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The abandoned Hunterdon Concrete plant near Ringoes, N.J., provided a nice frame for Black River & Western 2-8-0 No. 60 as it powered a “North Pole Express” train from Flemington. The Consolidation originally hauled sugar beets on Colorado’s Great Western Railway. STEVE BARRY PHOTO
runs. With No. 98 needed to provide steam on Saturday and Sunday, it would be hot overnight on Saturday, so the railroad scheduled a night photography event. Volunteer Tommy Gears rounded up antique trucks and actors, and all this created quite the scene. The shoot took place at the W&W’s shop in Marshallton, Del. That brings us to Sunday night. Black River
& Western has “The North Pole Express” running throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday, but three moves are done after dark. The 5:00 train leaves Flemington, N.J., for the North Pole (actually, Ringoes where the railroad’s shop is located). It then departs the North Pole at 7:00 to head back to Flemington, although the locomotive runs tender-first, making the shot less than desirable. Finally, the empty train deadheads from Flemington back to Ringoes sometime after 7:30. I had done some static night photography with a diesel at the abandoned Hunterdon Concrete plant just outside Ringoes, and set up there for a non-static steam shot on December 13. Black River & Western uses an ex-Great Western 2-8-0 that used to haul sugar beets in Colorado. I was able to get a pretty nice shot at the cement plant (above). I was a bit stumped for a location for the deadhead move back to Ringoes, but I finally settled on the grade crossing at Toad Lane. Night photography really requires some kind of photographic prop to enhance the shot; otherwise all you get is a train in the dark. The BR&W is not full of photographic props, however. Still, it was fun. And when the weekend was done, I had night shots of three steam locomotives in three different states. Thanks, Santa! — STEVE BARRY
Corvallis Slide and Pizza Party
Winterail, the granddaddy of all railroad multi-media shows, is undergoing a big change this year. Traditionally held on the second weekend of March in Stockton, Calif., this year’s show shifts the date and location. Mark your calendars now for March 19 and head for Corvallis, Ore.
For the past several years, R&R has hosted
a pizza party on the night before Winterail. That is not changing. We will be hosting the Corvallis Slide & Pizza Party at the Corvallis High School (the same venue that Winterail is using), 1400 NW Buchanan Avenue in Corvallis, on Friday, March 18, 2016. Admission will be $10.00, which will include pizza, soda, and an evening of presentations. We’ll be serving the pizza at 5:00 p.m., and then getting the shows underway at 6:00. If you have a show you’d like to present,
let me know. Shows are limited to 20 minutes in length, but can be a standard talkie, a multi-media show, or even video. We can accommodate slides or digital. Just drop me a note at
editor@railfan.com and let me know you’d like to present. For more details on ordering tickets in advance for Winterail, see the display ad on page 55. Winterail tickets are available in advance, but pizza party tickets are available only at the door on the 18th. Keep in mind that these are two separate events for ticketing purposes. While we’re on the subject of moving multi-
media shows, Summerail is also changing its traditional location. Usually held at Cincinnati Union Terminal, this year’s show will be in Marion, Ohio, at the Palace Theatre on August 13, 2016. Tickets are not yet available, but you can check the website at
www.summerail.com for updates. Your editorial staff here at R&R is looking
forward to the changes for the two shows, although I’ll admit I’m going to miss my annual trip to the Bay Area; San Francisco has become my favorite U.S. city. But what really hurts is we can’t find an In-N-Out Burger outlet near Corvallis or a Skyline Chili parlor near Marion. — STEVE BARRY
Visiting an Old Friend in the Catskills
I remember the first time I saw the Catskill Mountain Railroad, though we weren’t formally introduced. We were on a family trip in 1990, headed for a ride on the Delaware & Ulster Rail Ride in Roxbury, N.Y. When
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