SPORRS: EastRAIL '98

[CARL PERELMAN]

EastRAIL '98 will be held on Saturday, February 28 at the Bergen County Technical School, 200 Hackensack Avenue South, Hackensack, New Jersey, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.  The new EastRAIL site, adjacent to Route 4, has ample free parking. Several restaurants are located within walking distance. NJ Transit offers convenient bus service from the George Washington Bus Terminal to a location near EastRAIL.
         EastRAIL is a professional QUALITY MULTI-MEDIA SOUND/SLIDE PRODUCTION. Scheduled presentation are as follows:
 Steve Barry- contempory Northeast railroads.
 Bob Hart Jr. - farewell to the Lackawanna R.R. MUs.
 Frank Etzel - tour of NYS&W's Sparta Mountain.
 Terry LaFrance - railroads of the Southeast.
 Greg McDonnell - Canadian National snow plow action.
 Conrad Milster - bygone railroad marine operations in the N.Y. harbor.
 Scott Snell - the East Broad Top.
 Rich  Wallace - railroad of Texas and Oklahoma.
        SPECIAL VIDEO PRESENTATION: Videographer Marc Balkin will present unique video footage that will include scenes of steam locomotive 614 westbound out of Hoboken, N.J. shot from a helicopter. Also, Marc Balkin will present the Northlandz minature railroad, as viewed from a scale locomotive. An actual video camera was mounted on board a minature locomotive!
        Noted author and editor Jim Boyd will be the master of ceremonies for the day. He will be available to sign copies of his recently released books that include "Illinois Central- Monday Morning Rails" and "Fairbanks-Morse Locomotives in Color."
         EastRAIL's official book seller Quadrant Press will have a selection of railroad books and videos for sale, Several of the United Railroad Historical Society's member groups will have sales tables.
         EastRAIL attendees will have the opportunity to view Bergen Tech's twenty stationary steam engines. To satisfy the hearts of steam fans there will be a stem whistle blow, courtesy of Frank Vopasek and the Bergen County Technical School.
         Tickets for EastRAIL are modestly priced at $10 dollars in advance or $12 at the door. A special group ticket rate of $8 is available for the purchase of 20 or more tickets. Ticket demand has been strong and those that plan to attend are urged to purchase tickets in advance to avoid disappointment. To order, send a stamped, self
addressed envelope and a check payable to the URHS-NJ, P.O. Box 711,
Clark, N.J. 07066-0711. To order using a VISA/MASTERCARD phone (732)
671-9644 (7p.m.-9 p.m.). For more information, phone (732) 671-9644, write, or forward an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
        EastRAIL is sponsored by the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey.   All proceeds will benefit the restoration of the New Jersey Transportation Museum collection, which includes 80 pieces of historically significant railroad locomotives, and freight and passenger
cars.