Quarterly Newsletter Back Issues

This page summarizes R&LHS newsletters published in January 2000 through Winter 2012.

Winter 2012
Vol. 32, No. 4

The Vision for the R&LHS Archives
Madison Rail History and Resources
The Moffat Road
Lou Marre’s Favorite Photos
Research Awards

Fall 2012
Vol. 32, No. 3

President’s Message: Archives, Part 1
Kheel Archives, Cornell University
Smerk Wins Gerald Best Award
From the Dispatcher’s Office
Horror Stories: Please Consider Advance Planning
Membership Desk, Development
2013 Annual Membership Meeting

Summer 2012
Vol. 32, No. 2

President’s Message
CSX Renaissance
Railroad Resources at Lake Forest College
2013 R&LHS Annual Membership Meeting
May 2012 R&LHS Board Of Directors Meeting
R&LHS Back Issues Store

Spring 2012
Vol. 32, No. 1

President’s Message
2011 Membership and Financial Updates
Birmingham Steel Industry and Pittsburgh Plus
A.J. Russell and Railroad Photography During the Civil War
News & Info
QR Code
R&LHS Back Issues Store

Winter 2011
Vol. 31, No. 4

President’s Message
Membership Development
Sloss Furnace & the Founding of Birmingham
2012 Annual Meeting in Birmingham
Railroad Records of the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
News & Info
R&LHS Back Issues Store

	Fall 2011 Vol. 31, No. 3	Editor’s Thoughts Membership Development Railroad Research at the Hagley Museum and Library 2012 Annual Meeting in Birmingham Colorado Springs Office R&LHS Back Issues Store
	Summer 2011 Vol. 31, No. 2	Moving Forward Membership Development News & Info The Future of Railroad Research Annual Membership Meeting at Elkins, West Virginia Summary of R&LHS Board of Directors Meeting Visiting the Archives: Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
	Spring 2011 Vol. 31, No. 1	The R&LHS Today, Tomorrow & 2021 Membership Development News & Info Statement of Revenues & Expenses R&LHS Membership Report About Us… What We’re Called R&LHS Corporate Secretary Charles Stats Summary of Executive Committee Meeting Elkins – 2011 Annual Meeting R&LHS Back Issues Store
The following were edited by J. Parker Lamb
	Winter 2010 Vol. 30, No. 4	President’s Message Membership Development History Topics News & Info R&LHS Back Issues Store Elkins WV – 2011 Annual Meeting
	Fall 2010 Vol. 30, No. 3	President’s Message Membership Development History Topics News & Info R&LHS Back Issues Store Elkins WV – 2011 Annual Meeting
	Summer 2010 Vol. 30, No. 2	2010 Annual Meeting Report Ft. Worth Convention Photos Society Gifts 2010 History Topics News & Info Wandering Locomotive Bells
	Spring 2010 Vol. 30, No. 1	Society Operations — Bylaws Amendments 2010 Annual Meeting — Ft. Worth, The Texas Tarantula Society Member Honored –Fred Springer Chapter Provides Sound System Photo Center Expands Series Railway History Notes Trading Post In Memory–Edward J. Cheetham Train Shows Business Reports
	Winter 2009 Vol. 29, No. 4	Society Operations — Financial Matters After Collecting — Then What? Selling R&LHS at Trade Shows From the Files of Steamdome Saving an ACL Pacific Announcing a Meeting Partnership 2010 Annual Meeting R&LHS Back Issues Store Trading Post Archives Review
	Winter / Spring 2009 Vol. 29, Nos. 2 & 3	New Name, New Look, New purpose, New delivery Annual Meeting & Summary From The Executive Suite Membership Development Dubin Medal Award Chapter News Pennsy Atlantic Rennovation R&LHS Back Issues Store
The following were edited by David C. Lester
	Fall 2008- Winter 2009 Vol. 28 No. 4 Vol. 29 No. 1	From The Editor The Telegrapher’s Report Electrification — Is It Time to Reconsider? by William D. Middleton Exploring the Past With Steamdome Visual Interpretation by John Gruber Chapter Reports Marketplace
	Summer 2008 Vol. 28 No. 3	From The Editor The Telegrapher’s Report Antecedents – The Call of Trains Project by Jeff Brouws Railroad Landscapes – The Photography of Jim Shaughnessy by Jeff Brouws Exploring the Past With Steamdome Visual Interpretation by John Gruber Chapter Reports Marketplace
	Spring 2008 Vol. 28 No. 2	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
	Winter 2008 Vol. 28 No. 1	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
	Fall 2007 Vol. 27 No. 4	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
	Summer 2007 Vol. 27 No. 3	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
	Spring 2007 Vol. 27 No. 2	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
	Winter 2007 Vol. 27 No. 1	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
	Fall 2006 Vol. 26 No. 4	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
	Summer 2006 Vol. 26 No. 3	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
	Spring 2006 Vol. 26 No. 2	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
	Winter 2006 Vol. 26 No. 1	From the Editor National report Cap Badges – A Treasured Railroad Collectible Jerry Angier Visual Interpretation John Gruber Chapter Reports Member Forum Trading Post
	Fall 2005 Vol. 25 No. 3/4	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
The following two were edited by Charles Zlatkovich
	Summer 2005 Vol. 25 No. 2	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…
	Winter Spring 2005 Vol. 25 No. 1	R&LHS Annual Convention set for May 19-22 INDIANA RAILS 2005 Mission Committee Appointed About the Newsletter
The following 20 were edited by Clifford J. Vander Yacht A few have a color PDF version instead of the original.
	Autumn 2004 Vol. 24 No. 4	Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 4, was mailed October 18, 2004. This issue features Philadelphia’s Broad Street Lady byTommy 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.
	Summer 2004 Vol. 24 No. 3	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.
	Spring 2004 Vol. 24 No. 2	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.
	Winter 2004 Vol. 24 No. 1	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. MoonglowThe 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.
	Autumn 2003 Vol. 23 No. 4	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, size=”2″>Gettysburg Lincoln Railroad Station by Kim Daniloski and a Pre-registration form for the 2004 Convention fill out the issue.
	Summer 2003 Vol. 23 No. 3	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.
	Spring 2003 Vol. 23 No. 2	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.
	Winter 2003 Vol. 23 No. 1	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.
	Autumn 2002 Vol. 22 No. 4	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.
	Summer 2002 Vol. 22 No. 3	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.
	Spring 2002 Vol. 22 No. 2	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.
	Winter 2002 Vol. 22 No. 1	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.
	Autumn 2001 Vol. 21 No. 4	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.
	Summer 2001 Vol. 21 No. 3	Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 3. . 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.
	Spring 2001 Vol. 21 No. 2	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.
	Winter 2001 Vol. 21 No. 1	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.
	Autumn 2000 Vol. 20 No. 4	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.
	Summer 2000 Vol. 20 No. 3	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.
	Spring 2000 Vol. 20 No. 2	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.
	Winter 2000 Vol. 20 No. 1	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.