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RyPN Briefs

November 14, 2011
Book Review: The Virginia Creeper in Ashe County
Images of Rail

December 21, 2010
Book Review:Pacific Electric's 500 - Class Cars

November 1, 2010
Book Reviews: Yakima Valley and Philadelphia Railroads

December 23, 2009
Book Review: Vis Major
a novel by Martin Burwash

October 12, 2009
Book Review: Old 97 Saves the Day
Written by J. David and Audrey Conrad

September 15, 2009
Book Review: Civil Engineering for Outdoor Railroads
Volume 2 - Bridges

September 6, 2009
Book Review: Scranton Railroads
Written by David Crosby

August 6, 2009
ANNOUNCING . . . THE JOHN HELMSTETTER FARM FUND and a Western Maryland 734 Photo Freight Special Excursion on Nov. 9, 2009
Helping a True Friend of the Railfan Community

July 6, 2009
103 Leaves Essex for a New Home

April 20, 2009
Book Review: Pelican Road
A Novel by Howard Bahr

March 23, 2009
Book Review: Postcards of America: San Francisco's Market Street Railway
Written by Vielbaum, Hoffman, Ute and Townley

February 23, 2009
Book Review: The Santa Fe Railway and the Lost Locomotives of Topeka
Written by James J. Reisdorff & Lloyd Stagner

February 2, 2009
The Anatomy of a Locomotive Restoration
Getting your feet wet

January 26, 2009
Endangered: France's most beautiful railroad!

September 1, 2008
The Anatomy of a Locomotive Restoration
An Introduction

August 25, 2008
Mid Continent 2009 Steam Calendar

August 8, 2008
Pullman Hobo Fest
Press Release

July 3, 2008
Book Review
Images of Rail - Horseshoe Curve

May 12, 2008
IRM on the Web

May 6, 2008
MSU and Elderhostel Create Railroad History Program

April 20, 2008
WRM Grand Opening Celebration on May 3
Western Railway Museum Completes Its Largest-Ever Expansion

March 25, 2008
White River Valley Museum Celebrates Trains with Lecture, Exhibit

March 22, 2008
Veteran Railroad Engineer And Steam Engine Expert J.R. Phillips Dead At Age 88

February 12, 2008
Historic Depot Restored in Mount Vernon, Ohio
All Photos Copyright Phil Samuell

February 8, 2008
Enjoy Springtime Aboard the 7th Annual Scenic Limited Trains

February 4, 2008
White River Valley Museum Celebrates Puget Sound Passenger Trains

January 25, 2008
THE GREAT TRAIN SHOW
Arriving this weekend at a station near you

December 21, 2007
SRI Receives Grant from the Krauss Foundation for the Ann Arbor Caboose

December 7, 2007
NPE Coach Seats Sold Out

November 21, 2007
Book Review: Union Pacific Steam Survivors

November 4, 2007
FEBT Rockhill Restoration: 2006 Year in Review

September 22, 2007
Western Railway Museum to partner with Rotary Clubs of Fairfield
Presenting the 10th Annual Pumpkin Patch Festival

August 24, 2007
Twin City Lines Streetcar No. 1239 100th Birthday Celebration

July 3, 2007
Steam Locomotive #100 to Return Home
Locomotive Leaves for Florida

March 25, 2007
Yosemite Valley 330 Restoration
The Last of the Glass

March 6, 2007
WW&F Locomotive Number 9 Restoration Begins

February 23, 2007
Railroad Collection Available for Research

February 13, 2007
News from India

February 7, 2007
NCR Fires Up Robert Dollar #3

January 24, 2007
More Horseshoe Curve REA

January 18, 2007
World Heritage Site Crumbling

January 15, 2007
Book Review:
"The fire burns much better..., 200 years of steam locomotive exhaust research" by Dr. J.J.G. Koopmans, published by Ponsen and Looijen, BV, the Netherlands, 484 pages, softbound

January 8, 2007
REA Boxcar #7375

December 25, 2006
Former Cartier 'Big ALCo' Receives Cosmetic Restoration

December 20, 2006
Book Review:
"Advanced Steam Locomotive Development, Three Technical Paper" by L. D. Porta, Consulting Engineer, Camden Miniature Steam Services, UK, 100 pages, softbound

December 15, 2006
Recent Work on The Catskill Mountain Railroad - Fall 2006 Update

December 13, 2006
Book Review:
"Santa Fe Steam Survivors" by Lloyd E. Stagner, South Platte Press, David City, Nebraska, $19.95

December 10, 2006
Hydro Electric Power Commission ALCo (Cooke) 0-4-0ST #46

December 5, 2006
Book Review:
"The Work of the Railway Carman" by Edmond Hogan

December 1, 2006
Book Review:
"Cooperation Moves the Public: Shore Line Interurban Historical Society Dispatch Number 1" by Bruce G. Moffat

November 21, 2006
World War I Loco Which Worked in India for 50 Years now being Restored in UK

November 15, 2006
Maggie Valley Railroad Memories

November 12, 2006
India's Centenary-Old Narrow Gauge Line to be Restored

November 8, 2006
Back to the Past!

November 6, 2006
South Carolina Railroad Museum Returns Southern Railway Diner #3157 to Operation

October 25, 2006
Friends of the 457

October 21, 2006
Abatron Wood Restoration Products Used in a Streetcar Repair

October 18, 2006
Broad Gauge Garratt Restored in India

October 15, 2006
FVHRS Workshop

October 6, 2006
Obituary:
Graeme Breydon of Victoria, Australia

October 1, 2006
Conduit Artifacts at National Capital Trolley Museum

September 27, 2006
Book Review:
"The Gainesville Midland and Her Sister Short Lines" by Douglas van Veelen

September 24, 2006
IRM Members Day Weekend

August 24, 2006
Former CNJ QR Tower

August 18, 2006
Johnstown Traction Company 355

August 1, 2006
Bucksgahuda & Western Railroad 40th Anniversary

July 25, 2006
FW&D Caboose Donated to SRHA

July 19, 2006
Amherst Railway Society Announces 2006 Grants

July 12, 2006
Book Review: The Big Legacy of the Union Pacific Big Boy
Why Railfans Still Love the ''World's Largest'' Steam Locomotive

July 7, 2006
Minnesota Streetcar Museum News Update

July 1, 2006
Mid Continent 2007 Steam Calendar

June 25, 2006
Antique Open Trolley Car Added to Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Collection

June 19, 2006
Pennsylvania RR Locomotive Returned to Service

June 12, 2006
Book Review: Biography of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad
by Paul Harncourt, revised edition, paperback, 231 pages plus appendices, Outskirts Press, Inc. 2005, $16.95 US

June 6, 2006
AFRR & RRC Host The First Ione Speeder Rail Fair

May 24, 2006
Recent Work on The Catskill Mountain Railroad

May 18, 2006
WW&F Spring Track Meet a Success

May 12, 2006
Obituary: Fred Perry

May 12, 2006
Repeating History: Boxcar Turns to Flatcar

May 7, 2006
Moving in Charleston

April 28, 2006
Rare Recreation of Illinois Terminal Operations to take place at Illinois Railway Musuem for Illinois Traction Society meet on Saturday, April 29, 2006

April 26, 2006
Anatomy of a Restoration: New Haven 0401
Part 1 of 3

April 23, 2006
2 Books Reviews

April 22, 2006
Class QJ 2-10-2 Locomotives from China Bound for USA

April 13, 2006
Dutch Museum Group Seeks Help

April 6, 2006
Royal Hudson Steam Locomotive Going Back Together

April 1, 2006
FEBT Rockhill Restoration: 2005 Year in Review

March 27, 2006
Obituary: Walter Abbenseth 1926 ? 2006

March 24, 2006
Ex LIRR Locomotive #399 Has A New Home In Riverhead

March 17, 2006
Book Review: Civil Engineering for Outdoor Railroads - Volume One
by Douglas van Veelen, published by AuthorHouse 2005, 188 pages, paperbound

March 17, 2006
Two Special White Pass & Yukon Events for May 2006

March 17, 2006
Enjoy Springtime Aboard the Fifth Annual Scenic Limited Trains

March 12, 2006
Chicago Aurora & Elgin car 308

March 6, 2006
National Capital Trolley Museum Enters Satellite Age

March 1, 2006
Volunteer Open House at Pennsylvania Trolley Museum

February 24, 2006
Machine Tools Destined for Restoration Work

February 19, 2006
The "Golden Spike" is coming to Texas

February 15, 2006
Review
Mid-Continent Railway Gazette, Vol. 38, No. 4, December 2005

February 12, 2006
Rock Island 4-4-0 Steam Locomotive No. 574

February 4, 2006
Association of Railway Museums' Spring Conference

January 24, 2006
Southern Traction No. 305 Update

January 18, 2006
British Columbia Electric Railway Company 1225 Progress Report

January 11, 2006
Changes Under Big Sky
Operating semaphores replaced on Montana Rail Link, while SD45s pushed to secondary service

January 6, 2006
North Dakota Merci Boxcar Rededication

January 1, 2006
Pacific Electric 1624