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Vol 41, Issue 7

LAUREL LINESA PUBLICATION OF THE LACKAWANNA AND WYOMING VALLEY RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC.

A Union Pacific Locomotive hauls a train by Kirby Park in Kingston, PA(Mike Rushton, Photo)

This Month's Meeting :

The August Chapter Meeting will be our Annual Picnic Meeting at Moscow Station, Sunday August 10. See below for time and details.

This Month's Program :

L&WV RHS Annual Picnic @ the Moscow Train Station & Freight House.

Doug Barberio: The Ontario & Western Railway: Cornwall to Middletown. .

LACKAWANNA AND WYOMING VALLEY RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC.

President’s Message :

With summer officially here I’d like to invite you to our 10th annual picnic at the Moscow Railway Station. We will have plenty of food and an interesting program. It’s a fun day for members andtheir guests to explore the Moscow grounds and enjoy each other’s company. If you plan to bring a dish to pass (and haven’t already done so) please let me know what you plan to bring so I can fill in the menu. As you can see by our chapter minutes, we have a full plate of projects and activities but trust me when I say “Come to our picnic for the ultimate ‘full plate’ experience.”

Congratulations to railfan/historian Dave Crosby (3713 Web Master) for the great article and photos in “Hiding in plain view” in the May 2014 Trains Magazine.

Don’t forget to save the date Saturday November 1st for this year’s Sentimental Journey Slide Show.

Vee Pauli, President

MOSCOW RAILWAY STATION: PICNIC & PROGRAM AUGUST 10, 2014

Social Time (come visit our layout) 1:45 PMShort Members Meeting:2:30 PMProgram by Doug Barberio3:00 PMPicnic To follow

There is still time to sign up for our 10th annual picnic & program.

Deadline is August 3rd

Please send your check payable to L&WVRHS to:

Roy Pauli708 Stafford AvenueScranton, PA 18505-2516570-344-9728

“Moscow Station runs on Volunteers”

THANKS Roy Pauli

Monthly Minutes : The regular monthly meeting of the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Chapter of the NRHS was held on Thurs. June 12 in the Meeting Room of the Iron Skillet Restaurant, Avoca, PA. There were 46 present. President Vee Pauli called the meeting to order at 7:30pm. We had a moment of silence for Rose Del Vecchio, Tony Del Vecchio's mother who passed away on May 25. This was followed by the pledge of allegiance to the flag. A motion was made by Norm Barrett, seconded by Bob Young that we accept the May minutes as they appeared in the June issue of the "Laurel Lines". Carried.

Treasurer Ed Zech gave his reports of the GeneralFund, Moscow Account and the Special Projects Accounts. Moved by Carl Packer, seconded by Roger Segala that we receive these reports,Carried.

Norm Barrett reported for the Excursion Committee that a final statement will be available shortly. It was a very successful day. Railfest is progressing with new people from Steamtown beinginvolved. It should be very good. The Grand Marshall will be announced soon. This year Railfest will be dedicated to Kip Hagen. Good sales continue for the Adams book on North Pocono. There are a lot of good reviews of it. We expect to sell 300 copies and order more! Carl Packer reported on 3713 Restoration. The contractor will be doing work this month. He is

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working with the group restoring #611 to get the best price for wheels. Boxcars are still available. Jim Kilcullen reported for the Calendar Committee that they have been some snags with the printer butthe 2015 calendar should be ready in a week. We are looking for ideas for the 2016!

Joseph Boshek reported for the Memorial Committee. He asked if we knew of a person he could send acknowledgments to for gifts in memory of Bob Patterson. Tim O'Malley spoke for the Revitalization Committee. There are license plates which will be available. Also shortly we will name three Chairmen for the Fund Drive. Bob Davis has been a great helpto this committee. Norm Barrett reported he is waiting for the last gift and then he will be ready to proceed with the Raffle. Membership Chairman Paul Hart reported membership has closed for the year with 193. We lost some but picked up six new members.

Stationmaster Roy Pauli reported 276.75 volunteerhours at Moscow to date. Our last activity was train #1 on June 8. We had 14 volunteers for this. May 24 we removed the boards covering the doors and windows at the Station and cleaned it. We replaced the steps on the Freight House along with a numberof deck boards. We will cut grass on June 20. Our next scheduled train is June 22. Call Roy if you can help.

National Representative Tim O'Malley reminded usto vote for the National officers. He shared a letter from Al Weber who is running for President. No correspondence has been received from Greg Malloy.

Editor Mike Rushton reported the Laurel Lines wasmailed May 23. Next issue will be the end of July. The Program Chairman introduced Walter Kierrzkowksi as our presenter on the O&W Scranton Division. The picnic at Moscow will be Aug. 10 with the program on the O&W by Doug Barberio. Norm Barrett is working on the Sept.

program and we need a program for October. Bob Andres reported he will have the HO layout running for the picnic. Vee Pauli reported our first train to Moscow on June 8 had only 61 passengers. Hopefully this will grow! She received confirmation from Mary Kline, Larry Malski and Larie Ransom that we will have the two Saturday dates, Aug. 2 and 23 that were originally planned for a trip to Binghamton. Members were urged to sign up tonight with Roy Pauli for the August picnic. Price is $2 with a generous dish or $10 without. Tony Verbyla reminded us of the Sentimental Journey slideshow, Nov. 1 at Mountaintop Hose Company. More details to follow.

Jim Eisenhurst suggested we honor the anniversary of the birth of anthracite coal in our area.

Joe Boshek moved we adjourn. Meeting ended at8:05pm. Following a short break, Walter Kierzkowski distributed a map of the local area served by the O&W and presented a fine program on the Scranton Division. Respectfully submitted,

Gordon S. Wilson, Secretary

Scranton man publishes book about Pa. railway Pocono Record July 11, 2014 - 12:00 AM

A picture book detailing the history of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, better known as the Lackawanna Railroad, by DavidCrosby will be available in bookstores and online retailers on Monday.

"Images of Rail: The Lackawanna Railroad in Northeastern Pennsylvania" (Arcadia Publishing; $21.99 paperback) includes 200 vintage images,



many of which have never been published, and showcases memories of days gone by.

The Lackawanna Railroad was organized in 1851 and thrived on the anthracite coal traffic originating from the area surrounding Scranton. The company came to operate a network of track between Hoboken, New Jersey, and Buffalo, New York, before becoming part of the Erie Lackawanna Railway in 1960.

During the first decade of the 1900s, the railroad underwent a substantial modernization and improvement project, which was documented extensively by company-hired photographers. A century later, these images provide insight into the everyday workings of a railroad and its interaction with the communities along its route.

Crosby is a student of industrial history, in addition to his employment as a train dispatcher in Scranton.Much of his dispatching territory consists of lines that were once operated by the Lackawanna Railroad and is depicted in this book.

For information, visit arcadiapublishing.com.

Historic impact of railroad on Pocono resorts presentation in Pocono Pines

Pocono Record July 04, 2014

The Historical Association of Tobyhanna Township will present "DL&W and Resorts of the Poconos" at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Clymer Library, 115 Firehouse Road, Pocono Pines.

John Layton will share a program originally given to the Erie Lackawanna Historical Society's annual convention. He will discuss the history of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and the synergy between it and resorts of the Poconos.

Having a large economic and social impact in the area, the DL&W had local passenger stations located from the Delaware Water Gap to Mount Pocono, Pocono Summit, Tobyhanna and beyond, to Scranton. The railroad was a primary advertiser of Pocono resorts in an effort to attract passengers to supplement freight traffic.

Layton was born in Monroe County, resided in East Swiftwater, and now lives in Pocono Manor. Hebegan studying genealogy in 1972.

The event is free and open to the public. No advance reservation is required. Transportation is available, if needed.

For information, call 570-646-7235, email [email protected] or visit tobyhannatwphistory.org

Train Trips from Sunbury

Sunbury Riverfest will again sponsor train excursions on the Shamokin Valley Railroad on Saturday, August 16 to Snydertown. Trips are at 9:30 am, 11:00 am and 1:00 pm.

Tickets can be purchased at the Swineford National Bank on 4th Street in Sunbury starting July 21 for $ 10.00 per person or trainside that day.

Trains will depart from Raspberry Street in Sunbury next to the Daily Item Press plant on the Shamokin Valley RR.



Danville Iron Heritage train excursions July 19

The annual Danville Iron Heritage Festival is July 18,19 & 20.

As part of the event, each year the Iron Heritage Festival, the North Shore Railroad, the SEDA-COG JRA sponsor train excursions to commemorate Danville's railroad history.

The entire schedule of events for this 3 day extravaganza are at

http://www.ironheritagefestival.net/2014.html

The schedule is 48 pages of events:

http://www.ironheritagefestival.net/IHF14.pdf

They have a ton of interesting events - many, many rail related - including some right of way tours

John Decker is giving a lecture on Montour CountyRailroads as well.

There are 3 trains operating on Saturday, July 19

10:00 am from Danville to Bloomsburg

12:30 pm from Danville to Northumberland

2:30 pm from Danville to Bloomsburg

Tickets are a real bargain at $ 12.00 per person per trip. Please support this event, and take advantage of an opportunity to ride on the ex EL Bloomsburg Line.

Passenger cars being used will be from the trainset of Penn Valley Railroad LLC.

Tickets can be purchased till July 18 at the Iron Heritage office at 316 Mill Street from 9 to 5 pm or may be available on 7/19 at the Danville Middle School along US 11 & PA 54 where trains will depart. Questions can be emailed to [email protected] or call 570 275 6700 to make reservations and reserve with a credit card.

Reservations re highly recommended as these trips will likely sell out. Again, our thanks to the NSHR and the SEDA-COG JRA for making these trips possible.

Historic Dushore train station now a place to buy crafts: Buildingcontains equipment from the trainera

BY JAMES LOEWENSTEIN (Staff Writer)

Published: July 7, 2014

DUSHORE -

Three times a year, the Craftsmen of the Endless Mountains sponsor a crafts show at the historic trainstation in Dushore.

The events feature crafts and art work - ranging from quilts to handmade soaps to paintings - that are on sale both inside the station and at booths outside the station.

In addition to being packed with crafts that are on display for the shows, the station contains a lot of features from when it was in operation, including an old telephone and telegraph equipment, a waiting room with benches, an old potbelly stove, old ticket windows, and antique scales to weigh freight, said crafts vendor Linda Fiester of Forksville, On the walls in the station are enlarged photos of the building dating from the time when it had been in use, including a photo showing horse-drawn taxis that were waiting at the station to transport arriving passengers to local hotels, Fiester said.

"It's a pretty interesting old building that has got a lot of crafts and historic things, for sure," she said.

Local crafts vendors point out that Craftsmen of the Endless Mountains's Country Arts and Crafts Shows, which are held on the Memorial Day, Fourthof July and Labor Day weekends, are not the only times to tour the station and browse for crafts that are on display inside it.



From Memorial Day through the end of September, the station is open from every Saturday,from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., for the public to browse for and buy crafts that are on display inside it, according to the Craftsmen of the Endless Mountains (CEM). Seven crafts vendors, most of whom are members of the Craftsmen of the Endless Mountains, display and sell their crafts in the station on Saturdays throughout the summer months, said Marti Lee-Bogart, a member of CEM.

The CEM is a juried association of craftsmen and artists that was formed in 1963 to preserve and promote handicrafts and artistry through education, exhibition, sales, and demonstrations, according to the organization's website.

Also at the station site is the Rail Car Emporium, a converted rail car where railroad memorabilia, toys and other items are sold from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturdays in the summer months, said Teresa Brewer, a member of the CEM.

There were a lot of customers on Saturday at the train station for the 38th Annual Fourth of July Country Arts & Crafts Show, said Terri Pelletier, president of the CEM. Attendance at the show was down on Sunday, she said.

The train station is located on Railroad Street, near downtown Dushore.

James Loewenstein can be reached at (570) 265-1633; or email: [email protected]

89 years ago this week: Pocono RecordJuly 6-12, 1925 Monday, July 6

"A large motor scooter of the Lackawanna railroad, loaded with section hands and huckleberry pickers returning to their homes at Tobyhanna, was struck head on by an engine of the same railroad at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon at what is called the 'cross over' a short distance down the mountain from Mount Pocono Station," according to The Morning Press.

"Twenty passengers, mostly men, but with a few boys, were riding on the scooter. Some jumped when the big engine rounded the curve ahead of them and they saw that a collision was inevitable. Others were not so quick, but stuck to the electric machine until it was struck and hurled aside by the locomotive ...

"Next instant the air was full of the flying, gyrating forms of men and boys, but almost a miracle, as it seemed, a very few were injured, none seriously."

Central PA Chapter. National Railway Historical Society

39th Annual Train Meet

Sunday, August 17, 2014

(Please Note that this is the Third Sunday)

9:00 am to 2:00 pm

WARRIOR RUN FIRE DEPARTMENT SOCIALHALL

Second Street, Allenwood. PA (convenient to U.S.Route 15)

AIR CONDITIONED AND EXCELLENT LIGHTINGGREAT FOOD AT REASONABLIE PRICES

BUY-SELL-TRADE

ALL SCALES AND GAUGES OF MODEL TRAINS

MODEL TRAIN SUPPLIES AND RAILROADIANA

DOOR PRIZES - SPECIAL DEALER DOORPRIZES

Admission $3.00. Children Under 12 - Free

INFORMATION : DAVE HOLLENBACK AT 570-524-4703

No phone calls after 9:00 PM please !



Caboose Returns to Mount Airy, MD

Watkins Park in Mount Airy, MD, is a popular gathering place for families to enjoy outdoor activities. As you pass the park while driving along MD Route 27 about a mile north of I-70 youmay see a former B&O caboose standing in the park.Recently the caboose was temporarily installedthere.

Awaiting restoration, it will remain in the park until aboutmid-July while funds are secured for its restoration. The caboose was donated to the Mount Airy Community Fund, a component of the Community Foundation of Carroll County. Since thisis a non-profit organization, any donations are tax-deductible. Bids are now being accepted for the restoration project. It is estimated that about $90,000 will be required.

Upon completion it is anticipated that the caboosewill be donated to the town of Mount Airy. It will be placed along Main Street and used as a visitors’ center.Mount Airy has a long history associated withthe B&O Railroad. Passenger service continued intothe town until the 1950s but freight operations continued into the 2000s.

This caboose is an I-5d, formerly road number C-2095. Built as an I-5 around 1925, it was converted about 1930 from a standard I-5 to a “d” model by lengthening the wheelbase from 15 to 19 feet and adding about 10 tons of concrete and steel scrap under the floor. This brought the car’s total weight to31 tons and was done to improve the caboose’s ability to stay on the rails when it was used inpusher service. Bart Kinlein

John J. Young, Jr. Photos

For full story see :

http://www.trainweb.org/SVRHS/photosJJYJr.html

The year was 1959, a small man with a pug nose exited a passenger train in Binghamton NY and the area was about to change forever and no one wouldforget this future big man on campus and the affect he would have on the rail fans in the area.

He was as much part of the scenery here as the trains were. After his passing, I was given the negative collection of the Binghamton area and withthe work of Sam Botts, you are now able to relive the railroads of Binghamton from 1959 till his departure to Charleston, West Virginia...

Sam has created a flicker page that will be open to the world hopefully by tomorrow, but here is a look before the world... So click on the site below and relive the Binghamton area through the lens of my dad… and we are hoping to collect the negatives of Steam from across the US he had taken from the mid 1940's to 1995 and create a steam page as well...


http://www.trainweb.org/SVRHS/photosJJYJr.html

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L&WV CONTACTS

Vee Pauli President 570-344-9728Bob Andres Vice President [email protected] Hart Membership 570-347-6117 [email protected] Zech Treasurer/Chairman of Board 570-347-5901 [email protected] Packer 3713 Restoration [email protected] Roy Pauli - Moscow Station Master 570-344-9728Jim Kilcullen Calender Chair [email protected] Mike Rushton Webmaster, Newsletter Editor [email protected] Wilson Secretary [email protected] Joe Boshek 3713 Fund Raising [email protected] Weinberg Historian [email protected]

Laurel Lines is published monthly except for July by the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railway Historical Society, Inc. Chapter NHRS.

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Ed Miller's A Ride On The Laurel Line and 125th Anniversary Of Scranton's Trolley DVDs

The Chapter has released 2 DVDs. Cost is $28.00 each (Includes Shipping). Please visit the Laurel Lines Website for ordering Information.

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