Re: (erielack) DL&W coverage... Why and How

["Bill K." <pontiac_@_dreamscape.com>]

It could be worse; last year I was buying Lehigh Valley original paperwork, 
source unknown, on eBay for the highest dollar.   I ended up with about one 
file drawer full of mixed bits and pieces of New York State related items. 
Other stuff from the same box was scattered all over, about 8 or 10 
different guys won lots of the stuff.  And this lady selling it bought it 
all in a big box at a flea market in Virginia.

I'm guessing maybe it came out of the Geneva station, as a number of years 
ago I was part of a tour and the owner mentioned he *threw away* tons of 
scattered old records that were all over the second floor, because they were 
a fire hazard.  Filled a dumpster full, he said.  I'm sure plenty of people 
were helping themselves up to when he bought and secured the building about 
1982.

At least you know where the DL&W stuff is located -


Bill K.



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From: "EL Mail List Digest" <erielack-owner_@_lists.railfan.net>
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Subject: EL Mail List Digest V3 #2761


> Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 22:45:04 EDT
> From: Dlw1el2_@_aol.com
> Subject: Re: (erielack) DL&W coverage... Why and How
>
> Yea ask and yea shall know.
>
> I made the entire file available to Rich Jahn many many years ago when he
> mentioned to me that he had some photos of detour trains, and wouldn't it 
> be
> great if a whole story could be done on their routing.  As I said for many
> years he has been acquiring photos, and slowly writing the article. This 
> year he
> put forth a committed effort to get the whole thing done and in  print. 
> As
> Paul T  mentioned, although  it's about Lackawanna trains detouring, much 
> of it
> is over the LV, RDG and  CNJ rails, all of which fall under the Anthracite
> Society's desired coverage.  Although I proof read it, and added more 
> stuff than
> what Rich could fit  into the issue, it was Riches article in Riches
> publication and not mind to  share with the ErieLHS as I have in the past 
> with ALL MY
> OWN  ARTICLES.
>
> With that said, let me state the following for the record. The  ErieLHS 
> Board
> of Directors double edge sword decision at the Parsippany  spring meeting 
> to
> NOT place the archives in Steamtown, but to keep it out in  Cleveland Ohio 
> was
> bad enough. The second part of that vote to not even  allow the DL&W 
> material
> to be appropriately placed at  Steam Town, was criminal at best, 
> unethical,
> and simple a  continued undesirable status quo for this organization. 
> They had
> the ability to consolidate archives but instead they chose to further 
> spread
> the known Lackawanna material  around the country and not in a  part were
> most people want it, and where the most people would use  it.  Lackawanna
> Material is now spread in at least five major depository,  of which only 
> two are
> near the former railroad.
>
> Every thing that was stated at the directors meeting and publicly later 
> that
> day could have been rebutted, but apparently nobody care.  Although 
> several
> individuals have told me what they thought of the decision, the Society 
> as it
> stands cares about nothing except getting there diamond, and seeing some
> pretty pictures once or twice a year.  Everything else is a mental burden 
> that
> they could care less about. So be it!    I  will not attempt to state 
> anything
> more on any of it, other  than this.  There  WILL BE NO FURTHER ARTICLES 
> FROM
> ME TO THE  ErieLHS.  The last one has been printed.   If  and when I do 
> write
> something I will find other avenues to share it  through.   I'm sure many 
> of
> the readers on here will say good  ridden's, no problem, he was always 
> talking
> sour grapes any way.   Not  to worry!  That doesn't bother me in the
> slightest. I"ve always spoken my  mind and what I believed was right.
>
> You know there quite possible may not be many Lackawanna articles in the
> Society's publication in the future. Several of my fellow Lackawanna 
> enthusiasts
> have already left,  many never joined due to its continued  unprecedented
> reputation and some will simple just take their work  elsewhere and get 
> paid for
> it. BUT! Don't  despair, Maybe their is a vast vault of Lackawanna  and EL
> enthusiasts living in Ohio that are just waiting to  now sprint to 
> Cleveland
> since it's not down the road at Akron and  start churning out those 
> articles. LOL
>
> Bob Bahrs
>
>
>


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