The next meeting of the Tri-State Railway Historical Society will be on
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 (NEW DATE), 7:30 PM.

at the Bickford Theater at the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road,
Morristown, NJ 07960.

This location is only a quarter mile west of our former location at
Honeywell, just off Columbia Tpk, Route 510, between Route 24 and
I-287. Meetings will start at 7:30 PM.

This month's entertainment will be Mark Schmitt with "Shays in the
Hills!" For our November meeting we'll ride on board steam-powered
freight and mixed trains as they climb heavy grades exceeding 10% in
West Virginia. In 2007, rail fan Carl Franz chartered special trains
just for photography on the Cass Scenic Railroad for three days of
varied consists, all of them powered by Shay locomotives. Each
locomotive was lettered for historic Mower Lumber Company, and much of
the equipment is authentic to the region. Located in Cass, West
Virginia, the railroad is the nucleus of a state park dedicated to the
preservation and interpretation of the rich history of logging in the
Mountain State. Shay locomotives were invented by New Jersey native
Ephraim Shay specifically for the purpose of hauling timber out of the
woods. Admission is free. All are welcome.

Directions to the meeting are available on our web site at
http://www.tristaterail.org/meeting.html

Michael Finfer
Bridgewater, NJ