O&WRHS Mountaineer Newsletter
New Articles
03/21/08: Update on NYO&W Caboose 8304 by
Ernie Hunt
03/20/08: Member Articles:
A New Beginning-The
AV Train Order Signal by Dan
Myers
03/03/08: Member Articles:
MERRICKVILLE, FRANKLIN
DEPOT AND THE NYO&W RAILROAD
- PART I – The Mill at Merrickville by
Lynn Finch
12/09/07:
TRAINS, MULES, AND SQUIRREL WHISKEY
- A Slightly “Fractured” Fairytale of Life Along the NYO&W Railway
by Ronald J. Stanulevich
11/17/07: Mike Robertson's O&W
(.pdf file)
11/11/07: 2007 Banquet Photos by Joe Bux
08/01/07: The Remains of the Ontario and Western Railway Fifty Years after Abandonment - Oswego to Cadosia "Revised Edition" - by Drew James
05/13/07: "I've Been Working On The Railroad" - Researching and Writing on the Middletown & New Jersey Railroad by Walter J. Conklin IV (.pdf file)
04/29/07: Country Cousins - A Series - by Robert McCue
04/10/07: Summitville 1984 Photo Gallery
3/31/07: O&W Tribute Day - March 31, 2007
03/27/07: Light a Lamp for the Old Woman by Dan Myers
01/13/07: New Middletown Branch Photos from Ray Kelly
Remembering The O&W
Excerpts from When The Railroad Leaves Town:
American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment,
Eastern United States by by Joseph P.
Schwietman, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
Page Set I
Page Set II
Page Set III
Page Set IV
The O&W's Impact on the Catskills
by Wilmer E. Sipple
Page Set I
Page Set II
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Feature Articles:
Modeling the O&W
"Modeling the O&W "Long Johns"
and Decoding the Mysteries of Baker Valve
Gear
plus
Class W 2-8-0 Models From Nickel Plate Products
by
Mal Houck
Modeling the O&W
Three models of N.Y.O.&W.
Ry. 60’ Wood 4-Door Baggage and Express Cars MCB/AAR Class BE
by Mal Houck
NORTHERN DIVISION BRIDGE & BUILDING DEPARTMENT
Sectionmen
- The Forgotten Corps
Number 88 in a Series
by John Taibi (.pdf format)
The Dandelion Theorem - A Whimsical look at Knowledge, Death, and
the O&W Railway-
No. 87 in a Series by John Taibi
(.pdf format)
The Jack Farrell
Special
Number 86 in a Series
A photo story by John Taibi
(.pdf format)
05/08/08: Northern Division Bridge &
Building Department - Sectionmen - The
Forgotten Corps - Number 88 in a Series by John Taibi (.pdf format)
05/07/08:
"Modeling the O&W "Long Johns" and Decoding
the Mysteries of Baker Valve Gear plus Class W 2-8-0 Models From Nickel Plate Products
by Mal Houck
04/27/08:
NDB&B Dept. -
The Dandelion Theorem - A
Whimsical look at Knowledge, Death, and the O&W Railway - No. 87 in a Series
by John Taibi (.pdf format)
04/24/08: NDB&B -
The Jack Farrell
Special - Number 86 in a
Series - A photo story by John Taibi
(.pdf format)
03/06/08: Observer Flashback:
Hopper Bottom Gondolas Nos. 11501 - 14120
by Ed Crist
02/29/08:
Three models of N.Y.O.&W.
Ry. 60’ Wood 4-Door Baggage and Express Cars MCB/AAR Class BE by Mal Houck
02/06/08:
NDB&B. -
The S. R. Mott
Company – “Squeezing” out profits for the O&W
12/30/07: Northern
Division Bridge & Building Department - 1947: A Very
Good Year Number
- Number 83 in a Series
by John Taibi
12/14/07: Member Articles - Country Cousins II
by Robert McCue
11/28/07: Northern
Division Bridge & Building Department -
It’s a Dogs Life
- A photo story -
Number 82 in a Series
by John Taibi
(.pdf format)
11/06/07: NDB&B Dept.
- Discontinuances,
Dispositions, Dismantlements, and Demolitions
- Number 81 in a
Series by John Taibi
09/23/07: NDB&B Department -
A Letter to Mr. Minshull - Number 80 in a Series by John Taibi
08/18/07: NDB&B Depart. - Intruders - Hop Houses, Wind Farms, and a Railroad - Number 79 in a Series by John Taibi
07/22/07:
NDB&B Depart. - Just the Facts - Number 78 in a Series by John Taibi
07/06/07: Along The Right Of Way - Remembering the Past No. 7 In A Series by Doug Barberio
07/04/07: NDB&B Dept. - Owen W.’s Favorite Poems Number 77 in a Series by John Taibi
06/03/07: Modeling the O&W - Modeling the O.&W. - Passenger Car Lettering, and Learning from an Accident - No. 24 in a Series by Mal Houck
05/29/07: NDB&B -
Making the Grade – Up & Down the O&W Railway Number 76 in a Series by John Taibi
05/13/07: Virtual O&W III - Screenshots from Trainsim route to Oswego by Joe Cooney
05/04/29/07: Member Articles - Portrait of Bridge #16 On the NYO&W’s Rome Branch by Ron Stanulevich
03/18/07: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department:
50 Years of Memories, Wishes, and Fun Number 75 in a Series by John Taibi
03/14/07: Modeling the O.&W. - Passenger Cars of the O&W - American Car & Foundry - Steel Parlor – Observation Cars - No. 82 - Ulster No. 83 - Orange by Mal Houck
03/11/07:
NDB&B Dept. - The Chenango Choo Choo - Number 74 in a Series by John Taibi
02/09/07: NDB&B Dept. -
On the Road to Monticello - Number 73 in a Series by John Taibi
01/13/07: Modeling The O&W: Harlan & Hollingsworth Parlor Cars - PARLOR CAR No. 89 - “MOODNA”, ,PARLOR CAR No. 99 - “CHENANGO”, PARLOR CAR No. 89 – “OSWEGO” by Mal Houck
