Jom the3\} and See the World", and that's

exactly how it worked out as I made aworld ruise \\ ith all expenses paid.

The Rutland Road, 2nd Editionby Jim Shaughnessy

Reviewedby Bill Heron

Traditionally, Americans are fond ofunderdogs. There were few railroadsmore of an underdog than the Rutland,thus there is a great deal of affectionamong railfans for this "fallen flag". Inhis 436 page book, Jim Shaughnessy hasprO\ided his readers with almost eve!!.•thing they might want to know about theRutland. from its beginnings through toits death in 1963.

Barber-Greene ConveyorRises form the Ashes (orrust!)

The next time you see Tom Phillips,congratulate him for a job well done.Vinually single handedly, Tom has theBarber-Greene conveyor fUMing, mo\'-ing under its O\m power and steering.Tom is another good example of howone determined individual can make a

A-tajor impact on our museum existence.~o~gratulations Tom! Now if only there

was a tender that needed a load ofcoal ...

nus Cat 212 Motor Grader is on loan from Difiore Construction. and represents a frrst as faras acquisitions go. Usually the heavy equipment we obtain has been parked for years and mosttimes won't even run. In this case we went out 10 Difiore's construction project in Brockport,where it was working and drove it away! Life is good! (Photo b)' Bemie CubittJ

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The Michil:3ll Railroad Club willmark their 60th Birthday with a specialmystery trip on October 5. (The Afichi-gan Railfan + flyer)

Library' of Conl:ress to provide maps,ia Internet. Presently 26 are available:1200 by October and 50,000 in the year2000. Plans to include RR maps from19th and 20th centuries. Website: hhtp:lIwwwlloc.gov/. Go to the AmericanMemories Collections. ([he Interchange(Baltimore, NRHS) ,ia The Roundhouse(Greensboro, NRHS».

The Lake Shore Cha"ter to ha"e a lOurof Arcade & Attica RR plus stops atformer NYC station at Westfield. NY:A1co-Brooks display at Dunkirk, craftsshop at former BR&P depot at Spring-,ille with lunch at Western House. aformer BR&P Pullman car convened to •dining. On the retun:, a stop 31Salamanca at the Salamanca RailroadMuseum in restored former BR&P de-pot All this happens on September 13.

CSX to restore 791\1PH s"eeds be-tween Albany' and Cleveland. In 1995.Amtrak speeds were reduced to 35mphbetween Utica and Amsterdam whenConrail downgraded mainline fromClass V to Class IV. (The EPS l-.xpress.lui-Aug '97).

Buffalo Bills Ex"ress returns for fivehome games: Aug 31. Oct 5 & 26. NO\2 and Dec I~. II will depan Albany.with stops in Syracuse and Rochester.Train & game tickets are $75: train rideonly: $38 Info: 716-6~8-1800. (TheEPS Express. luI-Aug '97).

Bald eal:le killed by' train, On June28. a young eagle was found in theHudson River, near Coxsackie. Expenssaid the eagle died from a blunt impactand strongly suspected it was struck by'atrain. "We have enough problemstrying 10 get people to stop beaungtrains across the tracks. AllImals prob-ably' ha,'e less sense." Conrail spokes-man Bob Livkind said, (/)e1lloCml ,\Chronicle, lun 28 '97. pg 78)

An Interview' Norm Shaddick(Comillued from Page 5)

for manv of the originals. My onlycriticism' has to do with maps. There isa reasonably good map of the Rutlanditself, but there really ought to be acomposite map that shows the routes ofthe Central of Vermont, a major com-petitor. Other than that, I'd say get orborrow a copy, read it and indulge in atrip to nostalgia with one of the "under-est" dogs there ever was.

After my discharge I swore I wouldnever again leave Utis country, but thatthought lasted only a few years beforethe urge to travel again became over-powering. Since then I have traveledfrom Australia to Zimbabwe in thesearch of trains to ride and sights to see.On the domestic rail scene, among myfavorites are the narrow-gauge lines thatcovered the state of Colorado, includingthose that still exist. Other rail-orientedorganizations I belong to are the NewYork Central Historical Society, Michi-gan State Trust for Railway Prese,,'a-tion, and the Railroad Enthusiasts.

I joined the Rochester Chapter in 1965,but was relatively inactive owing to theshift work I was involved in until myretirement. Since then I have se,,'ed onthe Board of Trustees, Stores Commit-tee, Publications Committee and Opera-tions Committee. I am presently in-volved in attempting to keep our elderlytrack cars chugging back and forthbetween our museum and the NYMT forthe public enjoyment, as well as oversee-ing the care and feed of our othermaintenance-of-way equipment

One Uting I would like to emphasize isthat rarely have I had the pri,ilege ofjoining with a group of men and womenwho worked so cohesively together forthe common cause of attempting tomaintain for the public a small slice ofwhat railroads are all about and thehuge pan they played in the develop-ment of our country.. Nor1ll Shaddiek

(Editor: Looks like a couple of excellentprograms based on Norm's travels.)

Truly, as lim Shaughnessy wTote, theRutland "went from nowhere to no-where", and there wasn't much inbetween to generate the volume of trafficneeded 10 pro,ide adequate income. TheRutland had two termini at the southend, Chatham, NY and Bellows Falls,yr. These lines joined at Rutland fromwhere the main went north to theCanadian border. At Ihe north end,A1burgh, the Rutland went west toOgdensburg. Significantly, "the Rutlanddidn't have a single major source ofon-line traffic that couldn't be served byanother railroad".

This book tells of the ingenious schemesthe Rutland's managers employed overthe years to get and keep business. Atone time, the RUlland had a fleet ofsmall boats thaI plied the waters of theGreat Lakes to take and receive loadsfrom various lake ports in the midwest.II was the Panama Canal Act, however,that ruined this operation because thatact banned an operalor from offeringwater service in competition with railse"ice that it also controlled. Since theRutland at that time was controlled bythe New York Central, the Act appliedto the Rutland's lake boats, which hadto be withdrawn from service.

Another thing 1 had not been aware ofwas that at another time the Rutlandpromoted itself as a high speed bridgeline from the Boston market to the west.The Rutland received cars at BellowsFalls from the Boston area \ia theBoston and Maine and hauled those carsnorth to Alburgh, then west to Norwoodwhere they were interchanged with theNew York Central for the trip toSYTacuseand points further west. TheRutland's charge for Utis circuitousrouting was lower than that for anymore direct route and for a while thisyielded sufficient revenue to keep thewhole Uting going.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Thewnting is well done and easy to readand there are more pictures than anyonewould have a right to expect. It's toobad, the photos are in black-and-white,but I suppose that this also was the case

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National NRHS News•

Chapter's 60th Noted

Last Laugh?

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Leatherstocking Acquires RRAs of July I. the Leatherstocking Chap-ter is owner of formcr Cooperstown &Charlone Valley Railroad running be-tween Cooperstm\TI to near Oneonta.NY. An ISTEA grant was approved.(NRHS News. Jul~' 1997)

Articles wanted for BulletinEditor Frank TaUtaiI is in need ofarticles of railway history subjects forfuture issues of the Bulletin. So localwriting talent - arise!

Two burglars entered a chemical-fertil-izer business in Martin. Ohio by throw-ing a chuck of concrete through thewindow. After uashing the offices. theyHied to open the safe by using afront-end loader to smash il against theside of a building, It crashed throughthe wall but didn't open. Next theysmashed it against the side of a utilityuailer. Still unsuccessful. they place thefour-foot high. 1.000 pound concrete-lined suongbox on nearby railroadtracks in the path of a frcight train.

"You name, it. they' did it". SheriffCraig Emaahiser said. explaining thatthe uain pushed the safe about a milcdO\\TI the tracks. far from the burglars.beforc thc door popped open, By' then.the frustrated safecrackers had Oed, (TheExpress. Feb, 1955 Yia High Greell. TheOrderboard and Turntable Times)

NS faces a toilet problemNorfolk Southern diesels are equippedwith toilets where the waste is collectedin a 'baggy' after each use and placed ina fiye-gallon basket that is then disposcdof at the end of the run, In contrast.Conrail. and most other roads. uscchemical toilets. which arc also man-dated by Pennsylyania law.

Conrail engineers are not pleascd withNS facilities,

In some places. the trainmen havc beentossing the orangc-eolored baggy alonglhe tracks. This upsets nearby' residcnts.NS countered by placing a scrial and800 numbers on each onc. ("7he Furlll

D". Conrail Hist Soc. June 'n fromConrail Ncws Wire)

September 1997

1997 Railway HeritageGrants Awards

Hean of Dixie Chapter - $1.000 forweatherproofing and \\indow restora-tion in former L&N lavern lounge carAlabama Club.

Nash\ille Chapter - $3,500 to replacelife-expired roof of Tennessee CenualbusineSlo car # 102 (Pullman, 1911).

Pacific Northwest Chapter - $2,500 topreserve and catalog documents,maps. drawings, and photographsfrom the SP&S Motive Power Depan-ment and SP Oregon Division Engi-neering Deparunent.

Tri-State Chapter - $3.000 for replace-ment of life-expired wheel sets onCN) F3A diesel locomotive #57.

Watauga Valley Ch3pter - $2.500 torestore sidc sills and collision posts inex-FEC Coach WATX500. damagedby salt exposure to pre-preservationservice.

Founeen applications were received re-questing a total of $58,496.68. $20.000was available, Those recehing grantsand their projects were:

Delmarva Chapter - $3,000 for restora-tion of 1926 Pullman parlor carDiplOtnat to original appearance after30 years of work uain service,

Eastern Nebraska Chapter - $3.000 forinterior restoration of 2 passengercoaches used in museum operations.

Gulf Coast Chapter - $1,500 for exteriorrestoration of GM&O parlor car Al-lan.

Chapter Directory IssuedThe 1997 Annual Chapter Directory wasrecently distributcd to chapter officers.directors and editors, It was suspendedfor several years to save money. Now itremains for your editor to contact thosenearby chapters for newsletter ex-changes .

National's Office address:The current address for the NationalNRHS Office is: P,O, Box 58547.Philadelphia. PA 19102-85H. E-Mail:nrhs/g:compuserve.com

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You should have received the NRHSBulletin #3 by now. This issue containsreports from the various NRHS chapters.John Weber made sure that our chapterwas well represented.

The XRHS .\'ell's expressed congratula-lions on our 60th Anniversary, and

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notcd our aim al a 1937-ish theme,

National Convention ScheduleJul~' 8-12, 1998, Syracuse - hosted bythe Cenual New York Chapter. Plans,"clude several excursions on local rail-roads. including steam powered one.Their \\eb site: http://\mw,rrhistorical-,com/cnynrhs

1999, Sacramento - hosted by CenualCoast Chapter.

Year 2000 and beyond are open for bids,

Bulletin II} Arrives

Gerstun9 our new Regional VPGeoff Gerstung. of nearby Niagara Fron-tier Chapter, was appointed NortheastRegional Vice President. This vacancyoccurred when Bruce Hodges was se-lected to be National Secretar)'. Bothhave visited our museums within thelasl year or so.

Dick Davis. Editor of NRHS News notedthe follo\\ing laughable laws as reponedby The St. Louis Chapter's newsletter,The Galeway Rail/elter.

"New York City says you cannot shootrabbits from the rear of the ThirdAvenue sueetcar - when the car is inmotion. Maryland laws makes it illegalto knock a train off the uacks. It isagainst the law in North Dakota for an

••• ngineer to take his uain home at night~ess they carry a full crew. It is a

Texas law thaI when two uains meet ata railroad crossing. each shall come to acomplete stop, and neither shall proceeduntil the other has gone." !!!

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The status of our Restoration Building Fund. The engine is in the 'enginehouse' This graphic is changed to represent the amount in the "FWld"as apercentageof the 'original'goal (one that was designedto 'pour the fOWld3tion'.Nowto add the rooft

The Semaphore IS published monthly by the Rochester. NY Chapter. National Railway Historical Society. It is mailed free to allChapter members. Non-member's subscriptions are $5.00 and run from January 1 to December 31. Chapter meetings are held •the third Thursday and the Board of Directors meets the first Thursday of each month.

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