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

[Neil Weinberg <laurellines_@_gmail.com>]

Tom Tabor, the son, assisted his father with the research on the three
books!  Neil

On 8/15/05, bob gillis <robertgillis_@_verizon.net> wrote:
> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>     The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List
> >>     Sponsored by the ELH&TS
> >>     http://www.elhts.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List
> >     Sponsored by the ELH&TS
> >     http://www.elhts.org
> >
> 
> 
> 
>        The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List
>        Sponsored by the ELH&TS
>        http://www.elhts.org
>

	The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List
	Sponsored by the ELH&TS
	http://www.elhts.org

------------------------------