Hi All, The 2012 Season is now just a memory and I am looking forward to the 2013 Season. I do want to take some time to reflect on 2012. In many ways it was a Feature Articles 3 successful one, yet we endured many hardships. We lost some good friends, members and relatives. Bill Doran, Tommy Who and Chris’ Dad to name a few and we had to endure the wrath of Sandy. Each year that passes I look all the faces and realize we are getting - older. What encourages me are the young faces showing up and getting involved. They are the future of our organization and we need to encourage them and guide them so that they can take over when we are not able to. I encourage all our members to become a mentor to the younger crowd and foster a love of trains and what we work for. We will be running the Easter Trains in March and our regular Season starts Saturday May 4th. Thomas will be back again this year as well as our other themed rides and we need your help staffing the trains. For those who helped out last year, THANK YOU! For those who have not yet come out, give it a try. We gained a little more track last year. My hope is we can add even more in the near future. I want to put out a big Thank You to Keith and Jesse Dorn. They brought their Speeder and Hand Cart to the Milford Days Festival. It was a HUGE success. I cannot tell you how many rides they gave the people attending. It was so busy, Martin had to take over on the Hand Car. The Organizers of the event said we were the talk of the event and want us back next year. As always there are tons of things to do and so little time to do them. Your help will make it happen. Come out and give an hour or a day, it all helps. Upcoming work in 2013. The 142 Annual Inspection Working on the Tender. Getting the M1 ready for service. Working on the 501 Snack Car Brush cutting along the ROW Painting the Gift Car Let’s continue to work together and make 2013 a Great Year for our Society! As always, my “door” is always open to you, our members. President John Stocker 2 Greg and Gary relaxing in the shop after a hard day working on the locomotive. Departments 2 8 NYS&W’s EMD SD60 Locomotives Ralph Bonanno President’s Message John Stocker Bel-Del News 13 Maywood Station Historical Committee Ed Kaminski 14 18 From The Current Time Table Ralph Bonanno Shop Talk Martin Den Bleyker Covers Front: NYSW 3802 on the SU-100 in Maywood NJ on 11-3-12 Photo: Ed Kaminski Rear Top: NYSW #3810 on the SU-100 at Maywood NJ on 6-22-12 Photo: Ed Kaminski Rear Bottom: The NYSW 3016 at Ridgefield Park NJ on 1-26-13 Photo: Ed Kaminski
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