July 2001 Newsletter

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Phillipsburg Railroad Historians, Inc.
292 Chambers Street, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865

JULY 2001 NEWSLETTER VOL. XI #7

Entertainment this month features:

The July meeting of the Phillipsburg Railroad Historians will be held on Wednesday night July 25, at 7:30pm at the Alpha United Presbyterian Church. Entertainment by Ed Beers and Jim Mack will follow the business portion of the meeting. Video of our trip to Strasburg and of Canadian railroading will be the subject of "Pot Luck Lunch."

PRRH Monthly Manpower Report
April 2001 by Ed Beers

In April 2001, seventeen members donated 220.5 hours for various projects. Projects included cleanup of museum grounds, C&S touchup work, painting of the C&S ticket booth, groundskeeping and weed cutting, planting trees and their care on Arbor Day and thereafter. Other time was spent on the CNJ caboose. Total hours for site work was 165.5. Clerical hours for Meg, Paul, Alan, and Ed beers totaled 17. Pete Terp had 8 hours for fundraising. New this month is the retroactive time of 30 hours given to Steve Winter for his extensive work in organizing and opening the PRRH website.

PRRH Monthly Manpower Report
May 2001 by Ed Beers

In May, 20 members contributed 354 manhours. These were given for grounds maintenance, cleanup of the building, painting, preparation, and operation of the Open House, C&S work, full size rolling stock restoration. Clerical work totaled 13 hours. Starting July 1, Ed needs any non-site work hours reported to him on his email site, EFBVideo@webtv.net in order to get credit for work done

Work continues on the restoration of the CNJ caboose, particularly on the north side, as the ravages of time and weather have taken their toll.

The C&S work crew have been grading and installing a passing siding adjacent to the passenger platform. Thanks go out to all volunteers who give of their time to improve our operations.

As you read this newsletter, we will have completed our July 15 Open House with some side attractions planned. Keep in mind our final event of the season, the Open House scheduled for Sunday September 30. The second annual PRRH picnic will be held at Hugh Moore Canal Park in South Easton on Sunday September 9,

The meat and cheese tray for this month's meeting is donated by Tom Marzuoli and the donuts are being provided by John Boner.

We wish also to thank John Boner for donating a can of paint in the restoration effort for the caboose.

Please keep in your thoughts and prayers Bob Kirkpatrick who has been under the weather recently. We hope to have you back soon, Bob

See you all soon.

~ Paul Carpenito ~

PC/ab/sdw