Alan Maples, member, TVRM, volunteer officer (along with Tim Andrews) of East Chattanooga Belt Railway (TVRM common-carrier subsidiary). Past board member and officer of Potomac Chapter, NRHS. Owner of a freight short line in the Northeast and a contract railcar switching business in the Southeast.



AMaples@aol.com

Oh I might as well add my name to the list.
Both here for the Freinds of the Tanana Valley Railroad, and as an as often as I can get there, Heber Valley RR.

And from the land of "Rock and ROLL (7.9)" North Pole, Alaska.

Art Chase

artchase@hotmail.com

Andrew Durden, Assistant Collections and Preservation manager(in charge of Locomotives), Southeastern Railway Museum, Duluth, GA. I check the board multiple times during the day.

Southeastern Railway Museum
gapower97@yahoo.com

Casey Carlson, Chief Engine Wiper and You name it Trainee on the Sumpter Valley. I read this page about once a day, usually stuff pertaining to steam maintanance and operation grabs my attention the most.

kendepot@att.net

Tim Stuy, Secretary of the Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society, restoring former El (Erie) diner to operating condition out of Scranton, PA. President of the New Jersey Midland Railroad Historical Society, primarily a publishing society.

Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society

tstuy@eldcps.org

I am a member of the Norfolk & Western Historical Society. It doesn't really count, but hey...

I thoroghly enjoy reading this page. It is a GREAT source of knowledge and vast amounts of information in every part of the preservation industry.

If you want to know the whereabouts of a Baldwin pacific in Brazil or what paperwork is need to get monies to restore a Baldwin pacific in brazil, this is the place.

It's good to see everyone trying to work towards a common goal. I rarely post, unless it's something I feel I can add to. Keep up the fantastic jobs you all are doing in this industry. Every little thing counts!

Jeff Lisowski
West Chester, Pa

unfunkyufo76@hotmail.com

Chris Hauf: Freight Superintendent, Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum, Rush, NY. The R&GV RR Museum is a project of the Rochester Chapter NRHS of which I am the Corresponding Secretary and former President(6/1998-6/2002)

RYPN has been an invaluable resource for me!

Until later,
Chris


Rochester & Genesee Valley RR Museum
crhauf@frontiernet.net

It's great to see everyone sharing what works and what doesn't. I just wish I had time to visit more often.

Richard R. Anderson
Executive Director
Northwest Railway Museum
Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA


Northwest Railway Museum
rra@trainmuseum.org

Wayne Laepple, Northumberland, PA
I've been involved in preservation in one form or another since 1963 when I first volunteered at the WK&S, have done it for money at the Magee Transportation Museum, worked in the shortline railroad business for 18 years, now back to doing it as a hobby, volunteering once a month or so in the shop at Steamtown on the 1361 project, and going to Maine a couple of times a year to build track at the WW&F Railway Museum.


K4s1361@hotmail.com

> OERM regulars used to (may still) meet on
> Wednesdays between work party weekends to
> exchange advice, suggest vendors, and do
> project planning away from the distractions
> of the site crisis of the day.

Francis,

Times change. The Wednesday evening gatherings ended when the nominal host's mother (whose place the gathering was at) moved into a retirement apartment. The evenings with slides and friends are missed by many who experienced them.

How days members still gather to plan for the museum; but it is done quite differently. The place grows and changes and so does how the planning is done. Now we have the officers meeting once a month over a mid-week supper to exchange information and needs. On non-board meeting Saturday evenings there are other groups that meet at the museum. On one night its the physical plant foremen, on another it is the collection foremen, and the plublicity group even has a potluck dinner. These meetings likwise are used to exchnage information and needs. And then there are the evening discussions over diner or around the firepit.

Brian Norden



bnorden49@earthlink.net

> GE13031 and I have wondered about this and
> Brian Allen (Operations director of the
> Cuyahoga Scenic) and I had the same
> converstaion today.How many museums,both
> operating and static or in some way rail
> related, have members posting on this board?

> This conversation comes up due to my boards
> unwillingness to come to this board and
> learn what everyone else out there is doing.
> They feal that they know all there is to
> know about everything and don't want to
> listen to others that have done more and
> better things than us.
> I know there are alot of top shelve groups
> posting on here and was just interested in
> an actual number and listing. I think this
> is the best site for people in our our line
> of work(love)and has more to offer yet!
> I'm chief mechanical officer of the Lake
> Shore Railway Assocation
> (owners and operater of the Lorain &
> West Virginia Railway) and manger of shop
> and field operations for Industrial Railway
> Switching and Services.

John Smatlak- I work as a consultant to the Vintage Trolley field as well as the broader railway preservation community. Current projects include the new Vintage Trolley operation at the Port of Los Angeles

I also serve as Vice-President Collections, Orange Empire Railway Museum.

Also webmaster for the Railway Preservation Resources website, which includes the North American Vintage Trolley Systems website.

I check the RYPN site daily unless out of town- best source of railway preservation info on the web!

Railway Preservation Resources
jsmatlak@earthlink.net

While I'm a member of the Illinois Railway Museum, the National Transportation Museum, the East Troy Museum and Fox River Valley Museum, I'm also in CERA and Midwest Electric Railfans Assn.

My main function is as consulting editor for the National Railway Bulletin (NRHS). I was the editor until my health got in the way.

I've posted many querries and have gotten many replies from knowledgeable individuals who would be inaccessible to me without this forum.

As a result, many articles that we will be publishing will have far more accuracy and much less "legend."

While registered on over 20 forums, I check this one frequently. The quality of information from the members is beyond calculation. I can't say thanks enough to everybody who has helped in the past.

hankmorris@earthlink.net

> Tim Stuy, Secretary of the Erie Lackawanna
> Dining Car Preservation Society, restoring
> former El (Erie) diner to operating
> condition out of Scranton, PA. President of
> the New Jersey Midland Railroad Historical
> Society, primarily a publishing society.

Michael Steinberg, President of the Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society, past Vice President of the Bergen-Rockland Chapter, NRHS.

Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society

mjs@eldcps.org

Im Alan Dickerson, and Im a willing volunteer. There is no steam in Louisiana and nothing near me. However if it wasnt for Mr. Blair Lavell and Roger Graham at the Texas State Railroad I wouldnt have the exposure I have had. Someday I will be part of a steam crew, somewhere. Maybe I'll have to start my own!

Thats me, thumbs up.


adofmsu@aol.com

Rick Musser, Locomotive Shop Foreman, Strasburg Rail Road Co.. 17 years experience, boiler maker, ASME certified welder, locomotive engineer. I started out here as a part time fireman on weekends @ minimum wage. How time flies.

rick@strasburgrailroad.com