The Ontario Express

Official Website Of The Ontario & Western Railway Historical Society, Inc.


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Early Chief Engineers Of The Midland

Part 1- Archibald C. Powell

By Richard Palmer


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History of the New York Ontario and Western Railroad
 
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Modeling The O&W
By Malcolm H. Houck


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Owen’s Footprints
Number 32 in a Series
FTs On Parade
By Kenneth L. Hojnacki

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Shawangunk Barrier
Railroad Magazine – September 1946 –
Pages 10 – 43.

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Digging Deeper With Doug Ellison
Number 7 in a Series

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October 4th O&WRHS Membership Meeting and PowerPoint Presentation
by Carl Ohlson entitled: 
The history of lighting from whale oil through kerosene and how
the technology changed the evolution of O&W hand lanterns.
 
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Early Master Mechanics On The Midland Part II
The “Minshull Dynasty”

By Richard Palmer

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From The Archives
Numer 26 in a Series

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Northern Division Bridge & Building Department
My PJ&M Rail Lines
By John Taibi

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Early Master Mechanics On The Midland
Part I – William H. Griggs
By Richard Palmer

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The Mighty O&W
By Pierre DeNio
Courier Magazine – October 1953

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This is the September 6th 2024 O&WRHS Business Meeting and Powerpoint Presentation. The program was given by local historian Hans Segboer on the Erie’s Greenwood Lake Division From Pompton Junction to Greenwood Lake and also includes the Ringwood Branch which serviced the Iron Mines. Many Thanks to Hans Segboer for his excellent presentation!

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From The Archives
Number 25 in a Series
By Bob Earle


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A Hundred Years Before the Merger:
Erie and Lackawanna Strategy on the Cayuga Division from 1851 to 1858
By Howard Zendle

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Northern Division Bridge & Building Department

Gone, but not Forgotten – Martin Cavana
By John Taibi


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Owen’s Footprints
Number 31 in a Series
A Chance Meeting
By Kenneth L. Hojnacki

 

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Modeling The O&W
An Octagonal Water Tank for the “Early O&W”
By Malcolm H. Houck

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Modeling the O&W
No. 38 in a Series
“Primary Sources” – Postcards Of The O&W
By Mal Houck 

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By Malcolm H. Houck

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Modeling The O&W
No. 44 in a Series
Class G 4-4-0 “Eight Wheeler” – No. 70
By Malcolm H. Houck

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Modeling the O&W
No. 57 in a Series
Double Cab Water Piping and The Sellers Type N Lifting Injector
By Malcolm H. Houck – MMR


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The Tale of Two Rivers:
By Howard Zendle
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Modeling The O&W
Number 39 in a Series
By Malcolm H. Houck
 
Modeling The O&W
Number 40 in a Series
By Malcolm H. Houck
 
Modeling The O&W
Number 41 in a Series:
By Malcolm H. Houck

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Modeling the O&W
No. 45 in a Series
Class B 4-4-0 Double Cab “Eight Wheeler” – No. 1
By Malcolm H. Houck

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Modeling The O&W
No. 56 in a Series
Fish Car “Adirondack” in HO Scale
Part II
By Malcolm H. Houck
By Richard Palmer

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June 7th 2024 O&WRHS Meeting Presentation
Coming Into Maybrook
A Detailed Look At The Rail Lines Servicing The Maybrook NY Yard
By Joseph Mato

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Incident At Centerville
By Richard Palmer

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From The Archives
Number 24 in a Series
AFE No. 4909-10
By Bob Earle


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Owen’s Footprints
Number 30 in a Series
Owen And The Great War Part II
The Supreme Sacrifice
By Kenneth L. Hojnacki

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Owen’s Footprints
Number 29 in a Series
Owen And The Great War
By Kenneth L. Hojnacki


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Archives Reprints
1994-2024

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From The Archives
Number 23 in a Series
What’s An AFE?
By Bob Earle


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From The Archives
Number 22 in a Series
Contributed By Steve Cohen

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Exploring The Rails
Number 4 in a Series
By Joey Senese

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Northern Division Bridge & Building Department

The Reorganization Proceeding Reports and the Disappearing Depots
By John Taibi


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Modeling The O&W

“WOW Sound®” for a Bullmoose
By Malcolm H. Houck


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From The Archives
Number 21 in a Series
Hello, Are You There?
By Bob Earle

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Pilots and Plows. . . or not?
Modeling the O&W – food for thought!
By Mal Houck


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After The Deluge
The Story Of The ’42 Floods
By Elwin Mumford & Ed Crist


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Northern Division Bridge & Building Department
By John Taibi

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Was it White or Red?
The Ward Inquest of 1892
By Dave Mazurek

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Northern Division Bridge & Building Department

Fred, Frank, Shel, and Bill – all Real O&W Men
By John Taibi


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March 1st 2024 Meeting Presentation entitled:
Owen Asks?
Trivia, Trains, Tributes and Transparency.
Help The Society Help You!
By Erik Pioselli

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Oneida Daily Dispatch, Monday, April 10, 1957
Dispatch Newsman Is Last O&W Passenger
By Richard Baldwin (Dispatch State Editor)
Compiled By Richard Palmer

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Northern Division Bridge & Building Department
Belair
By John Taibi

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From The Archives
Number 20 in a Series

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Northern Division Bridge & Building Department 
Signs Of Past O&W Times
By John Taibi

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Digging Deeper With Doug Ellison
Number 6 in a Series
The O&W Way

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February 2nd 2024 Membership Meeting followed by
a PowerPoint Presentation by Doug Barberio entitled:
Diamonds, Junctions, Interchanges and Interlocking Towers CN to WX.

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From The Archives
Number 19 in a Series
What’s In Your Wallet?
By Bob Earle

Observer Reprint
Marine Line Equipment
Editors: John Bifano & Allan F. Seebach, Jr.
O&WRHS Observer Vol. XXVII, Nos. 1 to 9.
January – September 1992.

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From The Desk Of Dan Myers
Number 15 in a Series
Veterans To The Rescue – 1947

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Northern Division Bridge & Building Department
The Sylvans
By John Taibi

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Along The Right of Way
Number 5 in a Series
What Railroad Is This?
Part I

By Douglas J. Barberio


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“Meola’s Special” On The O&W
Chenango Telegraph – Friday, January 29, 1943
Contributed By Richard Palmer

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Modeling the O&W
No. 55 in a Series
By Mal Houck NMRA MMR #696
NYO&W – Fish Culture and New York Fisheries Department
Fish Car “Adirondack”
Part 1


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From The Desk Of Dan Myers
Number 14 in a Series
The Midland Centennial Line

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Short-Line Railroader
Abandonment of the NYO&W

By William S. Young

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Phase II F-3A in 1/4″ Scale By Tony Koester
Railroad Model Craftsman – October 1970, Pages 32-39.
©1970 Carstens Publications. Used By Permission.
Contributed By Kenneth L. Hojnacki

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The Bridge the Knitted Hill to Hill
By John Taibi

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Inside The Murray Plant
By Howard Zendle

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Owen’s Footprints
Number 28 in a Series
Tragedy In Childs
By Kenneth L. Hojnacki

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Riding The “Toonerville” On The O&W
By Arden W. Coe

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Northern Division Bridge & Building Department
Summertime in Cuddebackville; How I met the O&W
By John Taibi

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Northern Division Bridge & Building Department
Wedding Day Catastrophe at Pecksport!
By John Taibi

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By Roy Gallinger
Contributed By Richard Palmer

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Digging Deeper With Doug Ellison
Number 5 in a Series
Linkages In Time

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Owen’s Footprints
Number 27 in a Series
Going Up The Mountains
By Kenneth L. Hojnacki

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Novermber 2023 Meeting Presentation
By Jeff Otto

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From The Archives
Number 18 in a Series
By Bob Earle

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By Peter Putman

 
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Owen’s Footprints
Number 26 in a Series
Santa Fe vs. O&W
By Kenneth L. Hojnacki

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Along The Right Of Way
Number 4 in a Series
The Last Ontario Express
By Douglas J. Barberio

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Northern Division Bridge & Building Department

The O&W Loops – Sylvan Beach & Pecksport
By John Taibi


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Owen’s Footprints
Number 25 in a Series
By Kenneth L. Hojnacki

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Northern Division Bridge & Building Department
The Jack Farrell Special
By John Taibi

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NYO&W: A Personal View
Assigned To Summitville
By Robert E. Mohowski

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NYO&W: A Personal View 
What’s Going On Here
By Robert E. Mohowski

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From The Archives
Number 17 in a Series
A Bad Day Below Middletown
By Bob Earle

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From The Desk Of Dan Myers
Number 13 in a Series
Immigrant Service On The O&W

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Along The Right Of Way
The Mystery Of The Undiscovered Imagery Of NYO&W 116
By Douglas J. Barberio

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Northern Division Bridge & Building Department
The Midland vs. The O&W

By John Taibi


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The O&W – Then & Now
Number 11 in a Series
Clark’s Creamery
By Ray Kelly

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From The Desk Of Dan Myers
Number 12 in a Series
More On 44-Ton Trusts & Trust Plates

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Owen’s Footprints
Number 24 in a Series
CSI – Owen W.
By Kenneth L. Hojnacki

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Scranton Division Nuggets
Number 5 in a Series:
The Middletown & Unionville Buys Coal, Sometimes From O&W Origins
By Peter Brill

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From The Archives
Number 16 in a Series
Tender Thoughts
By Bob Earle

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Locomotive USA No. 1368
Contributed By Walter J. Kierzkowski And Dan Myers

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From The Desk Of Dan Myers
Number 11 in a Series
Oilways 1946 – The Search That Never Ends

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O&W Autumn
By Paul Lubliner

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Getting To The Bottom Of Stone Culverts
By Ronald J. Stanulevich

Introduction And Photos By Ronald J. Vassallo

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Collectors Corner
Signs Of The Journey
By The AV Chief

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Scranton Division Nuggets
Number 3 in a Series
Was It Related To The Scranton Extension?

By Peter Brill


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Northern Division Bridge & Building Department
Homer Underwood – Master Station Builder
By John Taibi

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From The Desk Of Dan Myers
Number 10 in a Series
Train 24 And The Iona Island Wreck

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Northern Division Bridge & Building Department
Making the Grade
Up & Down the O&W Railway
By John Taibi

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Exploring The Rails
Number 3 in a Series
A Trip To Munnsville
By Joey Senese

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Northern Division Bridge & Building Department
Introduction – Randallsville
By John Taibi

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Owen’s Footprints
Number 21 in a Series
Read Instructions Before Operating 44-tonner
By Kenneth L. Hojnacki


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From The Archives
Number 15 in a Series
PC-O&W-NH Routing
By Bob Earle