WMBSMW@FF THE OFFICIALPUBLICATIONOF THE NORTHAMERICAN R.{ILCAR OPERATORSASSOCIATION(NARCOA) MaYJunc2001 V ume15- No,2 n:-El Inside: Ftom the President................................................2 NCILAon thcl:aster Shore................................... Wheds,Atles & BearnLgs......................................4 ASSCOon the NltGF'Linders............................. 13 undetfrumes..........................................................6 \ V a nA t c ls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .r.6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountinea Beacon................................................ 8 4xcu.rsions................... .. .. .. ........................18 Page 2 o THE SETOFF. MayLfune 2OO1 From the President Plerrerubnlt nrtcrlolr f o r th e JulylA ugust issue of rEE AETOFF by Ju n e 28 as fo llows: C l assifi edAd s E x c ur sio nAnn ouncements BiliCoulson 2101Westview Court It4odesto cA 95358-',1 091 wco u lso n @softcom.net L e t ter s to th e Editor Al l o the r M a te.ials Photos JanTaylor 917 ParkViewWay Mssoula MT59803 i ta vlo r @m ontana.com R o nZ a m m it v. The goodcommentsabout TrE 9DToFF ke€p comingin. Aspecial thanhs to Jan for all her work. I hope you'll aI help by contdbuting more about your motorcar projects,youl trips, and yourideas to make the hobby better. Sharing via tED 9sroFr is one ofthe primary bencfits ofNARCOA membership,and with all of us adding something,it gats belter each jssue. Recently, I had the privilege ofcoordinating and running the Copper Basin Railway. Jake Jacobson(GM and CEO) was ever the congenial host and welcomedthe motorcarsonto his rails. As I've mentioned before, AI McCracken has been passing out "Jake" pins to all short line employeeswho work for railroads eaming the Jake Award for safety. Jake made it clear that this is helping to mak€ an excellent impression in the short line industry for NARCOA. We arc clearly doing the correct thing h€re. Al started this program with his own money, and NARCOA has been hclpingwith donations from various groups.Recentlythe folloninggroups announceddonations:Motorcar OperatorcW€st, Ohio Valley Railcars, Pacific Railcar Opemtors, and Southwest Railcar Limited. Thedonatiohs from thesegroupswill total ove" $l?00, and I thank the mernbershipsofthese groups, So does Jake! Won't you consider joining this effort? Ilyour group wishes to donate,just send a checkto NARCOA (Tom Norman) with the instructions to .trfihd ,nnd, i{r o{, ;Iahe.racobsonpq.uses on the CopperB@sin, ne@rEarden, AZ, on the March PROexcutsinn,AU tundafor ,hie tun are donated to NA8COAfor the Jahe Award,effort, Ih the bachgroudd is one of the 3 tunnels on the rcute, thie one through roch, Patrich Smiths imnaculate M19M is shoun, pafiiall!, to the right. This cdr is alwafs kept clcaner thdn when it lefi Fairmotlt. Y 6 GoverPhoto In these 19n photos tahen W orohn Chdse,.t Burlington No/thern track inspectol pushes his ,notarcar up behind. a helper lacorrmtitle in the siding at Paola, Montu ur, then t&h$ tirne for a srnahe bt right) . A uorh traitu (beed. spnryer) is approaching on the mdinline-notc the red. signal on the I.efr. Orieinall! built a.s the Great Notthern nainline, these trachg Bkim the southen bordcr of Gkrcier National Park. v THE SETOFF o MaylJune Some Thoughts from Wendell Have you ever had your Fairnont overheat or been on a r_unand have a fellow participant's overheat and find out it was only a plugged overflow tube off the cond€ns€r?It's best to rcmove that condenser altog€ther and have it cleanedat your local radiator shop,then clean the hopper and block at the same time. If you'rc iDtimidated by the rebelliou8looking condenser,studs, or bolts, however,here's a suggestion, butitwill only clean the overflowtube itself. Get a pieceol speedometer cable however long you think you will need and put it into a r€venible, vadable Bpeeddrill.I'm notsure ifthe tub€s could possibly be damag€d,but I never chanceda pieceofcabl€ any longer thanjuBt after getting past that hook at the top. Ifit is plugged near the end, just cut a short pieceto get started $ith, so it won't kink. You may be suryrised to seewhat all comesout.I even carlya piecein my tool box and have unplugged other overflori/tubes on runs with that and a pair ofpliers. After it's open, cut a length ofrubber ove low tube and take it to the ground. A plastic cap plug over the end will keep the critters out between extendednrns. Paint thatbmke handle red, not so much foryou, the operator,but for quick identification by your riders in caseofan emergency.Show them the ignition switch, also. Doesanyone know where there is a Buda like that one on the back cover of the Mercl/April aE"o?fl I sure would like to have one of thoee. About that same issue-oD page 14, is that the same Roger Sackett who writes articles in WheeLsof Tirne? Why Roger,you never told us you had motorcars. Opento all NARCOA S eptember16,2001 Il l i noi sR ai l N etR ai koad, 80 mi es roundtri p Whete: RadisonHotel, Rosemont,lL W hen: F r id a ys c h e d !l e l H o s p i ta ri ty 5 -6 p m Me e ti n g 6 - ? S at !rd a ys c h e d u l e l Meeting8am - ? ! Reservationsmust be made throlgh Hank Brown to receiveNARCOAdiscount. Questions? ContactHank T elr(6 0 8 )8 3 9 -4 9 3 9 wilderness@inxoress. net 'q!r editoria policy s ta publish n ftE itltoltall materialsiecerved, altho!qh they may be sublect to ed t nq for space P h o t o sa n d m a t e r a s s u b mtte dfo r p u b l i ,cation n ttat SETOFF cannot be returned, becausethey are archrv€d. Giters to rhe Edltorofthe ?tat sErof'. l'lll not be publishedunlessthey aresqned, a n d a p h o n en u m b e r i s n d ca te d .Th s p e r m ts t fE cEto Editorto althent cate that a etter s wrttef by the personsSn rn9.The letterwrtercan, however:request that h s/her namenot appear n flt,gl'At Oan Namewth helduponrequesf would appearin such irstances. .,Siibmteitherbtackandwh te orsharp,co or p n n t sf o r p L b c a t o n p € a s€ a b e l th €b a ck of the pcture as to ts slbl€ct matter and photographerDo not send slrdee, We c a n n o tp ! b i s h c o p y r q h te dm a te r i a l s slch as photos,posters,cartoonsorarnces w thout wrtt€n pe.m ssionfrom the author or p!b shei send€r must prov de wntten permissionat the t me ofsubmission. E r c l r s i o n s t o r e 5 , t e c h n ca la r tce 5 , a n d i . . 9 t h y s u b h i s s o i s s h o u l db e typ e d o r pr nted.ads, meetnot cesand shortartices fray b€ handwritten. pleaseincludeyour phone.!mberwith Vo!f s!bfr ission--cv.n w l t h E - m a l l n c a s ew e n e e dto ca r t somethn9 we don't !nder stand, ed tor s.nd daterials to ttfD cl'.ol. by the 28th of F€bruary April, lune, A!g!st/ october or Decefrberfo. p!b cation the fo low nq two-month edtion Volume15 Number2 2OOl Board of Directors Meeting Sept 74 & 75 How: Submitting Materials for Publication TIIE SETOFF Wendell Stahler Lima, Ohio Whor c Page 3 Through some of the most sceni crunsi n Il l i nos. w e w i l covermost ofthe RailNetI ne plus crossover the 100year old lift br dge crossing the Illinois tuver n ottawa. How? NARCOAnsurancerequired. Cost to be announced. Questlons? ContactMichaellvlitzel aet: @15) 264-7979 mitz@thestix.net tEE ttEtOFF Editor )an lay ol 9 1 7 P a r kVe w w a y M ssoua l.4T 59303 jtay 0radmontana com atcE oFf P '. u b s h e r Ernreleschke 4 1 0 6 N . Ad r i a nH w V. Adra. MI 49221 eleske@tc3.etcom If RCOA I{embership Secretary loelw ams Bo! a2 Greende Nl 07439 toew lams@ucentcom tZE aETOFF is the official publlcation of the North amerl.an Rallcar operators Asso.i.tion (NARCOA) :nd is publlshed biffonthly to promot€ iaf€ operation of railro:d motor.aEatrd to encou.age tellowship and exchange of information among motor.ar enthusiast3, Medbership in NARcoA, whi.h includes a subs.ription to tlt tltOtll is $2o.oo per year.nd ls.vallabl€ from M€mbership Secretary Joel wllllams. Please address .ll hemb€rship inquires to Joel at the above ad- Visit NARCOA'SWebsite at: http://www. NARCOA.oTg P.tge 4 . THE SETOFF c toIallJune 2U)I Wheels, Axles & Bearings Pages6 & 7 of the 1935Faimont Bu,lktin 316Agi'es informationon old and moderninsulationandsome measurements, rehichtrrightbeof interest, w. Fairmont Insulation Reduces Wheel Stocks lfi " ..,.r{6334.... ....M6880...........Mf00r.... .. ... . .F1615. ...M8510..........-M4-160. ......-...M4442. 1*" ....MS509._ ._........M4458. lll" ....M1+174. .......... M8675..-... ....r,1,14f0. .. ..... -..M{i}5' 174". -..M10661.........M10862........-.M4637. . ..M19309... 111"....11119836. -......M4d17.... ..... ..M4636. IL" ... M.4.{a).. M4439.. ..\14441..M444? -.........M,1446..M{60 r tt' . -..r{4481..M4456...........M4459..M4460M4457..M4458 f NsLLAl lNC, .lerv.. cost leis t,' sruck r anrl rre casicr r., handle rhan comtlele riveted wheels o. d€niountablehubs. For that .eason, and to enable railrqtds to use wheels then in siock, Fairmont changed the fiber bushing instead ot the wheel bore whcu thrust collars and 3-pieL:e inrulation tet'l:rccd 5 pi((e in+rlation anJ l nse ;pacing washerswhich were liable to cut the axle.* As a result, !'airnrtxrt cars l8 years o1d, that started wilh should€r tylre axlcs, Hyatt bearings and no thrust collars, are fitted by the .rom, wheels as thc latest n:odels with rniversal axlcs an<llong sleevebearings. qHOULDER ty0e arles and s"pi.cc u insrlatiod woe in wid. !3c beforc Fanh.nt Withiit a 'inherit.d" tl.m. f.w ycars hoqever, l.airnonis iltroduct ' o n ol hrdly n ecdcd thr!s t . ollar e { or the Hyrtt hcari'rgs rhe, in !se, renrov.d all necessilr for s-picce nrsrlation and a shouldcr on o.e cld of thc fo! ^xle, cars trsi'rs th.se sater thrlst collars. D{ring 1le 12 yenrs since that iDptovcnrcnr, )ll laiflnont motor ca.s, push cars and b.il.n havc nad the nob+houldc. axlc ehich iis 3-piece ir$l^tion and has bodr lapered endr identical. 'fhe old dylc axlc vas tluned s'rrller on one cnd to nt s-piece iNulation wilh a bushile in no cr* rhan .023" 'nofc lhicker lh.n the "3 picce" bushiry. This p.ovide{l a sbouldcr to stop the iDer steel .nd 6ber {ashers tbat are €linirated f.ob 3'picce nrsulation No chuse or addllion to existing wheel stocks Nas nade ty thc non shollder axle. Elirniratins two sash.rs, only one picce is new-a nber blsbing slightly thi'! ne. rha! the previous "s-piece" slecrc. Tne same {hcels which nt modern 3pl€ce insulation also 6t tne old 5 piece. Thus a. dld sboulder iype axlc say be 'See lase 24 on Th!'* e0l]ars- 1.06 .IJE Lq) .94 .94 .88 Lm 't.254 1.07. Lt9. 1.r3. 1.13* L19 1.31 G G G G G F F Ll l l 1.368 1,609 t,796 l.&t9 1.321 1.5{12 .123 .101 .t0r .\25 .t25 .124 .t24 Shoulder -"1 b, Mod..tr s.Pi@.t In.ul..lo!. or Frirmont nb.r inlulrtreplaccd by a mod.rn rDr+bouldcr axle a.|UALIT\. silrDlr l,y lsing the new thinncr bushins '{ ina buehinssand wadherei3 th. bctt obtainabl€,nrost highly rcaistatrt to atin the rhe€ls borcd for insulation. Il out oI ! iv.rsal axles, th. old should.r n,osphdic noistlr.. Thc rrozlr$ slc.ve lype with s-picceinrulation .rn be used. p€.nrits teaning. wtcn applied as illu!rrat€d, and with two irsulalcd whecls ot or axl es i n the san. sid€ of car, Fairhoni docnd. fN T Ii R C IIA NGE A B ILI-l Y r €achrizc wrs maJc univrrsrl by 3 picce insulniio. as follows: (l ) Ei rl ./.nd of the non* houl deror 'tniversal' ixlc fits o/l rrlr, wheels that could bc rs.d dtrl@i./r on the catr thc bron,e brsbcd loosc wheel; tle "loose R E A ME R S .saw . m r ch r id. or tisht" ror-insllatcd whcel; ard thc W l l [E l ' ' rn hfl ngrng h lated vlecl with 3'piccc n6lhtion. (2) As a lnn*sal axlc is fitted hy seDblics t{J sarge: renovc burrs at thc paint, rnst etc. .n insulatcdvheel on e;!h.r or both entls. end ot borc, Each is lons to r€atu hubs either adply it ir .asy to keep 1*o it$llared wheels noD-insulatcdor bored for insulalion, as on rhc sane sidc oi lhe car, which ne.e$arr wit! slccl or aluntinur lr.ne's well ns lbe fher bushi.s, of tb€ s;e in' dicated b€low. Stock is sufiicient ioi cars !o prevent setrins elcctric sisnals. (3) The djvdsal tyne is also prele.' scvc.al regrindingsNher dtrllrc€ntds ar. provided at €ath end. able as . dri.,e arle lor it can bc tlrned cnd fo' end if .ecessaryand a new keyM766 r*" .875" Iland Reame. 2'd scat .nt for the pulley brshing to adapt it M7t$7 tje" .7{J' Hand Reame. J* to sonre other hake o. nod€l oi car ot .7W llard Reamer 6 slort notice. Tbe i.snlaled whcel can be M7ffA i*' put o. the coirecr end, or if thr.e p€. car vzms .zso"randRe'r. s lll:; | a.r !sd, no sienal troulrle is p.ssible. * L M AS,' i,usi nor rre l e$ i han "P ' . R..odn.nd.d Frnmo.t Sb.k, pr3.3. w THE SETOFF c MaylJune t Page 5 .-.ltllli -. wHtitrLS, AXLES, and B E A R I N GS Strndardized. llr lrdor las, l]dild!. l'!$ (ns. !n!l llNntl cls Standard Motor Car Axles dll sia (^) 9! (nor rn@D.D) pn Fr. Dren$ons {rNcru3) (f) (r) (r, (i ) ( i) T[.NS ol rhousJnd3of axlfs st.rnddrd tronal cosl any of thc loosc arlcs {bovc ^ or Frirm.nt nontr cars Ior r.v.n ior drivins by prllry of sprocket. y.ars havc detuons!ra!ed thnt rhe S.A.E. tr{ant car reprir shops can .r1 straighi 1045 stc(l in ihcsc axtcs is most sarisIu.tory. Contailins 40 ro .50 carbon,it kels.ais. It is advisablc ro cfie.k sucl, has q rcliablc, p.nctical conrbinaljonof axles att.fw(rd, stfuisit(ning cold ant totrnd sDruna Standard nrotor car axlii8h strergrh wnh nc.d*l tolghncs, lcs rar(ly Low, but lower rri.od oncs llir nor t m o to r c a r.x t$ a re tu rn c d , nuy ne.d c.rc jn kcysoaring_ polished,.nd in3tc.r.d to close limits Trailcrs or push c.rs rur nnlcl, $irh which insure corr.ct fittins ol wb€.k, bcarinss and thrusi cotlarr. B.rwe.n m.tor cirs ncc.l 'hnror cir axtc\: qpc(d wn.el talers, nxle dianct.r is ihc 6am. and l u a d r e q ! , r c m . r h a r c , , l e r d c a l , f i r t],roushort. Rcsardinsinrerchaigeabiliry, ahovc thosc for op.ration with haid cars. 3.e colLrmnrI and 2 d optosxc page, Siz. 1lN" axles are a Lettc. buy ih.r c olunr ns2 l n d J u r p a Ar J . 171", th.y sivc a srcar.r incrrase in ^ls o ^s All aairmorr nxte €rds arc srrencth- strcrylh abov. 1l*", and are connls into c.cd by havbg no dccp round ,necknrg,' wjdcr usc on larscst sarg caB and push cars or kalters lor heaviest loads.r sroole bctwecnthread. and whccl hp... Al! nxlca ir lbis bullefi tit a.d oDerar€ Tso slotted €nd nuis arrt ttro cotters properly with tlc lons slccve Timker ar. irllded *nh cach axt., providbs b.ariltgs listed h.reinr no qrecial dianeter ,,N,' nux'orn adjustabitnyand satet!. lollowins any axle syhbo! inch;es €od nuts atrd cotrrrs .s spcciriedon thts Dase. It nor wlnttd, onit .',\,, in svmb.t. a \Lrs M{DE ro URDLn l l r x r a x l c s p € L i r i c a h u ndr i f i r r i i o m " D.i!. axl. M86EN at.v. is kcy.earrd thos. ncrc, yo! may find a! atlractivc I or on. M 7556b o re dp r| e , b u < h i n s tf savins by l.tring u3 quote on your sD€cides r r €. 1, we wil t k e )rJ r a r s I| { h r a ,J d i - li.ations: we'd bc glad to chcck. C. D,sr a Nc. .Er wEEN AEOVE: BELOVT Dln.nstotr. of t ri,@l Trp. A:te 6I.d by it-ptee lMut.don. Should.r T}?. A:t.,.qoidns 5-PiF. In.rtqt ion. Alloy SreelAxles N siz. I'r"" nlr, r'e hrvc Chr.me rf Vana,lium rxlca (Loos. M7939N, Drive Axle M7938N) *hhh lasr much lons.r than carbd $re.l axl.3 ir rolt.r beirinss hrvirA rd ino.r race. Vanrfad{rro of such b.arnw3 advisc thal rllis S. A, E, r)130srcclis ot s!6ci..r hardncs (28tt to 381 Briocll) ro stog rollc (uftins of axl<s. Except sr..t, rhe lt.cincari.ns o{ rhes. axles aie 3an. as M8ffrN and M8669Ntabrtatcdalovc. Axl€s can bc tunisllcd of any comrlerdnl illay slkl. Nikro e i! DoDular _ _ J.r us. snh inn(r racc bearinss. Hand Car, Push Car and 'Irailer Axles LOOD a , 'r l i r } m i l d sr ccl n r a kr s r h e s. u a x l c s . c o f o n '( r l f o r n .n d ca r u $ l_he Drive Axle ]461]96has a standard tap.r scat and threrds lor thr diivc pin, r.n an.l nutt tr^s thc same wh.cl and be.rirs lils as Loolc or TratlinE Axte If6897N, wfiic} is h 3o;ci6calio.s widr ll," rt8506N 'dc.ricar tabut.rcd above, ercept as to slecl and end nuts. Iesc Aale Y(€97N is cxcellcnt tor use with l*" inn.. race roller 6ea.inss on lush cars. o. on rraiters naki.g comparabvely l6v yearly hil€ase i. .onA slotled nut ard cott.i tof thc loosc {beel .nd, and unslotted hex ntrts io. rhe tisht wh€el .nds ot hand, p$h dr and tra'l.r axles,a.e furnished wittou! ctarge, 3!5r u.. ur rtt" i ^r. J.r n.,.:B C. o ,,r ^ NcE BEr wEr N or k rk ;, Page 6 c THE SETOFF . Mayuunz 2OO1 Do you know your Fairmont motorcar from the boftom up? Thes€underliame views from 1930sand'40s Fairmont Bultetins show a number of their models.But which is which? ,A",""",,*r& b."k"",",r '33 ir9 S€ries "B" 1 Man Inspection Car - 425 tbs..atuminumalov frdre. 32" w hee'base& ,1 l org. S tee raceda.uai .un brdkeshoe; . '' S tub"axl e mo!nts on front axl e.E ngi nedark reo enamer. '36 59 Series "C" 1-2 Man Inspectton Car - 550 tbs., white oak frame. 32" wheel base & 68-3/8. long. Diagonatsway brace. Not a "side load" car as both rear wheelsare dr ven. Chromeyeltow for visibi l i ty. '35 M19 Serl€s "D" 1- 4 Man Inspection Car 535 tbs..atuminum l alloy frame. 36' wheel base & 85,,long. F.ee-ftoatingdrive axte center bearin9supportedvert caly and horizontaty.8 H.p.type ,'oD,,engine. '36 52 Seriee "C" Se€tlon Ca., 970 tbs.,whtte oak rrame and sway braces.40 w heel base & 86" tong. D raw baron both ends. 20" demountabl ew heel s.Fueltank nat!rat teadfi ni sh. 45 t119Serie3"F" 1-4 M.n InspectionC.r - 610tbs.,atuminum ..ptymefl,,foor aloyframe.36 wheelbase & 85,,overatt tength,. wlth pressedsteelnon skd step p atesand 4-112ga on flJettank. 16,,demo!ntabe wheels. RO-Conecytinder engine.Bodyorange, frame& decka uminun,engne red,wheets &trim btack. '35 M14 Serlo3"E" Llght S€€tionCa. - 720 tbs.,steetangteframe, tempered masonite seatcanhotd6-8 fien. 35, wheelbas€& 88-1/8" long.16-1/4"demountable wheels. Under-rear-of-seat dtnnerbucket tray(extraequpment)notavaiabte if 2-sp€€d gearinstalted. B '45 A3 Seri€s"D" B&Band Eltra cang Car - 15OO tbs,,structural steerrramew th 9ussets.39" wh€elbase & 105-3/4overa|tenoth. I-7ll6 r-on!dffe'e-na,ixle,Wood froo-s,16"derountabre;heets, Waukesha 4 cylind€r."L" headengife, etectricstarterextra & heavy dutytransmission & drive. ) l ' 35 52 S erl .s " D " S ectl onC ar - 1085 bs. w i th 16" w heets(1120t bs. w i th 20 w heel s).4.1l b. rortedsteetframew i th 1-1l 2" x L-t/2" x 3/ t 6" ari greron sw aybrace.40 w heetbase& 93-3l 4" tong.E ngi n€on st idt ng base.Med.chromeyei l ow jw heets& trl mm ngs btack,engi neda r k r ea '37 AS Serl€5 "8" crng Car - 1660 tbs.,white oak frame, 2O',wheets, 44" wheel base& 104-3/4" long. 4-speed transmisslon,oroDe ershaft d ri ve/pressureoi l ng system.R ai roadbrow nj rai tngs,w heets,br akes, r ai l ski dsb ackj engi ne& radi atorgrey. '36 TT2 Push C.r 670 lbs., 56, wheetbase& 96" tong.Two axl€ slts and 4 crossbeanrsof wh te oak. Y€low pine deck. Unit drawbar 4-whee brakeswith quick derachabtetevei Dump si||sto center toad. t') D 7. THE SETOFF.Ma June. Page 7 Thanks to Jack Hoover for sha.ing his 1930sFainnont bulletins and to Rick Leach for addinE a couDleof more recent models. Page 8 t THE SETOFF. MayUune 2007 Hinged Beacon Light by N e ilS m it h e r m a n Neil Smithennan's MIg loaded up and ready to trail,er. t Herc's a ncat idea I came up with, $'hcn facod with a snall problem. Ifyou'rc iikc me, you don't enjoy loadine and unloading vour motorcar any more often than you hav€ to. My M19 on the trailer just lits into my garage with a couple of inchos to spare.Then I decidedto install abeaconlight on mycar. The extra height of my light caused it to hjt my garag€ door opening. I came up with this solution. I picked up an eisht-inch s{te hinge at Home Dopot. I then cut a circle ofhalf inch pressboard(plywoodwould be suiiabl€ also),paintcd it and bolted it to the bottom ofihe lisht. I screwedthe entire lisht unit to the front halfot the hinse (bolts cnn also be used).Then I boltr-.dthe rear halfofthe hinsc to thc top of my motorcar. But lirst I hrrd square filed ihe rcar holc on lhc rcar halfoi the hingc to a.c(,mmodate a hall inch stovcb(,It.fircinsup. A \'!ing nut thrcrdedonto lh. h)lt hol(lsI he hinsc hllvcs i,oscthcrwhcn the light is lifted inlo tn)silionli)r n,ns. Rememberio allow ( xtfr $ irc on lhf light lof its swing down for garageparking.I ro(r)rnmcnd towingtho motorcarwilh the lieht up in the normal position. Secyou all on thc n)ils. E< 1.hk : 'l h r r n p t ) 1 n t t " r 1t , i r l i t r u i " ! . " t l t ( l i l t t n . l t a v , t r r a l t . , ( i ) n l .r x\ h!iEht ,1ttts,r tht li ri.' hr(|J t I THE SETOFF o MaylJunz . Page I Springtime on Virginia's Eastern Shore B y : HughC ai n We did our best in pmvidingthe appropriate colo$ for springtime; th€ yellows, oranges, reds, blues, green, brorn and €ven a chrome one, motorcarc that is. We all hoped that Mother Natwe would come thmugh with typical sprinetim€ weather Well, at least the rain held ofl until everyonewas loaded up and leady to d€part on Sunday,instead of giving us a downpour on Saturdav. The weather on Saturday was bad enough for those ofus in the open €am-overcast, windv and cool.At l€ast with a front on the motorcar, the conditions were bearable, when one was dressed fbr the Ed Thonton and cary Shrey had been called by the railroad. Yes! -by th€ railroad and ask€d ifNorthern Central Railcar Association lvould lik€ to put together a NARCOA insured motorcar excursion on the Eastem ShorcRailrcad. Acombination ofourinsurance. our safetv rule book,uur licensedoperator"and our overallrecordof shon lrne '!'isitsall plaved an important part in getting the event scheduled.We even had a couple of "good words" mentioned during conveNations with othem in the railroad business,right Kevin? The Eastern Shore Raihoad is operating today over whst used to be the New York, Pennsylvania & Norfolk Railroad's double- track mainline. Thesetrecks at onetime carried expressand passengertrains from Cape Charles, Virginia, to Wilmington, Delsware. Passenger and rail ferries crossedChesapeakeBay fiom Norfolk or Hampton, Virginia, and unloadedatthe CapeCharlesferryslip. Today,theESHR uses rail balges to rnove freight from Cape Charles to a feny site at Little Creek, Virginia. Friday night found the motels parking lots within a rcasonable distance ofParksley crcwded with tow dgs and motorcars on trailers. At the Comfort Inn in Onley, Mike Heaton's Freiehtliner and -4-6 ove owed into the adjacent parking lot. The motorca$ were already starting to causequite a stir and they hadn't hit the mils yet. People who had n€ver seenthe likes ofthis were stopping, asking questions and shooting pictures. Satuday moming bmught us an overcast.Cray dav that looked like rain from the onset. We dressedlike wero headins for the Nodh Puleand srruckour on this, anorhermororcaradvenrure. The registration desk was a b€ehive of activity. Small cars were being unloaded at the fe€d mill siding, a coupl€ofblocks south ofthe Eastem ShoreRailway Museum.Largercars, thoseneedingto straddte the mils to unload, werc being dirccted to the museum grounds. Everything was going fine. We got the "Canadian car" to th€ museum and offthe trailer and parked the truck. The folks at the museum had the grounds open, rcstrooms available and a cofleeand donut concession going for those in need.On a day like this, the hot coffeewaBmost welcome.Well, so were the donuts and later on, the restrooms. The museum had somevery interesting equipment to look over while the crcwd got ready lbr the safety briefrng. Some of the derc made good use of the market across the strcet and stocked up on drinks. chios and nabs for rhe da\'s ridc. Thp stafTofrhc mu.eum workedhard ro accommodateour needs,and in the long run this made the two-day Fted. FurrninEer and the 303out for a Sunday morning stfoll, April 1, 2OO1. a I Page 1O c THE SETOFF . Maruune 2007 Latry IaMond, Ceneraa Manager of the Edetern Shore Raitroad, and Ed Thorntoh a.t ,he Soturd,a! ,rnfning safet! brieffng, March 31,2001. The Eastefi Shore Railroad is operating today oaer uhat used to be the New Yorh, Pennsylottttia & Norfolh Ra.ilroattt double- trach rutinline. A little off schedule,aboui 9: 15 AM, Ed called for the safety meeting. He had chosena good vantage point from the restored Parksley depot'srcar platfotm. Ed introduced Gan' and both made short comments. Then, Ed intmduced various othem standinq with him on the platform Larry LeMond, general managerof the Eastem ShorcRailroad, Greg Parks, superintendent of Eastern Shore'smaintenanceof way department and John Tillett, who would be the crossins attendants for both days, and seveml membemofthe Eastern ShoreRailwayMuseum, who were influential in seeingthis ev€nt thrcugh. LaIIy LoMond expressed his concemsoveroul sal€ty for the upcoming day. Gres Parks and John Till€tt would be l€apfroggingus at the various highwav crossings,providing flagging protection and activating the crossingsignals. During th€ preliminary inspection, it was ascertainedthat cars did not havc shunted whecls. s part ol our safety inspection. A few more briefcomments were made and then we all eot aboard our cars for our departure, Today, we would run south1rrard,roundtrip, to Cape0harles, lravc a lunch break at the CapeCharles Museum and return to Parksley, tirr an all-you-+an-eat spaghetti supper. Sincethe last run when I had the Canadiancdr on the rails.at the NovemberBuckingham Branchmect,I hsd installcd acompletely new lucl tunk and lines, three bass boat seats and a brake light. Scveral morc modificrtions wer€ in the works. However. thev would be done after this event, sometime in April. 'fhe car cranked line, seemcdto run stnoothly and had no trace ol thc fuel system problems that had plagucd thc car in Dillwyn. The real acid test would bc when we acceleratedand actually started the tripsouth, and that wtls abouttohappen. With fingers crossed,Islowly acceleratedwith thc rest ol the group and actually started moving. After thc first couple of road crossings,I knew the car was running "on the adveftised" and felt a lot better about having a load ofpassengevsaboard. We were running down the line, about Exmorc, when Tommy hollcred out to me, "Your phone is nging." Well, it was Pcrcy on thc other and wantins to know where we were in relation to hisjust passinsCape Charles. Luckilv we hadjustpassed the citylimit's sisn, and I was able io inform him, "We're in Exmore, heading south." "Seeyou guys in a few minutes," was his reply. Surc enough,a few minutes later he passedus, northboundon Route 13. We blew the motoftar's holn to get his attention. He made a quick tumamund at the next available place and pacedus to Cape Charles. Just b€forc we crossedthe major north-south highway, U.S. Route 13, Gres held us on the north side o113, to allow the motorcals to bunch up and cross the busy highway in one group. Oncs tho cam were bunched, he activated the cmssing signals, which stopped the tmffic and allowed us to pass.A short time later we were stoppingour cars in the Eastem Shore'sCape Charles, Viryinia, yard, directly behind the museum. t THE SETOFF o MaylJune t Page 71 Cape Charles is the southem terminus ofthis part ofthe railroad. From herc rail cars are loadedaboardbarge. and sarr;"4 u..on",n" ChesapeakeBay to Little Creek, Virginia, where the cam are then unloadedand hauled to NS's Portlock yard for interchange.This barge seryice had actually been a steamer/ferry service in earlier y€als, when the Pennsylvanialailroad operated the seryice. The museum was entertaining with exhibits ofthe st€amer felry service to Norfolk and Hampton present. T'hiswas also ourlunchbreak. The museum had organized a clam chowder lunch for our rid€rs that was mighty welcome in the damp Some ofour opemtors skipped the chowder and spent the time tinkering and tweaking on their cars. I relueled ours-I didn't really need to but did so anyway. Percy was there and discussed riding back with us and letting Tommy Finch and Linda Roe add to the flagging protection in the afternoon. With lunch break over, we continued on through the yaral,tumecl our.cars on the seldom- used wye tracks and headedback to parksley and our supper. The trip back seemedto go faster than th€ morningt joumey had, and, we had additional flagging protection. That pr;b_ ably mad€ the trip faster. Aiew hiles beforc we got back to parksley, we stoppedfor another _ bunch-up.I hadbecomethe laBt carin the prccession.Seemsthe MT_ 14trailingme had somemechanicalproblemsand was being towealby an A+. Mike Heaton'sA-6 had suffered some problem and had been taken in tow by the Che!f,'Suburban hy-rail that was the trail car. Way down the track we saw ah€adlight, and bytbe radio we knew it was the A-4,&IT-14 combination motoring along. Mike caught up with us by the tim€ we arrjved back in parksl€v. Ed chainedthe lpadcar ro the rails, directei rhe rest ofus ro move up as closeas \lrecould to the car in ftont, then chained the rear car to the rails. The Parksley Police Department woutd be making regular rounds by our cars, which was greatly appreciated.Ed had ;ld us in the morning, "The supper is a come_as_youare, and I'm goingjust as Iget ofTmymotorcar." We all followedhim to the aroma of earlic bread !hal Fmanatcdfrom I he ParksleyVolunreerFir. Department dinner " hall. The dinner was most w€lcome a warm room and lots of rcally goodspaghetti with all thetdmmin's. Why be bashtul?Most were having seconds,and so did the three ofus in our group. you see,the tem_ perature had been dmpping since we had left Cape Charles. Bv th€ time we reachedParkaleyand ried thF carsdown for rhe niehr. ii was real corl outErde.acruallyprettJ darnedcool.Rrdingin an open car, we had,really felt the changes.Everybody was glad the day's irip was over. "You gonna enclosethis thing before the next time we do ihis?" Tircd but well fed, we "hit the sack' at our motel, sore, yeah, but ready and looking for.ward to the Sundav ride. We watched the TV weather for an idea of what might be in storc for us in the moninE. The Sundayride $oujd be a shorrone as comparedto Sarurdav.a jaunl up ro Pocomoke Cily. N4aryland,rhp norrhernend ofrhe raii C@n in ESHRrard at Cape CharlEs, Virginid, uhile oper@ton e4ioy a lunch and a tour of Cape Charlee Mu'eun, March 37, 2001. Page 12 o THE SETOFF . |I'layUunz 2OO1 cE E s Motolcars at Casset twing bridge ouer Pocomahe Riaer, Pocomoke City, Marllatud, April 1, 2001. mad), a quick tumaround, and a lunch stop and potty break were in store. The day tumed out to be difTercnt than the weather guesser had predicted. We actually saw the sun break through a few times, and it tried to warm up. I guessthe sun and supposedwamth was to make up for Saturday. We anived at the tumaround point fairly €asily. Jack and Linda Roe and Greg and John were pedoming flagging duties today. Believe me, this was greatly apprcciatedby all who were ding the motorcars. The flagging pmtection made the numercus road crossings much easi€r to navigat€. Glen Wolfe threw down a pairofmetal plates, then rolledhis M-19 onto them. Man, was that easy. We used them for tuming the Canadian car. This 1\'asits first time being lifted and turned. I am really gladithas really long Betofflevers.Percy and I madegooduse ofthem. Th€ plat$ that Glen had fabricated made turningthe heaw car a lot easier than I had thought. Way to go, Glen! Everybody backed up to the PocomokeCity depot where we 'took beans" and made our rest stop. The small deli acrossfrom the depot was invaded by hungrf enthusiasts. Someof the g"oup had taken advantage ofthe marketin Parksley,belbredeparting. Others were lined up at the restrooms. Still otheN were out shooting photos, since the sun had peekedthrough the clouds for a few minutes, One more short reverse move brought us closer to the ESHR'S Cassatswing span bridge over the Pocomoke ver, A few more photos were shot. and then we boarded the cars for the trip back to Parksley and our setoff. Everybody had arrived back in Parksley,had gotten loadedup and most had already departed, when the mi6ty rain started. We got the motorcar loaded, and no one got that wet. With a round of hand shakes snd good byes to the folks at the Parksley muEeum , we hit roed for the trip home. This event had been an enormousundertaking from the onEet.When completed, the motorcar operators had enjoyed about 135 mil€s of riding-the first organizedmotorcar trip on the Eastern Shore Railroad. Our weekendevent could not have been possiblewithout the cooperation and assistanc€of the entire staff of the Eastern Shore Railmad, including Lalry L€Mond, Ira Higbee, Greg Parks, and John Tillett, the members of the Eastern Shore Railway Museum in Parksley, including Helena Killian, John Bates, and Robert Peters, the members of the Cape Charles Museum, especially Mrs. Marian Naar, the membe$ of the Parksley Volunteer Fire Department, the Parksl€y Police Department and the PocomokeCity Depot committee. All gave of their time to make this fide an enjoyableevent for those ofus operating and ding our motorcars.We rcally appreciatedall the hospitality and ever''thing they did, aBit made this event most enjoyable. Four more runs, NO strikes and NO erroN. Way to go teaml THE SETOFF. Maylilune oPage 13 NRGFlinders Run Easter2001 b y Ni c Donc as terG rouD Coordinator The Australian SocictvofScction Car Opemrors lncorporaicd TASSCO),an accredircdoperator ol raillvay rollinsstock.ran s tirst e1'entover thc E ster Long f DonSmith, behintt is ttu: NSW(:R Tl(: h""pirC .' t:oo.t M! M19 ond th( 'tIC lt R.4t.rna..tohn tht, trock supen ilror is on the phon". otd u( a|e ahout to h( put asid( tbr tuo hours! (SA'r) a' il :i ASSCOwas lol,ndednr 1999 Lohoid accreditationas an opera tor uDdcr the Rail S:rletyAct, ,rnd r({eived confirnrrion ol its,)c creditatronin earlvApril. It is thc first such opemtor in Austr:rlia 10 d0 so,without h{ving to tnrnasc own rail*'at coridor. It rcp'ts rescnls opcratol|sl|om lll nrlrin land slttes ol Austmlitl .Wc n( gotiatcd l(1.ss wjth NR(; Flind.rs to run thcir rril wav bctrvmnStirling No|th rnd ln'ilth (lf()(ik in 1.hr,stllt.s 1:rf north."n(ncd(;roup (ir)rdin,rlor Nic I)oncrrslcr.'l'hisrlilway lino rs undcr coirl Lflin tr:rllic throLr,{hollt l.hcyelf," h. lddc{j. ''so ihore wxs lhf ncc{tt{) cross corl trains r)n thfec (,ccasiorrs." 'lhc railr\avskirtsalonglhe wcsl i,rn edsc ol the F'ljnd,ifsRrns.,s Ii)ralmostall01its250kmlength Scventconmembcrs prrtici patiid in thc lvcnt, runnin'.a lirur cals. 1'he vehicles ransad i0m a small l'airrnr)nt M19, In New South Walos'l'lc. through to a v{)rv lalga aornene l)uilt eane cnr. Saleworkins was providcd vir ARTC's train control in Adolaide. using satelliic mobilc phone, aDd tr track supefvisor iioln E DI-PTR, the companvcontracted by NRG l'lindcrs to main, lain the railway ]in.. Particjpants came mainiv ftoD Adelaide, bui thc group also wetcomeda member flom NSW, as well as its first US member, Chuck Lec. Chuck gave a commemorative plaquo L0the group fiom its American Count€ryarr, the Nofth American Rail Car OperatorsAssociation Inc (NAR Pagc 14 . THE SETOFF . MallJunc 2O0I COAI. The plaque noted not only ASSCO s llrst run, but also its alliliation r.ith NnRCOA.l he ev€nt \\'as r'un ovcr tNo days, camping ovc].niehtat (loplcy. "Thct]vrnt $.:1s{ huec success,.rndwcl.,ok fi,h!rrd to holdine frLflhcr cvcnts on othcf corlido|s in thc n.lr flrtlrfc."Nic notcd thc groups appnrciationol thc supportof I)epartrnentofTrilns port personnel.GIen lteye, Rail Manaser NRCI Ilinders. aDd JohD(lharlesworth.track super visor I,llll P'l'lt. Tahen on the uta! out of Stirlitq North on th<. S(turday- L Australirn S(xri.tv01S.ction(lar AIIN 3l9j{)gfn)1211 /;l- ll i2 ui&bi ai"e at Pa.roahilna t0hiLt Jo,,l' get r t win ordar to ,irred up"ftn Iet itt get goinE hon2! "l t John is on the phole egain, geuing tle.rranu' li,r th? n"rt srcti.D,. This is on the uu! hon( t THE SETOFF c MaylJune c Page 75 Participank came main\ fnm Adebide, but the group .rlso uelco,npd a nember from NSW, as ueU as its firct US member, Chuch lee. Chuch gaue a comrnemoratiue plaquc to the group from its American Counterpe.rt, the North Anrcricdn Rail Car Operato*' Alsoci ation, Inc. ( NARCOA). The plaquc noted not only ASSCO'9 lirst run, but abo ift dffiliation. uith NARCOA. , t Webb, sirting on tuf M19. Ee ts d trone! aitgirr, go$, "1 had the choice betueen thia and the IL)an Woots A5, Qith Graham W<.bb,Stcre Ooelmyer and Ia.. Harris B H J t Further infornation about ASSCO can be obtained from the group's uebsite h ttp :I wu u.c obu)eb.co m,aul - aldonca$ /assco,htm or the GrouD Coortlinator Nic Doncuxrer PaEe 16 . TEE SETOFF c Ma.ylJune 2OOI Want Ads ?tE tE'oPF s happy to pr nt ail ads receved from membe6. There is no charge ior plac inqa . a d . I f y o u w a n t : n a d t o r u n f o r m o r et h a n o n e i s s u e o , e a s ei n dc a t eho w m a n v issues.No full paqeads are accepted Usethe presentissu€'sads as a q! de. Tha.k Youl send ads d rectyto Bill cou l6on, 2101 westvl€w cou rtr od6stocA 9535a-1091or For sa e MT-19A motorcar with cus to m b ui l t trai l er Thi s car i s i n very g o o dc o ndi ton,4 extraw heel s,spare alum num lifthandlesandbrakeshoes. C a r meets al l speci fi cati ons ro r mo torcar excursi ons.E qui pped with tow-bar, spark arrestor, brake l g h t, fre ext ngui sherand fi rsta d k t. This motorcaris ready to h t the rails, Price is $6500. If interested contact G a ry M ahonTel r (530) 926-5039or e-ma | : g!!!i9t!@l!eld!rer!.!el. Ml -1 4 cl eani n excel l entcondi ti on, w i th tandem ax e trai er (el €ctri c brakes). Used every season ior the pas!five years.Turntable,heater,enclosedcab, and brown B48Gengine, T a k eh o me,gasi t !p and hi tthe rai l s. 1 9 8 5 o r new ermodel ,$8,195.OB O. Conl.ct GeorgeG lchrist, La Grande, o re g o n .rel : (541) 963-5270 or em a i l g i l chri s@ uci net.com, S O01 1943 FAIRMONT M-19 Purchased rionr the C&O 18 years ago. It was reslored w th glass, paint and a car buretor kit. It has a custom canvas cover, ch.rging system, under floor b e l l . L a st operated 10 years ago. Looks good. This unit ran from th e L a k eMi chi gancar fetres on the w e s t, 6 l ong U S -10 to i he vi l l ageof Ba l d w rnto the east.stored i nsi de, s.D . 909 N . $ 2 4 0 0 oB o. J a m e sLudi ngton, M 49431ore-mai l : Ludlawn @ I - o n e . n e i . 5001 C-s carbur€ior.heck valv€s (popp€tvalve)Cost91s.60eachplus93.00 S /l -1H. a vesomepari sforthe C -5 and C 8. Carey Boney 1605 Powe6 Road W a l l a ce,N orth C arol na 28466 Tel l (910) 285-7489ore-ma l:.arevbonev @intrstarnet so0r ficense Plate Frames "Myotlrercar is a Fairmont speeder" Black plastic frame wiih orangevinyl lettering-You wil want one for yourautomobilesand tra ler De ivery at NorthernCalifornia ru n s $ 1 4.00C OD .B y i i rst cl assma I in padded env€ ope $16.00 ior one, $ 3 0 .5 0f ortw o, $45.00for three.C a n a d i a no rdersadd $5.00 to pri ce or use PayPa. More pictures are ava labl eat the fol l ow i ngaddres srht t or / / al bums. photoooi nt.conr / i/ A l bumi ndex?u= 565r8& a=9332895 D on P ompl um,521V an B ure nPlace, S an R amon, C A 94583. e- m aill k2hug@home.com, t 4J01 " Fai rmont" comput€r-cut vlnyl "pr€ss & peel" dlclls availablein two sizes.l3inchesX2-1l2 inchesand 9-1l 2i nch€sX 1-3/4i nches .Sm al $8.00 each, 2 for $15.00. Lar ge $10.00each, 2 for $18.00.I nst r ucti ons,shi ppi ng, and handi fg i n €uded. Contact: Terry Yust, 10625 Viola Rd N E ,V l ol a,IY N55934.Tel r(507) 8762208 or e-mail I ty]r(fu!!ffsLcom. so01 F.lrmont p.rtr, large qlantlty for bid. t4ust see. serious noulriesonlv. N ol tem l i sti s avai l abl e. P l ease ca lt or de-talls.ChelseaVaileyShortlineCompan, coftact Ken Kurdt. Telr (845) 831-1170 so01 Don't et a worn-ou! c utch leaveyoLl on theembarrassingend ora tow-bar. Brand-newF.lrmont OElilclut h r€bui l d kl ts $139.95pl us U P S.Kit incudes fri cti on pl ate, pressur €plat e and releasebearing. All clutch parts are al soavai l abe i ndi vi dual y , nc udn9 levers, brackets, p ns, springs & cups,etc. cl i ntonA ndr€w sTe : ( 313) 822-2000. oon't forget, we also have Fairr.ont OEMseats. l"ll01 14-footTltAILER by FayetleGroup, 7000 l bs.cV W D oT l i 9hti n9t,andem axle with electr c brakeson one ax e. "Ra ls" weldedonto fo d down hinqed rear gate. Also hand crank winch and roughoak fl oori ng.capabl eo f haul inq two rarlcars.New in 1997. Ove. 92,000 invested.Askin9 $1,500-Free wind defl€ctorinclud€d.Chuck wh te Iel : (219)482-7930or e-mail: cwhit e 83s7@ aol .com. M l01 S al eortradetw o 20-i nch di a m eier wheel seis (wheels,axles, bearings, and l hrust co l a6, assembl ed)com plete, Buda, riveted whee s, $900 for both. Air powered,hand-held,tampin9 tools, Ingersoll- Rand model Plt4 "jifterbugs," $500. Fairmont, w- THE SETOFF t MaglJune . P@ge 17 a6 B 1 Rail lifter, wisconsin englne, $1, O O O. T w ora i l s a w s , R a cn e r ec pr oc at ingmo , d e 1 4 0 a n d mo d e l 1s5, completeexceptfor B&Seng ne, $s00 each. Two rail grinders, one RIw/Fa rmont Compan, one MallTool Com panyga , s o ri n ee n q rn ep o w e re d , f lex ible s halt o n w h e e l b a rro w /ra i l r oller $1, , s 00e a c h .c o n ta c t,o a v i dM . W ll- iam s on , 1 5 2 2 L a u re n Ae x i s Court, Dallas North caro|na 28034 7786 T el: ( 70 4 ) 9 2 2 -8 4 4 3 .e ma i l l MJ01 dwilliamson@oqlgbay.orcg.eam. Fairmont M-14, opencar. Ranwhen par k ed.Comp e l e e x c e p t I h a n d l e . Trailer project ncluded. Delvery as' s s t anc e. $95 0 .0 0 . c o n ta c t: s te v e ( 5 3 0 )6 7 1 -2 0 3 5o r e -ma i l : Lim per T elr tvD01 wlim o@ios ,n e t. I nr t r uc t ions to r o p e ra tl n g a n d m . lnt . ining. s h e l l i € l d 3 2 a n d 3 3 m ot or c a: s . 1 9 2 4 J a n .# 2 5 0 2 Ea n d repair parts list *96024 for Sheffield 26, 32, and 33 motorcars 1923 Mar from FalrbanksPlorse&Co. $30.00. T elr ( 716) 7 6 8 -6 9 8 4 o r e lA01 m ai r c hnals @ i i n c .c o m, c5.nd ca ca rbur€tor 3eat3. Al alum inum .T r ieda n d p ro v € n .H a v es o l d several sets. one p ece, no rubbersealto separate.I nstall them onceand forget about them. seat fit c5 and c8 plus RK B t wi n c a rb !re to rs . Ord e r F W 1353RO f or C 5s e a ta n dF W1 3 5 3 c 8 for for C8 carburets.And FW1353RKB RKBcarburetors.$5.00 per seal plus $2. 005& Hf at ra te .Ma k €c h e c k sp a y ab e to Dave Stroebe.Contact: west lvlichiganRalcar,1694 BroadmoorSt., r . 44l 9 4 4 2 -5 3 0 2T. e l :(2 3 1 ) l' 4us k egon, JAOl I vid€or of rrack car Meets. -Kosc usko & southwesternRR, 14sq ro u pto u r o f s is s ipp,wit h N A R C O A NewO r leans(1 . 999) -Apa achicolaNorthern wiih tour of Schenectadysuper steel Locofac lrty and t he Uppe rH u d s o nR v e r R R ,N e w YorkSate, (1999) -Maine coast RR,oceanand riverside running,Wiscassetto Thomastonand B r uns wr ctko A!9 !s ta . (5 /9 9 ) - Q ! ebec c r t y T o u rw i th g ro u pto u r o r . 998) 5t . A nneDe E e a u p reb a s i l i c a(1 -Mer d an & Bigbee RR, wlth Arkans asM idlandR R ,L i nq u e M o u n ta i nR a i l r oadn9. ( 199 9 ) -Beaupre to clermont, Quebec.TeF rific si. Lawrencetuversrdescenery. ( 1998) -Matapedia to Gaspeand Perce,Quebec . F abllou s ru n a o n g th e o c e a n s ide.( 1998) - Nor t her n V e rm o n i R R , a n d T w rn s lat es RR, N .H . B e .u trfu lN e w E n glands c ener y(1 . 998) san PedroSouthwesternRR,Copper BasinRR,Arizona€adustor.rrs.(3/98) s anta Fe southern R R , N M, and T e xas& N ew Mexi coR R . B eauti f! s o u thw estby rai l . (3/98) -L ycomi ng val l ey R R and U ni on c o u nty. Industri al R R w i th tour of NYS&Wsteam fan trip w/#r42, (A/ 98), Rut and, Vt. to wh tehall, NY to Ludlow,VT' Also included,M lwaukee #261 runn n9 as SteamtownPlowExva. l2/s6) Vadeosrecorded from a mm; CopperCanyonor Mexico.The pre mier track car adventure. 9 days of i i c r edi bl escenery.(3/96) PeaceRiver,Arbertato Coppermne, NwT,ArcticCircleon CNR, Eskmos & D c 3 fl i gl rt (7/96) -c e nkal l .4ontanaR R w i th A l berta P ra i ri eR R .(6/98) CN R cab rde r.om P eaceR i ver, A berta to Roma lct., 2 R/tr ps w th 1 1 ! n ts, 90 m n. (6/98) -1 ,000 mrl eLooptr p i n Ontari o.S aut st lvlane,Wawa,Sudb!ry., Britishcou n rbraadvent!re 2000 w i th H ai k Brown, New lersey, New Harrpshrre a n d P l an€ (2000)w i th N E R ca. A l l t apes2 hoursunl essspecf ed. D i gi t6lly recordedand edted VflS, with n 6 r r6ti onand mus c w here.ppropna re atr $16.00eachp us $3.00 shi pp i ngl sttap€, $4.00sh ppi .g 2tapes Freeshippingwith order of 3 tapes or more. Visa, M.stercard, checks,dog b i scui tsor track car partsl B l l " mad dog" Koze, 23 LeeAve , Rexford,N,Y 1 2 1 48-1209. Ie : (s18)399-5836 l A. 01 a n yti me.E -mai: Madoobi l 6)aol 1931, Curtomized t{orthwestern 5 6 6 w a-man gang car. Four cyl i nd e r sH erc.E ngne, Fai rmontnoseand roof, 3 speedFordtranny and revers' ible rear-end. Two-bucketseats with a rear benchseat. N E Wcanvas,rear axle,sprocket,chainboth rearwhee s, b a t teryand cl utch.H andcrankturnta b e, el ectri cfan, ol d schoobus l ook ra d ator and rear drop dow n c.rgo d e c k and carpeted nteri or pri ce $ 2 , 600.A l soa four-w heel hydraulic tilt trailer with €lectric brakes on the forward arle. Fournew t res a st summerpr ce $550.00.A l sotour 1 6 - i nch Fai rmont w heel s 90o/o pr ce $90.00each.and w h eelf lgpr ce $30.00. I al so have variousWaukesha engi ne parts. PleaseTel: (978) 372 9762attn: A Gio ito HaveF h , IV ai ne or e-mai l m a t ol lA01 Yankeelift@aol,com A V A ILA B LE A GA IN ,N ew M - 9 AXI E P ul l eys,P artN !mber M21541K.Pr o fessi onal lcast y and machined,r eady to bolt on. $24s.00P us postage.con tact lrm DobbinsRR2 Box 105, Gofi, K ansas66428Te r(785)8 68- 2388or lA01 . e mai to matorcar@ i un o. com MT-14 front and rear axles with beari ngsand w heel s $1 00. 00each. R earal l e bel t p!l l ey $35. 00,engine bel t pul l ey $3s.00.Fi ber glasscab shel l , no doors or g ass $150. 00. U s€d H i -R ai l equi pment Fair m ont 0307 $800.00on y tw o l ef t . Fair m ont 1233 $1,500.00, R aftn a Hydr aulc $2000. 00, $800.00,l 4tchel lH ydrauhc D MF 1019 H ydrau c l t o 3 t on $1,500.00.A l prces In u. s. r ! nds. Ham it on C ontactTony A ndrusev r ch, Ontari oTel :(90s)692-59 49 lA01 R unni hg w oodl ng C A L CaTis m eet ready.1986 nspectionmode with 16H P T€cumseh eng ne. H € adand t ail i 9hts, seat, new or rebuilt com ponents,goodtransmi ssi o nsRan9ood at last meet $2,800. Cornpete Onan C C K Bengi .e.T!ned,cl e anoil sum P, val vesadj ustedl n runningcondt ion wilh 6lternEtoristarter,carb!retor,a r cl eanermanfol dsand arl shr o! dng. Very cleai and ready to drop in yoLrr car $1,000.Tw o e.ch NEw. om pl €te Fai rmont 15-i nch cushlon w heel s. $57s.00pai i on e eacht aEw F.irmont 16-lnch cushion the only 912s.00 One each w o odings 2man cB I fl b€rgl aE s cab $75. 00. P hotosavai abl e.w atchfo r f ur t herr el eases,R ck Leach141232 06t hSt r eet 98296or S .E S nohomsh, w .shLnq t on e mai I dekw each@juno.com. JA01 S mal l motorcar any con dit ionunder 700 LB S .Fai rmontM 9 or hom e- buili or ??closeto washingtonstate. Bruce N agata P .o. B ox 671, S€alt le, wA or o. M lo1 98111or €-ma : bb385@scn Page 18 t THE SETOFF o MaYlJune 2OO1 Meets W F^ r'i \al no'c'/er''1e' M e m o e .. r"o ""-orS d-ued In .de d'ra so rl e tl i p { d | -e r'edl rF ro'd - edae ;"i ' "\ ;"b ' ;:;" ".;",-"s be o rct\aD coA tr'e'h srdre nl P |e L's 2101 co!r$n' to: Btrr notices s"no.""t r.,"qui'"a i;.,j,;n." ;:;i":;;;;;i;tti"; - ,.,n.".-",*"" iou". uoa*to ca 9s358-1o91 or e-mailwcoulson@50!t(:olr!'nei espo"'b'l p L EA s E NoTE A dre-s-nenora r-" r l tsE JE orFdo" ' notl orstt-rF znd/otts edtoriarstaffror meetcondret., ot !r,E rt. 'EroFF or saretvcondtonsand ""a7"i "n n the obsedance 'tiillairtria cautio. ill,,'i "xe;csetv ror thensevesth€ireuestsa'd thetr€q!pment r,r;;ponsb )ii!i "i""iii-J!".;*t i,Jii anYmeet attendng".1"'"i wh€n",ii w*tri"* August1a, 2OO1 ch.ttooga & Chickamaua9aRailw.Y :il'; i^';:;'^[1""'"::i: ?i#it,ltl"i3iil"i-,""""J"'j".],:ii"'"?"""";ff ";"st'^'':"l:l!i:J ::T:lT; T: ?::J:::i::'^:? l,:l Fl'l"p;'i*il m nLsr be aoo-ovil ,",,? ano son,v ,.a,o," t*",,"il, ,llli.ll; ". pavabl"as efor 995 and sendi o F ma fe v o Lrrchect 10341 Georgra ee c-aro e o b o "to r" -" " ::j o corasp- -gs -are 1"."..i october 19-21, 2OO1 G.orgla North€a6l.rn Rallroad Nelso- to Fr.lav, Wh testoneto Ba lgroundana -ertl-n Satu'dav,whrtestoneIo M. y 12, Z 0O 1( GL R C ) & M a rn eR a i l ro a d C ooper s v il€ S.turd.y MaY 19, 2OOt (GIRC Carthaq€,Knightstownand Sh I eY RR Ju ne 4- 7, 2001 (M O W ) D ! r ango& S jlv erto n y;::". $: n::I'!:l"i'J:: *::"i+i; :{'.::*,,x1;1, "';'"'l;:ilg,lf j:::ff',i""il:tfi',;"::i":;;'?:'f; **:;::,XtS*r lru?;';i'#il: on an r'd'vrdua' w t Deacceptea :!:"i'"?."i e,s,.i ig. :oor' Hv rai vi"rrcres -ou-whper3Prease oli'.""ful"l "1-iio""pp-o'edp-orrothetrroNosnorteo l3"Tis:".t:*".5"[:"J#":BgTi ;::::::::*,'"J.fiff Iit"""l",v Saturday lun€ 9, 2OO1(GIRC) NorthVernonRai!roadOavsFestval saturday, lulY 21 and sunday, tuly 22 C e n tral P ennsY l vani a sunday Jun€ 10, 2001 (GlRc) of accidentfree Weakendloth AnnversarvRide Comehelp us celebraie1Ovears J une 16, 2O O 1(F ID ) southern Raikoad lvrinnesota ";;l:fi; :"*r"n":::lt:;"1*,iifJ,:H",::'":i"#::i"Y"i;L5i'iii;: "1: ::l:,*:*,:l:l;sli"""i::":l'ii"' i:,':""#: rit "::Ti*xtii:* b,oc'lso,s,ree!trdc<aee s:):;':;'n#";:Ig:s:;i 3::l':; ii:u::l";;,u:-:l';1,::1i'Jl;it: l"i;:::e:l"'i:i -li?l-'lil,1l';"'il*ll;l;"j:;'Jil'ii,lft".""",a ;I ilProor l#ior,l*i, SilLl,l l:l'.il::i:fr:';";;l'T:i" a red' requ ^"":"0.x insurance NARcoA tour' il"p* ;"-;;el;rusive ;;;?,iii c\ qes'srrat roce rr a Pennsv'v'r'a o' reeor$6s oe"nro-ced iiinibn *i* ''r Ir'r, 1'88Wf'reDee-P"nns/rva'ra PO,Bo' c-rsrons. THD SETOFF c MaylJune . Page 79 J une 16, 200 1 I'linnesota southern Railroad rTn a u3ed.tobe the Nobes RockRaikoad.We wll ride from Luverne,MN, to near Wdfthlnqtonand returr to Luverne,Lunchwi be availablein the depot.Wewil then r de wes tt o ne a rH i l sa n dre tu rnT, o tarn i l e a ge i s approxi matel y90 m l esroundtri p. . ' une 30, 2O O 1 N€braska Northeastern Railroad O ur r idet h s y e a rw rl b e fro m o s m o n dto O' Nei,l N ebraska, w hi ch s about120 m ilesr oundt ri p . W e w i l s e to nb e g i n n i n ga t 6 :30 A M and departat 8 A f4. J uly 1, 2001 Fremont & Elkhorn valley Railroad we wil ride this I ne from Fremontto Hooper,Nebraska,beginningw th a 7 AM seton and an 8 AM departu.e.The setonwil be at the FEVRheadquanerson th€ west sde of Fremont. We must be back to Fremont and in the clear of the m a n ine by n o o n ,b e c a l s eth e d i n n e rtra i n runs at 12r30 P P l . t uly 15, 2O O 1 lowa Northern Rallroad y to DedarFals, Iowa. Com€rlde wrth us on the northerd ofthe ra lroadfrom r.4an We wll beg n at Gre€neby the new and very beautfu offic€buildn9 of the lowa Nor t her n, desi g n eldk e a d e p o ta n da n i c ea d dtionto the ci tyoi Greene. W ew l l rde from Greeneto Manlyand returnior unch.We'llthen r de to just no{h of CedarFals and retlrn to Greens.The m leagefor this ride s about 100 m les rolnd tr p. J uly 24, 2O O 1 I&M R.lllnk TENTAIIVE A newr d€f or!s r n o d h w e slto w a ,th i s s t l l hasto be approved byth€ ra koad' s legaldepartment.WatchtheSETOFF.ndNARCOA websitefor furth€rd€veropments. A ugus i 11, 2 o Ol Chillicothe Brunswick Railway Authority R d€ th s ex-Wabashine frornCh ll cotheto Brunswk/ l.4issour,go nq throughtwo game preservesaid under the Chicagoto (ansas City mainlineof the BNSF.We s houd s ees or n etra n s a s w e p a s sl n d e rth s b usyrai l cotri dorW ew i l setonatthe depot n t he s o l th e rnp a rto f C hl l c o th eb e gn n i ngai 6:30 A Manddepartat 8 A M W ewi s t oprns l m n e rfo r l n c h n th e p a rk .Ihere s a ni cesandw i ch shopw thl n walkn9 dis t an c o e f th e i ra c k s Mi . e a q efo r th s r de i s 70 mi es roundtri p. A ugus t 25, 2 0 0 1 Elliot Elevator Company ' A gr eatr idet o k c k b a c ka n de n to y th e s c e n eary l onqi heN i shnabotna R i verfrom E i otto ' nearRedOak,IA. The ne ,sonly 18 m es roundtrip, bLi we rlde i severat mesduring the day.Thetowncelebraton is a so 90 n9 o., so therew llbe foodavalablein the park. September 2, 2OO1 Nebkota Railroad 5 '-.WeBillride both d rect ons from cordon, Neb.aska,on this lasi remainingtrack' age of t he old c & N W I n e th .t rl n s fro m c h adronto Merri man.Mi l eagel s 160 m ilesr oundt r i p . W e w i l a s o h a v ea n l g h tfl n to Meri man.S etonti me s 6t30 Al'1w th an 8 AM departure. Jun.12-30 (Mow ) l une 30, 2OO1(FID ) NebraskaNortheaslernRailroad l ul y 1,2001 (Fl D ) Fremont& ElkhornValley Railroad Jul y 1-E (P R o) July 7-4, 2OO1 Oll Creek& Tit!sville Lines l ul y 15.2OO1 (FID ) Iowa Nodhern Railroad Page 2O c THE SETOFF. MavlJun+ 2OOl SeDtember 15, 2OOl Appanoose countY Railroad This ode rs one ot our no( popu ar noes ror Celtel I e to Albrd,Iowd t'1reri e' l or.o t.i p. w e * ' tt" oue a ba-oeqLeal he Yo- dvia a a ;to r rh. -,/0 ' de l;;otwith the Firsi lowa Divlsronpavinq $3 towardsthe cost of the rnealfor up to 4 oeoDleDercar The cos! of the barbequeis $s for anvoneerse october 20, 2OO1 Ft. Leonard wood Railroad na rl a r€d rw rl ' vourl dr dol l ar) r air - oad C o re e To\, l l -e l al cooso' t.sw el trro ro rrtni l l .,orIcourrrvsde,-1.l ' ' ei sdbout40rrl esroui dt' oal dw e'llbe D r4de odr lt r e c o n c i t' " oe t* u e, w e * l beqi _ou' (etor dl 11 A l ' 1w rr" a l ' l 0 _ 6 11 -' 6sa 6' y6u w ro arent' dr a- w i h l he area l l l serodl orqa ndo w re l I \ end the wa vers. We must be cear of tlre rails beforedark n orderfor us to ride Bo o n e & S c€ni cV al l ey R ai l ro.d ins rsua. we w tt enOour riding seasonwith a tr p on the Boon€& ScenicVa lev i n the D €sM oines R a j l ;o a diB n oone,l a.E nj oythe hi ghbri dgeandbeauti ful scei erv R re r rarl e/ w e w i I r-_ i e ??-n, e round(r p Ineseve-at nes dJ- ' 9 thedav we w rt a s o r!" e a cooto-t .s,oe rhe sfop oJ' oi .g arou' d roo' w i t- l ots or r ood o ro v ,o ed bv the E -sl l ow aD i vi sor,j Jst to saytha' ^s for " d.9 w th LEdJ- 19 t r e for th s rde s nowrequi r€d y e a i N otce:N A R C OA i nsurance 13026th AveSE, on anyoftheserldes'contactCarlSchneider, Forlurtherinformation (515) ore-mail: mOlaI!l![@G!qAoA!!I0 Tel: 967_5181 5oOO9_2002 Atoona lowa itay 12, 2001 M€ntorlng Sesrion July Z 1- 22 ( CP E ) Central Pennsylva.ra July 24-Arg. 2 (SWRC) J uly 28, 2O O 1( FID ) l&lvl Ra link (Tentaiive) J uly 2a, 2oot (o v R ) Alleghenyv alleyR R July 2a-29, 2OO1 (NCR) LakeSuperiorRaikoad a ugus t 4- 5, 2OO1(GL R C ) Indiana Northeastern ai Marne,Ml Justw estof GrandR apds M Lchil €l Y arneR .i l road, Atth e C oooersvi & o;n, north oi I-96. Youdo not hav€to be a NARcoAor GLRCmernberTh€reis no i .r.u n "" ," q,| .ua,and no fee. s€t on t me 9:OOA rn Thosed€sIng m ent or ing must let me know in advancebv Ma\/1st. ContactDav€Stroebe1694 Broadmoor stieet iauskegonvich. qga42 Ie: (23r)773-798a a( e-mail: STEQEX@AQLCoU satur.l.y MaY 19, 2001 Carthage, Knightstown .nd Shirl€Y RR s' r' .€y ca carthagel .di an. N €wnenbe- o oer at ion c a rth aoe,< nrq.rsl owano . r-' n :q-;-o ca1 nte" a" ... rl cs TakeIl di andFw v I40 sout' f-on K ' t hr slow' v9' -" . q" s ro cai rraqeInordrag:00.n E 5' l ' a ri ng o' Fai- r o1r i " o a n i anororo* insuran-ce per pereon NARcoA M19, 14T19,MT14,s2 and Woodingsraicars $10 (812)342an; ;u €s will be€xp ained.Fordeta[sand d r€ctonsca stan converrel o5o5 ot e-nd'll 5!?f!o4rer@hotrai 'or saturdav June 9. 2001 North V;rnon Railroad DaYsFestival P!bllcridesnsuranceandcrossing NorthvernonRailroadDavsFestivalMotorcarrides dr ti ' ? D F a ' s oprong r o de12:oQ o' nn ttee tr l esti val 0" " o.' ' ' 1420565 or e-rd| sr ar'or / 'i"a.ii"s.idi nn d di -e'l i onscdl S ranI orye- Te: (812r @hotoal,cam Su n d ayJune 10, 2o01 Madison Railroa.l l rdi ana D e t ailsoer dR P ,E -ursi onr-on N 01' V er_o. to N orthr' 1do' so' l 4 s a l son r1 q , Eoraeras " ro ote.l rors cal 5l a. C o_verTe: (812) J42_0565o - e- r ar l: Icom s ta n conver@ hotma v' TEE SETOFF c MaylJutrz c Page 21 Saturday & Sunday august 4-5, 2001 Indiana Northeastern il-l6ii.1lsilnii :iwo days of operation over neariy 2oo miles of former New York ' Cbnt iel; r id W 6 b a s hi n e si n Mi c h l g a i ,In d i a naand Ohi o.The rout€that you w i l l travel feat!res the larqestremaininqseqmentsorthe former Ft. Wayne& lacks on Railr oa a d n d L a k eSh o re& Mi c h i q a n S o u therni nesoftheN Y C andtheGary DistrictI ne ofthe WabashRailroad.This GLRcsponsofedmeet will beginsharply at 7:00 AM at the seton point (locatedat Klink'sTruckingCo.,Interstate 69, exit 140) at Ashley-Hudson,IN. (The trailer parkingand seton are just east of th€ I69 exit ramp at Klnk's.) Departure will occur at 8:00 A[4, following a safety meeting by representativesfrom the railroad,NARCOArules and insuranceapply f or t hr s r ! n . N !me ro u smo tes a n d re s taurants are avai l abl ei n A uburnand Angola,IN as we I as Coldwatet ML I! s suggestedthat food and beveragesbe br oughta on g fo r th e ru n . A l u n c hs to p w i l l be provi dedat H i l sdal e,r,4I,how ever,where operatorscan obtain fast food. Due to the length ofthis run, a tenm nute breakdownru e will be imposed for sta led lrack cars. After that, any sta led carw I be towed to lhe nex!availablescheduledstop. Regstrationc oses J une 30, 200 1 . $ 1 3 0 , 3 5 -c a rl i mt. Ma k eth e che€kspayabl eto Troy S trane. contact Brucecarpenter 10241co!nty Road25A, wapakoneta,oh 4589s. Te : ( 419) 738- 5 3 8 4o r e -m a i l rb n s l 8 9 @ b ri o h t. S.turd.y August 12, 2OOl Cooo.rsvllle & l.larne Grrnd R.Dlds & E$tern _.OaveStroebes plannin9a meeton th€ Coopersvlie & r'1arne and th€ GrandRapids & Eastern.Deta s pendin9ContactDaveStroeb€1694Bro.dmoorStreetMLrskegon l,llchigan49442 5302Iett (231) 773-7940ar e-rnal r sTRoBXoAoL.coM. Saturday August 25, 2OOl Lrte Superlof & lshpemln9 from the Lak€Sup€riof& Ishpemingat ,.JlmLindhoh hasfeceled verbalagreement r"larquette for a track car excursionthe samew€ek€ndas the SeafoodF€stiv.ldeta ls to fo ow, but hard hats,safety shoesand safety9.sses will be requir€dthis y ear Det aisp e n d i n g . Septcmb.r 15, 2OO1 lllinois Rail N e t R rl l ro rd Augutt 3-7, 2001 (SWRC) Bc Rail Augurt 11, 2OO1(FtD) ChillicotheBrunswick a0 m ies r ou n dv i p th ro u g hs o me o f th e most scenc runs i n Il l i noi s.w e w i l l cov€r most of the RalNet line plus crossover the 100 year old lift bridge crossaut|l3t 11? 2OO1(OVR) In9 the Il inoisRiverin Ottawa-NARCOAins req!ired, Costto be announced,For inf or m ahon co .ta c i M i c h a eMi l tz e l T e l(8 : 1 5 ) 264-7979or e-mai l rmi tz@ thesl i )(, South BranchVall€y RR I]c!. Saturd.y August 12,2OO1 (GLRC) Coopersville & Marne GrandRapids& East€rn Saturd.y October 27, 2001 CooDersville& Marne Augsst 14, 2OO1(ART) Grand RaDids& Eartern Chattooga& Chickama!agaRailway ll:a||rriral,um pkin r!n on the C&M/GR&E Coopersville & l'4arn€Railroad,at l'4arne,MI 'jijitf vtesi of crand Rapds Mchiqan,nofth of 196. DetailspendingcontactDav€ Augu3t 25, 2OO1(FID) Elliot ElevatorCombany siroebe 1694 BroadmoorStreet M!skegonMlchigan49442 5302 T€ephone231773-7e80or e-ma 5I39BX.@3aL{OU. lune 4-7, 2OO1 Dorango& Silverton,Cumbres& Toltec ir1l{ariesi;Oalga run, costlncertain.smitty smith,45 Ialiacourt/ sedona Ari2a 'a e t: \52 u) 2t . t 4-23 t Page 22 c TEE SETOFF c MaYlJune 2(M1 June 12-3o. 2oo1 0I,$200 P N w l out 6/ 15Id a h o ,N o{ thsnA oac,ti c-Jo" ephbrarca6,12-6114 5 /3 0 /O I,$8S 0.l o resel e your spol on the tour ol adl esendcqp.r odv ablet o M O wfo r $250($300w th IN & P ).Totalbal ancedue May1, 2001 C arl i mr t s 30 caB. f4aI checksto chns Baldo,P,O.Box 874, Willis caiifornia 95940 lutu 2a-29, 2OO1 Es€anaba & Lake Superio. Railroad on the E scanaba .:i & rl h c d oti al R ai carsi s p easedto announce a 2-davexcursi on ' ' & L a k eSuperor R ai l roadon l ul y 28 and 29, 2001 runni ngbetw eenK ngsf or d, and Ontonaqon,t{L Seton wil be at 7:00 AM CDST n Kingsford we w I overn i g h t n e ar ontonagonon l he shoresof LakeS uperi orand pl an to depar tat 8;3OAl'4EDSTsunday morn nq. we plan to return to Kingsfordaround 3i00PM c D s T Sundayafternoon.Totalro!nd tr p ni l eagei s 235.Total costoi thi s t r iPis al rai fees,overnl ghtl odgi ngw h ch i s basedon oner oom $ 2 4 0 .0 0and i ncl udes per car and an excelent b!ffet dinner Saturdaynight for 2 PeopLe {extra guests to and from the hote A l N A R C O A'NCR a re $ 1 5 . 00each)and transD ortati on and Escanaba& LakeSLrperiorRailroadruLesand policiesare in effect. NARCOA l s R E QU IR E D Li.mi t25 cars.P easesenda checkfor $240 0 0 pavIN S U R AN cE ableto NorthCentralRaicars!o: MichaelP.Ford7712 CarpenterCoLrrtPlainfield' materal sw I be se nt For regE trati on uponrecei p!ofyourcheck IN 4 6 1 5 8-8035. more nformat on pleaseconlact Mike at the above addressor Telr (317) 8399 3 2 0 o r e -mai at < mai l to:MP FoR O@ l OU E sf.N E f July 1-a 2OO1 Eig sky adv€nture ra t ng lst avaiable. Sold-out, S.turd.y August 25, 2OO1(GLRC) LakeSuperior& Ishpemnq Sept.mber 4-15 20o1,Bc RailandvIA c.nadianadv.ntu16 s€ptemb.r 2, 200r (FtD) waiunglistavalable. Sold-out, Scptemb€r 2, 2OO1(OVR) Wh eelingand Lak eE ri eR y sept . 4- 15 2001 (PR o ) BC Railand v I A C anadan adv ent u re Sept€mb€r 16. 2OOl (FID) AppanooseCo!nty Ra lroad Septemb€r 16, 2OO1(GLRC) Ii l n ois RalNet Ra i l ro a d dedi cate dt o C orporati on t O h i oV a l ev R ai carss an Ohi ononprofi 501(c)7 in the Ohio Vallev Regionand the the organ zation of motorcar excLrrsions promotion of qenera rai safety nvo ved with olr activities oVR is an affiliate of NARcoA and hosts NARcoA insured events. Membershipdues are io t h€ on. ovR hasseveraladdi ti o ns $ 1 0a n nual l vandare requi redfor parti ci pat NARCOAbase ru ebook, which are avai able off of our web site and also ma led w th the recerDtof vour ovR membershp ohro Val ey RailcarsRR*2 Box 426 Ruffsdale,PA 15679 June 23 & 24, 2OO1 west Virginia Central Railroad. Excur-:iiio|l flled wrthlengthywaitinglist iulv 7-8, 2OO1 oil Creek & Titusville Lines Me a d v ll eP A , the former E ri e R R rnai nl i ne.84 mi l es round tri p oper at r ngt o cory, PAand ret!rn. luly 8 operateon the NewYork& LakeEne and the Buffalo s o u i h e rnR ai roadou!ofGow anda,N Y 70-90mi es roundtri P 40 car i m it Fee l s $ 1 o Obothdays,$60 S aturdayonl y.D aveV ez, 10059A rdri dgeD r, C o um bia S ta l i o n . ON 44028. Tel r (440) 236 3374 betw een 6-9 P M or e- m ar l: W!.]4O@ioI!9m. THE SETOFF o Mayl,Iune o Page 23 J ulv 24, 2OO1 A lle9heny V a l l e y R R Roundt4p or 52 m le). Sei on ar Arno d PAlo Prttso-rqhSt. p D srrict, lnte-psrinq iv er s iilero u te w _ i c hm a y s o o ' b p a c o mm l e ra l l ne rvanydi _ne-l ocations n the Str p D strlct. $35 per car Contact: lohn Gonder,RR#2 Box 426, Ruf f s dale, PA 1 5 6 7 9 . Ie l t (7 2 4 ) 6 9 6 -4 5 44 betw een 7-9 P M or e mai l up3706@ao l .c o n r. A ugus t 11, 2 O O1 south Branch vallev RR Peter6brrrqto Green SpringsWV 104 miles round trlp. Scenc South Branchof the PolomacR ver Valley.Yo! may now purchasea unch in Rornn€ydlrinq the GonderR R + 2 af t er noonbr e a k .5 0 c a rl i mt, e x c u rs i o fe n e i s $48.00C ontactJohn Box 426, Ruffsdale,PA 1s679. Tel: (724) 596 4544 between 7-9 PM or e!0ai1 uo3706@ao1-qqql. Seotember 2, 2OO1 wh€€ling and Lak€ Erie Ry A New Address for Your List: DeutscheDraisinen Sammlung der Eisenbahnfreund€Wetterau e.V., Bad Nauheim c/o Stefan John Steinfurther Strane 21 D-61231 Bad Nauheim Fax.: 0049 6032-81343, Mobil: 0049 172-6919866 e-mail: draisin€@Em-Y.de www.draisine.de l, vhtiunton, ot' o to eu"tta, PA 104 mi es roundtrip.35 car limit. Fee$70. Former lr&LE and P&WVroute. We'll traversethrough many tunnels and three states. Rigidly€nforcedrailroadsafely requlrementsapp y includingful ength pan!s, safety glassesat all times, hard soledover the ankl€ work shoes.No attendees under 14 years of age. Contactleff Levengood,2189 Oak Tree Dr., Dover,OH 44622.Ie | (33O) 343-3407 6-9 Pl4 or ema I illaood@raer.com. s€Dtefib€r 29-30, 2OO1 Southw€st Pennsylvania RR A ppr ox . 90 ro u n d tri p ml e s . Sa tu rd a ys e ton n N ew S tanton,P A . Lunchat Yo!ngwood Rairoad rYuseum.5unday seton at Mt. Braddock,PA. Successful short ine that has upgradedmuch of the r flght of way. Variedand interesting r olt e. c ont a c tJ o h n Go n d e rR R + 2 Bo x 4 2 6 , R l ffsdal e,P A 15679.Tel r (724) 696-4544 between7'9 PMor e@11!p3?06@ial@!0. Note NARcoA ns!red excurslonsmust: 1) be insuredbya. rnsurancepo cv acceptabeto ( nc udesth€ CertificateofPermissionfrom railroadand Op€ratorsAgreement),2) NARCOA a bas eline s eto f r ! e s , 3 ) u s e t h eN A R C O A O D e r a t o n s usethe cu tren tNARCOrAulebook as r.4anuaas the baserinesurde n run. n9 an excursion( nc udesrereas6), and 4) the qroup or ndvdla hosnnq a NARCOAnsurcd excu.sionmust be an aff ate of NARCOAThe followingare NoT NARcoA ns!red excu6ionsbecalse oneormore ofthe abovecondrtons is absent.These are rist€das a serviceto the membershrpand such listi.q imp es no jldgement from NARcoAas to safety/i.suran.ei andlor legarrssles. october 9-14, 2oo1 t lex ic o 2O O 1 Sepi€mber 29-30, 2OO1(OVR) SouthwestPennsylvana RR Octob6r 20,2OO1 (FID) Ft. LeonardWood Railroad octob€r 9-la, Mexi co2001 2oo1 (PRO) octob€r 19-21. 2001 (ART) GeorgiaNortheasternRailroad saturday october 27, 2001 (GLRC) Coopersvi le & Marne GrandRapids& Eastern Elghtdays and 7 nightson the Ferocaril l'1ercano Railroad.This railroadhas 87 tunnels,37 bridqesand a oop backwherethe track curuesunderitself.Somedays t{ov€m!€r 3 (FID) we w ll t r av e L a 5mi e s ,o th e rd a y sw e w i l tra vel38 mi es to gi veusti meto seethe Boone& Scenicvalley Raikoad n i c€fora tota m l eageof750m l es, s 9ht s .we wil rL rnth ro l g hth e c o p p e rC a n y otw 174 tunnels,two loopsand 74 brLdges. Yo!wil be staying n frst classhotelsihat cook wth bottled watei serue Americandishes.Baseprice for two people,one motorcar,44meals,transfersto hotes, speedergas,s€curty escortswth accessto medicalhe icopterfiqhtsis $3,400.F!rther descriptons and informauonis av.ilable upon request.contact: Al Mccracken2916 TaperAve,, Santa Cara CA 950512341.T e: ( 40 8 )2 4 9 -2 9 s 3 F , a x :(4 0 8 )2 4 9 3 120or e-ma l to: al nethi e@ aol .com. b Page 24 . THE SETOFF c MayLlune 2OO1 Jeff l*uenswd has been ehopping again. His lastest railrttddiana show yielded. this NKP 52 photo, tahetuin the 1940s,he epeculates, No other infomation a,vailable, A Canadian Na.tionatRailua! c@r,r$ting between assign nebte, One of a number of photog Bentto Bill Coulson bJ a Aiend. "up north" auhile bach. Wouldlike to purchasean MT19E, in a l mo s treadyto run condi ti on.P ossi b l y l ro m any [4i dw esternra l road. Wouldlike pictLrres.Tom Hatfied Tell (5 0 7 ) 2 3 5-6826 betw een5pm-8pm C e n v a lStandard Ti me.116W estFi rst Stre e t #201 Fai rmont, M nnesota A 501 56031 gauge,20Pumph.ndc.r (standard Inchwheels)In operabie or restorable locomotlvc conditon, Alr-powered jacks (2 to 4), 35-tonor greateriftingcapacity, DufFNorlon, 5 mplex, or loyce,Track|nobileor amsll Indu.trlsl locomotlve. PowerTrack wrench, safetransystemsmodelc of equivalent.Contact,David t4. Wllllamson, 1522Lauren-A exisCourt, DallasNorthCarolina 28034-7786 Tell (704)922-8443.e-mailrcllllial_.g!D @ ogebav.onco.com. M JO l Y aquna P aci fl cR R H stofcal Societ y needsthefollowlngpart5 tor rn MT14 r.3tor.tlon prorcct. Transmissi on, gear and cl utch handl e s,deck mount ror handl es,w l ndow s,seat s, conko sw tches/knobs,aluminumlift handl es,l ghts etc.A ny donations apprecl ated but w i l purchase w hennecessary.TomChander Box 119 Toledo, Oregon97391,(541)867-4605or elA01 mallI tanqfulslrJ!.trs. I arn lookin9forthree back issues of the SEToFF to comPletemy co lect on from Vo ume 1, #1, to present. Theseare W i nter1987,5pri n91988, and Fal l1994.If anyonehas any duplicate cop es of these three issues, or fl co!l d getcopesofthem I would real l ya ppreci ate i t P l easel etm eknow what you want for them. Pleasecontact LeonardS. G lmofe 34 HayesPark E xeter,N H03833Te:(603)778- 0269 JAO l THE SETOFFc MaylJune.Page 25 Rail Anchors from the 7948 Rai/way Engineering & Maintenance Cyc/opedta "Rail anchors are proprietary appliancesdesigned to resist or entirely check the longitudinal movement ofrails und€r traffic and to maintain proper expansionallowanceatjoint gaps lbr temp€rature changes.thus assisting in maintaining proper line and gage.Th€ir primary function is to hold the lail in a fixed position with respectto th€ tie. The small longitudinal movementsof mils arc known ag 'rail creepage,'hence,the name rail anchors, and also the term 'anti {re€peN."' The Inproaed. Fdir Ra.il Attchor b! the P&M Conp.tn! t The Achuff Doubte a Rail Anchor W the Achuff Raitwaf Supply Company The Neu Trve Ternper Rail Anchor b! the American Forh and. Hoe Compa.n! "Rail normally tends to move down hill more thnn up hill, to move morc on crurvesthan on tangents, and to move in the direction of heavy tonnase...." The Improued Gautier Rail ALchor br ,he Mid-W6t Forgine & Manufacturing Conpanr Page 26 c THE SETOFF c MaylJune 2OO1 Northern Railway of Costa Rica S ubm it t e db y W illisCr e ig h t o n Th$e two 1997 photos uere tahen in the c.tpital cit! of Son Jose, Cost<t Rica, Winie eonf$eq hi4 ituter$ts d.id.t't ituclude rail cdft in thoze d.aya,eo he did.n't inquire ac to the hi.storr of these uehicles.Hejuat rcc.tlls that the uorh cfeu u)as d,epdrting the Nofihern Railway yard to da some repair worh. Ee thinhs perhap4 they ehoul.d.haue done sorrreworh in the !a.rd., too, '.aI ! 'dlt il I F 6 6 2 a e Northern Central Railroad The group tahes a breah at the newl! fenoaated Hc.no,er Junction station (not ret con pleted.) d.uring the April 22, 2U)1, NCRA a HI g E THE SETOFF o MaylJune t Page 2? place the funds into the Jake Award. By the way, Al also runs the NARCOAcertification,the rule bookquiz is given by him. He's changedthings over to the n€w rule book,but there'ssomeconfusion about the certificates. Your certificatedll not expire until the end of this year, so no new quiz is neededfor existing members,just new m€mberB. In the fall the Boerd wiil decide whento start giving the newtests for the new certifrcates,so watch tEE aEtOrF in the fall for that information. In excu$ionnewB,our overseasalffliate in Aushalia, Australian Society of Section Car gaveits Operato$Inc. (ASSCO), first excursion,Oneofour membersfromthe US,ChuckLee,was able to attend, so I sent over a plaqueftom NARCOAfor the occasionvia Chuck,Chuckreported a greattime washadby all. (Read about it on pages13-15in this issue.)Nic Dohcasterput togetherthe run, and alter all the workhe did,I'm remindedofhow lucky we are to have all the rail we haveto run in North America. Congratulations, Nic,andto your crewalso.I'msureallofus dream of following Chuck over there somedayand giving the hobby a try *downunder." That's it for now. Spdng is here,andwe'll all g€tthe carsout for the bu8y season.Inspectthe mechanicalstuff carefully, and let's havea safeseason. No r th Am e r ica n Ra ilca r Operators Association (NARCOA) OFFICERS V Pres.- l4ikePaul Treas.- TomNorman goard of Directors Pres.- RonZammit Sec.- Joelwilliams (r4E,NH,W NY,i,rA,Ct, RD NorthProvidence RI 02911 (ND, SD, NB, IA) 1302 6th Avenle S,E, (NI/ PAIOE'MD) wi.dsor ONT N9E-1v6 ON ,OH ,MD (CO,KS, MO,AR, LA,TX, OK) 9333weststat€R@d,46 (wv vA/ KYNC,SC,TN) (wA/ oR,lo/ MT,AK, WY) 1047TeftaceVlew Drlve (CA, NV U' AZ, NM/ HI) 3520 ColdSpr ngs L6n. Affoyo Gr.nde CA 93420 ( M N ,WI , I L Sa.lose CA 95125-4333 Columbia SEtion 0H 44028 Commlttc. Ch.hsr Insurance - TomNorman Judlciary - MlkePaul Saf€ty& Rules- l4lkel4itzel FRA& RailroadLlalson Ronzammit tttt tztoFF cottaqe Grove wI 53527 c B I E Hoffman Estates IL 60195 santa clara ca 95051 NARCOAW6b Mrst.r and Conmunlc.tlon3 Sanlose CA 95125 4833 I D NARCOAlicensed Radio Call Sign WPHT745 - 151.625 mHz o THE SETOFF c Mayl,Iune 2001 velocipedes Odell Capener sends along this t'int@ge postcard collected. by his daughter. Thb Railwar Cycle b ad.uerttued in the 1903 Crerar, Ad.am9 & Co. cetalog, t T be *re.B d'. rr.od $[[ The No. 14 Velociped.e it ad.Dertised. in ,he 1906 Fairbanhs, Mofte & Co. cdtaloE. A ii dr: dNbl.seerod c!r, d 9ou!dr, ' ' ' ,' ,' ' ' ' ,' .? 5 o No. 14 \/elocipede .\i I\ I r-IIIr.t..i Tl .\ k t,' !