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Posted 24 November 2015 - 09:07 AM

 

“Enola Train Yards in the 20th Century” will be the subject of a digital program by Jim Leonard to Harrisburg Chapter National Railway Historical Society December 8 at Hoss’s Restaurant, 743 Wertzville Rd., Enola, PA.  Business meeting and speaker begin at 7 pm, with a meal available as early as 5 pm. Dinner and meeting are open to the public.

 

Leonard, a director of the East Pennsboro Historical Society, will present a history of the Enola train yards 1905—2005.  This 40 minute program will cover yard operations of Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central, Conrail, and Norfolk Southern and their respective steam, electric, and diesel motive power.

 

Harrisburg Chapter, one of over 149 chapters of the National Railway Historical Society, is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to studying railroad history and preserving significant local railroad artifacts. Major projects include: maintaining Pennsylvania’s official electric locomotive (GG-1 # 4859), preserving and operating Harris Tower, and showcasing operating model train layouts to community groups.

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Posted 27 January 2016 - 10:30 AM

 

“Return of Milwaukee Road’s Steam Engine #261 to the rails” will be the subject of an illustrated talk by Dr. Joseph Winberry to Harrisburg Chapter National Railway Historical Society February 9 at Hoss’s Restaurant, 743 Wertzville Rd., Enola, PA.  Business meeting and speaker begin at 7 pm, with a meal available as early as 5 pm. Dinner and meeting are open to the public.

 

Milwaukee Road 261 is a coal-burning, Northern (4-8-4) steam engine built in 1944 by American Locomotive Works in Schenectady, NY, for the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. It was retired in 1954 and donated to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI.  In 1991, the museum and a group called “The Friends of the 261”agreed to a lease to restore the engine and operate it from Minneapolis, MN.

 

From 1993—2008, the engine logged over 25,00 miles on rail fan trips and longer cross-country excursions. The presentation will cover its most recent restoration

completed in 2013.

 

Dr. Winberry has maintained an optometry practice in central Pennsylvania for more than 28 years.  He is a graduate of Illinois College of Optometry, Chicago, IL and Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA.  He counts golf, model railroading, photography, and antique motorcycles as avocations.  He has traveled extensively in the United States and Canada.  In 2004, he became one of the few people to traverse Route 66 from Chicago, IL to Santa Monica, CA on a Triumph motorcycle.

 

Harrisburg Chapter, one of over 149 chapters of the National Railway Historical Society, is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to studying railroad history and preserving significant local railroad artifacts. Major projects include: maintaining Pennsylvania’s official electric locomotive (GG-1 # 4859), and preserving and operating Harris Tower.

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Posted 28 February 2016 - 09:16 AM

 

“Operating and Maintaining Vintage Railroad Equipment” will be the subject of an illustrated talk by Rick Musser, Vice President and Assistant Chief Mechanical Officer (ACMO) of Strasburg Rail Road, to Harrisburg Chapter National Railway Historical Society on March 8 at Hoss’s Restaurant, 743 Wertzville Rd., Enola, PA. Business meeting and speaker begin at 7 pm, with a meal available as early as 5 pm. Dinner and meeting are open to the public.

 

Musser supervises restoration and repair of Strasburg’s roster of steam locomotives and passenger cars and those under contract from other railroads.  His program will highlight challenging projects of the past as well as current assignments.

 

Musser, a boilermaker, welder, carpenter, and locomotive engineer, has a thirty-year career with Strasburg including six years as ACMO.

 

Founded in 1832, Strasburg Rail Road is a heritage railroad that operates on 4.5 miles of right-of-way from Ronks to Leaman Place Junction (Paradise Township) Lancaster County, PA. Primarily a tourist hauler, the line occasionally interchanges freight from Norfolk Southern at Amtrak’s Keystone Corridor at Leaman Place Junction

 

Harrisburg Chapter, one of over 149 chapters of the National Railway Historical Society, is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to studying railroad history and preserving significant local railroad artifacts. Major projects include: maintaining Pennsylvania’s official electric locomotive (GG-1 # 4859) as well as Pennsylvania Railroad wood-sided N6B caboose, and preserving and operating Harris Tower.

 

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Posted 27 April 2016 - 08:58 AM

 

“Rail Transit in Action” will be the topic of an illustrated talk by Bob Vogel to Harrisburg Chapter National Railway Historical Society on May 10 at Hoss’s Restaurant, 743 Wertzville Rd., Enola, PA.  Business meeting and speaker begin at 7 pm, with a meal available as early as 5 pm. Dinner and meeting are open to the public.

 

Vogel, also known by railroad aficionados as Chuchu Bob, has photographed trains and rail transit subjects for forty years.  As a New Jersey resident, Vogel’s primary interest is railroading in the Delaware Valley but his extensive archives include rail scenes from a number of other states.  His work has appeared in Railpace, Trains, Passenger Train Journal, Railfan & Railroad, and Railway Age as well as several rail-related blog sites. 

 

Harrisburg Chapter, one of over 149 chapters of the National Railway Historical Society, is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to studying railroad history and preserving significant local railroad artifacts. Major projects include: maintaining Pennsylvania’s official electric locomotive (GG-1 # 4859), and preserving and operating Harris Tower.

  www.harristower.org






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