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The Crusader “Preserving the Past for the Future”
August 2012
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Please consider joining us for the 2012
RCT&HS Volunteer Appreciation Event to be held
on September 30th. A train ride on the Wanamaker,
Kempton, and Southern RR in Kempton, PA in has
been scheduled and we have reserved Reading
combine 408 for our enjoyment. There is an option
of riding the 3PM or 4PM trip. Volunteers ride free
of charge. Additional family members are asked to
pay a $3 fee. There is room for 50 persons per trip
with the volunteers getting first seating.
Following the train ride, attendees are invited
to a picnic style diner at the Reading Railroad
Heritage Museum in Hamburg.
If you are planning to attend, please mail in
the enclosed flyer or contact Greg Goodridge at 215-
699-3353 or ([email protected]) by
September 22nd.
RCT&HS VOLUNTEER
EVENT SCHEDULED
RCT&HS Corporate Members
Russell & Julia Angstadt; Bethlehem Car Works,
John Greene, CEO, Telford, PA (215) 721-3006;
C&C Tax Service, Inc., 842 Lancaster Ave., Read-
ing, PA (610) 796-9330; Centralia Coal Sales Co.
,Wilkes-Barre, PA (570) 822-4135; Municipal &
Financial Services Group, Annapolis, MD (410)
226-910; G&K Hobbies, Bill Krug CEO, Reading,
PA (610) 374-8598; Health Insurance Solutions,
Inc., Tom and Nanette Poserina, Health Brokers
(215) 721-2220; “It’s All the Rage” Hair Designs,
In memory of Charles W. Moyer, Jr., 1213 Penn
Ave., Wyomissing, PA (610) 375-0816; Jonathan
L. Shalter III, Conservationist-Naturalist-Historian,
Temple, PA; Lancaster Chapter, NRHS, Christi-
ana, PA (610) 593-4968; Outer Station Project,
Benjamin Bernhart, historian, author, publisher;
PENNVIA Private Railcars, Inc., Passenger Dome
car charters in the US and Canada, West Lawn, PA
(610) 678-3604; R. Harris Russo, MD, Neurologi-
cal Surgery, Kalamazoo, MI (269) 343-3939;
Rabenold, Koestel, and Scheidt, Attorneys at
Law, Wyomissing, PA (610) 374-2103; RackAbil-
ity, Inc., 332 N Reading Rd, Ephrata, PA 17522
(717) 917-7403; Reading and Northern Railroad,
Co., Andy Muller Jr., CEO, Port Clinton, PA (610)
562-2100; Reading Berks Historic Transportation
Assoc., Inc., 842 Lancaster Avenue, Reading, PA;
Security First Inc., Security, access control, surveil-
lance systems, 107 W. Lancaster Ave., Shillington
PA (610) 777-8890; Stackhouse Bensinger Inc.;
Civil Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Land
Planning Services, Traffic and Planning Engineer-
ing, Storm Water Infiltration, Municipal Engineer-
ing, Surveying/GPS, and Recreation Planning & De-
sign. Sinking Spring, PA (610) 777-8000; Town &
Country Newspaper, Pennsburg PA, (215) 679-
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AUGUST 28th GENERAL MEETING EXECUTIVE BOARD Duane Engle 610-929-5661 [email protected] The August meeting of the BOD was held at 7PM on
August 7th at the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Ham-
burg, PA. Topics of discussion and motions carried are as fol-
lows:
Financial – The board reviewed the Capital Campaign
results and passed motion to spend $358.43 for a new
water heater at the RRHM.
Museum – The board listed to a grant report presented by
Carol Adams. Jeff Smith gave an update on the RRHM
electric project being conducted by Rich Tobin and shared
notes from the meeting with the Reading Berks Heritage
Transportation Association. The decision to place locks
on the thermostats at the RRHM will proceed as discussed
at the July meeting. Tim Weidner shared with the board
his progress on consolidating and storing all propane tanks
on the RRHM property.
RCT&HS Volunteers - The board acknowledged receipt
of Paul Troutman’s resignation as Curator effective Jan.
31, 2013 and receipt of Tom Brown’s resignation as
Director and Site Development Task Force Chairman
effective immediately. A volunteer recognition event will
be held on Sunday, September 30th featuring a train ride on
the WK&S and a picnic diner.
Other - The board reviewed an MP&RE report,
discussed the HO scale Crusader model/DVD agreement,
site development, PRSL caboose acquisition, Safety
Committee Chairman need, and installation of fire
detection components at the RRHM.
The next general meeting of the Executive Board will
be held at 7PM at the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in
Hamburg, PA on September 4th.
BUDGET & FINANCE
John Brown 717-426-2238 [email protected]
Our accounting firm, RKL, has completed their
review of our 2011 financial records and submitted the
appropriate tax forms to the IRS and the state.
The Annual Fund Drive has brought in approximately
$8,400 by mid-August. Both Jim and I have been on vacation
for the past two weeks so the tally is not current.
The goal for the car 1189 Fund is $15,000. At
mid-August approximately $14,000 has been raised. If just one
more person joins the Car 1189 club by contributing $1,189 we
can move forward with getting the car moved from Strasburg
to Hamburg.
Again, thank you for your continued support of the
Society.
Mike Stehman was recognized for his outstanding work on the
Capital Campaign.
TREASURER’S REPORT Jim Adams 610-777-3764 [email protected]
A motion to refer the Treasurer’s Report to the
Finance Committee for audit and vote was made by Greg
Goodridge, seconded by Larry Mundell. The motion Passed.
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SALES Duane Engle 610-929-5661 [email protected] (for mail order questions contact Dave Heffner at 717-290-1493 [email protected]) We had a small sales table at the railroad event in
Lansdale on Aug 25th. Sales there totaled over $700.00 for a
6 hour event. Thank you to Greg and Barb Goodridge and Jim
Blake. We will be attending the Hamburg-er Festival in
Hamburg on Sept. 1st; still looking for help for this event. Our
next big show is our train meet in Leesport on Oct. 7th.
Anyone interested in helping, please contact me.
FUND RAISING COMMITTEE Mike Stehman [email protected] Preparation continues on the golf outing.
MEMBERSHIP
Melanie Zimmerman 717-445-6301 [email protected] As of August 28 we have 63 new members and 866
renewals for a total of 929 members for 2012. Currently the
membership breakdown is as follows: 629 Individual, Life-
time or Honorary, 103 Family, 120 Contributing, 55 Sustain-
ing, 18 Corporate, and 4 Student memberships. We had a
total of 966 members at this time last year.
MUSEUM OPERATIONS/CURATORS REPORT
Dale Woodland 215-723-5848 [email protected]
Paul Troutman 610-926-4919 [email protected]
LONG RANGE PLANNING TASK FORCE Carol Adams 610-777-3764 [email protected] No report. MUSEUM BUILDING COMMITTEE
John Corbit 610-781-1939
The water heater at the RRHM was replaced. We
have been painting the exposed wall on the exterior of the
museum.
TRACK & GROUNDS Duane Engle 610-929-5661 [email protected]
We continued with grass cutting, weed spraying and
general grounds clean up this past month. The following
helped this month: Don Crabtree, John Stoudt and Duane
Engle. We are still in need of help to address removing the
rebar and other metal from the areas that were graded after the
demolition work (no one has come forward to help with this).
We have received the go ahead to remove track in the East
Petersburg area. Paul Payne will be heading this up as the
work needs to be done during the regular work week. I am
also preparing to do more track construction at the museum.
Anyone that can help with any of this work, please contact
me.
MOTIVE POWER AND ROLLING EQUIPMENT
Tim Weidner 610-780-0497 Current Areas of Activity:
Tender - Painting continues and expected to be com-
pleted in about 2 wks using approx. 24 staff-hrs/wk.
NW2/#103 - Rewiring continues. Batteries removed.
Box cleaned and bad metal removed. Metal
replacement and box repainting still needs to be
done. Relay and resistor cleaning, repair and/or
replacement is underway. Current target to restart the
locomotive is spring of 2013. We are using
approx.100 staff-hrs/wk
GP7/#621- Cylinder casketing replacement and
cylinder liner cleanup continues with the last 4 of 16 in
progress. This is a background project at the moment.
RS3/#485 – The undercarriage painting project has
begun with cleaning. Caked, Oil-soaked dirt is a
significant obstacle. We are using approx. 3 staff-hrs/
wk.
Power Distribution (for Battery Charging and local
power) - The 103 will be first done and will be added
as part of rewiring effort.
Box Car Re-Organization - Most bus parts now out of
one box car and moved to a shed. The next step is to
organize loco parts from this and other cars. We
are approx. 50 staff-hrs/wk. using
Shop Talk (online MPRE newsletter) - The next edition
is written and due out in September. To sign up, email
[email protected] if you want to sign up for shop
talk. Note: There are no funds for paper copies at this
time.
Funding: Funding continues to be a key obstacle in our
restoration work. We will add list of small project and parts
costs to Shop Talk as a means of soliciting small donations.
PASSENGER OPERATIONS Dale Woodland 215-723-5848 [email protected] Consider riding the special steam charter on the New
Hope & Ivyland Railroad Saturday on September 22, 2012 to
benefit the Southampton Railroad Station Society (former
Reading Company Newtown Branch Station). Photo runbys
and souvenirs included. Departs New Hope 10:30AM returns
3PM. Tickets $44.95.
ACQUISITIONS Steve Schwartz 610-434-1289 [email protected] No report. SAFETY Looking for a chairman. ARCHIVES / PUBLICATIONS / CALENDAR Rick Bates 610-647-9359 [email protected]
Archives
We received an exceptional donation in August from
Richard Mansley consisting of a large collection of photos of
Reading Railroad steam locomotives, mostly roster-type shots
in smaller-size, black & white formats. Not every locomotive
the Reading ever had is included, but this will still be useful in
helping to fulfill research needs for photos of specific engines
by number. Also thanks to the following for their donations
to the Archives: Some Reading RR photos from Will Coxey;
a set of 1880s-era surveyor field notebooks for the W&N
Railroad from Bill Stafford and Rick Bates; some quarter-mile
sheets from Neil Shankweiler; and a pair of framed photos
and some other paper items from the family of Robert J.
Dalton, this donation facilitated by Bill Cauff. We handled
eleven inquiries this month for historical information about
the Reading. We completed sorting the remaining unsorted,
rolled track drawings, making at least this portion of the
collection a bit easier to use for research.
Publications
Work continues on the next Bee Line.
Calendar
The Year 2013 Reading Railroad calendar has been
completed and it features all pictures by noted photographer
Dave Augsburger. Please contact the Sales Committee to
purchase calendars because the Calendar Committee does not
have the calendar inventory.
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Looking for a chairman. MAILING
Ken Riegel 610-777-4555
This month the Crusader was mailed a week late due
to a power outage at the printer. MODULAR Jonathan Barket 570-366-1533 [email protected]
We continue working on several modules including a
few new scenes waiting to be reviled. We are also adding to
the signal system. We were able to get the East Penn signal
bridge mounted and working along with the signals at locust
summit. Detection circuits will be added between Cressona
and East Penn to allow better tracking of train movements.
We are working on a revised Plexiglas holder which will be
able to hold both more Plexiglas as well as other layout equip-
ment. New wheels are also being added. We changed out the
wheels on the 8' rack replacing them with roller bearing
wheels making the entire rack much easier to move. We are
experimenting different ways to try and clean our Plexiglas.
They are scratched pretty bad and makes looking through
them almost impossible. As you can see we are taking this
time off and trying to catch up on some outstanding projects.
Our next show will be at the Harrisburg farm show complex
for the PA Christmas and Craft show. Set up will be on Nov
26th and the show will be Nov 28 - Dec 2. If you would like
to assist or join in with the work sessions, please let me know. MODELING -John Greene 215-721-3006 [email protected]
Athearn and Mike’s Train House will be producing
the Norfolk Southern Reading SD70ACe Heritage Unit in HO
scale. MTH is also offering an O scale version. The GHB/
Con-Cor HO scale Crusader train set is expected to be ready
to ship by mid October. You can purchase the sets with our
without the steam engine. The RCT&HS will have Crusader
sets available for purchase. A CD containing our Bee Line
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featuring the Crusader along with information about the
RCT&HS will be included with these train sets.
TRAIN MEET Chuck Race 610-777-2053 Our next train meet will be held on October 7th.
CONVENTION COMMITTEE
John Greene 215-721-3006 [email protected]
No report.
WEBSITE AND CORRESPONDENCE
Norman O. Mueller 610-446-6651 [email protected] Mike Sakal 610-777-3268 [email protected] No report.
ENTERTAINMENT
Dale Woodland (215) 723-5848 [email protected] Tonight Sam Herb “Railroads in Kuala Lumpur” ,
September – Paul Kutta “ Cuban Railroads”, October – DVD
“Eastern Steam 1935-37”, November – “Train Accidents and
the Nickel Plate Story” by Tom Poserina, December – Dale
Woodland “Diesels Down Under” .
OLD BUSINESS
Mike Stehman questioned the problems with the
membership website owned and managed by Mike
Sakal. Jim Adams stated that he will make it a point to
visit Mike Sakal in person.
There was a question about getting Bee Lines produced.
It was reported that one will be out shortly.
NEW BUSINESS
John Funk reported that we now have a state flag flying
below the US flag at the museum.
Mike Stahman reported that Don Crabtree was able to
get a fork lift donated.
Karen Confer made a suggestion to have a small book
produced on the history of the Reading Railroad to sell
at shows. This should be a book of reasonable size and
cost to interest the general public.
Greg Goodridge announced that the RCT&HS volunteer
recognition event will be held on September 30th.
RCT&HS members can ride the 3:00 or 4:00 WK&S
train and enjoy a picnic style diner back at the RRHM.
If nonmembers ride that train the board asks that a $3
donation be made for each nonmember rider. Please
contact Greg Goodridge at 215-699-3353 or
[email protected] if you plan to attend. You can also
use the flyer enclosed in the Crusader.
Tonight’s coal bucket contained $124 and 9 pay down
the loan envelopes.
CLOSING
John Brown made a motion to adjourn the meeting
and Larry Mundell seconded the motion. The motion passed
and President Duane Engle adjourned the meeting at
8:34PM.
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Hamburg Museum Track Fund
Receipts Current Month: August, 2012 = $50.00
Total: May 2007 thru August, 2012 = $30,844.70
Payments Current Month: August, 2012 = $0.00
Total: May 2007 thru August, 2012 = $23,196.15
Current Fund Balance = $7,648.55
Pay Down the Loan Program
Receipts Current Month: August, 2012 = $590.00
Total: Nov, 2010 thru August, 2012 = $20,459.72
Payments Current Month: August, 2012 = $600.00
Total: Nov, 2010 thru August, 2012 = $20,400.00
Outstanding Balance = $76,600.00
Editor’s Notes
If you have a camera and attend an RCT&HS event
or are able to document news items related to the
Reading Railroad, I am looking for you. As you can
see, I have started to include photos in the Crusader.
Please feel free to send photos along with a small
description of the event or interesting news item. If
you do not have a digital camera, that is OK as I can
scan prints into my computer for use in the Cru-
sader. Photos not used in the Crusader may be used
on our web site. Thank you.
Jeff Smith
649 Hamaker Road
Manheim, PA 17545
717-665-9311
eCrusader and Members Web Site
Mike Sakal reported that he has been
experiencing virus problems with his computer.
Because of this, the members web site he
maintains has been experiencing trouble and the
July eCrusader did not go out on time. Mike has
assured us that he now has a new computer and
things should return to normal. By now the July
eCrusader should have been sent. We apologize
for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
- The Board of Directors
www.readingrailroad.org
Looking Ahead
September 25: General Meeting of the RCT&HS at Trinity Bible Fellowship
Church, Rt. 73, Blandon, PA
September 30: RCT&HS Volunteer Appreciation Event
October 7: RCT&HS Train Meet, Leesport, PA
Save your Redner’s Tapes
ORDER FORM - HO Scale, DCC Ready Crusader Train Set
RCT&HS Members Only: Quantity ______ X $550.00 = $ ____________
PA residents must include sales tax: Quantity ______ X $33.00 = $ ____________
Shipping and Handling: RCT&HS is unable to determine the cost of S/H until the models arrive. If you pay by credit card we will simply post the S/H amount to your card at the time of shipment. If paying by check, send your check for the model (and applicable sales tax) now and we will contact you when we know the S/H amount. At that time you can send a second check for the S/H and we will then ship your model.
Total $ ____________
Make check payable to the RCT&HS.
If paying by credit card, please check one: ( ) VISA ( ) MC ( ) Discover
Card Number: ____________ - ____________ - ____________ - ___________
Expiration Date: _______/_______ 3 digit security code (back of card) _______
Your contact info (phone no. or email): ____________________________________________
Ship to: Name _______________________________________________________________
Address______________________________________________________________
City _______________________________________ State _______ Zip __________
Please print your information clearly
SEND TO: RCT&HS P.O. Box 15143 Reading, PA 19612-5143
HO Scale Crusader Train Sets For Sale
GHB International, through Con-Cor Trains, is producing an excellent HO scale model of the Reading’s famous Crusader. This is a limited run, collector’s edition of 1000 sets which include a G-1sas steam locomotive and 5 cars. Features include the following:
Fully Detailed Steam Locomotive, faithful to the Original Reading Railroad plans.
Model will be "DCC" ready, meaning it will run on "DC" right out of the box, and it will be easy to add a "DCC" Decoder into the tender.
Optional "DCC" Sound Decoder (including a proper speaker) will be available from Con-Cor Trains
Set will come with 5 passenger cars, Coach-Observation car (Car 1) ; Coach (Car 2); one diner/lounge (Car 3); another Coach (Car 4) and another Coach-Observation (Car 5). All cars will come with complete interiors, and LED constant lighting.
The RCT&HS will be selling these train sets for $610.00 but as a member, your discounted price will be $550.00.
