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From: "Paul R DOT Tupaczewski" paultup AT optonline DOT net
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 22:55:41 -0400
Subject: ELHS Eastern Region meeting report
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Hello all,

Here's a quick recap of today's Eastern Region Spring
Meeting....

* The day started off with Jim Harr doing a very interesting
presentation on how he was able to relatively quickly construct the
DL&W's Delaware River Bridge in HO scale. Jim started off with extruded
foam, and used a hot wire knife to cut the distinctive arches. The hot
wire technique is simple and rapid, and the results were simply
astonishing.

* Next up, Dave Phraner gave a superb presentation on the Rockaway River
& Montville Railroad. This (very) short line ran from a rock quarry in
Montville, NJ, crossed the DL&W and ran a few miles downhill to Boonton,
NJ, where it took the quarried rock to be used for constructing a dam in
the construction of the Jersey City Reservoir. I will admit that I'm
biased, having lived my first 27 years in Boonton, but Dave's level of
historical research on what is a very specific and mostly unheard-of
topic was excellent. Current-day photos of what little remains,
juxtaposed with images from the past, and plenty of historical val maps
to provide context, culminated in a well-rounded and interesting
presentation.

* Dave Sweetland followed with a potpourri of DL&W/Erie/EL images, shown
chronologically from Jersey City/Hoboken to Chicago. While many of the
images are from Dave's DL&W and Erie books, many have not appeared
elsewhere, and there were some real "zingers" in there that caught
everyone's attention.

* Now for something a little different - Mitch Dakelman showed an 8mm
filmstrip of the historic Thomas Edison silent movie, "The Great Train
Robbery." Of course, of interest to ELHS members is the fact that the
railroad sequences were all filmed along the DL&W Boonton Line. Notably,
many of the scenes were filmed immediately west of the "high bridge" in
West Paterson, NJ, in the town of Totowa. The classic DL&W steam only
added to the intrigue of this very entertaining short. Mitch then
proceeded to show a wide variety of images he has collected over the
years of EL/DL&W/Erie from across the system.

* Steve Stewart led into the dinner break with a well-done presentation
on three primary areas: The Lehigh & New England and NYS&W in western NJ
and eastern PA, with historical period views, as well as current-day
views to see what remains. The L&NE is then followed to Portland, where
the third topic is encountered (which began after the dinner break) -
the Bangor & Portland Branch of the DL&W. Steve thoroughly covered this
storied branch with EL-era images from his collection, showing most
major locations and large consignees on this distinctive branch.

* Noted photographer Dave Augsburger closed off the evening with a
superb selection of his own images of the Erie/EL/DL&W, first starting
in Port Jervis and covering the line to Buffalo, NY; and then returning
to Scranton to follow the Bloomsburg Branch (in extensive detail) all
the way to Northumberland, PA. Dave is well-known in photography
circles, as he should be - his photography is superb, and he captured
some very classic images along the way ("zingers" included a gathering
of three DL&W F3s and a pair of Train Masters, as well as a quintet of
EL DRS-6-6-1500s on the Bloom and loads of F-units running through rural
central Pennsylvania). A very fitting way to end the day.

All in all, not a "bad apple" in the bunch! The range of programs was
excellent, and the schedule was adhered to pretty closely. The only bad
thing is that Rusty Recordon didn't get to put on his "backup" show
about DL&W piggyback flats (though I'm hoping he decides to show it at
either the Jamestown convention or next year's Spring Meet). There were
quite a few good models to be seen, as well (see below)

Pete Hasler should be commended once again for setting up and running a
terrific meeting. Pete does this tirelessly every year, and I think he
really deserves a round of applause for all the hard work he puts in
(see the attached photo of Pete and Jay Held welcoming guests the
morning of the meeting ;)


Model stuff (see attached photos):

There were quite a number of superb models on display at this year's
convention. The "big model" was Jim Harr's Delaware River bridge, which
also featured detailed DL&W equipment (both in painted and unpainted
form). It looked great! Jim also has a single-arch foam sample of the
bridge to see what it looks like after being cut. Other great models
included (all models HO scale unless otherwise noted):

* Joe Lofland's superb scratchbuilt model of EL 8212, a Magor-built flat
car that, surprisingly, appeared to be weighted according to NMRA
standards - without a load! It was beautifully done, and there's a rumor
that Joe might do this car as part of his series of excellent resin
kits.

* Vince Lee showed his in-progress Erie wooden Avoca-area transfer
caboose (very nicely done!) and a modified/detailed MDC boxcab painted
as Erie 20.

* Joe Lofland had quite a selection of passenger equipment on display,
including EL business car #1. Beautifully detailed interiors, too!

* Frank Perez showed EL 138, a kitbashed Intermountain 40' boxcar in
"spartan" EL red paint (as seen in the EL Color Guide)

* Rusty Recordon and yours truly showed off our DL&W MOW trucks - mine
in HO scale, his in 1/25 scale. Looked real interesting together!

* Joe Lofland also had built-up models of his new ACF 2-bay hoppers in
Erie and EL, as well as more paint schemes on his Dunmore cabooses

And that's all he wrote... ;)


- Paul


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