Don't count on easy travel on I-80 across Pennsylvania this summer. There are at least three major reconstruction projects starting this week between mile post 195 and MP 257. There will be miles of single-lane driving, not to mention lengthy delays. And these are only the projects I know of! I'm sure additional work will be going on east and west of the Susquehanna Valley.

Bob,

I stand corrected! As one of your newest members I still have a lot to learn about the largest railroad collection in the United States. Hope that the work on her goes very well and she is steaming again soon!

Ted Miles

No harm, no foul

Yours Trolley,

Bob Kutella

Granted, the BSM is only officially open weekends, BUT..........

With the BSM and a lot of other places (new thread coming), there are many unscheduled days when a visit may yet be fruitful. Every Wednesday at the BSM, a group assembles to do archival work at the Maryland Rail Heritage Library, located upstairs in the Visitors Center. The library group is usually there from 10 AM to 4 PM. The "other" phone number for the BSM is 410-837-1164; if you ring during Wednesdays you may get an escorted tour. (We also take appointments for research purposes.) The building may even look closed up and bolted tight, but we're there.

Also, many Wednesdays, charter tour buses make appointments to have a special streetcar tour/ride. These often arrive in the morning and leave by 12:30 or so; we have had fellow preservationists or innocent tourist just show up or blunder in during these tours, and we have no problem accommodating them along with the tours, within reason (we still ask normal admission, etc.)

As always, identify yourself as a member of an ARM/TRAIN member organization, fellow preservationist, etc. We'll do the best we can, subject to manpower, to cast aside the canned spiel and talk one-on-one with you, give you an escorted shop tour, etc.