(erielack) Celebrate the Century night shots

["MDelvec952_@_aol.com"]

As part of the Celebrate the Century Express visit to the Morristown & Erie 
Railway at Whippany, the Tri-State Chapter NRHS is sponsoring a night shot 
for Saturday, September 23rd at the Whippany station.  The USPS police will 
have the train and locomotive available for us, unobstructed, and a 
Morristown & Erie locomotive will be part of the scene.  This is the only 
public night photo session yet arranged for the specially painted train and 
equipment.  Tri-State has a special bond to the train, since Amtrak mechanics 
in 1998 visited Whippany to evaluate Tri-State's Lackawanna baggage car 2038 
to accompany the vintage RPO and P42 locomotive. The baggage car and restored 
caboose 896 will be open and on display that weekend, in addition to sharing 
the spotlight with the USPS train at the Hoboken Festival September 16-17 
weekend.

Nite shot capacity is limited and people are already signing up.  The fare is 
$20.  To sign up, visit the Tri-State web site at 
www.tri-state-rail-history.org or come to the meeting on September 14th at 
the Honeywell (former-AlliedSignal) corporate headquarters building on 
Columbia Turnpike just of Route 24 in Morris Township.

Pardon the shameless plug, but at the September 14th meeting former-R&R 
editor Jim Boyd will be showing rare slides of Alco PAs and DL109s, many of 
which are not included in his new PA book just out from Morning Sun Books.  
He'll be signing copies of the book; so bring your own or purchase them 
there.  This is a one-time showing of the PA slides.  Admission to the 
meetings is free, and all are welcome.

                          ....Mike Del Vecchio


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