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07/13/10: Member Articles - The NYO&W’s Class K By Ron Stanulevich

07/13/10: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department: Engineman #295: Lewis A. Eaton - Number 109 in a Series By John Taibi

06/18/10: Magazine Reprints: Lyon Brook viaduct by Harold W. Russell 

06/16/10: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department - Stop, Look, and Listen – Early Crossing signs, and other Rarities - No. 108 in a Series By John Taibi

06/06/10: The Remains of the O&W 50 Years After Abandonment - Part V  Liberty to Cornwall by Drew James

06/06/10: The Remains of the O&W 50 Years After Abandonment - Part IV Scranton Branch by Drew James

05/02/10: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department: Messers Brody, Lipkin, & Diggens Number 107 in a Series By John Taibi

03/07/10: The Remains of the O&W 50 Years After Abandonment - Part III Sidney to Liberty by Drew James

02-01-10: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department - It's Official - No. 106 in a Series by John Taibi

01-10-10: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department - Cook vs. NYO&WRy Part I - No. 105 in a Series by John Taibi

01-10-10: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department - Cook vs. NYO&WRy Part II - No. 105 in a Series by John Taibi

12/31/09: The Remains of the O&W 50 Years After Abandonment - Part II Munnsville to Sidney by Drew James

12/06/09: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department - Home, Sweet Summertime, Home - Number 104 in a Series By John Taibi With Sue Gardner, Local History Librarian, Warwick, NY

11/29/09: The Remains of the O&W 50 Years After Abandonment - Part I Oswego to Munnsville by Drew James

10/17/09: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department - Confesion of an O&W Devotee and a Sidney Original - No. 103 in a Series by John Taibi

10-11-09: Modeling the O&W - O&W Archeology - Some visits to Hamilton - Number 42 In A Series by Mal Houck09/30/09: The O&W Model Shop - O&W Heater Cars by Joe Bux

09/24/09: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department - What were they Thinking! - Number 102 in a Series By John Taibi  by John Taibi

09/16/09: Member Articles - O&W Industrial Archaeology Part I - Delhi & Part II - Hamilton by Mark Kennaugh

08/31/09: Modeling the O&W -  Class T 2-6-0’s - Dickson Double Cab Locomotives from Dickson Manufacturing Company - and the “Grand Hotels" of Liberty - Part III - No. 41 in a Series by Mal Houck

08/23/09: Modeling the O&W - Class T 2-6-0’s - Dickson Double Cab Locomotives from Dickson Manufacturing Company - and the “Grand Hotels" of Liberty - Part II - No. 40 in a Series by Mal Houck

08/16/09: Modeling the O&W - Class T 2-6-0’s - Dickson Double Cab Locomotives from Dickson Manufacturing Company and the Grand Hotels" of Liberty Part I - No. 39 in a Series by Mal Houck

08/08/09: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department - Answer Sheet for O&W Officials: Who THEY were and what YOU know – A Quiz by John Taibi

07/25/09: Modeling the O&W - "Primary Sources" – Postcards of the O&W - No. 38 in a Series by Mal Houck

07/25/09: The O&W Model Shop: A visit to the Central New York Modelers modular layout at the N.M.R.A. National Train Show photos by Joe Bux

 07/10/09: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department - O&W Officials: Who THEY were and what YOU know – A Quiz - Number 101 in a Series By John Taibi

07/10/09: Modeling the O&W - A quick tip from an "Engine Builder" - No. 37 in a Series by Mal Houck

06/14/09: Modeling the O&W - An O&W Oddity – the "Strong Compound" - No. 36 in a Series - by Mal Houck

05/24/09: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department - A Centennial Celebration of a 20-year Ownership - Number 100 in a Series By John Taibi

03/13/09: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department - Kerr’s Creek Culvert – Exposed! - Number 99 in a Series by John Taibi

02/14/09: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department - Big Bonus in Birds-eye views of Bendix - Number 98 in a Series by John Taibi

02/08/09: Member Articles - Canoeing the O&W by Drew James

01/27/09: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department - An Introduction to the Chenango Branch, and the Vexing Question of the Tunnel’s Vent - Number 97 in a Series by John Taibi

01/13/09: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department - Maps of the Utica Division and Rome Branch - Number 96 in a Series by John Taibi

01/03/09: Modeling the O&W -  8300 Series Cabooses – from Nickel Plate Products - Working Marker Lights -- A Modest Enhancement - No. 34 in a Series by Mal Houck

12/29/08: East side, West side, All Around the Town - Oswego Revisited – Part I - Number 95 in a Series by John Taibi

12/29/08: An Album of Railroad Photographs by "Dick" Ladd - Oswego Revisited - Part II Number 95 in a Series by John

12/03/08: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department - The Electrified 3rd Rail – Energizing the O&W’s Castle Connection - Number 94 in a Series by John Taibi 

11/26/08: Member Articles -  Steve Swirsky's Diver Photos
11/21/08: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department - The B. & B. Boys - Number 93 in a Series - by John Taibi

11/01/08: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department - Sidney Revisited - Number 92 in a Series by John Taibi

09/13/08: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department - Greetings from Delaware County - Number 91 in a Series By John Taibi

08/24/08: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department -  Ontario & Western’s Oneida Terminal and interchanges with the New York Central, West Shore, and Oneida Railway Company - Number 90 in A Series - by John Taibi

08/16/08: Modeling the O&W - American Standard N.Y.O.&W Ry. Class A 4-4-0 A Model for the “Early O&W” – Part II and A Letter from a Friend - Number 32 in A Series (.pdf format) by Mal Houck

08/11/08 - Modeling the O&W - Camelback Piping and The Sellers Type N Lifting Injector - Number 31 in A Series (.pdf format)

07/22/08 - Modeling the O&W - American Standard N.Y.O.&W Ry. Class A 4-4-0 A Model for the “Early O&W” – Part I  by Mal Houck (.pdf format)

07/22/08 - Modeling the O&W - Class L 0-6-0 Yard Switcher and An overview of Steam Locomotive Super Heating  by Mal Houck (.pdf format)

07/13/08 - “The Great Timber Fleet” - Wide Vestibule Wooden Coaches - MCB/AAR Class PB - 207-269 Series Pullman/Harlan & Hollingsworth 63’ Coaches 198 – 210 Series Ohio Falls 57’ Coaches - Part I - by Mal Houck (.pdf format)

06/21/08: The O&W Model Shop -  Nickel Plate Products Model Osgood-Bradley (OB) Steel Passenger Cars MCB/AAR Class CA Combination/Smoker And a little help for some friends - by Mal Houck (.pdf format)

05/24/08: Northern Division Bridge & Building Department - The Inside Gateway – Avoiding the Hun - Number 89 In a Series - by John Taibi

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 by John Taibi

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

PLUS DOZENS OF ARCHIVED ARTICLES GOING BACK TO 1997 INCLUDING OVER 100 OF JOHN TAIBI'S "NORTHERN DIVISION BRIDGE & BUILDING DEPARTMENT!"