Author Archive: Ronald J. Vassallo

A Water Tank For Mountain Spring

Volume 3 Number 2 – Summer 1971 Upgraded photo of the 801 Courtesy of Ken Hojnacki

Number 32 in a Series FTs On Parade

New Updated Sales List

Just a friendly reminder that we have to provide a Convention/Banquet dinner head count to the Otterkill Country Club by next Wednesday.  If you haven’t sent your reservation form in yet, please make sure it goes in the mail no…
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Welcome 2024 Convention/Banquet attendees! The Ontario & Western Railway Historical Society Archives will be open from 9:00 am to 10:00 am on the day of the Convention/Banquet, Saturday November 9th 2024. The address is at 334 County Route 49 Middletown,…
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Number 7 in a Series O&W Ghosts

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

Sorry Guys: I incorrectly assumed everyone knew what TOYX is involved in: TOYX, Inc. is a New York 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that runs such projects as Operation Toy Train, the Dining Car Society, and the Erie Turntable site in Port…
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I just received this e-mail from Rudy Garbely: Hey Ron, Our full Operation Toy Train schedule is available at https://www.operationtoytrain.org/ – the last page of that document covers our run on the M&NJ on December 15th. Also, we’re a dealer…
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