Re: (erielack) Re: [DelawareLackawanna] Tom Taber program, Sunday afternoon, August 14, and...

[bob gillis <robertgillis_@_verizon.net>]

A minor point.  I believe the Tom Taber that gave the talk was the son 
of the author of the Lackawanna books.  Tom Taber the author died in May 
1975.

bob gillis

Tom Schmieder wrote:

> Thanks for the heads-up on this, Steve.  I went to the program today 
> and saw Tom Taber for the first time.  For about a half hour, he spoke 
> about his teenage experiences with the railroad where he grew up in 
> Madison.  Then he put on three reels of movies that dated back to the 
> 1930's on the Lackawanna.  Although some of the images were a little 
> dark, making it difficult to see the running gear on the steam 
> engines, the film quality was actually quite good and some wonderful 
> images were played out on the silver screen.  My personal favorite was 
> the cab ride (STEAM, OF COURSE!!!) out the Old Road through Oxford and 
> Manunka Chunk tunnels.  The footage of the milk trains was especially 
> good, too.  If you missed it, you may not be totally out of luck.  He 
> was talking about having the films transferred to DVD in the future 
> (he estimates maybe about a year from now).
>
> Tom Schmieder
>
>> From: STEVEZ10_@_aol.com
>> Reply-To: STEVEZ10_@_aol.com
>> To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
>> Subject: (erielack) Re: [DelawareLackawanna] Tom Taber program, 
>> Sunday afternoon, August 14, and...
>> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 10:15:36 EDT
>>
>> From the DL groups.....
>>
>> Tom Taber program, Sunday afternoon, August 14, and the Moscow Railroad
>> Station
>>
>> Thomas T. Taber, author of the three volume history of the Delaware
>> Lackawannna & Western Railroad - DL&W in the 19th Century, DL&W in 
>> the 20th Century v.1
>> , and DL&W in the 20th Century v.2- will speak and show movies about the
>> Lackawanna Railroad at a special program on Sunday afternoon, August 
>> 14, and the
>> Moscow Railroad Station.
>>
>> The program will begin at 3:00 p.m., and is open to the general public.
>> Sponsored by the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railway Historical 
>> Society, which
>> manages the station property.
>>
>> Refreshments will be available.
>>
>>
>> Paul Hart, President
>> Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railway Historical Society
>> prhrail_@_verizon.net
>>
>>
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