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 VIDEO REVIEW
Arkansas Alcos Greg Scholl Video Productions, P.O. Box 123, Batavia , OH 45103-0123;
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video.com; 513/732-0660. 68 minutes, $29.95; Standard definition DVD only, add $5.00 shipping per order to U.S.; Canada add $1.00 for each additional DVD) OH residents add sales tax.
Maitland Tower Erie Crossing Shanty The Maitland Tower kit builds into a model of
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
plus $8.95 s&h (US Funds Only)
This kit builds into a model Member price
plus $1400 $8.95 s&h
Non-member price $6500
ERIE CROSSING SHANTY
shanties located throughout the Erie west end. (US Funds Only)
drawings and equipment charts. Ron thoroughly covers the complete roster of wrecking cranes, wreck trains, and wrecking procedures
Member price HO $5000
STILL AVAILABLE DL&W Vestal, N.Y. Station
plus $8.95 s&h
railroads. Ron also provides the first ever explanation of Erie's mysterious Maintenance Of Way numbering system. Non-member price
(US Funds Only)
Member price HO $5000 N
$1696
Member price $3800 (US Funds Only)
plus $8.95 s&h $8.95 s&h
Erie Lackawanna Historical Society Erie Steam Locomotive Diagram Book Book No. 2 (1944)
Books from
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
$32.00 $24.00
$32.00 $24.00
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
plus $8.95 s&h
(Book prices are non-member. Please allow 4-6 weeks delivery) (US Funds Only)
plus $8.95 s&h (US Funds Only) (Book prices are non-member. Please allow 4-6 weeks delivery)
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Order from: ELHS, Department RF Jay Held, 10-10 ELLIS AVE, FAIR LAWN, N.J. 07410 No phone calls will be accepted For information send SASE
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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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
$30.00 $21.00
$30.00 $21.00
$32.00 $32.00 $32.00 $32.00 STILL AVAILABLE
Erie Waldwick Interlocking Tower HO & N plus
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$4800
Erie Lackawanna Historical Society Erie Steam Locomotive Diagram Book Book No. 2 (1944)
DL&W Locomotive Classificaton Diagram Book Revised July 1st 1939
of HO $6500 all three
This 100 page, five chapter spiral bound book includes 153 photos of Lackawanna, Erie, and EL wreck cranes and their associated equipment. Most of
$1750
photographs are being published for the first
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time. The book also includes 36 Non-member price
the
In 1986, 134 miles of Burlington Northern (ex-Frisco) trackage between Monett, Mo., and Fort Smith, Ark., became the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad. In short order the A&M became a bas- tion Alco power and a railfan destination for its varied fleet of freight units in a very
attractive paint scheme. In April 1988 Greg Scholl visited the property and spent five days shooting daylight operations including switching with T6 and C420 power, two road trips from Springdale to Fort Smith and back, and a few hours with RS1 No. 22. The paint jobs were fresh, the trees were in their spring green foliage, the main line trains had multiple unit lashups, and the freight cars were regular, classic stock with not a stack car in sight. The 2014 National Railway Historical So-
ciety convention will be based in Springdale and will ride the lines seen in this program plus the main line north of Springdale to Monett, where passenger operations do not run and the freights run at night. Check out this review of the line’s operations 26 years ago, way before the recent arrival of three EMD SD70ACe units (in a modified livery) which have bounced the big consists of C420s from some main line runs and rele- gated the Alcos to mostly local duty. First up are some switching jobs shot over
two days. An ex-Louisville & Nashville C420 shoves and pulls cars at Bentonville Junc- tion, with the crew doing some exotic ma- neuvers. Next an ex-Norfolk & Western T6 works the Rogers–Bentonville local, again with much shoving and pulling of various cars. Two C420s show up as well. Finally, the T6 breaks down and it is rescued by another C420. During the switching we variously stand in one spot or chase or pan the action as appropriate. The main body of the program follows two Springdale to Fort Smith turns powered by several C420s, which run around at the south end for the return north. These sunny runbys take place at various towns and in rural settings with curves, barns, a going away shot into a tunnel, a rural store front (where the crew stops for a break) — ending up at the lift bridge over the Arkansas River north of Fort Smith which has to drop for our train to pass. The northbound run is seen crossing a nice girder bridge built on stone piers. A second southbound is followed an- other day with ex-New York Central RS32 No. 42 in the lead and catch the train at Greenland, Winslow, a high overlook, the
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Van Buren depot, and another angle on the Arkansas River bridge. Coverage of classic RS1 No. 22 is limited.
This engine, built in 1943 for the Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay, powered regular A&M pas- senger runs with truss rod coaches over the years. Here it is seen on one day only being hand washed and then running with the coach and a caboose to and from a planned photo setup south of Fayetteville. The RS1 consist is the “under” prop while three C420s perform “over” with a freight runby, done twice. The RS1 horn blows a two-note chord to my ear (one note very subdued) which sounds nice. The imagery and audio are technically
fine, with a little wind noise here and there and the diesel horns are always loud. This is a well-shot, railfan oriented runby program that makes good use of various scenic and manmade features along the route to en- hance the compositions, along with some en- gine terminal, yard and depot views. Due to limited highway access, a remote stretch of trackage featuring some high bridges and other scenic features is not covered. This is a very competently produced pro-
gram of a unique operation with scenic rural Ozark locations, decent looking trains and the gurgling, burbling audio and smoke of unmodified Alco motive power. So nice is the subject matter that a longer program would be welcome. — TOM KELCEC
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