September 20, 2012

Earl Pardini and Joe Michaels set anchor bolts at C9 for the middle pier between the two girder bridges.


September 22, 2012

Train crew were Walt Otto, engineer, John Watson, Conductor, and Al Schoessow, car attendant. Peter Fluchere was ticket agent.

At Longyear switch, George Peck, Art Vogel, John Patane and I set out 10 rails to lengthen the switch, and spiked down one pair, lengthening the siding from 60 to 90 feet.

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In Kingston on Saturday,Earl Pardini led a crew including Jim Bruck and Will Wilsey. Two large trees were removed that had fallen from the south side of the ROW across the tracks just east and west of the 587 overpass. At C-9 , mounting bolt holes for the pedestals on the girder bridge's middle pier were cut.


Sunday, September 23rd.

On Sunday the engineer was John Watson. Conductor was John Prestopino and Tony Bocchino the brakeman. Bruce DeVorkin was trainee. Ticket agent was Peter Fluchere.

At Longyear Switch, George Peck spiked down another 60 feet of siding, increasing capacity from 90 feet to 150 feet.

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On Sunday at Cornell St., a yard crew including Earl Pardini, Ernie Klopping, Al Schoessow, and Mark Glaser worked on the following: Hydraulic control and air brake work on the 110B tamper, fabricate battery hold down frame. Lube service on tamper and scarifier. Adjust Hi-rail rear truck on MOW pickup; troubleshoot front/rear spotlites. Disassemble lift cylinder on stone dump cart,check for damage. Later,a sickle bar crew cut in-gage from O'neil St. ( MP 3.1 ) to the NYST overpass ( MP 4.84).


Ernie Hunt
Volunteer Coordinator
CMRR

Saturday, September 29th

George Peck will lead a crew to complete the Longyear Siding extension. He will start at Longyear's at 9am.

Earl Pardini plans to work on bridge C9. He will open Cornell Street at 9:00am.


Sunday, September 30th

George Peck will again lead a crew to complete the Longyear Siding extension. He will start at Longyear's 9am.

Earl Pardini plans to continue work on bridge C9. He will open Cornell Street at 9:30am. Mark Glaser and Al Schoessow plan to lead a track crew that will include use of the new tamper.


Ernie Hunt
Volunteer Coordinator
CMRR

Tuesday, September 25th

Earl and Mimi Pardini and John Prestopino decorated the Mt. Tremper train and made minor repairs to the flat car and discharge walkway.


Friday September 28th

On Friday the Engineer was John Prestopino. Conductor was Neil Isabelle. Car attendant was Kathy Isabelle and trainee was George Truetle. Ticket agent was Peter Fluchere.


Saturday, September 29th

Al Schoessow was Engineer. Conductor was Ray Farrell. Brakeman was Neil Isabelle. Car attendant / trainee was George Truetle. Ticket agent was Peter Fluchere.

At Mt. Tremper, George Peck and Art Vogel continued work extending Longyear's siding.

In Kingston on Saturday, a bridge crew consisting of Earl Pardini, Bob Blake and Mark Glaser removed 8 old timbers from the west girder bridge and installed 4 new ones. An additional 10' of the west girder section's upper surface was needlescaled and painted.


Sunday, September 30th.

John Patane was engineer. Conductor was Walt Otto. Brakeman was Tony Bocchino. Car attendant was Russ Hallock. Ticket agent was George Bain assisted by Bob Shuman.

At Mt. Tremper, George Peck and Rich Bause spiked down another 60 feet of siding at Longyear's. It is now 300 feet long, with about 210 feet usable for storage.

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In Kingston on Sunday, a track crew adjusted cross elevation in the Albany Ave. curve @ MP 3.4 and marked several ties for replacement using the newly refurbished Kingston tamper. At Cornell St. work continued on the stone cart's hydraulic system; a new lift cylinder was fitted and a pump and motor obtained. Today's tamping crew: Al Schoessow, John Prestopino, and Mark Glaser. Yard crew: Earl Pardini, Ernie Klopping.


Ernie Hunt
Volunteer Coordinator
CMRR

Friday, October 5th

Our scenic train will be running Friday from 10am to 3pm.


Saturday, October 6th

George Peck will lead a crew to complete the Longyear Siding extension. He will start at Longyear's at 9am.

The scenic train will run from 10am to 3pm. We need as many hands as possible to handle parking and ticketing as this is one of our busiest days of the year.


Sunday, October 7th

George Peck will again lead a crew to complete the Longyear Siding extension. He will start at Longyear's 9am.

The scenic train will run from 10am to 3pm. We need as many hands as possible to help out!


Monday, October 8th

Scenic Train will run from 10am to 3pm.




Ernie Hunt
Volunteer Coordinator
CMRR

Friday, October 5th

Engineer was John Prestopino. The conductor was Neil Isabelle. Brakeman was Ed Winstanley. Kathy Isabelle and George Truetle were car attendants. Ticket agent was Peter Fluchere. George Peck also helped.


Saturday, October 6th

Saturday crew wasAl Schoessow, enginner, John Watson, Conductor, Ray Farrell, Brakeman, Bill Kaba and Walt Otto, Trainmen, and George Bain was Ticket Agent. Harry Jameson, Mark Glaser, Thom Johnson, Pat Smalley, Earl & Mimi and Terry W. helped with crown control.

At Shokan, Art Vogel and George Peck loaded 25 ties and took them to Longyear's siding.


Sunday, October 7th

On Sunday the Engineer was John Watson. Conductor was Walt Otto and Tony Bocchino was brakeman. Ed Winstanley was trainman / car attendant. Al Schoessow was trainman and helped in the parking lot. Ticket agents were George Bain and Bruce DeVorkin. Pat Smalley assisted at the station. Parking lot crew was Harry Jameson, Al Schoessow, and Dave Hilliard, assisted by Earl Pardini. Earl and Mimi also entertained the passengers with onboard music.

George Peck and Neil Remsen installed 60 more feet of track at Longyear's siding, lengthening the siding to 300 feet, with 240 feet of storage.

In Kingston, Earl Pardini and Mark Glaser inserted and tamped five ties just west of the Albany Ave. bridge @ MP 3.4.


Monday, October 8th

On Monday the engineer was Al Schoessow. Conductor was John Prestopino. Tony Bocchino was brakeman. Dave Cenova was car attendant. Ticket agent was George Bain assisted by Pat Smalley. Parking lot crew were Harry Jameson and Russ Hallock.


Ernie Hunt
Volunteer Coordinator
CMRR

Friday, October 12th

Our scenic train will be running Friday from 10am to 3pm.


Saturday, October 13th

George Peck will lead a crew to complete the Longyear Siding extension. He will start at Longyear's at 9am.

The scenic train will run from 10am to 3pm. We need as many hands as possible to handle parking and ticketing as this is one of our busiest days of the year.


Sunday, October 14th

George Peck will again lead a crew to complete the Longyear Siding extension. He will start at Longyear's 9am.

The scenic train will run from 10am to 3pm. We need as many hands as possible to help out!


Ernie Hunt
Volunteer Coordinator
CMRR

Thursday, October 11, 2012

On Thursday for the charter the Engineer was Al Schoessow. John Prestopino was conductor and Rich Kerimoglu was car attendant.


Friday, October 12, 2012

On Friday the engineer was John Prestopino. Conductor was Neil Isabelle. Ed Winstanley was brakeman, Kathy Isabelle and Dave Hilliard were car attendants. Ticket agent was Thom Johnson.


Saturday, October 13, 2012

Kingston - Railroad ran a special charter on Sat. Oct. 13, John Patane was engineer, Earl Pardini conductor, Mimi Pardini and Karin Vogel decorations and hospitality,Tony Bochinno and Mark Glaser, brakemen.

In Mt. Tremper, Al Schoessow was Engineer, Ray Farrell Conductor, Neil and Kathy Isabelle were trainmen, and Peter Fluchere and gary Lowe were Ticket Agents. George Peck did parking detail until around 14:00 when he had to leave. Al Schoessow helped him in between trains.

George Peck continued work at Longyear siding.


Sunday, October 14, 2012

On Sunday, Al Johnson and Mark Glaser directed parking and assisted the train crew. Walt Otto was Conductor, Tony Bocchino was brakeman, and Al Schossow the Engineer. Earl and Mimi Pardini entertained the crowd at the station before assisting as car attendants. George Bain was ticket agent.

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George Peck continued work on Longyear Siding.

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Ernie Hunt
Volunteer Coordinator
CMRR

Friday, October 19th

Our scenic train will be running Friday out of Mt. Tremper from 10am to 3pm.


Saturday, October 20th

George Peck will lead a crew to complete the Longyear Siding extension. He will start at Longyear's at 9am.

The scenic train will run out of Mt. Tremper from 10am to 3pm. Weather looks good for Saturday , so we need extra hands to handle parking and ticketing.

Our Halloween train will run from 1 to 4pm in Kingston.


Sunday, October 21st

The scenic train will run from 10am to 3pm. We need as many hands as possible to help out!

Our Halloween train will run from 1 to 4pm in Kingston.



Ernie Hunt
Volunteer Coordinator
CMRR

They are wasting thier time doing anymore track work until a new lease is in place. From the sound of it,it appears that this operation has very short life span ahead of it.

"Always with the negative waves Moriarty, always with the negative waves."

JD, aka "Oddball"
Reference: "Kelly's Heroes", 1970

Friday, October 19th

On Friday at Mt. Tremper the Engineer was John Prestopino. Conductor was Neil Isabelle. Brakeman was Ed Winstanley. Kathy Isabelle and George Truetle were car attendants. Ticket agent was Thom Johnson.


Saturday, October 20th.

In Mt. Tremper, Engineer was John Watson, Conductor was Ray Farrell, trainmen were Neil and Kathy Isabelle and Ed Winstanley. Peter Fluchere and Thom Johnson were ticket agents.

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George Peck led a crew consisting of Art Vogel, PJ Hintz and Dave Heick. They spiked down the extra ties inserted last weekend on the new siding, and inserted 32 new ties at Longyear siding. Siding is now 240 feet long (in the clear) and we hope to move the worktrain to the siding next weekend.

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In Kingston, Earl Pardini was engineer, Walt Otto conductor, Tony Bocchino and Mark Glaser brakeman, and Al Schoessow flagger. Mimi Pardini and Jan Glaser were car attendents. Ken Darmstadt was ticket agent.

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We had record attendence on both trains Saturday.


Sunday, October 21st

On Sunday at Mt. Tremper, the engineer was Walt Otto. Conductor was Al Schoessow. Brakeman was Tony Bocchino. Frank Maione was car attendant. Ticket agents were Dave Hilliard and John Prestopino who also helped out on the train for the last two runs.

Kingston train crew included Earl Pardini-engineer, Ray Farrell-conductor, Rafael Demeglio-flagger, Mark Glaser-brakeman, Karin Vogel and Jan Harrison-car attendants/hospitality. Ray and Rafael also assisted with ticket agent duties. Attendance required the running of a second section following the 2:00 PM train for a total of 5 runs at or near capacity.


Ernie Hunt
Volunteer Coordinator
CMRR

Friday, October 26th

Our scenic train will be running Friday out of Mt. Tremper from 10am to 3pm.


Saturday, October 27th

George Peck will lead a crew to complete the Longyear Siding extension. He will start at Longyear's at 9am.

The scenic train will run out of Mt. Tremper from 10am to 3pm. Weather looks good for Saturday , so we need extra hands to handle parking and ticketing.

Our Halloween train will run from 1 to 4pm in Kingston.


Sunday, October 28th

The scenic train will run from 10am to 3pm in Mt. Tremper.

Our Halloween train will run from 1 to 4pm in Kingston.



Ernie Hunt
Volunteer Coordinator
CMRR

Tuesday, October 23rd

Earl Pardini, Al Schoessow and Raphael Demeglio installed more bridge timbers on bridge C9.


Friday, October 26th

Engineer was Al Schoessow, Conductor was John Prestopino, and car attendant/ticket agent was Russ Hallock.

Tom Healy and Terry W. did an inspection run and cut trees from MP 10.5 to 6.55.

George Peck cleaned culverts and ditches in anticipation of the approching storm.


Saturday, October 27th

In Mt. Tremper, John Patane was engineer, Ray Farrell conductor, Bill Kaba trainman, and Bruce Devorkin was ticket agent.

At Longyear siding, George Peck, Art Vogel, Dave Heick, assisted by Al Johnson, Al Schoessow and John Pickett, inserted the remaining ties in the siding. The hi-rail dump truck was moved to Longyear's siding for the storm.

In Kingston today, the CMRR ran it's third in a series of four special Halloween train schedules. Among those participating were; Earl Pardini-engineer, Walt Otto-conductor, Pat Smalley and Karin Vogel-car attendants/hospitality, Tony Bochinno and Will Wilsey-flaggers, Mark Glaser-brakeman. To handle the large turnout, an extra train was run before the 1:00 PM sheduled departure for a total of five round trip services. Thom Johnson was ticket agent.

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Earlier in the day, a bridge crew consisting of Earl Pardini and Mark Glaser painted forward sections of the girder bridge 'doublers'-which will allow quick placement of bridge ties and the installation of another section of permanent rail when work resumes on C-9 next week.

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Sunday, October 28th

In Mt. Tremper, George Peck was engineer, Walt Otto was conductor, Tony Bocchino brakeman, and Peter Fluchere, ticket agent. After the day's run, the worktrain was moved to Mt. Tremper.

In Kingston, the CMRR ran it's final set of Halloween trains today in Kingston; all were well attended. Despite the approaching storm, a festive mood was maintained with the help of a vintage wood stove in our caboose and countless bags of candy for the children, many who rode in costume. Today's crew included, Earl Pardini-engineer, Al Schoessow-conductor, Pat Smalley and Karin Vogel-car attendants/hospitality, Raphael Demeglio and Will Wilsey-flaggers, Mark Glaser-brakeman. Pat Smalley also served as ticket agent.


Ernie Hunt
Volunteer Coordinator
CMRR

Thursday, November 1st.

Earl Pardini will be notching timbers for bridge C9 at Cornell Street starting at 11am.


Saturday, November 3rd

Earl Pardini will lead a crew continuing decking on bridge C9 at 9am.

George Peck will lead a crew replacing ties in Kingston starting at 9am at Cornell Street. They plan to work from Albany Avenue west. Volunteers not specifically assigned to C9 should join George.


Sunday, November 4th

Mark Glaser will lead a crew in Kingston doing trackwork. He also needs some brushcutters for the Albany Avenue cut. Please meet Mark at Cornell Street at 9:30am.

Ernie Hunt
Volunteer Coordinator
CMRR

OK I have gone back through pages worth of progress reports, but no info. here other than minutia about cutting trees, building a siding and replacing a crossing gate. Seems there is a railroad here of unknown length with an Alco, a couple of gons and two passenger coaches at one end, and a truss bridge and some equipment behind a fence at the other end with some impassible track in between. Then there was a cryptic post about some sort of lease renewal. Could the progress reports maybe expand a bit to discuss some of the broader goals of the railroad, current and future plans, what stands in the way of those plans, and who does own the railroad and what is this lease renewal all about?