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STATEN ISLAND’S RAPID TRANSIT
Staten Island (Richmond County) is the only part of NYC without subway service. However, since the 1860s, a railroad did exist on the is- land, later connected by bridge to New Jersey and owned by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Passenger service to the ferries connected Staten Island with the other boroughs. This film, recorded by Gary Grahl and friends us- ing a Super 8 movie camera, portrays the historic railroad and its progress under the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
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PHILADELPHIA MEMORIES VOL 3 - THE RED ARROW TROLLEYS
The story of a surviving suburban trolley sys- tem from the 1950s to today. Includes Routes 101, 102, 103 and 104. As seen through the Super-8 lens of Gary Grahl, a look back at the marvelous Brill, St. Louis and Kawasaki railcars through Delaware County to West Chester, Ardmore, Sharon Hill and Media.
126 Minutes ONLY $29.95
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The McCloud River Railroads. A terrific new book by Jeff Moore, covering the logging and tourist railroads from 1894 to the present.
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C&NW AIR LINE SUBDIVISION
Authored by Jim Yanke, a retired C&NW/ UP conductor who worked this line for many years. History and first hand accounts of the Northwestern Union Railway Company “Airline” RR between Milwaukee and Fond du Lac, WI, which became the main entrance for the C&NW into the Fox Valley area Great photos and many interesting facts about the line, including information
on all the depots, sidings, bridges and operations. Detailed coverage of ALL the shippers along the route, from the earliest days to the end of C&NW operations. Very detailed coverage of every location along the line... Granville, Rockfield, Jackson, West Bend, Barton, Siding BR, Kewaskum, Campbellsport, Eden, Eden Quarry and on into Fond Du Lac’s Tower NW and passenger station. Profusely illustrated with over 300 images and maps. 8-1/2 x 11 inch format. Hardbound 256 pages. $50 postpaid to US addresses.
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ABOVE: Kawasaki streetcars run as a multiple-unit set at the 40th Street subway portal on SEPTA on February 18, 2017. Two-car sets are almost never seen in regular service; this set was running as part of Winterfest, a gathering of trolley museum volunteers. OPPOSITE: Southern Railroad of New Jersey GP9 100 leads the fi rst train across the new Oldman’s Creek bridge south of R&R’s hometown of Swedesboro, N.J., on February 23, 2017. The bridge was replaced last fall; this was the fi rst train on the line in about eight months. STEVE BARRY PHOTOS
public streetcar trips over those lines. With the trips being operated in late January and early February, one might think that weather would play a factor from time to time. Surprisingly, in 24 years of running trips, there has only been one snow-out. The February 6, 2010, trip was postponed when a large snow storm was predicted for Philadel- phia that day. It was a wise move since the storm forced SEPTA to shut down by lunchtime. The rescheduled date later in February was also postponed by another storm. The trip finally ran on March 10, on a sunny 70-degree day. Alas, our PCC-2 promptly broke down, sending us off to get one of the 1980-vintage Kawa- saki cars that normally roam most of Philadelphia’s lines to finish the trip. That brings us to this year. On Feb-
Watching the late afternoon shadows move into the shot you want, but staying there anyhow because the train has to be getting close.
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ruary 4, 2017, the Wilmington Chapter operated Super Saturday Streetcar Special XXIV using PCC-2 2322. We had sunny skies for the day, and photos from the trip appear on page 70. For the first time we had control of the electronic des- tination sign on the front of the car and had some fun with that (the signs need to be programmed using a card to down- load the various destinations). These trips wouldn’t be possible without the cooperation of the folks at SEPTA. First and foremost, SEPTA supervisor Ed Springer is the point man for charters and he’s like Domino’s Pizza — one call does it all. Three minutes on the phone with Ed is all it takes to get the trip scheduled, and he plans all the rout- ings with photo angles in mind. Ed also rides every trip. And three of SEPTA’s
operators are well-versed in photo stops, so we usually have either Bill Monaghan, Jr., or Russell Greco running trips that originate at the Elmwood carbarn in South Philadelphia or Gary “G-Man” Mason for trips originating at the Cal- lowhill carbarn on Route 15. Thanks to these folks and everyone else at SEPTA who make the trips possible. Next year will mark the 25th running
of the Super Saturday Streetcar Specials, and we’re already looking forward to the trip on February 3, 2018. You can get information on the trip by watching the TIMETABLE section in this magazine or vis- iting
www.wilmingtonchaptertrips.com. — S.B.
Winterfest 2017 Right after we ran Super Satur-
day Streetcar Special XXIV, there was another trolley event in Philadelphia. Every February the volunteers from several trolley museums in the north- eastern U.S. and Canada get togeth- er for a weekend of exchanging ideas, swapping stories, and riding streetcars. Usually one of the museums hosts the event, but this year none were able to take on the task. The Friends of Phila- delphia Trolleys stepped in and hosted the event, starting with a tour of SEPTA’s 69th Street Shop of the Nor- ristown High Speed Line and a night trip on the Route 101 and 102 streetcars from Upper Darby to Media and Sharon Hill on February 17. The following day was a trip over the
City Division (the streetcar lines inside the Philadelphia city limits) using mul-
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