Author Archive: Ronald J. Vassallo

The Sylvans John Taibi would love to hear your questions or comments on his articles: You can reach him at JohnTaibi@OntarioExpress.org.

The Sylvans John Taibi would love to hear your questions or comments on his articles: You can reach him at JohnTaibi@OntarioExpress.org.

Along The Right of Way Number 5 in a Series What Railroad Is This? Part I By Douglas J. Barberio

Dear Members: I write this post after almost two decades of trying to get PayPal up and running for our existing members and new members alike. This has been quite a task to get set up and I must give…
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“Meola’s Special” On The O&W Chenango Telegraph – Friday, January 29, 1943 Contributed By Richard Palmer Photo Courtesy of John Taibi

  NYO&W – Fish Culture and New York Fisheries Department Fish Car “Adirondack” Part 1

Greetings and Happy New Year, I am very proud to announce I am your new president of the Ontario & Western Railway Historical Society. We have a lot of work to do, and we will be starting immediately. As promised…
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O&WRHS Election Results 2024   Total Votes cast – 263   Board – four positions   Dan Myers – 1   Steve Cohen – 1   Bill Schneider – 1   Doug Ellison – 200   Doug Barberio – 216…
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Number 14 in a Series The Midland Centennial Line From your editor: I would like to give a Special Thanks to Dan for this early Christmas present and wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year….
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Short-Line Railroader Abandonment of The O&W By William S. Young Contributed By Richard Palmer Editor’s Note: It seems that many of you are having problems linking to this article and in fact the link may have been corrupt. For future…
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