Members are encouraged to contact Olev Taremae or an ARHS Board Member to present their programs or contacts of people who can present programs related to Anthracite Railroads, e.g., slides, films, videos, DVD’s, or digital programs, or visits to model railroads, as programs are continually needed.
Bob Wilt’s program will cover the joint Lehigh Valley Railroad-Delaware & Hudson Railway segment of the NE84 and NE87 trains that ran between Portland, Maine and Potomac Yard in Alexandria, Virginia.
The ever popular Mike Bednar returns in March. He will draw from his vast treasury of stories and images to entertain and educated us about his railroad experiences. The specific topic will be posted when known. Whatever it is, it will be good.
Doug Peters will present his program on the Delaware and Hudson railway.
Former Reading & Northern, current Amtrak employee, Craig Werley will again share slides from the Kantner Brothers collection. Arch and Bruce Kantner roamed Schuylkill County and nearby areas in the 1950’s and 1960’s capturing images of scenes that few others ventured to photograph.
Paul Kutta’s program is a great way of ending the first half of the year. Paul’s lively narration is titled “Rio Grande Memories”. It will cover from 1965 to Union Pacific ownership.
Harry Owens, raised in on-line town Truckville, has spent decades researching the Lehigh Valley Railroad’s Bowman’s Creek Branch. This fascinating program His illuminating program about obscure branch which once connected Wilkes-Barre and the Waverly/Sayre area is fascinating. Come and learn about this little known line and operation.