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Re: (erielack) archives restrictions

henry,

  Do u work at the train museum in Lancaster (Strasburg). I was down there 
last year (Nov. 05).
They had a new exhibit of a cab instruction simulator.........only thing was 
the automatic brake handle was jammed. I finally got it to release by 
putting my feet on the edge of the cab and pulling back with all my might. 
Good thing this never happened to me on the road.
    I've got a question for u..........4 or 5 years ago, I was at the museum 
and they had what appeared to be an oil painting on an easel near the 
entrance. It showed the Black Diamond running on a 4-track main with a 
back-cab engine. I have the identical thing in an ornate frame (just like 
the one at the museum). I knew the NYC did a series of calendar paintings as 
did the PRR BUT I didn't think the little old LVRR did this. Other thing is 
- - is this a painting or a lithograph or what? My mother's family all worked 
for the LV at Coxton and in the 1970s I was up home and my dad said "You 
ought to go and ask ur uncle Clarence about buying that old train picture".
When I bought it, my uncle told me it'd been in his attic in West Pittston 
for years (his dad had been an LV engineer. I loaned it to the town bank 
which displayed it in the lobby with a request for information but nobody 
(living) knew anything about it. A 'Foamer' told me they're "All Over the 
place", but the one at the museum is the only other I've seen. I also heard 
a story that if you bought lots of bonds in WW1, the Company gave you one of 
these. Pretty nice for buying bonds...very ornate frame and small metal 
plaque at the bottom saying THE BLACK DIAMOND/ LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD. Any 
info will be appreciated or perhaps u can point me in the right direction to 
ask.

Regards,

Walter E. Smith


>From: "Henry W Jarusik" <hwjpa_@_fastem.com>
>Reply-To: "EL Mail List" <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>
>To: "EL Mail List" <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>,        "Erie Lackawanna Mail 
>List"   <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>
>Subject: Re: (erielack) archives restrictions
>Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:43:43 -0500
>
>
>
>I just picked up on this thread today and it's led me to a few
>questions.
>
>1)  How much stuff is actually contained in the archives?  Is it a
>roomful, a truckful, a railcarful?
>
>2)  What is contained in the archive?  Papers or other items/materials?
>
>3)  Has the committee contacted any other RR societies to get a lead on
>what others have done to preserve their archives?
>
>4)  Has the Pa. Train Museum down here in Lancaster been asked about
>housing the archive? [if this is even a possible viable alternative,
>given it's location "off the beaten path" from the EL]
>
>
>Regards,
>Henry Jarusik
>New London, Pa.
>
>
>
>
>On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 13:48:27 -0500 (EST), "J. Henry Priebe Jr."
><root_@_bluemoon.net> said:
> > On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 Mike Spinelli related:
> >
> > > That is one of the two main issues here.
> > >
> > >  Some (including apparently the board) see the archives as being owned 
>by
> > > the society, and see no reason to give that up and have no control 
>over what
> > > happens to them tomorrow, next year, or 25 years from now. There's a 
>great
> > > deal of risk involved that we don't really need.
> >
> > At what price? How much does archive actually cost for a year's worth of
> > stewardship? Is it in fact the best possible use of the society's money?
> > How
> > much in total has the society spent over the lifetime of the archive? I
> > bet
> > it's a jaw-dropping amount!
> >
> > Paul C, thanks for the update. It's not what I wanted to hear, but it's
> > better
> > than dead silence.
> >
> > Henry - ELHS #2684
> >
> > J. Henry Priebe Jr.    Blue Moon Internet Corp Network Administrator
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