RUTLAND RAILS BEYOND THE by Philip R. Jordan
The Rutland Railway shut down in 1961, ending an era in New England railroading. Three years later the railroad was revived by the state of Vermont and began operation as two different companies. Author Philip R. Jordan looks at the Rutland’s successors — the Vermont Railway and Green Mountain Railroad — with a tour of the lines between Burlington, Vermont, and North Walpole, New Hampshire.
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Still available through the Erie Lackawanna Historical Society
George Drury (right) and Curt Katz share a laugh at the 2007 Conversations About Photography conference in Lake Forest, Ill. George passed away on June 21, 2013, and we lost Curt back in 2011. Both are very much missed.
excursions operated for both employees and public. No other announcements have been made at this time regarding excursions, though a clearer picture is sure to emerge once major mechanical work is complete. A considerable fundraising campaign is now under way. The Virginia Museum of Transportation must reach its fundraising goal by October 31, 2013, for the locomotive to join the Norfolk Southern steam program in 2014. The Fire Up 611! Committee deter- mines that $3.5 million will be needed to re- turn the locomotive to the rails. The costs in- clude a complete mechanical restoration of the locomotive, a shop maintenance facility, and support to develop the excursion pro- gram. Ultimately, the goal is to raise $5 mil- lion so that the 611 has an endowment to keep her running for years. To make a dona- tion to the Virginia Museums of Transporta- tion to help return N&W 611 to the rails, please visit their web site at
www.fireup611.org or call 540/342-5670. — O.M.V.
George Drury (1940-2013) We were all deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our good friend and colleague George Drury on June 21, 2013. We asked his long-time friend and former co-worker Mike Schafer to share a few thoughts about George. —O.M.V. George H. Drury, a longtime editor at Kalm- bach Publishing Co. in Milwaukee and in later years a prolific free-lance writer and columnist for RAILFAN & RAILROAD, passed away on June 21, 2013, following complica- tions arising from Parkinson’s disease — ironically the same disease that company founder A.C. Kalmbach would succumb to. We can perhaps thank Harold Edmonson for bringing George into the Kalmbach lime- light that would allow his wide array of tal- ents to shine. When Kalmbach formed the new books division of Trains and Model Railroader in 1971, it was Harold — former- ly Trains’ associate editor — who headed up the new department. He hired me, then Don-
nette Dolzall, and then George in 1972. I’m not quite sure how Harold discovered George, a native of Reading, Mass. At the time, George was working in San Francisco, and Harold flew there to interview him; he was hired and moved to Milwaukee. George was a gentleman and a scholar, yet approachable and affable. And, he had a clever, quick-witted sense of humor. As some R&R readers know, George was a big passenger train aficionado, so natu- rally he and I hit it off. We worked together on several projects at Kalmbach in the years that followed. One of the biggest was Arthur Dubin’s More Classic Trains — a monumental project that almost killed the Books Department (its production dragged on for more than two years). Arthur’s man- uscript for the book needed extensive re- researching and rewriting, and it can be said that Harold, George, and I ghost- wrote a significant amount of the book’s text and nearly all the captions. George pretty much spearheaded the project and kept it moving.
Out of this came one of George’s most-re- membered quips. During a meeting with Du- bin one day, sifting through dozens of photos of passenger-car roster shots, Arthur Dubin agonized over a roster shot of a heavyweight sleeping car. “What on earth are these pipe- like things under the car?” Arthur said, “They don’t make any sense to me as to what they might be!” He anguished on and on about them. Finally, George (rolling his eyes) said, “They’re ‘poop chutes,’ Arthur. Poop chutes.” Silence from Arthur. Harold had hired me for my general rail- road and model railroad knowledge and ba- sic writing skills, but he hired George for his uncanny knack for writing, rewriting, and copy-editing along as well as his railroad in- terests. He came with these skills, already finely honed. I have George to thank for helping me polish my own skills in this area, although there’s no way I could ever achieve his degree of perfection. George moved to Milwaukee not knowing
The Merchant’s Engines by Jerry Segrue
The history of the Lackawanna Railroad’s Pacific Steam engines with a concentration on the famous “Streamstyled Pacifics”. This 60 page softbound book includes over 50 photographs and separate scale drawings of each of the four streamstyled engines. Also covered is the construction of the DL&W’s several classes of 4-6-2s and their unorthodox numbering. Member price
$2100 plus $8.95 s&h
Non-member price $2495
Erie USRA Heavy Pacifics
by D.G. Biernaki
This 80 page book provides comprehensive coverage of these fascinating locomotives
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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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