VRA 2010 News


#5549 	From: "Gary R. Kazin"
Date: Sun Jan 3, 2010 1:20 pm
Subject: M&E 'Camouflage' boxcar 1775 photo  	

M&E 'camouflage' boxcar 1775 used on the Toys For Tots train has been parked on
the Franklin Road siding on the Dover & Rockway for the last week or more.  I
finally brought a camera today and took its portrait.

Gary R. Kazin
DL&W Milepost R35.7
Rockaway, New Jersey

1 of 1 Photo(s) P1040453.JPG



#5550 From: VRA Inc Date: Mon Jan 4, 2010 6:44 pm Subject: Caboose stove Everyone, We have been offered a CNJ caboose stove by one of our members that we can put in the station or find a good home for it. The only problems are, we have to get it out of the house it is in by next weekend and it is in a basement in Staten Island. I have a hand truck and straps so it should not be too bad (famous last words). So I have tentatively set up Saturday at 10am to go pick it up. We will need a couple of able bodied people to come along and manhandle the thing out and into my pickup. The plan right now is to leave Hawthorne station at about 9:15 and hopefully be back before about noon. If you can help with this please let me know right away. Thanks, KC
#5551 From: InStitches4U@... Date: Mon Jan 4, 2010 3:31 pm Subject: Re: Caboose stove as far as this stove ......not as big as one may think handy things to have: gloves sawzall (s) nut breakers cold chisels good pry bars,,,, beer pizza these things are not one piece.. they are basically in sections the bowl ,the rim,, top,,,,,,, grates.. and cinder box..... stands- after looking at it this weekend-. approx 30 off the floor maybe 28 wide at the top... * history behind it ,,,,,if anyone remembers a huge brush fire on Staten Island in the 60's ,,,,, the CNJ hack never made it back to NJ from Arlington yard ,,,,,,, the stove was all that was left .....as well as the ladders,,,,,,,frame.......trucks...... my father ( THE Yardmaster ) couldn't fit those into the Rambler so we got the stove....less then a week later ,,,,,,, we had new heat in our basement. just couldn't see it scrapped! Walt B.C. Junction
#5552 From: Jonathan Berkemeyer Date: Tue Jan 5, 2010 3:06 pm Subject: Newsletter Hello everyone. I hope you all had a good holiday season and a great new year. I'm back to request articles for the news letter next month. Yes, I know it is early but I have several reasons for the request. First this is going to be a personally crazy month for me, so the more I get done, the better. Second, I’m trying out a new layout and would like extra time for experimenting with this new design. In the last few months The Digest has been a one or two person show. Id love to have some new names writing articles. So I encourage anyone with interest in writing an article to do so. Subjects can range from VRA activities to Motorcar doings to a historical topic about a railroad in the area. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email me off list. Jon
#5553 From: VRA Inc Date: Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:41 am Subject: Hawthorne Station volunteerra Everyone, We are getting very close to being able to sign the lease with the NYSW so that we can finally move ahead with our project to move and restore the station. We are aiming at April 1st as the starting point for the work to begin, but have some more work to do before we can make that final. Part of the work we needed to do was repair the 2 corners that have been hit by trucks over the years and to my surprise when I stopped by the station last night, someone did the repair. We are not sure who did it and will be trying to find out today so we can thank them. I write all this because I was wondering if any of you saw any work going on at the station in the last few days or if you might know who did the work. If you do please let me know. I hope everyone is keeping warm this winter and is getting ready for a busy 2010 in the VRA. Our first project will be our Easter Trains, which we are looking to run on March 27th and 28th. Please mark these dates down so that you can be part of these great days out on the rails. See you all at our next meeting on February 18th, KC PS, Be sure to vote when you get your ballot in the mail in the next few weeks.
#5557 From: nysw88@... Date: Wed Jan 20, 2010 7:13 am Subject: Re: Hawthorne Station nysw88 I believe the work was done by Larry DiBello who works for the NYS&W. He called me on Monday to see if he could get electric power at the station for some work he needed to do. I told him about the power plug on the North / West side of the station. He left me a message on Tuesday to say he found the plug and all went well. I hope this clears some of the mystery. Billy
#5559 From: VRA Inc Date: Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:56 pm Subject: Third anniversary of loosing Joe Weber Everyone, This weekend (January 24th) marks the 3 anniversary of the passing of our good friend and founding member Joe Weber. To help mark this sad anniversary we are going to go to the cemetery (George Washington, in Paramus) on Saturday (the 23rd) and lay some flowers on his grave. We are meeting at Hawthorne Station at 11am and should be to the cemetery by about 11:15. Anyone who would like to join us is welcome. If you knew Joe and can not make it, please take a few minutes this weekend to remember all he meant to our group as a whole and you personally. Thanks, KC
#5567 From: VRA Inc Date: Mon Feb 8, 2010 5:46 pm Subject: Easter Train Everyone, Today I received a call from NJT with an approval for our Easter Bunny Trains. they will be March 27th from Wayne and 28th from Glen Rock. Now we need to get going on getting the advertising out which means putting out the signs, banners and posters. we are going to have our first session this Saturday February 13th meeting at Hawthorne station at 10am. If you have a few hours and can come out and help it will make the job for everyone much easier and faster. If you can not make it then we will have a supply at the station and can work out setting up a time for you to come and pick some up. We also need to start to get the staff and characters set. Tri-State NRHS will be working with us this year and will use their part of the profit to repair and repaint their F-3 and we will use ours for the work we are doing on the station. I say this because Tri-State will be supplying 50 percent of the manpower which will help, but we still need to make sure we get as many people as we can. So please mark down the dates and let us know if you can help. See you Saturday at 10. Thanks, KC
#5568 From: VRA Inc Date: Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:12 pm Subject: Easter Bunny Train Press Release Everyone, Below is a copy of the press release we have just sent out to most if not all of the newspapers in our area. But there are many web sites and other publications that I am sure we are not aware of who might publish the press release. So please copy and paste the release below and send it along to any place that you know that might publish it for us. I am also attaching a copy of a picture from a past train that you can attach to the e-mail for them to print. In addition I am attaching a file with the press release just in case that works better for you. Thanks, KC Volunteer Railroaders Association 80 Royal Avenue Hawthorne, NJ 07506 Phone 973-238-0555 February 10, 2010 PRESS RELEASE EASTER BUNNY TRAIN RETURNS TO THE RAILS The Volunteer Railroaders Association along with the Tri-State Chapter National Railway Historical Society has announced the return of their very popular Easter Bunny Train Ride to be held this year on March 27th and 28th. Ticket prices remain only $9.00 for children under 12 and $13.00 for everyone else. But if you purchase the tickets on line through www.easterbunnytrain.com you will save 50 cents per ticket. On the March 27th the trains will depart from the NJ Transit Rt. 23 Transit Center at 9:30 am, 12 noon and 2:30 pm. These trips will run out through scenic Morris County and back. Along the way the trains will pass by the Boonton Restoration yard, where much of the railroad equipment destined for the NJ Transportation Heritage Center is being worked on or stored. On March 28th the trains will depart the NJ Transit Glen Rock Boro Hall station at 9:30AM, 12:00 and 2:30PM. These trips will run up through Bergen County and into scenic Rockland County, New York. Spring will be in the air as we ride along enjoying the scenes outside the windows and the activities inside the cars. During the one hour and 30 minute ride the Easter Bunny will hop through the train and visit each child and give them a special gift from his basket. In addition each child can have his or her picture taken with the bunny so they can always remember their ride, so bring your cameras. Also on board will be other cartoon characters to entertain the kids and make for a great day out for all on board. For more information or to order tickets visit them on line at www.easterbunnytrain.com or call the VRA at 973-238-0555, major credit cards are accepted. These trips are being run to help raise funds for 2 purposes this year. First is to repair and repaint a very historic locomotive owned by the Tri-State Chapter. The engine is an EMD F-3 type locomotive and the goal is to paint it into Lackawanna Railroad colors and possibly use it on future train rides. The other cause is to help the VRA restore and preserve the historic NYS&W Hawthorne train station. So why not gather up the kids and Grandparents and join the VRA, Tri-State Chapter and the Easter Bunny on these fun train rides. You will not only have a great time with your family you will also be helping to preserve history for generations to come to enjoy. Tickets for these trains usually sell out quickly so don't delay call or visit them on-line today. The ticket office is located at 80 Royal Ave., Hawthorne in the train station and is open Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6 to 9 pm and Saturday from 12 to 4 pm all other times just leave a message and they will call you back. The Volunteer Railroaders Association is a federal 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
#5578 From: VRA Inc Date: Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:13 pm Subject: Easter signs Everyone, We need to work on getting more signs out for the Easter Train this weekend. We have road side, paper and banner type signs available. I will be opening the station at noon on Saturday for the first day of phone and walk in sales so anyone who wants to come by and pick up signs can do so, I will be there until 4PM. Also tonight is the VRA meeting and before we head over to the meeting hall we will have the station open from about 5:30 to 7PM. If anyone wants to go out and do some sign work on Sunday we can arrange to get the station open, just let us know what time. Please pass this request along to any other member who might be able to help. Thanks, KC
#5579 From: Jon Date: Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:58 pm Subject: New VRA E-Mail Everyone, With the change of servers for the web site we are starting to roll out vratrips.org E-Mail addresses. The first is volunteers@.... This E-Mail address will serve as a way for members to let us know your availability for trips and other events. That being said, positions for the Easter Bunny train still need to be filled. Positions include car hosts, characters, character helpers and parking lot attendants. If you would like to fill any of these positions please send an email to the new address and let us know. Please indicate which day you can work, Saturday, Sunday or both. Thanks, Jon
#5580 From: VRA Inc Date: Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:01 pm Subject: Easter bunny flyers Good evening VRA and Tri-Staters, The flyers for the 2010 Easter Bunny Trains have been uploaded to the 'Files' section of both the VRA and Tri-State Yahoo group. Please consider printing a couple out and posting them in local businesses, supermarkets, et al to help promote the upcoming trips. Your support is very much necessary to the success of this effort. At this moment we have less than 500 tickets sold out of a total of 4320 we need to sell out both days. With the upcoming storm, undoubtedly some of our roadside signs will be knocked over by plows. When the weather breaks we'll need to get out there for that purpose. We will also have a large supply of flyers available at Hawthorne Station this weekend. We thank you very much for your assistance. Sincerely, Charles
#5581 From: Michael O'Toole Date: Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:05 pm Subject: Re: Easter bunny flyers Charles, 2 press releases posted, both picked up by Google News. 58 press releases sent to various railroad / mom(y) related Yahoo! Groups, 35 of which have shown up so far (other are moderated groups). Mike ----- Message from @... --------- Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:01:31 -0800 (PST) From: VRA Inc Subject: [ilroaders] Easter bunny flyers > Good evening VRA and Tri-Staters, > > The flyers for the 2010 Easter Bunny Trains have been uploaded to > the 'Files' section of both the VRA and Tri-State Yahoo group. > Please consider printing a couple out and posting them in local > businesses, supermarkets, et al to help promote the upcoming trips. > Your support is very much necessary to the success of this effort. > At this moment we have less than 500 tickets sold out of a total of > 4320 we need to sell out both days. With the upcoming storm, > undoubtedly some of our roadside signs will be knocked over by > plows. When the weather breaks we'll need to get out there for that > purpose. We will also have a large supply of flyers available at > Hawthorne Station this weekend. We thank you very much for your > assistance. > > Sincerely, > Charles >
#5584 From: VRA Inc Date: Mon Mar 1, 2010 9:27 pm Subject: This Saturday, March 6th Good evening VRA and Tri-Staters, This Saturday, we will be opening the Hawthorne Station at 9 am to make available signs and posters to support the upcoming Easter Bunny trains. We have 100 new roadside signs being delivered this week. Currently, we are behind in sales compared to past years. We urgently need to reach our customers and sell the remaining tickets. The success of these trains is vital to our efforts to both more then Hawthorne Station and restore the F3. We sincerely need your help. With warmer weather in the forecast, hopefully people will start thinking about spring and Easter. With more ads, hopefully we see the sales we all hope for. On another item, we do need someone to staff the Hawthorne Station for the next couple Saturdays from noon to 4pm. If you can help with this weekend or any other, please contact the VRA at this email address. Sincerely, Charles
#5589 From: Jonathan Date: Wed Mar 3, 2010 4:38 pm Subject: This Saturday Everyone, I posted this under the VRA's email account, and it apparently did not show up in the group. So if you get this twice, my apologies ahead of time. -------------------------------- I've been out placing signs and I've noticed that in areas where the snow has melted, the ground is soft and no longer frozen. With a little over three weeks to go until the 27th, our window of opportunity to get signs and fliers out is still open, but narrowing. This weekend, the station will be open by 11:45 am and will be open until 4:30. I will be at the station along with Bob Bodenstein of Tri-State, and my son, who at the age of 4, by his own choice, has sacrificed an afternoon of playing for an afternoon at the station. I encourage all available members to stop by the station and pick up fliers or ground signs for placement. I hope to see you at Hawthorne Station on Saturday. Jon
#5590 From: Jon Date: Wed Mar 3, 2010 4:00 pm Subject: This Saturday Everyone, I've been out placing signs and I've noticed that in areas where the snow has melted, the ground is soft and no longer frozen. With a little over three weeks to go until the 27th, our window of opportunity to get signs and flyers out is still open, but narrowing. This weekend, the station will be open by 11:45 am and will be open until 4:30. I will be at the station along with Bob Bodenstein of Tri-State, and my son, who at the age of 4, by his own choice, has sacrificed an afternoon of playing for an afternoon at the station. I encourage all available members to stop by the station and pick up fliers or ground signs for placement. I hope to see you at Hawthorne Station on Saturday. Jon
#5593 From: VRA Inc Date: Fri Mar 5, 2010 8:19 pm Subject: NEW UPDATE! Sign hanging back on for Saturday March 6th!! Good Evening VRA and Tri-State members! I just received a call from KC telling me that the sign company came through and will deliver the signs to the station tomorrow morning. This means the sign hanging is back on for tomorrow morning. As before the station will be opened at 9 and everyone is encouraged to come pick up signs. The ticket sales are starting to pick up, so this could mean the difference between almost selling out, and completely selling the train out. If anyone who can't make it tomorrow can instead pick up signs on Sunday, please let us know and we'll make arrangements to have the station open on Sunday morning. Hope to see you all there tomorrow! Jon
#5594 From: Mike O Date: Sat Mar 6, 2010 7:06 pm Subject: Easter Bunny website photos and Blog back online The Easter Bunny website photos and Blog are now back on line. See http://www.easterbunnytrain.com/ Mike O'Toole VRA Webmaster
#5602 From: "Jon" Date: Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:29 am Subject: Crew Positions remaining for the Easter Bunny train Everyone, These are the crew needs for both trips. If anyone would like to fill these positions, or know someone who would like to help out, please have them contact me either via my email @... or my cell 973-508-7568. I've also given this list to Tri-State. Saturday: 1 Easter Bunny 2 Easter Bunny assistants 1 Character 1-2 Platform attendants. Not a specific number here, but 6-7 is a good number to have, we have 5 so far. Sunday: 1 Easter Bunny 2 Easter Bunny assistants 1 Character 1-2 Platform attendants.
#5607 From: VRA Inc Date: Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:50 pm Subject: Eastrail this Saturday Everyone, The annual Eastrail program that the URHS runs each year is this Saturday and I would encourage anyone who would like to have a nice day out watching slides of assorted railroad subjects to come and support the effort. One of the shows will be on Railfanning in the 1970's that I have put together from Joe Weber's collection of slides. I will be presenting the show on behalf of the Joseph K. Weber Library and promoting it and us to the group. To find out more about the day you can visit http://www.urhs.org/other_pages/eastrail.html Thanks, KC
#5613 From: VRA Inc Date: Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:29 pm Subject: Easter Bunny Train Crew Hello VRA and Tri-State members, I hope everyone is enjoying this nice change in the weather and everyone is drying out. The crew sheet is inching closer to being full. However, there are several key positions to be filled out. 1 Easter bunny for both days 1 Easter bunny assistant for Sunday 1 character for both days 1 character assistant for Sunday Anyone who would like to fill that position, or knows someone that can fill these positions, please contact me via my personal email, @... or my cell. Thank you, Jon Berkemeyer
#5614 From: VRA Inc Date: Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:35 pm Subject: Easter signs Hello VRA and Tri-State members, This coming weekend will be the final opportunity for us to reach our potential customers. Unfortunately, with the extreme weather we've experienced in the last couple weeks many of our roadside signs and banners have been damaged or lost. We have some remaining at the Hawthorne Station which need to go out. The station will be open tonight from 6pm-9m and Saturday from 12pm-4pm. Please come and pick up a few signs if you can. Also, you do see a banner or sign that has been damaged, you can contact us at this email address to let us know so that someone may go out to repair/replace it. In closing, I would ask that any Tri-Staters not on the Yahoo Group be forwarded this message so they can be aware of our efforts. There is still time to make this trip very successful so we can restore the F3 and move the Hawthorne Station in the coming weeks. Sincerely, Charles Smith
#5615 From: VRA Inc Date: Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:07 pm Subject: Saturday Staffing Hawthorne Station Hello VRA and Tri-State Members, We are entering the home stretch of our Easter Bunny Train prep. This Saturday is a very active day for the VRA with several different events. K.C. is presenting at East Rail, Justin, Carolyn and I are selling models from the JK Weber collection at the Black River Train show, plus Charles and Tom Scheffer of Tri-State will be placing more signs in various towns. This means we need volunteers to staff the Hawthorne Station for ticket sales and to answer the phones. If anyone can be at the station between 12pm and 4pm on Saturday, please let us know as soon as possible and we'll make arrangments for the station to be open. Ticket sales are very strong, and not having the station open on Saturday will hurt our momentum. Again, if you can help out, please let us know. Thanks Jon
#5616 From: Mark Date: Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:37 am Subject: Re: Easter Bunny Train Crew Mike Del Vecchio can be the Easter Bunny on Saturday. Still pursuing some open leads. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: VRA Inc Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:30 pm Subject: [ilroaders] Easter Bunny Train Crew To: VRA , Tri-StateChapter@yahoogroups.com > Hello VRA and Tri-State members, > > I hope everyone is enjoying this nice change in the weather and > everyone is drying out. > > The crew sheet is inching closer to being full. However, there > are several key positions to be filled out. > 1 Easter bunny for both days > 1 Easter bunny assistant for Sunday > 1 character for both days > 1 character assistant for Sunday > > Anyone who would like to fill that position, or knows someone > that can fill these positions, please contact me via my personal > email, @... or my cell 973-508-7568. > > Thank you, > > Jon Berkemeyer >
#5617 From: VRA Inc Date: Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:22 am Subject: Membership dues Everyone, In the last few days you probably received your dues renewal in the mail and I wanted to remind you that if you would like to use your credit card, you can renew your dues on line by following this link http://www.vratrips.org/involved.html Thanks, KC
#5618 From: VRA Inc Date: Mon Mar 22, 2010 2:22 pm Subject: Volunteers needed in final push for Easter Bunny Train Members of the VRA and Tri-State, We're in the final days of preparation for the Easter Bunny trips. The next few days are going to be extremely busy, not counting the trips themselves. We are still in need of people who can play characters. We have a spot open for the 4th character, and the need for an Easter Bunny on Saturday. if you or anyone you know would like to play the part of a character, please let us know. Also, we need help at the station tomorrow night, from 6-9pm for people who will be calling to ask questions, and possibly ordering tickets via the phone. If you can help out, again please contact us. Jon
#5619 From: VRA Inc Date: Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:43 pm Subject: Re: Volunteers needed in final push for Easter Bunny Train Everyone, To follow up on what Jon wrote I wanted to let you all know that as of now the 12 noon and 2:30pm trains on Sunday are both sold out and the 9:30 train is not far behind. We have sold 170 tickets so far today bringing our total sales up to 3519. That means that we could end up selling both days of trains out, even with the slow start we got with all the snow. It is because of the effort of a few dedicated people and the help of a number of others that we have been able to reach this goal. We need to make sure that we are fully staffed both days this weekend and the most important positions left to fill are the 2 remaining characters. So please, if you or someone you know can help let Jon know. After all, what would an Easter Bunny Train be without an Easter Bunny. Thanks, KC --- On Mon, 3/22/10, VRA Inc wrote: From: VRA Inc Subject: [ilroaders] Volunteers needed in final push for Easter Bunny Train To: "VRA" , Date: Monday, March 22, 2010, 2:22 PM
#5620 From: Jonathan Berkemeyer Date: Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:01 pm Subject: Re: Volunteers needed in final push for Easter Bunny Train All, To further expand on what KC just posted about, we are now up to 200 tickets for today. If this keeps up we'll be sold out by the end of the week. Considering the pounding our main source of advertising (signs) took, this is really good news. The station will be covered for our final Tuesday of ticket sales. I'd like to thank Carolyn for volunteering to cover the station Tuesday night. Any last minute additions to the crew are more than welcome to contact me via email (personal or vra) or my cell phone which is . Thanks, Jon From: VRA Inc Sent: Mon, March 22, 2010 7:43:00 PM Subject: Re: [ilroaders] Volunteers needed in final push for Easter Bunny Train Everyone, To follow up on what Jon wrote....
#5621 From: VRA Inc Date: Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:55 pm Subject: Update for crew help Everyone, Updates are flying fast and furious as we get closer to Saturday. We now have a 4th Easter Bunny. Sue Leone of Tri-State will be our fourth Easter Bunny. Thank you Sue! The last positions needed to be filled are the 4th Character for both days and the assistant for that character on Sunday. Again, if anyone is interested in filling these positions, or know of someone that would, please contact me so we can get the jobs assigned. The crew instruction sheet will be completed tomorrow for both days and posted both organizations Yahoo groups. Again, my thanks to everyone who has volunteered. Jon
#5622 From: Carolyn Date: Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:10 pm Subject: Re: Update for crew help Hi All, The Sunday trains out of Glen Rock are sold out and have been closed out on the website! Still working on the Saturday trips but we're getting very close. Looking for a few more volunteers for various characters, if you or anyone you know can come help out as always it will be greatly appreciated. Thanks again everyone and we'll see you this weekend! Carolyn --- VRA Inc wrote: > > Everyone, > > Updates are flying fast and furious as we get closer to Saturday. We now have a 4th Easter Bunny. Sue Leone of Tri-State will be our fourth Easter Bunny. Thank you Sue! > > The last positions needed to be filled are the 4th Character for both days and the assistant for that character on Sunday. Again, if anyone is interested in filling these positions, or know of someone that would, please contact me so we can get the jobs assigned. The crew instruction sheet will be completed tomorrow for both days and posted both organizations Yahoo groups. > > Again, my thanks to everyone who has volunteered. > Jon >
#5623 From: Gary R. Kazin Date: Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:19 pm Subject: Re: Re: Update for crew help gkazin I'm on for Saturday, car hosting, but if you get desperate I suppose I can wear a costume, at least for one trip. I know they get hot! Gary R. Kazin --- On Tue, 3/23/10, Carolyn wrote: > Looking for a few more volunteers for various characters, > if you or anyone you know can come help out as always it > will be greatly appreciated.
#5626 From: VRA Inc Date: Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:52 pm Subject: Crew Handbooks now online Everyone, The crew handbooks went online to both the VRA and Tri-State yahoo groups at 8:45 this evening. Please download and review them for the trips coming up this weekend. As you can see, the positions for Character
# 4 is still open, as well as that character's assistant. and one Easter bunny assistant is still needed. If you would like to print this, it is formatted for 8.5x14 (Legal) paper. Thank you all for your time and assistance with this project. It means a lot to both our organizations. Jon
#5627 From: VRA Inc Date: Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:17 pm Subject: Easter Bunny Crew Handbooks uploaded All, The hand books are loaded to both groups file sections. Please down load and review. The crew list is also part of the book. If you have any questions please feel free to contact either Jon or KC. Thank you again for everyone's efforts in putting these trips together. Jon
#5628 From: VRA Inc Date: Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:50 pm Subject: Pick up help needed at Hawthorne Station Everyone, KC, myself and Charles have completed packing out all the supplies for Saturday and Sunday's trips. The last piece of the puzzle is that we need 3 or 4 SUV's or pick ups with caps or covers to help pick up the boxes and totes with our supplies. If you can help out, please be at Hawthorne Station at 6:00pm. Thank you all, and I'll see you in less than 48 hours for the train! Jon
#5631 From: Gary R. Kazin Date: Tue Apr 6, 2010 10:57 pm Subject: Fw: NYSW List - Railfan.net Railway Station Historical Society E-Mail List Photo rshsdepot-photo/rshsdepot-03-06-04/Hawthorne_NJ_RP.jpg Hawthorne, when it was out in the sticks! Gary R. Kazin
#5632 From: VRA Inc Date: Wed Apr 7, 2010 9:22 am Subject: EB Train wrap up meeting Everyone, Well we have once again run a very successful series of Easter Bunny trains and as we have been doing the last few years we are planning a wrap up meeting for Monday, April 12th to talk about the good and the bad and to go over the finances with Tri-State. Anyone who has any input is invited to attend. We will start the meeting at 6:30PM sharp so if you are going to want to get something to eat please do so before that time. I am hoping the meeting will not last very long but you never know, which is why I am calling for a 6:30 start. As always, we want to make sure that we use the lessons learned to make the next trip even better. Thanks, KC
#5633 From: Craig Date: Thu Apr 8, 2010 3:38 am Subject: Work Session for the 40B I am calling a work session for the 40B this Saturday mornin to try to finish the chassis and get it ready for the body to go on. Start time 0830 hrs at 34 North Road Kinnelon. Please respond with your availability. Craig
#5635 From: VRA Inc Date: Thu Apr 8, 2010 5:39 pm Subject: May 8th on CMSL Everyone, First we have had to postpone the proposed URHS trip on the CMSL on May 8th because the railroad has been severely hampered by the bad weather this winter and early spring and does not think it can get the required work done to the cars and engines in time for the trip. We are working with the railroad to reschedule the trip for a later date and will keep everyone informed when a date is chosen. Because we had already set aside May 8th we decided to ask the CMSL if we could run a motorcar trip over the line on that date and they have accepted. So if you have a car and want to sign up please let me know or check the web site in a few days and we should have the link up so that you can sign up and pay with your credit card. If you would like to come down and enjoy the day but do not have a car we will be putting together a few teams of flaggers to help us safely get over the crossings. The plan is to set the cars on at Tuckahoe and run all the way into Cape May where we will have some time to shop and get some lunch before we head back to Tuckahoe. Being that the next day is Mother's Day some people may choose to spend the weekend in the area so that the Mom's in the group can ride the rails one day and enjoy a day doing "Mom" type stuff the next day. The cost to sign up is $50 and it will be a NARCOA event, so operators will need to be NARCOA qualified and carry insurance. The line sees very little train traffic and we have been asked if we can check the line before the day of the trip and clear any trees or other debris from the right of way. I am thinking we can do that on Friday May 6th if we have a few volunteers with cars to lend a hand. I hope you can join us for a fun day out on the rails. KC
#5636 From: VRA Inc Date: Sat Apr 17, 2010 10:57 am Subject: Board Meeting Everyone, We have a Board Meeting this Thursday night at 6:30 at Hawthorne Station. These meetings are where the executive board discusses and votes on many of the things the VRA does. Any member who would like to attend is welcome and can give input but can not vote. If you are coming please bring a chair, there are not many in the station. Thanks, KC



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