Any chance a new group could form to replace the existing dysfunctional remnants and take it over with the backing of the state? You'd need the right people of good repute and some political relevance involved......

This is the same group that decided on its own (with zero input from museum members) to bar large parts of NJMT's membership from voting in the annual elections that decided who was in the group's leadership, effectively cementing themselves in their positions.

Is that legal?

Probably depends on the by-laws of the NJMT.

> How's the cabin car coming along?

Coming along great. Frame is done, sub sills are done, sub floor is done, and one end wall is half done. Many thanks to the wood working talents of Ed Rizzo in making this possible! Once the end wall is framed up in total we will post a photo. For this first end, we are reusing the wall from the original caboose. The other end will be all new. Just about all the windows have been restored or made new by Ed in his home shop and work will commence shortly on the original doors. Trying to use as much original fabric as possible in this major rebuild.

Thanks for asking!

J.R.

See attached for the latest on NJMT. Looks like they have bought themselves some time, possibly to 31 December 2019.

Area of concern, if you read the emails, is the scrap process that has started.

The attached comes via the NJDEP OPRA request process.

J.R.

Sounds like the time is ripe to make phone calls to NJMT or stop out in person. Some items have indeed been scrapped with no regard to others who may have an interest. This is exactly what was predicted.

The above attachment has the phone numbers of key people. Email will be of no use. In person or on the phone.