Still available through the
Erie Lackawanna Historical Society
Summerail at CUT
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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$1500 plus $8.95 s&h $1800 2014 ELHS Calendar
The presenters for the 2013 edition of Summerail at CUT include (top row L-R) Steve Smedley, Scott Lothes, Tom Sink, Eric Powell, Dale Sanders and Tom Carver along with (bottom row L-R) Fr. Dale Peterka, Steve Patterson, Jeff Mast, John Dziobko, Jr., and Mike Schafer with Summerail producer Dave Oroszi and master of ceremonies Ron Flanary.
AUGUST SIGNALS THE NEAR-END of summer, but there’s one event I always look forward to around the middle of the month and that’s Summerail at Cincinnati Union Terminal. Sponsored by the Cincinnati Railroad Club and the Miami Valley Railfans, Summerail is a fun weekend of great railroad photogra- phy and catching up with old friends. This year was no different. Steve and I made the trek to the lower
Member price $795
14 great photos plus
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Buckeye from our respective starting points, meeting up on the afternoon of Friday, Au- gust 9, at Camp Washington Chili for an in- formal get together and dinner party with our fellow foamers. Then it was off to CUT and a quick visit to Tower A, home of the Cincinnati Railroad Club. Aside from snag- ging a few bargains from their collection of used books, there are plenty of opportunities to observe the busy operations of the Queensgate Yard complex sprawled out below. Friday night is typically reserved for tra-
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Non-member price $995
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N.J., PA & Ohio res. add sales tax. Outside US extra s&h.
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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ditional “talkie” slides shows. This year, we were treated to three fine shows by Mike Schafer, Dennis Nehrenz, and Tom Carver. Mike Schafer (editor of Passenger Train Journal) took us on a whirlwind tour of the old Detroit, Toledo & Ironton as well as a brief swing through Conrail’s ex-New York Central line through West Virginia. Next up Dennis took us back to the late 1970s and showed us what was left of the old Western Maryland image under Chessie System. Fi- nally, Tom Carver brought us back to a color- ful time when F-units and Alcos
ruled
Burlington Northern operations in the Pa- cific Northwest. Saturday morning, I got up early and
headed over to CUT with my friend Chris Stilson so we could check out the railroadi- ana flea market before lunch. I may have found one or two old timetables to add to my collection (for research, of course). The first Summerail program began after our break for lunch. Veteran photographer Tom Gilder- sleeve presented “The Last Great American Steam Show” which chronicled the last years of Rio Grande’s narrow gauge steam operations in the 1960s. It was a nice collec- tion of “candid” photos showing the last of the common-carrier freight operations up in the mountains. I had previously seen this show at Winterail, and enjoyed it as much the second time. This was quickly followed up by Steve Smedley’s show titled “Spencer: A Railfan’s Woodstock.” This was an enter- taining show that focused on the attendees and Norfolk Southern employees that made this epic gathering so special. A few of Steve’s favorite NS images were thrown in for good measure, adding variety to the show. After the brief intermission where I may
have bought some old timetables, we were treated to Steve Patterson’s “Trains of My Appalachian Youth,” which consisted of many images considered “lost” before they were restored by modern digital technology. The audience enjoyed a constant parade of steam, early diesel, and even electric opera- tions accompanied by toe-tapping bluegrass music. Following was “The Road to Owosso Train Festival 2009” by Jeff Mast. The ma- jority of this show followed Pere Marquette 1225’s “journey” from the end of Polar Ex- press runs through an aggressive repair cy- cle to get ready in time for the 2009 Train
PHOTOGRAPHY: STEVE BARRY
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