JULY 1996 NEWSLETTER VOL. V #7 JULY 16, 1996
Phillipsburg Railroad Historians, Inc.
55 Sitgreaves Street, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
This month's meeting will be held on July 24th, at 7:30pm, at Phillipsburg Town Hall. Entertainment T.B.A.
ROLLING STOCK:
Your club historian is keeping an eye on all of the equipment in the former Merritt brickyard. The 45 tonner, L&HR snow flanger #105, and both L&HR cabooses 16 & 18, are intact. One of the smoke stacks was blown off #105's roof, and is now inside #105. At our museum site, #91197 CNJ caboose is intact.
MEMBER NEWS:
WHERE IS EVERYBODY! I cannot understand why our membership fails to understand the importance of showing up for any of the listed work sessions that are listed in the newsletters. We have a lot of things to do, big and small, if a few more members can make the time to come down, then J. Anderson, J. Frick & myself, A. Chando, can focus on the standard gauge track preparations.
WORK SESSIONS:
Are as follows: July 22, Monday, July 27, Saturday, July 29, Monday, August 1, Thursday, August 5, Monday, August 8, Thursday, August 12, Monday, August 15, Thursday, August 19, Monday, August 22, Thursday, August 24, Saturday.
Please note: Mondays & Thursdays … try to arrive around 4:00pm - 4:45pm … PLEASE!
Saturdays … 9:00am … or earlier, if possible.
Last month's newsletter has a map of the roads you can use to reach the museum site on it. So everybody can find their way