Erie Lackawanna Historical Society Two New ELHS Exclusives


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Wreck Trains by Ron Dukarm Available through the


MAITLAND TOWER HO Erie Lackawanna Historical Society NEW PUBLICATIONS Maitland Tower Erie Crossing Shanty


The Maitland Tower kit builds into a model of the tower's initial configuration and can be modified to represent a number of other Erie west end towers. Maitland also broke up the block between Glen Echo and Cold Springs on the Dayton Branch and was used by the DT&I to issue trains orders. This served to extend the tower life more than anything else and remained in service well into the Conrail years. Crossing Shanty not included


Member price $5200


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ERIE CROSSING SHANTY


This kit builds into a model representing crossing shanties located throughout the Erie west end.


This 100 page, five chapter spiral bound book includes 153 photos of Lackawanna, Erie, and EL wreck cranes and their associated equipment. Most of these photographs are being published for the first time. The book also includes 36 drawings and equipment charts. Ron thoroughly covers the complete roster of wrecking cranes, wreck trains, and wrecking procedures of all three railroads. Ron also provides the first ever explanation of Erie's mysterious Maintenance Of Way numbering system. Non-member price


Member price $1400


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Member price HO $5000


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Non-member price $1750


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Erie Lackawanna Historical Society Erie Steam Locomotive Diagram Book Book No. 2 (1944)


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Erie Passenger Equipment Diagram Book Book No. 76, May 1952


DL&W Locomotive Classificaton Diagram Book Revised July 1st 1939


Erie Passenger Equipment Diagram Book Book No. 76, May 1952


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DL&W Classification of Freight Equipment Corrected to May 1, 1952


Erie Lackawanna Passenger Equipment Diagram Book, Book No. 15, Issued Aug. 30, 1966.


Erie Lackawanna Freight Equipment Diagram Book, Book No. 78, Updated May 9, 1975


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ELHS membership at $35 per membership cycle. Cycle includes four issues of our magazine “The Diamond” and four newsletters with modeling


information. Separate check please. Send to: ELHS c/o Randy Dettmer, 290 W. Prospect St., Hudson, OH 44236


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Erie Lackawanna Freight Equipment Diagram Book, Book No. 78, Updated May 9, 1975


Erie Lackawanna Passenger Equipment Diagram Book, Book No. 15, Issued Aug. 30, 1966.


DL&W Classification of Freight Equipment Corrected to May 1, 1952


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Erie Waldwick Interlocking Tower HO & N plus


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Erie Lackawanna Historical Society Erie Steam Locomotive Diagram Book Book No. 2 (1944)


DL&W Locomotive Classificaton Diagram Book Revised July 1st 1939


Cass Scenic Railroad State Park 50th An- niversary by Gerald M. Futej is available now from Greenhill Station Productions. It’s packed with color and b&w photos that depict the popular, logging railroad-themed park’s development from 1963, when green, red, and black ex-Mower Lumber three- truck Shay No. 1 wore “Cass, Greenbrier, Cheat & Bald Knob Scenic Railroad” on its tank through today, when the railroad owns the largest collection of operating geared steam locomotives in the world. While the lo- comotives and rail equipment naturally en- joy a featured role, the facilities, including the company town buildings and lumber mills, are well covered, also. There’s a good mix of current day, early State Park era, and historic photos of the trains and mills when they were privately owned and still in oper- ation. If you’re a regular visitor to Cass, you’ll enjoy the many photos of staff and crew from the present day and from years ago. In addition to the many in-service pho- tos, there’s also a one-page history of each steam locomotive, and a good map ties it all together. This 8¹/₂″×11″ 44-page softcover sells for $6.95 plus $1.75 shipping from Greenhill Station Productions Dept. RF, 1376 Green Hill Ave., West Chester PA 19380; PA residents add sales tax. Ghost Rails IX: State Line Legends is the


Non-member price HO $6500


latest in the series by Wayne A. Cole and published by ColeBooks, which explores the abandoned railroads and industries along the Ohio/Pennsylvania state line. Vol- ume IX covers the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie’s Gateway Yard near Youngstown, Ohio, along with P&LE’s Mahoning State Line Railroad and the Walford and Johnson Branches, plus the Pennsy’s Bessemer Branch. This book will really appeal to fans of industrial rail- roads and their “critters,” with its detailed coverage of Carbon Limestone, Bessemer Limestone, and Burton Explosives. You’ll find mostly b&w, and some color, photos of rare critters including Carbon Limestone’s standard gauge 0-6-0T’s (of which No. 39 lives today on the New Hope Valley Railroad in North Carolina), CL’s narrow gauge 0-4- 0T’s, its General Electric off-center cab 65- ton diesels and 45-tonners, and the 42-inch gauge Plymouths, Whitcombs, and Daven- ports that replaced the 0-4-0T’s. Johnson/ Pittsburgh Limestone used three-foot gauge 0-4-0T’s, which were replaced by tiny GE and Davenport diesels. Bessemer Limestone operated a 38-inch gauge railroad with two tiny Shays and a few 0-4-0T’s, which were ultimately replaced by a fleet of Heisler geared engines and two Porter 0-4-0T’s. Bur- ton Explosives used two Porter 0-4-0F’s (fireless) and seven small Plymouth gas me- chanicals. One interesting photo shows gon- dolas loaded just to the tops of the sides with paving bricks; there are also many good shots of Marion steam and electric shovels along with the various plants and facilities then and now, plus many maps. This 232- page, 8¹/₂″×11″ hardcover sells for $45.00 postpaid from ColeBooks Dept. RF, 1402 Seminole Circle, Beaver Falls, PA 15010; www.atlasbooks.com.


BOOK REVIEW


Pacific Electric Cars — A Pictorial Journey 1911-1953 By David L. Garcia and Joseph A. Strapac, published by Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society, Dept. RF, 523 Howard Access Road Suite A, Upland, CA 91786- 2582; www.sphtsstore.org. Hardcover, 256 8¹/₂″×11″ pages, color dust jacket, 500+ b&w images; $70.00 plus $10.95 shipping; CA residents add sales tax.


This substantial vol- ume illustrates all the major classes of Pacific Electric cars and locomotives ac- quired new after the takeover by Southern Pacific in 1911, along with a representative selection of cars that were inherited from PE’s predecessors.


The introduction outlines the early develop- ment of Southern California’s electric rail- roads, Henry Huntington’s eventual involve- ment with them, and the circumstances that ended up with Southern Pacific’s acquisition of the PE and other lines while Huntington kept the Los Angeles Railway streetcar sys- tem. The authors also discuss SP’s “new” PE and list each route’s carbarns and shops, along with coverage of electric railroad tech- nology such as automatic couplers, trolley shoes vs. wheels, and safety fenders. Photographic subjects include the earliest


wooden “California” city and suburban cars, the narrow gauge Mount Lowe cars, steel city cars from Birneys through the big cen- ter-door St. Louis cars to the double-ended PCC’s, steel commuter cars, box express mo- tors and Railway Post Office cars, and sever- al varieties of big, owl-eyed steel “Blimps.” Electric freight power is equally well cov- ered, from the earliest work motors and steeplecabs to the handsome Baldwin-West- inghouse motors and their home-built coun- terparts.


Internal-combustion power in-


cludes ex-Dan Patch Line General Electric gas-electric boxcabs and built-new GE 44- ton diesel-electric switchers, cut-down ex- Northwestern Pacific Brill gas electrics, and a pair of little Plymouths. PE’s nine steam locomotives included an ex-Central Pacific 4-4-0 built in 1872 and several 0-6-0s from various sources, plus a few steam locomo- tives leased from SP. The electric “service” cars are particularly interesting and include various line cars, a weed burner, portable substations, and an electrically powered Bay City wrecking crane, complete with trolley pole!


A useful index and system map are also


included, and the many excellent b&w pho- tos are well printed on heavy, glossy paper. The full color dust jacket features a John Winfield painting of an electric RPO car passing a doubleheaded electric freight on the front cover, while the rear cover shows a red and orange 1200 series car. Pacific Elec- tric fans, of course, will enjoy this book, as will anyone with an interest in big-time elec- tric railroading. — WALT LANKENAU


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