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August 2012
Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society, Inc.
Railcamp in Tacoma, WA Update
We’re saddened to report that two members of our RailCamp staff are recovering from injuries in a motor vehicle
accident. The rollover accident took place in Washington
state on Saturday, July 28 at 11:30 p.m.; the cause hasn’t yet
been determined. Barry Smith , NRHS senior vice president
and director of our RailCamp program, is hospitalized at Auburn Regional Medical Center in Auburn and his injuries are
being evaluated. Alex Polimeni , a RailCamp counselor, also
suffered injuries and is recovering at Harborview Medical
Center in Seattle .
are being cared for.
RailCamp is a special source of pride to NRHS and the rail
preservation community, and our Northwest campers are
busy enjoying a week of hands-on railroading adventures.
Our hearts go out to Barry and Alex and we hope you’ll join
us in wishing them strength and healing. Please direct any
questions to [email protected].
Thank you,
A teenage camper was also riding in the vehicle but was
not injured and rejoined RailCamp on Sunday, July 29. The
staff has bonded together during this difficult time and the
program is operating as planned. NRHS is actively working
with our insurance agents to ensure that both Barry and Alex
The teenage camper mentioned in the above report who was
not hospitalized, and who I spoke with on Sunday morning is
our CPH Chapter camper Noah Morrison. We wish him well.
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- Gregory P. Molloy, President
- Don Maxwell
Meeting Agenda Information
Dear Members,
If anyone has any items to be placed on the agenda for either the
Board Meeting, or Membership meeting, please call Chris Lockwood
at the Office @ 304-523-0364 or email: [email protected].
Please have items in by 5:00 pm the night of the meeting!
Thanks,
Chris Lockwood, Office Manager
New River Train Sign Up Form
Please use the New River Train Sign Up Form on Page 13 in order to
work on the 2012 New River Train. Details are on page 13.
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The Great Book Sale For Members
Please see page 6 for details and a list of books.
Due to an acquisition of duplicate books, we are offering a sale to Members!
AUGUST 4
FARM
SEPTEMBER 1 MUSEUM & VILLAGE
Way Back Weekend 2012 Schedule
Johnstown Road • Huntington, Wv
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Engines, tractors, cars
Start your engines! Several clubs from the
tri-state will display their prized antique collections.
Fall harvest festival
Join our 2nd annual heritage farm cook off and
sample some great mouthwatering meals.
OCTOBER 13
Metal works
Blacksmiths. Tinsmiths. Silversmiths: come see
our talented metal workers.
September 8th, Outdoor Museum Work Party &
Chapter Picnic @ The Outdoor Museum.
Contacts • 2012
President
Duane Legg..............................304-545-0802
Immediate Past President
Walter Cavender......................304-776-3469
Vice President
Brian Cavender........................304-727-5133
Secretary
Karol Cavender.......................304-776-3469
Treasurer
Ramona Webb.........................606-324-8005
Directors
Gene Bush................................304-206-5415
Ernie Clay.................................304-429-1432
Chris Lockwood......................304-634-0918
Skip Reinhard...........................606-325-9453
David Webb.............................606-324-8005
Executive Director • Trip Director •
NRHS Director
Don Maxwell...........................606-831-9035
Email: [email protected]
Office Manager • Group Sales
Chris Lockwood......................304-634-0918
Email: [email protected]
Volunteer Advocate &
Membership Chairperson
Linda Bush...............................304-545-6940
Building Superintendent
Walt Cavender..........................304-776-3469
Gondola Gazette
Greenbo Show Coordinator
Dale Smith................................740-532-6102
Email: [email protected]
Outdoor Museum Superintendent
Roger Young............................304-743-7253
South Yard
Superintendent of Equipment
Bill Conley................................740-867-5615
Events
August 2012
14th...............Board Meeting........... 7:30pm
CPH Building
24th....... Greenbrier Casino Trip.... All Day
Public Trip
27th.........Membership Meeting..... 7:30pm
CPH Building
September 2012
Greetings Correspondence & Condo- 11th...............Board Meeting........... 7:30pm
CPH Building
lence Flowers, Huntington
Call the CPH Office
25th.........Membership Meeting..... 7:30pm
CPH Building
Condolence Flowers
Office........................................304-523-0364 26th......... Greenbrier Day Trip...... All Day
Public Trip
Gondola Gazette Editor •
October 2012
Webmaster • Graphic Artist
Joe Rosenthal...........................609-513-6780 9th.................Board Meeting........... 7:30pm
Gazette: [email protected]
CPH Building
Personal: [email protected]
20-21.......... New River Train.......... All Day
NRT
Amtrak Narration Program
Larry Kidd................................304-776-7482 27-28.......... New River Train.......... All Day
NRT
CPH Chaplain
Bob Withers.............................304-522-2046 23rd........Membership Meeting..... 7:30pm
St. Albans Depot
Food Service Director
November 2012
Duane Legg..............................304-545-0802
12th...............Board Meeting............ 7:30pm
Inspector General
CPH Building
Ed Combs................................740-894-7456
26th.........Membership Meeting..... 7:30pm
CPH Building
Committies Listed on Page 3
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August 2012
By-Laws Change Proposed
Amtrak’s Great Dome on Cardinal
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At the May meeting a motion was made to change the
By-laws pertaining to the office of National Director. It
stated that all references to National Director in current
By-Laws should be changed to read National Representative in line with the new National By-Laws to take effect this fall. The final vote on the change will be at the
August regular meeting.
Cardinal between CHI and WAS beginning on
October 27 through November 16!
Train 50 (eastbound) on Saturdays
(same as previous years)
Train 51 (westbound) on Fridays
(same as previous years)
The details are on page 14
Gondola Gazette
Information Specs!
By-Laws Committee
Requests Your Input
All information sent for publishing in the Gazette, must
be submitted on, or before the deadline stated on page
3 of the Gazette each month. ALL ads to be placed in
the Gazette, need to follow the specifications below.
The editor is happy to make any ads for anyone wishing to put something in the Gazette. Any photos sent
in, need to be High Resolution according to the specs
below, and must have a date the photo was taken, photographer name, location of photo, and a small caption.
Everything that is sent in, must be checked for grammar
& spelling. Articles sent in that are misspelled and/or
have grammatical problems, will be checked to the best
of our ability, and after that, will be printed. Mistakes in
articles sent in, are the responsibility of the author.
Karol Cavender, Chairperson of the By-Laws Committee has requested that any member with a suggested bylaws change, addition, or deletion should contact her at
[email protected] or mail proposal to her at Karol
Cavender, 9 Gatewater Road., Cross Lanes, WV. The Bylaws review committee is meeting on a periodic basis to
review all of the existing By-laws.
Tamarack
Best of West Virginia
West Virginia’s most talented artists showcase their
award-winning art during the 5th annual Best of
West Virginia Juried Exhibition!
Ad Specs:
- PDF or TIFF - 300 dpi
- Grayscale
- All Art collected and sent with ad
(eg. logos, photos, etc.)
- 1/2, 1/4, & 1/8 page ads available. Please
email me for exact sizes!
Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony:
Sunday, June 17 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Exhibit Dates: June 17 - August 18, 2012
Best of Show award $1,500
Second Place award $1,000
Third place award $500
Four Merit Awards $250 each
Photo Specs:
- Caption
- Min: 2x4 @ 150-300dpi
- Photographer - Location
Major awards are sponsored by Tamarack and
Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC and through
donor support of the Tamarack Foundation.
Please send material to:
[email protected]
If you need any help or have a question, please feel free
to contact me anytime. I always am checking email.
LOCATION:
Thank You, Joe
David L. Dickirson Fine Arts Gallery
One Tamarack Park
Beckley, West Virginia 25801
304-256-6843
September Issue Deadline:
August 23rd, 2012
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August 2012
Western Maryland Photo Freight
Complimentary warm muffins, tea, hot chocolate and
coffee will be served in the dining car. You can have a
20-minute cab ride in the steam locomotive or the diesel for a $30.00 donation to the railroad crew tip fund.
Both trips depart the WM Cumberland station at 7:30
AM and return at 5:15 PM.
Steam Freight Photo Specials will run on the Western
Maryland Scenic Railroad on Monday, October 22 and
Tuesday October 23, 2012. Railfan-photographers will
have outstanding video and photographic opportunities along the sixteen miles of track between Cumberland and Frostburg, Maryland. Extensive brush clearing, well-managed photo lines, fall foliage color and a
hard-working steam engine have combined to make our
past trips very successful. The star performer is engine
734. This 1916, Baldwin-built, 2-8-0 is dressed in a
Western Maryland paint scheme complete with a fireball emblem. The vintage freight train will consist of
ten freight cars and a caboose. Passengers will ride in a
coach and a dining car. A Western Maryland GP-30 diesel will be used to drop the passenger cars out of sight
for the 25, or more, photo runbys. Because the line is
uphill, westbound, the engine and train will back down
from Frostburg to Cumberland to enable up-hill runbys
to be made in the afternoon sun which will front-light
the engine.
The cost of the Monday trip (55 to 60 patrons) is
$139.00. The Tuesday trip (35 to 40 patrons) is $189.00.
Optional hot lunches are available for $11.00. Note:
these trips were 70% sold on July 24.
For additional information or reservations, please contact Carl Franz at: [email protected] or call: 1-240-7208686. Mailing address: Carl Franz, 16620 Shea Lane,
Gaithersburg, MD 20877.
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Registration Open!
C&OHS 43rd Annual Conference: Wednesday August 8 through Sunday August 12, 2012
Call the Society at 800-453-COHS (800-453-2647) or register online at chessieshop.com.
To make your hotel reservations, use the Hilton Hotel Reservation Website with the login information below:
Group Name:...............C&O Historical Society Meeting
Group Code:...............ACO
Check-in:.....................07-AUG-2012
Check-out:...................12-AUG-2012
Hotel Name:................Hilton Alexandria Old Town
Phone:.........................800-HILTONS (800-445-8667)
Address:......................1767 King Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314
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August 2012
The Great Book Sale For Members
As the result of either duplicate copies, library reductions, or recent acquisitions, we are offering the following books for
sale to members first. The books for sale are priced in line with prices looked up on reputible websites. In accordance with
a motion passed at the July regular meeting, the sale will begin August 6th following the mailing of the August issue of the
Gondola Gazette. The sale will end 30 days later. All unsold books will be taken to Dan Miller, railroad auctioneer in Northern Kentucky for disposition.
CPH members will receive a 10 per cent discount on listed prices for any books listed over $10.00 each.
Members must pay any shipping costs if books are not picked up at the office.
Books may be examined at the office.
**Books will be sold on a first come, first PAID basis.**
To place an order call the office at 304-523-0364 or e-mail [email protected]
Time of call or e-mail will be the official time used when more than one bid is received for
the same book. NO MAIL ORDERS PLEASE. The office is normally open 9-5, M-F
or you can leave a voice mail 24 hours per day.
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A Locomotive Engineers Album
A Ride with Huey the Engineer
All Aboard
American Locomotives (1900-1950)
American’s Colorful Railroads
America’s Colorful Railroads (1980 Edition)
America’s Fighting Railroads
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chessie The Railroad Kitten
Chessie’s Road
Civil War Railroads
Colorado Midland
Diesel Spotter’s Gudie
Early American Locomotives
Early American Steam Locomotives
Empire Express
Faces of Railroading
Hear The Train Blow
High Ball A pageant of Trains
High Iron
Highliners
History of the Louisville and Nashville RR
History of the New York Central System
International Locomotives
Iron Horse of The Santa Fe Trail
Iron Horses (American Locmotives 1829-1900)
Iron Road To Empire (History of the Rock Island Lines)
Life on the New River
Locomotives in our Lives
Lost Glory
Louisville & Nashville Steam Locomotives
Monon (The Hoosier Line)
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
New York Central’s Early Power VII (1831-1916)
Norfolk and Western Railway
North American Locomotives
Gondola Gazette
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George B. Abdill
Jesse Stuart
George H. Douglas
Edwin P. Alexander
Don Ball, Jr.
Don Ball, Jr.
Don DeNevi
Thomas W. Dixon, Jr.
Thomas W. Dixon, Jr.
Charles W. Turner, Thomas W. Dixon, E. Huddleston
Geo B Abdill
Morris Cafky
Jerry A Pinkerpant and Louis D. Marre
John H. White, Jr.
Reed Kinert
David Howard Bain
Carl A. Swanson
Lucius Beede and Charles Clegg
Lucius Beede
Lucius Beebe
Lucius Beebe
Maury Klein
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Pennsy Power
Pennsy Power II
Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive
Portrait of the Rails
Railroadiana Collectors Gudie
Railroading Coast to Coast
Railroading from the rear end
Railroading the Modern Railway
Railroads at War
Railroads of the Hour
Railroads of Today
Rails to Pittsburgh
Rails West
Railways at the Zenith of Steam
Recollections
Santa Fe
Scalded to Death By The Steam
Sewell A New River Community
Southern Pacific Steam Locomtives
Southern Railroads
Southern Railway System (Steam Locomotives and Boats)
Starlight on the Rails
Steam and Thunder in the Timber
Steam Locomotives
Steam Locomotives of the Burlington Route
Steel Trails
The American Heritage History of Railroads in America
The American Railroad Passenger Car Part 1
The atlas of Train Travel
The Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads
The Collectors Book of Railroadiana
The Country Railroad Station in America
The Georgian Locomtive
The Great Trains
The Locomotives that Baldwin Built
The Locomotives that Baldwin Built
The Model Railroader Encyclopedia 1944
The Offical Guide of the Railways
The Offical Guide Railroad Dining Car China
The Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pictorial Encyclopedia of Railways
The Story of American Railroads
The Virginia Railway
The Worlds Railway
This Was Railroading
This was Railroading
Thurmond A New River Community
Train Wrecks
Trains Around the World
Trains, Tracks and Travel
World Atlas of Railways
World Atlas of Railways (American Edition)
Yonder Comes the Train
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Alvin F. Staufer
Alvin F. Stauffer and Bent Pennyacker
J. Parker Lamb
Don Ball, Jr.
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August 2012
Amtrak Integrates And Updates
Nec And High-Speed Rail Vision Plans
New and revised information provides input to
federal NEC environmental review and planning process
WASHINGTON – A new report issued
today by Amtrak summarizes and updates
the ongoing planning efforts to expand capacity on the Northeast Corridor (NEC)
rail network to accommodate more trains
operating at faster speeds with significantly reduced trip-times and improved service
reliability while also developing 220 mph
(354 kph) next generation high-speed rail
(NextGen HSR).
The Amtrak Vision for the Northeast
Corridor: 2012 Update Report describes
the current stage of conceptual development and planning for the future of the
NEC rail network. It details actions taken
by Amtrak and other stakeholders since
the release of two major NEC planning
reports in 2010 and also highlights the
key findings of a recently completed NEC
business and financial plan. Most importantly, it provides input for a new NEC environmental analysis and planning process
led by the Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA).
“The NEC region is America’s economic
powerhouse and is facing a severe crisis
with an aging and congested multi-modal
transportation network that routinely operates at or near capacity in key segments.
With an expected 30 percent population
increase by 2050, we must move beyond
mere preservation and rehabilitation of
the current system to a new vision for
expanded transportation capacity and
growth,” said Amtrak President and CEO
Joe Boardman.
Recent Amtrak studies continue to indicate that improvement and expansion of
the NEC, including the development of
segments of NextGen HSR, is feasible
and achievable using an integrated capital investment program and incremental
implementation strategy.
“On a daily basis, some 2,100 passenger
and 50 freight trains use the Northeast
Corridor. The FRA is leading a collaborative process involving all of our stakeholders that will produce a
comprehensive vision necessary to keep
pace with demands of a growing populaGondola Gazette
tion,” Joseph C. Szabo, Administrator of
the Federal Railroad Administration said.
He continued, “the vision we will shape
with the Northeast states, Amtrak and all
of our stakeholders will outlast the vagaries of politics, budgets, and critics. We
applaud Amtrak for its planning efforts,
which will provide us with useful information as we move forward with our own
environmental review process.”
NEC Future – FRA Passenger Rail Corridor Investment Plan (PRCIP)
The FRA-led PRCIP will develop a new
long-term service plan and related environmental analysis to create a NEC investment plan for the next 30 years. The
PRCIP is a critical step in defining and realizing future improvements to the NEC
and will provide necessary information
to support future FRA investment decisions. It is comprised of two components: a Service Development Plan that
articulates the overall scope and approach
for future intercity passenger rail service
along the NEC and a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) programmatic
environmental impact assessment that addresses the broad environmental impacts
for the entire Corridor along the route of
proposed service. It is to be completed in
2015.
Amtrak NEC Capital Investment Program
(Program)
Since the release in 2010 of The Northeast
Corridor Infrastructure Master Plan and A
Vision for High-Speed Rail in the Northeast Corridor, Amtrak has continued its
work and has now integrated these two
plans into a single, coherent $151 billion
service and investment program called the
NEC Capital Investment Program. It calls
for investments to be made over the coming several decades to improve and expand
the NEC, and affirms the Amtrak commitment to implementing critically needed near-term Master Plan projects while
advancing the long-term development
of a 220 mph (354 kph) NextGen HSR
network through incremental “Stair-Step”
improvements to its current high-speed
rail service (see attached chart).
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Amtrak received feedback from states,
commuter rail agencies and other NEC
users and stakeholders, and has made several changes to its planning since 2010,
including: announcement of the Gateway
Program to increase track, bridge, station
and tunnel capacity from Newark, N.J., to
New York Penn Station; a revised alignment of the proposed NextGen HSR
route to travel through Providence, R.I.,
rather than Woonsocket; and changes to
various proposed stations.
Amtrak NEC Business and Financial Plan
(B&F Plan)
The 2012 Update Report also discusses
key findings from the recently completed
NEC Business and Financial Plan to guide
Amtrak on how to potentially fund and finance its integrated vision for the NEC.
Scientifically, the B&F Plan finds greater
than anticipated ridership demand for, and
associated revenue from, the planned Amtrak services levels supported by the NEC
Capital Investment Program, forecasting a 25 percent increase in ridership and
revenue over 2010 projections. However,
the B&F Plan also finds that the schedule and large annual capital expenditures
in the peak period of planned construction should be modified to strengthen
opportunities for public and private sector funding, to take into account resource
constraints and to ensure effective management and delivery of the Program.
To advance the Program, the B&F Plan
concludes that Amtrak should pursue a
phased approach and strategically advance
specific elements with the biggest impacts
on improved reliability, increased capacity
and reduced trip-time as quickly as funding
allows, while deferring remaining elements
to subsequent phases. This approach will
help Amtrak achieve early successes that
strengthen revenue and financial performance and create additional capital funding to support other Program elements.
For example, the proposed Amtrak Gateway Program to improve travel to and
through New York City via new tunnels
under the Hudson River and the expanAugust 2012
sion of the Moynihan Station and Penn
Station terminal complex is essential to the
entire NEC network. Its completion will
deliver many key benefits for intercity and
commuter rail service and set the stage for
future NextGen HSR expansion.
The B&F Plan also recommends that a
combination of funding, policy decisions
and cooperation from federal, state, and
local governments, NEC users, regional
partners, the private sector and Amtrak
are necessary to advance a program of this
size and regional and national significance.
Further, public sector leadership and funding is essential during the early years.
While the B&F Plan finds that current
Federal, state, and local transportation
investment programs are insufficient to
support the Program presently, strategies
are available to generate funding, including enhanced access fees paid by NEC users to support state of good repair other
improvement projects to the existing corridor that provide the greatest benefits to
their services.
Current Amtrak NEC Improvement Projects
Several major projects are now underway
that will improve existing services and
support the Amtrak NEC vision, including $15 million for Gateway Program
planning, design and preliminary environmental review and utility relocation to support construction of a new Portal Bridge
in New Jersey, which itself is currently in
the final design stage.
Another major ongoing effort is a $450
million project funded by the FRA highspeed and intercity passenger rail program
to improve service reliability for intercity
and commuter trains, modernize the electrical system and boost top speeds from
135 mph (217 kph) to 160 mph (257 kph)
along a 24-mile section of the NEC between Trenton and New Brunswick, N.J.
— making it the fastest passenger track
in North America. It also will reconfigure
track switches at the western entrance to
New York Penn Station to mitigate congestion issues. Major construction work is
to begin in 2013 with anticipated project
completion in 2017.
In addition, Amtrak is nearing the completion of a $140 million project to replace
the 104-year old movable Niantic River
Bridge in East Lyme, Conn., to improve
reliability, increase speeds on and near the
bridge and minimize traffic delays. Rail
traffic will begin to shift to the new structure in late summer 2012 with full project
completion scheduled for spring 2013.
Next Steps
While initial NEC NextGen HSR studies
have been completed, the specific phasing plan, schedule, alignment, stations, and
other components analyzed by Amtrak
represent the range of possible alternatives and service configurations that could
be developed. These concepts and others
will undergo considerable scrutiny as the
NEC Capital Investment Program continues to be refined by Amtrak and our
partners, is considered through the FRA
PRCIP process and is subject to extensive
future planning and engineering studies.
Boardman stressed “for America to be
globally competitive in the coming years,
we must be equal to the challenge before
us and make the necessary investments to
design and implement the NEC improvements that will serve the region and the
nation for the century ahead.”
eTickets Now Accepted On
Every Amtrak Train
Passengers can skip the line and print eTickets whenever, wherever!
Quik-Trak™ kiosks. Some customers, including those traveling on
a group ticket or passengers purchasing Multi-Ride tickets, will continue to receive a conventional paper value ticket.
WASHINGTON – Today Amtrak is launching its eTicket program
to all trains within its national network including on the Northeast
Corridor, state-supported routes and long-distance services. eTickets provide passengers with the convenience to skip the line at the
ticket window and go straight to the gate by printing their tickets
whenever, wherever or by using a smartphone to present the eTicket
to the conductor. It also allows passengers increased flexibility to
make or change reservations.
Amtrak developed eTicket technology to enhance the passenger
travel experience, deliver a higher level of safety and customer service, and improve its business and financial performance. The use of
eTickets and mobile technology in the open-boarding environment
of intercity passenger rail is a revolutionary advancement for an industry that has relied on paper tickets and the traditional conductor
ticket punch since the 1800s. In addition to an improved experience
for customers, the eTicket program provides Amtrak with several
significant business benefits including: more accurate knowledge in
realtime of who is on the train which greatly improves the safety and
security of passengers; en route reporting of onboard equipment
problems to mechanical crews which may result in faster resolution
of the issue; and more efficient financial reporting.
“eTickets deliver the convenience and flexibility expected by passengers and its innovative technology is transforming other aspects of
how Amtrak does business,” said President and CEO Joe Boardman.
Amtrak piloted eTickets on five routes before today’s national rollout where it quickly exceeded expectations as rapid adoption by passengers resulted in shorter lines at ticket counters, less tickets sold
onboard trains and fewer claims of lost tickets. When a customer
makes a reservation, the eTicket will be e-mailed as a printable document. Passengers using their smartphone or other mobile device can
present the eTicket to the conductor by simply opening the document from their e-mail. A lost or misplaced eTicket can easily be
reprinted. eTickets also can be printed at Amtrak ticket offices and
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August 2012
Cincinnati Railway Company
Train Ride from Cincinnati, OH to Batesville, IN
We are going to the Batesville Apple Festival
Ride on the Cincinnati Railway
Date: Sunday, September 23, 2012
From: Longworth Hall downtown Cincinnati to Batesville, IN
Cost: $50 (Adults), $40 (Seniors 62+, Children 12 & under)
Itinerary:
8:30 am- Board passengers at Riverside Boat Launch, 3540 Southside Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45204
9:00 am - Depart Cincinnati 11:30am - Arrive Batesville
12:30pm - Depart Batesville (for optional Greensburg side trip)
1:15pm - Arrive Greensburg, IN
1:35pm - Depart Greensburg, IN 2:20pm - Arrive Batesville
3:00pm - Depart Batesville 5:30pm - Arrive Cincinnati
12:30pm – 2:20pm - One hour 40 minute excursion from Batesville to Greensburg and return
Tickets:
Option #1 - Coach Class Seating - Open window coach seats
Adults: $50 Seniors (62+): $40 Children (12 & under): $40
Optional Greensburg Side Trip Ticket
Adults: $18 Seniors (62+): $15 Children (12 & under): $15
Concessions will be available in the bar car. Restrooms will also be available on the train.
Tickets for Option #2 and Option #3 can only be purchased through the Cincinnati Railway
Company and the Cincinnati Dinner Train at 513-791-RAIL (7245)
Option #2 - First Class Seating - Climate controlled long distance coach seats $79.95
Sit in our luxury coach car with access to the bar car for the purchase of drinks and pulled
pork sandwiches. First Class Seating Ticket includes the optional Greensburg side trip.
Option #3 - First Class Dining - Two of the Cincinnati Dinner Train Climate controlled dining cars
(Milwaukee Road car 201 & New York Central car 447) - $99.95
Passengers will be provided with a Sunday Brunch buffet consisting of Fresh fruit salad,
Muffins, Assorted baked goods, Breakfast casserole with bacon, Breakfast casserole with
vegetables, Pork & turkey sausage patties, Au gratin potatoes, and tea/coffee/juice.
First Class Dining Ticket includes the optional Greensburg side trip.
*Note - if children 2 & under occupy a seat they require a ticket.
If they sit on a lap and do not occupy their own seat they are free.*
Group Discounts: 10% for groups of 8 or more purchased tickets
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August 2012
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August 2012
60 Years Ago, Ike rode the B&O
By: Bob Withers
Continued from August’s Issue
Ike had canceled an appearance at the
McLure Hotel to go to the airport, then took
his running mate with him to a rally at the
Wheeling Island Stadium.
Before the Eisenhowers left the station,
however, they summoned Road Foreman Ferrell and thanked him for “such a pleasant ride
and handling of his special,” Jack told me years
later. Ike gave him a little metal badge spelling
IKE, which the officer kept to the day of his
death.
Railroaders immediately started preparing
the train for its outbound move. A yard crew
dragged it back to Benwood, turned it on the
loop, and returned it to the Wheeling station.
There were four passenger runs that had to
have track space at the station near or during
Ike’s layover – Train 245 to Chicago at 6:20
p.m., Train 72 from Kenova at 8:20 p.m., Train
441/340 to Grafton at 8:25 p.m., CincinnatiPittsburgh Train 238 from 8:30 to 8:45 p.m.,
and Pittsburgh-Kenova Train 77 from 11:35 to
11:45 p.m. So, to leave station tracks 3 and 4
open, the rear eight cars were spotted on No. 1
track, the next eight cars were placed on No. 2
track, and the first two cars were shoved onto
the office car spur east of the station.
To minimize the logjam between 8:20 and
8:45, a storage mail car normally arriving on
Train 72 and continuing to Pittsburgh on Train
238 was canceled. Instead, a storage mail car
arriving on Train 72 on the 23rd was held for
loading and forwarding on Train 238 on the
25th. A mail car normally moving on the rear
of Train 72 and terminating at Wheeling was
positioned at the head end of the train on the
24th and forwarded on Train 238 the same
night.
Once Ike’s train was spotted, soil cans (Remember them? We used to call ‘em “honeypots”) were attached to each toilet drain on
every car and the cars thoroughly cleaned, serviced and resupplied. As soon as the evening’s
regular passenger runs were out of the way, the
soil cans were removed from the cars and the
long train was reassembled. The Monongah
Division crew was called for 1 a.m. on the 25th
to depart at 1:45, taking the train back down
the river to Moundsville and out the Old Main
Line to Grafton.
While all that was going on, others were preparing to head home. The Look Ahead Neighbor special’s inbound crew deadheaded back to
Parkersburg on Train 77, being relieved on arrival at Ann Street Station at 3 a.m. on the 25th,
according to Harry Nixon’s timebook.
Birke arranged for a private plane to fly
himself and Humphreys to Huntington. Humphreys was still on Cloud 9. “It was one of the
finest events of my life,” he says.
And Humphreys thinks it’s sad that the 1952
campaign was the last to use rail extensively.
“When candidates came through on the
train, lots of people got a chance to see them,
and some got to talk to them and even ride
with them,” he says. “You can’t talk to them
when they’re up in the air.”
(By the way, who will Humphreys vote for
in November? “Romney,” he answers without
hesitation, then adds a story. “I got a letter
from Obama the other day asking for a ‘generous donation,’” he says. “I stomped on it with
both feet. I don’t know how they got my name
– but they did!”)
Ike’s special departed Wheeling at 1:45 a.m.
on Sept. 25 as its passengers climbed into their
berths, went to the B&O diner offering midnight snacks or opted for the liquid refreshments in the Sun Light. Tommy Thompson
noted in one of his meticulously detailed
logs that the train was delayed for 10 minutes
at Cameron for a sticking brake and about a
minute at Fairmont to put off some Western
Union messages. When Engineer Hickman
pulled into Grafton seven minutes late at 5:17
a.m. for a crew change, Tommy credited him
with a smooth if not fast run. He explained
that the line had grades as steep as 1.67 percent
and several severe curves and also noted that
temperatures had cooled into the 50s, then into
the 40s, with several pockets of fog shrouding
the train throughout the night.
Once an F7a-F7b helper (units 365a and
365ax) were coupled to the train (on the head
end?) departure from Grafton was at 5:32, still
seven minutes late, under the control of engineer McIntyre – or his road foreman. Tommy
recorded a five-minute stop at the foot of
Cranberry Grade east of M&K Junction when
a bad-order stop-and-proceed signal went red
right in their face. Of course, the train had
to run up the hill at restricted speed and lost
more time. The train lost two more minutes
when the helper was cut off at Terra Alta,
and entered Keyser, W.Va., and Cumberland,
Md., extremely slowly to spot the train for the
speeches – from the rear platform at Keyser
and off the train in Cumberland. “Considering
the load and delays, a good run was made over
the mountains,” Tommy decided.
The Keyser stop took from 7:56 to 8:09 a.m.
and the Cumberland stop from 8:41 to 9:18,
where engineer Adams took over. The train
departed Cumberland very slowly, ran on the
eastbound main from Patterson Creek, W.Va.,
then crossed over and ran on No. 4 main – the
Magnolia Cutoff, which was 5.7 miles shorter
than the original line – to Orleans Road.
“With this advantage, didn’t have to hurry to
Martinsburg,” Tommy wrote.
Eisenhower got off the train to speak at
Martinsburg and hobnobbed with a group of
grimy railroaders before “motoring” to speeches in Hagerstown and Frederick, Md. Meanwhile, the train went to Brunswick, Md., for
servicing.
The train continued to Frederick Junction
and backed up the branch to Frederick to pick
up the Eisenhowers. Then the train returned
to Point of Rocks, presumably backing from
Frederick Junction, although Tommy didn’t
mention that. A five-minute stop was added at
Point of Rocks.
“Schedule very slow from Frederick to Silver
Spring to permit lunch,” Tommy wrote. “Ran
No. 2 track from Frederick Junction to Point
of Rocks, and then again to DS Tower (to let
8 [the eastbound Shenandoah] by). Dwaddled
along very easily account ample time. After
crossing over at DS Tower, had to run at restrictive speed to next signal. Came into Silver
Spring [for a rear-platform speech] so slowly
that actually stopped [one minute] late [at 3:26
p.m.]
Departure from Silver Spring was at 3:44,
11 minutes early, so the engineer killed time
running downhill to QN Tower. The special
arrived at Baltimore’s Mount Royal Station on
time at 4:55.
The Eisenhowers disembarked for a twohour rest at the Lord Baltimore Hotel and a
speech at the Fifth Regiment Armory. They rejoined the train in the Produce Yard at Camden
Station.
Departure from the Produce Yard was on
time at 9:45 p.m., and arrival on the lower level
of Washington Union Station was at 10:33
p.m., three minutes late. There, B&O handed
over the train to the Southern Railway for Ike’s
foray into southern states. Tommy noted that
the special made good time until it slowed considerably while approaching F Tower, and got
down to “nothing more than a walk” from C
Tower down through the switches to the lower
level.
“Easily could have been ahead of time based
on time approaching F Tower,” Tommy wrote.
“But B&O engineers do not normally run into
the low level, so perhaps [Adams] was playing
it safe.”
Ike’s two days on the B&O were finished –
until, that is, after he took office as the 34th
president of the United States on Jan. 20, 1953.
End
Gondola Gazette
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August 2012
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765 Is Back
In West Virginia!
Proposed By-Laws Change
The following By-laws change was discussed at the May Board and
regular meetings. It is now required to be published in the Gondola
Gazette in accordance with the by-laws, and then will be voted on at
the August 28th, 2012 regular meeting.
The purpose of the change is to conform to changes in the NRHS
National By-laws which will take effect this fall when the National
Board of Directors becomes a twenty-five member board elected by
all members of the NRHS. Following that change there will be a new
entity known as the National Representatives which will as present
represent each Chapter at national meetings a few times per year.
This group will make specific recommendations to the National Board
of Directors, air concerns and suggest actions for the National Board
to consider based on Chapter input.
The 765 returns to West Virginia, after
many years. The last time she was
in the state, was back in 1993.
Got this shot of 765 after waiting for 3 hours,
but it certainly was worth the wait.
Therefore, the following local by-laws change has been proposed:
C
hange Art IV, Sec. 3 and the paragraph dealing with the
National Director as follows. “The National Director will
henceforth be called the National Representative and all
references to the National Director in Art. IV, Sec. 3 shall
be changed to read National Representative. Also any reference to The National Board of Directors shall be changed
to read “Board of National Representatives of the National
Railway Historical Society” All duties and obligations of the
Chapter and the National Representative shall remain the
same. This change will become effective if it passes on the
first day of September, 2012.
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2012 Committees
Amtrak:
Greetings & Correspondence:
Larry Kidd (chair).......................................304-776-7482
Building Superintendent:
Inspector General:
Walt Cavender.............................................304-776-3469
By Laws:
Bob Withers.................................................304-522-2046
Brian Cavender............................................304-727-5133
Walt Cavender.............................................304-776-3469
Museum Curator (Indoor):
Finance:
Duane Legg (chair).....................................304-545-0802
Model Railroad Liaison:
EMS Cordinator:
Ed Combs....................................................740-894-7456
Merchandice Sales (Internet & Ebay):
Karol Cavender (chair)..............................304-776-3469
Chaplain/Historian:
Office............................................................304-523-0364
Mona Webb (chair).....................................606-324-8005
Tim Hensley (chair)....................................304-453-6411
Flowers:
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Greenbo Show:
South Yard Superintendent:
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Dale Smith...................................................740-523-6102
Don Maxwell...............................................606-831-9035
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