Author Archive: Ronald J. Vassallo

April 4th 2025 Membership Meeting followed by a PowerPoint presentation by O&WRHS President Joseph Senese entitled The Port Jervis, Monticello & Kingston Branches Then & Now Part I.

From The Archives Number 31 in a Series For Posterity’s Sake By Bob Earle

Please don’t forget about the meeting this Friday, 7 PM sharp. You should have received an invite via Zoom from our Membership Chairman, Alan Held. If you have not please e-mail Membership@OntarioExpress.org. For those that can’t attend in-person or via…
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Northern Division Bridge & Building Department Station Survivors North of Sidney, and Depots that weren’t so Lucky By John Taibi

If there was a commandment for railroaders it would be “Remember the 29th and keep it holy.” The anniversary of the O&W’s demise is one of those “Where were you” moments in time. And the gap between those who remember…
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The Original Wickham Avenue Middletown Station and the Construction of the New Depot

Annual Reports – 1911-1920

March 7th 2025 Membership Meeting and Presentation entitled: Remembering Cadosia By Bob Earle

For more Archives Reprints please Click Here.  All credit for this undertaking go to Archivist Bob Earle. 

Thanks to a great suggestion from O&WRHS Member Matt Ferrante, we now have a new page on the website dedicated to “News & Events”. Why this wasn’t done years ago is beyond me, but Matt deserves credit for this one….
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