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The R&LHS Newsletter, has
been renamed
R&LHS Quarterly
with the Winter 2008 issue, is
published quarterly.
It addresses topics of current
interest in the Society.
Previous issues:
Note: For users with dialup Internet access, it will be advisable to use the HTM files as the PDF files will be very slow to download. The HTM files include the entire contents of each issue to read on-line, but it does not reproduce the exact format including page breaks. Those edited by David C. Lester have an active index for that issue on the second page in the HTM file format. Mr. Clifford J. Vander Yacht no longer provides HTM files after NL27-2. Use the PDF file if you wish to print a copy.
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Spring 2008 |
From The Editor The Telegrapher's Report The Evolution of Railroad Photography by David C. Lester A Word on Jeff Brouws by John Gruber On Railroad Photography and Cultural Geography by Jeff Brouws Exploring the Past With Steamdome Visual Interpretation by John Gruber Chapter Reports Late News - The 2008 Railroad History Awards Marketplace |
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Winter 2008 |
From The Editor Annual Meeting Update The Telegrapher's Report R&LHS 2007 Senior Achievement Award by David C. Lester The Frank Sprague Electric Locomotive by William D. Middleton Visual Interpretation by John Gruber Steamdome Chapter Reports Marketplace |
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Fall 2007 |
From The Editor
National Report The Railroad History and Bulletin Back Issue Story by Alden H. Dreyer Ford Tri-Motor Flight A Reminder of TAT Service by David C. Lester Indiana Rail Road Hosts Encyclopedia Contributors Aboard Special Train by David C. Lester Railroad Standardization - Notes on Third Rail Electrification by William D. Middleton A Christmas Tragedy - The Wreck of Two Southern Railway Passenger Trains by Dick Hillman The Mechanical Department - J. Parker Lamb Exploring the Past with Steamdome Visual Interpretation - John Gruber Quantity and Commercial Purchases of Railroad History and the R&LHS Bulletin Chapter Reports Trading Post |
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Summer 2007 |
From The Editor National Report Carolina Rails: The R&LHS Annual Meeting Steam & Diesel at Spencer Shops Exploring the Past with Steamdome The Mechanical Department - J. Parker Lamb Visual Interpretation - John Gruber Chapter Reports Trading Post Remembering the Southern Crescent The Friends Campaign |
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From The Editor National Report The Kansas City Penn Station Maidens by Peter A. Hansen Richard E. Prince by Dick Hillman Snippets of Early B&O History compiled by Robert L. Harvey Samuel Spencer Post Card Follow-Up by Dick Hillman A Porter Lost and Found by John H. White The Mechanical Department - J. Parker Lamb Exploring the Past with Steamdome Visual Interpretation - John Gruber Chapter Reports Trading Post |
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From the Editor Remembering Gil Reid - George Drury & John Gruber National Report Railroad Standardization: The Special Problem of Electrification - William D. Middleton On the Horizon from Indiana University Press: The Encyclopedia of North American Railroads Passenger Train Journal Resumes Publication The Mechanical Department - J. Parker Lamb Exploring the Past with Steamdome Visual Interpretation - John Gruber Chapter Reports Trading Post Late News |
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From the Editor National Report Railroad Heritage and the California Dream Paul Hammond On the Horizon - The Encyclopedia of North American Railroads Remembering Samuel Spencer Dick Hillman The Mechanical Department J. Parker Lamb Exploring the Past with Steamdome Visual Interpretation John Gruber Chapter Reports Trading Post |
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From the Editor National Report The Edwards Motor Car Company On the Horizon - The Encyclopedia of North American Railroads Visual Interpretation John Gruber The Mechanical Department J. Parker Lamb Exploring The Past With Steamdome Archives Services - II William F. Howes, Jr. Chapter Reports Trading Post |
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From the Editor National Report Visual Interpretation John Gruber On the Horizon - The Encyclopedia of North American Railroads The Rail-Marine Information Group John Teichmoeller Atlas of Alberta Railways - Geoff Lester The Mechanical Department J. Parker Lamb Exploring The Past With Steamdome Chapter Reports Help Pick A Winner! - The Railroad History Book Award and Article Award Trading Post |
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From the Editor National report Cap Badges - A Treasured Railroad Collectible Jerry Angier Visual Interpretation John Gruber Chapter Reports Member Forum Trading Post |
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From the Editor National Report Visual Interpretation John Gruber Chapter Reports The Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History Richard L. Hillman Member Forum Trading Post |
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Indiana Rail Road Hosts 2006 Convention A New Mission for the R&LHS The R&LHS Mission Statement Other Board and Membership Actions Rails in the Rockies II — The 2006 R&LHS Convention Rails in the Rockies II — June 8-11, 2006 — Don’t Miss It! The Whitewater Valley Railroad - by John H. White, Jr. Trading Post Railroad History #192 on the way Faster than a speeding... |
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R&LHS Annual
Convention set for May 19-22 INDIANA RAILS 2005 Mission Committee Appointed About the Newsletter |
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Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 4, was mailed October 18, 2004. This issue features Philadelphia's Broad Street Lady by Tommy Meehan, about the history of the downtown train station. Also, Convention Photos about the 2004 R&LHS Convention in Utah with 19 COLOR PHOTOS, The Westinghouse Triple Valve” And It’s Operation by A. J. Bianculli, and Role (and size) Reversal, about the swapping of historical roles of the Newsletter and Railroad History. | |
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Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 3, mailed July 1, 2004. This issue features Counterbalancing 10-Coupled Power by Don Leach, a mathematical and practical treatise on steam locomotive design. Also B&M Perspective, The Station & The Dawg Wagon by Alden H. Dreyer. |
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Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 2, was mailed April 1, 2004. This issue features A. G. Trumbull: Locomotive Designer by Eugene L. Huddleston, about Trumbull's almost unknown accomplishments under the Van Sweringen brothers' Advisory Mechanical Committee (C&O, Erie, NKP, and PM)(3400 words of text), with 3 photos taken by the author. Also, Closed Loops by the late John F. Humiston, where he lists fifteen such places where the track crosses under or over itself using a tunnel or bridge in the United States and Canada (1300 words of text). An Annual Meeting official notice and a form for the R&LHS Awards fills out the issue. |
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Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 1,
mailed
December 31, 2003.
Railroad
Not That Good To Wisconsin Family by
Jim Brown gives an account of sacrifices to railroading
one family made.
Moonglow
The last car of the Train of Tomorrow
by Lee Witten tells about one of our stops at the convention
and the subject of the featured speaker, Dr. Ric Morgan.
Mike Burdett tells us of the Corrine Depot, another
stop on the convention tour. Then what's happening at
the
Delaware Water Gap Station. Three
mystery photos for you to help identify. And the 2004
Convention form. HTM version has some color photos. |
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Newsletter Vol. 23 No. 4, mailed October 8, 2003. This issue features How To Design A New Steam Locomotive In 60 Minutes - Or Less by Robert A. LeMassena, a romp though the necessary computations and decisions, with 3 photos from the H. K. Vollrath collection . Representations of Railroad Work by John Gruber, who heads a project preserving photographs of railroad people, with six representative photos, Gettysburg Lincoln Railroad Station by Kim Daniloski and a Pre-registration form for the 2004 Convention fill out the issue. |
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Newsletter Vol. 23 No. 3, mailed July 18, 2003. This issue features ELECTRIFYING RHETORIC OF 1906, a review of newspaper accounts of the twice proposed electric railroad from Chicago to New York, written by George A. Kennedy, with 4 detailed drawings; and UPDATING A MYSTERY PHOTO, bringing new information about a previously published item, by Robert R. Lowry. Other items include 2002 Chapter report from Southwest Chapter, 2004 Convention announcement and Newsletter Notes. | |
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Newsletter Vol. 23 No. 2, mailed April 19, 2003. This issue features The USRA HEAVY 4-8-2 and its Illustrious Ascendants, a discussion of the World War One USRA design and subsequent changes made to these engines by Robert A. LeMassena, with 4 photos from the H. K. Vollrath collection, and an introduction, photo captions and cover photo by Eugene L. Huddleston; and STAR SPANGLED RAILS CONVENTION SCHEDULE, a complete list of all NRHS/R&LHS Convention events at Baltimore from Tuesday, July 1, to Saturday, July 5, 2003. | |
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Newsletter Vol. 23 No. 1,
mailed
January 16, 2003. This issue features the
Challenges of Running a Short Line Railroad,
by Russell Tedder, retired in 1997 as President
of the Georgia-Pacific shortline railroads, with 4 photos
from the M. Bennett collection; and
The Job of a Passenger Train Conductor,
Education and Kindness, telling of personal
experiences of author, Elsie Robertson Voigt,
and editor of the Southwest Flyer, the
monthly publication of the Southwest Chapter. Also,
AC
Traction Motors and Controls by Walter
Keevil brings us up to date on that subject, while
a photograph and chart does the same on the
Allegheny Portage Railroad
by Chris J. Lewie. HTM version has some color photos. |
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Newsletter Vol. 22 No. 4, mailed November 1, 2002. This issue features Losing 15 Minutes Uphill, The Strange Story of the Rio Grande's 1700s, a discussion of the 4-8-4 engines that lost time uphill, but gained more downhill by Robert A. LeMassena, with 3 photos from the H. K. Vollrath collection, and cover photo by Otto C. Perry; and The Allegheny Portage Railroad - Canal Boats Above the Clouds, about the first (1864) crossing of the mountains in Pennsylvania by Chris L. Lewie; and The Wreck of AT&SFRR Locomotive No. 196 , the story of the often rumored lost engine by Vernon J. Glover. | |
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Newsletter Vol. 22 No. 3, mailed August 1, 2002. This issue features The 2002 R&LHS Annual Meeting, a review of the Society's meeting at Colorado Springs, Colorado, with three photos (see left); Chapter Annual Reports; The STAR SPANGLED RAILS CONVENTION with forms; and Available Back Issues of Railroad History as of 6/1/02. | |
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Newsletter Vol. 22 No. 2, mailed April 17, 2002. This issue features Eureka, a vivid description of Dan Markoff's elegant 1876 steam engine that often runs on the Durango & Silverton in Colorado, written by John Gruber; In Defense Of ALCO Diesels, by J. W. Swanberg; and Roundhouse Question Answered - Maybe…, on who built the first one, here or in England. | |
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Newsletter Vol. 22 No. 1, mailed January 29, 2002. This issue contained Heislers by Dale C. Steele, 2002 Rails to the Rockies, the R&LHS Convention forms. Also, in this issue, information on Feedwater Injectors, with a drawing, by A. J. Biangulli, The Booster , by Elsie Voigt, and Boiler Details, by Rod Crawford, MSTRP. | |
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Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 4, mailed October 10, 2001. This issue contains Why the Diesel Replaced Steam, by Joseph A. Strapac, and Diesel Engineers Remember ALCOs, FMs, EMDs and GEs, by Elsie Voigt. Also, in this issue, RR Photo Exhibit in Carson City, NV, EMD Calendar cards in color, Annual Reports, and The Deming, New Mexico, Depot by Vern Glover. | |
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Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 3.
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This issue contained
Additional Notes,
referring
to Railroad History #177, Energy
Conservation on Steam Railroads: Institutions, Markets,
Technology, 1889 - 1943 by Mark Aldrich,
written by Robert A. LeMassena. Also, in this
issue,
R&LHS National Convention A Success
by James A. Smith, President's
Letter by William F. Howes, Jr., and
2002 Rails in the Rockies forms. HTM version has some color photos.
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Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 2, mailed April 20, 2001. This issue contained WATERMELON EXTRA, where author Russell Tedder takes us on a ride on the South Georgia in 1955. Also, in this issue, Ice Breakers introduced by Adrian Ettlinger, The Mystery of Missing Material from England in 1893 written by Stephen Duffell and Poling Along in West Virginia by Cornelius W. Hauck. | |
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Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 1, mailed January 19, 2001. In this issue: The First 4-8-4 and 2-6+6-4 (almost), a discussion by Robert A. LeMassena, followed by Photo Supplement to RAILROAD HISTORY Issue #182 , the 19 photos missing from Robert A. LeMassena's article there. Also, E'ham (again) with proof of location and Dog Law, a story about Jim Brown's experience. | |
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Newsletter Vol. 20 No. 4, mailed October 22, 2000. This issue contained Baldwin in Brazil or A Journey with Maria Fumaça, by Clifford Schoff who reports on his 1999 trip and C&TSRR Report September 2000 by Vernon J. Glover followed by Durango & Silverton Railfest 2000 by Clifford Schoff. Also, in this issue, Errors in an Early California Timetable by Corny Hauck followed by Roundhouse Completed dedicated to Corny Hauck. |
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Newsletter Vol. 20 No. 3, mailed July 14, 2000. This issue contained Northern Arrow, Post Script to Summer 1999, Volume 19, Number 3, written by Cornelius W. Hauck. Also, in this issue, D&RGW 1405 vs. AT&SF 365x, the solution to the puzzle in the Winter 2000 issue, written by Robert A. LeMassena; Learnin' Telegraphy by Dr. James. R. Brown; Commuter & Light Rail Station Photographs by David A. Pfeifer tells where to obtain them, Call for Papers for English Early Railways and The Job of a Road Foreman by Elsie Voigt. | |
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Newsletter Vol. 20 No. 2,
mailed
April 3, 2000. Presented is
David Moffat's Double Dilemma,
the
building of the DNW&P road from Denver to Moffat
Tunnel with a sidebar on The
Wreck at Fireclay, both by Robert A. LeMassena
. Also, in this issue, Erie's
Quadruplex or Lima's Black Ghost, ghost written
by Bill Withuhn and Bob LeMassena for
the April Fool issue, Electroliner
Comments by Robert R. Crane,
Chapter News, New Roundhouse
at Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village,
Who, What Where mystery
photos, remembering Perry Monroe
Shoemaker, and R&LHS
2000 Annual Meeting information and form. HTM version has some color photos. |
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Newsletter Vol. 20 No. 1, mailed January 29, 2000. This issue contained Misleading Railroad Histories, on how following sections of railroad building can confuse the chronology of the whole, with a sidebar on Pere Marquette, written by Clifford Vander Yacht. Also, in this issue, information on the new R&LHS Website, a Cover Puzzle by Cornelius Hauck, remembering George Krambles and Frank Nelson, and Narrow Gauge News by Vern Glover. | |
The R&LHS Newsletter was first published in 1981. It was continued under various editors as a quarterly since. The current editor is David C. Lester ( E-mail ) who welcomes comments and suggestions. Further contact information: 215 Bent Oak Lane, Woodstock, GA 30189 Phone: 770-516-1087
The objectives for the current Newsletter as follows:
1. Have the newsletter serve as a strong vehicle to strengthen communication between the officers & board to the membership about the mission, goals and activities of the Society;
2. Allow the newsletter to serve as a forum for news from the eight chapters;
3. Have a feature article in each issue that focuses on a topic that would not conflict with the editorial mission of Railroad History, but be of interest to the entire membership, and one that most members might like to retain in their files. Examples could include profiles of the major railroad museums around the country, such as CSRM, B&O, etc; Society officer profiles, a feature on archival preservation techniques. There are many topics that I believe would be of interest. I could prepare the features on a routine basis, but would welcome contributions as well.
4. Have the newsletter continue to provide a forum for the normal "utilitarian" newsletter features, such as annual meeting announcements and Trading Post.
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