How I became A Railfan by H. Martin Swan
How I became A Railfan by H. Martin Swan
How I became A Railfan by H. Martin Swan
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Volume 36 Number 7<br />
July 2005<br />
<strong>How</strong> I <strong>became</strong> A <strong>Railfan</strong> <strong>by</strong> H. <strong>Martin</strong> <strong>Swan</strong><br />
Inside this issue<br />
Officer Contact List P.2<br />
The President’s Page P. 2<br />
<strong>How</strong> I Became a <strong>Railfan</strong> P. 3<br />
Northstar Commuter Rail Update P. 4<br />
June Meeting Minutes P. 5<br />
CSX Wins More “Friends” Again P.6<br />
Power Failure Stalls Entire Swiss Rail Network<br />
P.8<br />
Looking for the world like the Burlington’s California Zephyr<br />
Marty used to watch, this is actually Amtrak’s San Francisco<br />
Zephyr at Lincoln, Nebraska September 3, 1972 at<br />
2:30am. Photo <strong>by</strong> Russ Isbrandt<br />
Meeting Notice<br />
The July meeting of the Northstar Chapter will be at 7pm<br />
July 16th at the St. Paul Fire Department Training Center,<br />
1695 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul (Snelling and Energy Park<br />
Drive just east of Midway Stadium).<br />
Marty <strong>Swan</strong> will show a March Though the Official Guide, a<br />
DVD showing a wide variety of pre-Amtrak trains.<br />
Page<br />
Amtrak Train Evacuated P.8
Northstar Chapter Officers<br />
Board of Directors<br />
President H. <strong>Martin</strong> <strong>Swan</strong> Email: HM<strong>Swan</strong>@webtv.net Phone: 612-961-1684<br />
Vice President Mark Braun Email: mkbraun@hutchtel.net Phone: 320-587-2279<br />
Past President Bill Herzog Email herzogminn@aol.com Phone: 952-470-4021<br />
National Director Doug Johnson Email: djoh322721@aol.com Phone: 612-825-6458<br />
Treasurer Joe Fishbein Email: jmf@visi.com Phone:651-457-1610<br />
Secretary Dave Norman Email:nevad11@hotmail.com Phone: 612-729-2428<br />
Trustee Dennis Louden Email: bnsf@comcast.net Phone: 651-698-8559<br />
Staff<br />
Program Chairman John Goodman Email: good6012@amtrak.com<br />
Newsletter Editor Russ Isbrandt Email: risbrandt@comcast.net Phone:651-426-1156<br />
Webmaster Dan Meyer Website: www.northstar-nrhs.org<br />
Note: Consult the website for any announcements regarding Chapter activities including cancellation of<br />
meeting for any reason including weather.<br />
Membership Information<br />
Dues are $32 (this includes $20 National dues and $12 Northstar Chapter dues). Family memberships<br />
are $3 additional. If you want to join, an application is available at http://www.northstar-nrhs.org/.<br />
Print out the application and send it with a check made out to Northstar Chapter, NRHS to Treasurer,<br />
Northstar Chapter NRHS, 1092 Humboldt Ave, West Saint Paul, MN 55118.<br />
The President’s Page<br />
June 4 saw 24 of us go on this year’s first Chapter trip. We<br />
went from Amtrak’s station <strong>by</strong> deluxe motor coach to<br />
Spooner, WI There is a large museum at Spooner, which we<br />
frequented, and then on to the Wisconsin and Great Northern<br />
RR to ride the private car Aristocrat. Our trip went north to<br />
Springbrook, WI. In addition, we got a wooden caboose where<br />
several members enjoyed “vista dome” riding in the cupola.<br />
Rains came and went but never on us. The only problem was<br />
our bus conked out on the way back and we had to wait<br />
about an hour for a replacement.<br />
I wanted this trip to be priced at cost. Our members worked<br />
hard to make our national convention last year, the success it<br />
was, and I felt that we needed some sort of payback. In the<br />
past, we tried to make some money on these trips, but we<br />
now have a nice bank account and offering trips like this at<br />
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