Author Archive: Ronald J. Vassallo

I just posted the Raffle Ticket Form as a .pdf on the site.  Here is a link if you would like to print it out and preserve your Newsletter.  Raffle Ticket Form

Hello Members: Hopefully your Newsletter has arrived by now.  Without going into too much detail, the middle section with the Convention/Banquet info was supposed to be a pull-out as to not disturb Ken’s article.  Needless to say a miscalculation on…
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Calendar of Events NOTICE: The August 5, 2022 in-person meeting in Middletown is CANCELLED. With Covid, most O&WRHS meetings have been held online, via Zoom. However, this year (2022), we tried resuming in-person meetings in Middletown, with two meetings –…
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Number 4 in a Series Owen And The Red Raiders By Kenneth L. Hojnacki Editor’s Note: The next Ontario Express Newsletter should hopefully be in your hands by the end of the month. It is a very important Newsletter as…
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New Series! As an admonishment often used by hikers goes: take only memories, leave only footprints. The O&W is gone and only footprints remain on the landscape. Those with first hand memories of the railroad are few now; only the…
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  Number 9 in a Series – A Helping Hand

A Weathervane Finds Its Way Home

The Mystery of Signal 240.3 at Earlville, NY

From The Archives Number 8 in a SeriesRail Facts –Average Age Of Main Track Rail – Dec. 5, 1949