Modeling an O&W station
Burnside, NY depot in HO scale
From Your Editor, Ron Vassallo:
I have been really blessed this past year, through this site, to reconnect with some old O&W friends that I have known for over 30 years and Paul Lubliner is one of them. In fact, Paul was one of the first friends I made when I joined the Society back in 1989. His modeling exploits were one of the main reasons I got into prototypical modeling. Paul has built many stations of the O&W as well as many other O&W structures. His HO’ scale working semaphores are in a class of their own.
Then we have his quintessential book, The New York Ontario & Western, “In Color”. This is a “must have” for anyone who is passionate about the O&W. The O&WRHS sales page still lists this as available (see below).
Paul and I talked on the phone a few days ago and have been e-mailing ever since. It has been a total pleasure like the old days when we had the O&WRHS Yahoo Group. It’s really amazing (and sometimes sad) how time gets away from us. Paul has always been a big advocate for the Society plus both preserving and furthering the history of the O&W. I have wanted to post Paul’s modeling article about Burnside for several months now and this was the perfect time. So “Welcome” to The Ontario Express site and we look forward to you sharing your knowledge!
Please send Paul your questions or comments. He now has an official e-mail address for the site and can be reached at: PaulLubliner@OntarioExpress.org.
NEW YORK, ONTARIO & WESTERN IN COLOR: By Paul Lubliner. This book is full of many hard-to-find color photos of O&W steam, diesel and rolling stock dating back to 1941. 128 pages, hardbound. Price – $40.00. Please contact Jeff Otto at: JeffOtto@OntarioExpress.org if you would like to purchase a copy. Note: I just checked out available copies of this book online and they are going for well over $100 on Amazon!
Coming into Burnside, June 1946. Photo Courtesy Of Paul Lubliner.
Paul’s “In Color” book on the NYO&W.
This is halloween costume Paul made for his son many years ago out of plastic and cardboard. If I remember correctly his son wore a turtleneck and his head stuck out of the stack!