From smithbf at auburn.edu Tue Jan 21 12:47:35 2020 From: smithbf at auburn.edu (Bruce F. Smith) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 17:47:35 +0000 Subject: [Keystone-e-news] The latest edition of the Keystone eNews is now available Message-ID: ? Folks, The latest edition of the Keystone eNews (No 204, January 2020) is attached to this email and will be available at the PRRT&HS web site at http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/newPRReNEWS.htm . Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL "Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Jan2020 eNEWS rev.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 653518 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Smith Auburn, AL "Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From smithbf at auburn.edu Fri Mar 6 13:49:52 2020 From: smithbf at auburn.edu (Bruce F. Smith) Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2020 18:49:52 +0000 Subject: [Keystone-e-news] EXTRA! PRRT&HS annual meeting registration information Message-ID: Folks, Please find attached the registration package for the 2020 PRRT&HS annual meeting in State College, Pennsylvania. Also attached is the Model room entry form. Bring lots of models! Regards, Bruce Bruce Smith, PRRT&HS assistant web person -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PRRTHS_2020 Annual Meeting_Registration Mailing_For Posting.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 702215 bytes Desc: PRRTHS_2020 Annual Meeting_Registration Mailing_For Posting.pdf URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PRRTHS_2020_Form_Display Model Description.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 33956 bytes Desc: PRRTHS_2020_Form_Display Model Description.pdf URL: From smithbf at auburn.edu Fri Mar 13 13:50:42 2020 From: smithbf at auburn.edu (Bruce F. Smith) Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 17:50:42 +0000 Subject: [Keystone-e-news] Message from PRRT&HS President Staffieri Message-ID: <39CA3267-2CBE-4326-9122-2ABF30D7508E@auburn.edu> To all our members: I want to let you know at this time our 52nd Annual Meeting is still on. Naturally, we all are very concerned about the coronavirus outbreak and our members health is our highest priority. May 13th is two full months off, and a lot can happen in that time. This situation could be much better, or it could get worse (hopefully not). Currently, the Penn Stater is NOT releasing us from our contract. We have a cutoff date of April 12th to make a decision. If we cancel between now and April 12, and the Penn Stater continues to holds us to the contract, we would be responsible for $54,000 or 75% of the agreed contract. After that date it would be 100%. Both figures would be disastrous for the society. So, what I am asking of our members is to go forward and make your plans to attend the annual meeting as you always would. Our registration committee will hold all payments received till a final decision is made. Make your hotel reservations, which can be cancelled up to 24 hours before your arrival date. All funds will be returned if we do have to cancel. We already have a couple dozen members who sent their registrations in and I will be filling mine out today after I send this email out to you. God willing, we will all be meeting in two months and I look forward to seeing all of you again! Sincerely, Steve Staffieri, president From smithbf at auburn.edu Sun Mar 22 11:37:32 2020 From: smithbf at auburn.edu (Bruce F. Smith) Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 15:37:32 +0000 Subject: [Keystone-e-news] A new message from PRRT&HS President Staffieri Message-ID: To all PRR T&HS members. It is with great sadness the I have to inform all our members that the PRR T&HS Annual Meeting planned for May 13-16 2020 has been cancelled. The annual meeting hotel, The Penn Stater has contacted everyone who have already made their reservations, that they have been cancelled. Everyone who already sent in their registration forms, will have their original checks returned by the registration committee as soon as they are able. Please be patient. I had high hopes that by mid-April that this situation might be better, and by May we could return to some normality, but that is not to be the case, at least at this writing. According to our by-laws we are required to have some form of annual meeting, and the possibility of meeting later in the year will be looked into. We do have society business to take care of regardless. We have two board positions that need to be voted on, along with two majority vote questions concerning two of our chapters. We will be putting a letter together to be sent out to all current members, along with a self-addressed, stamped post card for you to ?check off? and return. Your participation is important, just like being at the regular general membership meeting. For now, the best thing that we can all do is ?stay safe and well?. Please follow all the recommendations to protect yourselves, and God willing, we will all be together very soon. Steve Staffieri President PRR T&HS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From smithbf at auburn.edu Mon Mar 23 12:22:38 2020 From: smithbf at auburn.edu (Bruce F. Smith) Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:22:38 +0000 Subject: [Keystone-e-news] A new message from PRRT&HS President Staffieri - update Message-ID: <4F547680-7E12-4A78-9475-6BEC0D639F39@auburn.edu> Folks, For those concerned about the PRRT&HS? financial obligations, the Penn Stater and PRRT&HS have mutually agreed that the situation is such that holding our meeting would be inappropriate. As a consequence, we have agreed to void the contract and the PRRT&HS has not financial obligation to the Penn Stater. If you have not already heard from the hotel regarding the cancelation of a room reservation for the meeting, you should hear by the end of the week. If you do not hear, contact the Penn Stater and cancel your reservation directly with them. Stay healthy, Bruce Bruce Smith, Auburn, Al To all PRR T&HS members. It is with great sadness the I have to inform all our members that the PRR T&HS Annual Meeting planned for May 13-16 2020 has been cancelled. The annual meeting hotel, The Penn Stater has contacted everyone who have already made their reservations, that they have been cancelled. Everyone who already sent in their registration forms, will have their original checks returned by the registration committee as soon as they are able. Please be patient. I had high hopes that by mid-April that this situation might be better, and by May we could return to some normality, but that is not to be the case, at least at this writing. According to our by-laws we are required to have some form of annual meeting, and the possibility of meeting later in the year will be looked into. We do have society business to take care of regardless. We have two board positions that need to be voted on, along with two majority vote questions concerning two of our chapters. We will be putting a letter together to be sent out to all current members, along with a self-addressed, stamped post card for you to ?check off? and return. Your participation is important, just like being at the regular general membership meeting. For now, the best thing that we can all do is ?stay safe and well?. Please follow all the recommendations to protect yourselves, and God willing, we will all be together very soon. Steve Staffieri President PRR T&HS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From smithbf at auburn.edu Mon Mar 30 08:29:48 2020 From: smithbf at auburn.edu (Bruce F. Smith) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:29:48 +0000 Subject: [Keystone-e-news] The latest edition of the Keystone eNews is now available Message-ID: ? Folks, The latest edition of the Keystone eNews (No 205, March 2020) is attached to this email and will be available at the PRRT&HS web site at http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/newPRReNEWS.htm. Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL "Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Smith) Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 21:50:57 +0000 Subject: [Keystone-e-news] PRRT&HS Proxy in the mail Message-ID: <976BD078-5557-4840-B811-ABAD925CF6F6@auburn.edu> Dear members of the PRRT&HS, You will shortly receive an annual meeting proxy ballot in the mail. This is a NEW proxy ballot and replaces that ballots that were sent out prior to our scheduled May, in-person, annual meeting. Even if you returned the earlier proxy, you should also fill out and return this one. As you know, the COVID-19 pandemic forced us to change our plans and cancel the in-person meeting. We are required by our by-laws and Pennsylvania State Law to hold a meeting this year. In order to conduct required business, this meeting will be held by proxy vote. Thus, it is essential that you return your proxy as soon as you receive it. The only action items on that proxy are the election of members of the Board of Directors, the dissolution of an old, now defunct, chapter, and the creation of a new chapter. You will also be hearing official announcements shortly of an on-line, one day, "meeting" that will consist of multiple PRR-related seminars. This on-line meeting is NOT the official business meeting of the PRRT&HS. Rather, this second meeting is being designed as a way for all of us to get together and share our love of the PRR, just as we do at the Annual Meeting, but safely, in the face of the pandemic. So, please fill in and return your proxy as soon as you get it! Sincerely, Steve Staffieri, President, PRRT&HS From smithbf at auburn.edu Sun Sep 27 09:49:20 2020 From: smithbf at auburn.edu (Bruce F. Smith) Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2020 13:49:20 +0000 Subject: [Keystone-e-news] Emails purporting to be from this list and Al Buchan Message-ID: Folks, Some of you may have received an email that showed a number of features that made it look like it came from this list and purporting to be from Al Buchan, whom, as most of you know, is sadly no longer with us. I appreciate this being brought to my attention, but upon investigation, it is clear that the emails did not actually come from the list. Thus, this list has not been "hacked", nor has some former account of Al's been taken over. Rather, this is a case of "spoofing" where someone has obtained a list of emails that Al corresponded with and has used both Al's address and the list address to "spoof" you. This is extremely difficult for us to combat as the messages actually have nothing to do with this list. Obviously, unless you have a separate email that you don't care if it gets sp a mm ed, DO NOT REPLY to the spoof emails. Regards, Bruce Bruce Smith PRRT&HS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From smithbf at auburn.edu Mon Sep 28 21:39:29 2020 From: smithbf at auburn.edu (Bruce F. Smith) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 01:39:29 +0000 Subject: [Keystone-e-news] PRRT&HS September eNews Message-ID: Folks, The September edition of the eNews is attached and will be available from the web site in the next few days. Regards, Bruce Smith PRRT&HS asst webmaster -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 2020 septenews_V1.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 2941099 bytes Desc: 2020 septenews_V1.pdf URL: From smithbf at auburn.edu Thu Oct 1 22:47:23 2020 From: smithbf at auburn.edu (Bruce F. Smith) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 02:47:23 +0000 Subject: [Keystone-e-news] Announcing Virtual PRR Day! Message-ID: Folks, The PRR T&HS is planning a virtual PRR Day on November 7, 2020, through zoom, rather than traveling for an in-person meeting. Thanks to Auburn University, we will be able to host presentations on the history of the PRR and modeling the PRR by experienced speakers. There is no registration fee, but you will need to register in advance, since participation will be limited to 300. Registration is open now; go to https://auburn.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUodeqsqTkjGNH5LMznLPfVqTrdrvt6Xt13 [https://auburn.zoom.us/w_p/91523472925/559ccd4a-9ac5-43d5-ae38-becdd6feba90.jpg] Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Virtual PRR Day. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. The Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society has created this virtual PRR day to celebrate the Pennsylvania Railroad. auburn.zoom.us In order to have a virtual meeting of a very large group, we ask everyone to abide by the following ground rules: 1. No oral interruptions during the 40-minute presentations. 2. A 10-minite question-answer time is reserved after each presentation. 3. Type your questions to the chat window, which is enabled by a button at the bottom of the screen. For each presentation, a host will monitor the chat window and present questions to the speaker in the order received. 4. Please remain in ?mute? mode throughout. The microphones on devices are adept at picking up background noise which will hinder the presentation?s audibility. The mute button is typically in the lower left of the screen. 5. Please do not share the zoom information with anyone after registering. The schedule of presentations is below. All times are for the Eastern Time Zone (USA). Time Title Speaker 9:00-9:40 AM >From PRR to SEPTA: How to Operate a Commuter Service and Get Someone Else to Pay for It Albert Churella 10:00-10:40 Transporting Transformers-Westinghouse Sharon Plant Rob Bennett 11:00-11:40 The Pennsylvania Station, New York: Past, Present and Future George Chiasson Break 2:00-2:40 PM Modeling the PRR prewar Hopper Fleet John Frantz 3:00-3:40 PM The PRR in 1946 and 1947 - Photographs of Wayne Brumbaugh Doug Nelson 4:00-4:40 PM Altoona Station, Logan House, and FG Tower Claus Schlund Break 7:00-7:40 PM Plan Big, Build Small(er): Prototypical Layout Planning for Flexibility Angela Sutton 8:00-8:40 PM Modeling the Pennsy in the Monongahela Valley: 2020 Update Dave Wilson For those presentations where the presenter is willing to be recorded, we are exploring ways to make the recordings viewable after November 7. If you are new to zoom, we will schedule a chance for you to test your access a few days before November 7. This meeting has been organized by a group of PRRT&HS folks: Ralph Weischedel (chair), Joe Acri, John Frantz, Tim Garner, and me. I look forward to seeing many of you there! Regards, Bruce Bruce Smith Auburn, AL -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Registration information v1.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 15449 bytes Desc: Registration information v1.docx URL: From smithbf at auburn.edu Mon Nov 30 09:15:47 2020 From: smithbf at auburn.edu (Bruce F. Smith) Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:15:47 +0000 Subject: [Keystone-e-news] November eNews Message-ID: Folks, The November 2020 eNews is attached and will be available shortly from the PRRT&HS web site. Please note that it has important information about our new web site and online renewal of your membership! 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