Tri-State's Meeting Information
Monthly meetings are held at the
Morris Museum's Bickford Theater
6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ 07960
Admission is free! All are welcome!
Next meeting: October 25
Will feature a special
program by historian and photographer Rich Taylor about the long lost
Lehigh & New England Railroad,
One of New Jersey's least-known of the heavy
coal-hauling railroads.
Connecting the anthracite fields of Pennsylvania
with New England, the L&NE threaded its way through the northwest New Jersey hills
on its own main line and some of that of
the New York, Susquehanna & Western, also
crossing Lackawanna's
Sussex Branch along the way.
Rich's program will show the trains, facilities
and operations from the perspective of an active railfan who saw the railroad
cease in the 1960s.
The Tri-State equipment committee saved and
restored one of the significant pieces of the L&NE, Caboose 580 in
Whippany,
the first built of the five steel cabooses on the L&NE.
*** October begins our annual election process for officers and expiring
director's positions. ***
Please consider running for office and shaping the
direction of your club.
The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m., the presentation
should begin about 8:15. For more information, visit Tri-StateChapter NRHS on facebook.
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Meeting Schedule through 2011:
2010-11: October 25, November 29 (fifth Tuesday), December 27.
Most meetings will be on the fourth Tuesday of
the month, but the week of the month will be inconsistent at first due to
previous theater obligations. The weeks should become more consistent with
time.
The Morris Museum's new expansion is now open. Hours are 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM. More details are available
on the Morris Museum's web site.
We hope
that those who haven't been to a meeting in a while will come see the new home
and enjoy the larger presentations. We look forward to seeing you there.
Directions to the
Morris Museum
From I-80 East or West and
I-287 South: Take I-80 to I-287 South to Exit 37 (Route 24
East-Springfield). Follow Route 24 East to Exit 2A onto Columbia Tpk.
towards Morristown. At the fourth traffic light, make a right on Normandy
Heights Road. The entrance to the Morris Museum is the first driveway on
the left.
Alternate route from I-287
South (bypassing Route 24): Take exit 35. Turn left at the
top of the ramp onto Route 124 East (Madison Avenue). Turn left at
third traffic light (by Friendly's Restaurant) onto Normandy Parkway.
Proceed through the next light at Columbia Tpk. Normandy Pkwy. becomes
Normandy Heights Road at this point. The Morris Museum is the first
driveway on the left.
From I-287 North:
Take Exit 36A. Turn right at the top of the ramp onto Morris Avenue.
Stay to your right at the fork in the road and follow the signs for Route 510
(Morris Avenue becomes Columbia Tpk.) Make a left at the first traffic
light onto Normandy Heights Road. The Morris Museum is the first driveway
on the left. Note: Normandy Heights Road is one mile from Exit 36A.
From Route 24 West and I-78:
Take Route 24 West to Exit 2A onto Columbia Tpk. towards Morristown. At
the fourth traffic light, make a right on Normandy Heights Road. The
entrance to the Morris Museum is the first driveway on the left.
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