Bones of the Branch I'll be presenting an updated version of my 'Bones of the Branch' Powerpoint show for the Paulinskill Valley Trail Committee Christmas...
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Dec 1, 2007 6:24 pm
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Dave, I am planning to attend the Christmas Dinner with the PVTC......look forward to your presentation. Bob Bodenstein In a message dated 12/1/2007 1:26:26...
Bod11@...
Dec 2, 2007 6:07 pm
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As we were preparing to run out the door on this snowy Sunday Morning, this was at 8:00 AM, I heard an interview beginning on WSUS 102.3. The interview was...
yes he told me but I thought it was last weekend....... Bob Bodenstein In a message dated 12/2/2007 1:10:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, rutan3@......
Bod11@...
Dec 3, 2007 11:16 am
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Since the week of December 11th is going to be a busy one for me, I'm sending this out a week early. For the occasion of the anniversary of the opening of the...
I've just put a page up with 3 mystery photos. That is, three photo images of locations which either supposedly are or might be on the Sussex Branch. I DO NOT...
Dean, Hmm. This is why I always *ENCOURAGE* folks to just speak out what's on their mind. The 'Mystery Trestle' does bear a resemblance to the 'Dry Bridge'...
If the farmer had a cattle pass on his land, would'nt it be likely he drove not just his cattle but also some farm equipment, a truck, tractor, etc. through...
Most of the time, I accidentally find them on eBay. Sometimes folks send them to me (hint hint) ;-) Sanginari, Dean wrote: Is there a story to how you found...
Dave's guess on the "Mystery Train" location should be easy enough to check out - look for a place where the ROW passes through a cut with the hill on the left...
Kent Loudon
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Dec 15, 2007 4:32 pm
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OK. Here's one for you. I pulled up my 1960's era photos of the Hole in the Wall area and there is a telephone pole which sports a guy wire in the...
Bones of the Branch I'll be presenting an updated version of my 'Bones of the Branch' Powerpoint show for the Sussex County Railroad club at their January...
SussexBranch@yahoogro...
Jan 1, 2008 2:27 pm
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Hello all, I was told of this group by Al McCormick and had to join immediately! I've been interested in the Erie Lackawanna since I was a teenager, and in...
Hello Rich, Welcome to the group and looking forward to seeing those pictures too. Ken richnysme <martyshouse@...> wrote: Hello all, I was told of this...
Welcome Rich; I remember when the Carlstadt club had live overhead catenary on the O scale layout and a working hump yard on the H-O layout. Waaayy back,?your...
... the O scale layout ... Jeff, The HO railroad is new since the 80's but has a humpyard, the catenary is long gone on the O scale, a blessing as far as I'm ...
Rich Like others, I want to welcome you to the group. I remember the New York Society open house in the Hoboken Terminal. As I recall the society had a TT...
... the ... continue ... Thank you all for welcoming me to the group. I don't recall anyone mentioning that there was a full time TT scale railroad in...
I got some information from the historian at Steamtown. the file I got has to do with issues on the Branchville arm of the Sussex Branch. Of interest here is...
The Lackawanna's Sussex Branch I'll be presenting my 'core' Sussex Branch PowerPoint show at the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in March. ...
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Feb 1, 2008 3:57 pm
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Perusing the latest dispatch from Steamtown (my tax dollars at work,) I can pretty much boil down all the whiny memos and letters. At Warbasse, where the...
Also, around 1940 there was a problem near Branchville Junction with one of the signal masts tottering as a train would pass. This was remedied by shortening...
Cool stuff about the junctions, Dave. As a matter of point, the smashboard you speak of? that was eventually installed at Warbasse Jct. is now in my...
Dave, Probably easiest to describe a smashboard as a long brightly painted board on a semaphore mast. The idea is that if the train crew fails to stop and...
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