North Jersey Electric Railway Historical Society
Events Calendar
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Meeting Schedule - Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month at the 1st Presbyterian Church in Rahway, at 1731 Church Street (corner of West Grand), Rahway, NJ 07065. Meetings begin at 7:30 PM.
- February 21, 2012 - Bill McKelvey will present "An Update on Future Historic Trolley Operations in NJ." This will include the latest information from Liberty State Park, Boonton, Whippany, Tuckahoe and other locales around New Jersey where historic streetcars may operate in the not-too-distant future.
- March 20, 2012 - Jack May returned to Turkey for the third time in April, 2011. His slide show will feature new developments in Istanbul, with scenes that include the 4 streetcar lines and the light metro. Several brand new Turkish systems were inaugurated in the past two years, including Samsun, Kayseri, Adana, Gaziantep, and Antalya. These will be shown, as well. Turkey is booming with new electric streetcar lines.
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Work Sessions
- Saturday February 18 - 8:30 AM to 4 PM - Phillipsburg Railroad Historians Enginehouse (Click for directions.)
Work Session will be:- Trial of the grit blaster to remove paint.
- Bolting the trolley base in place.
- Mounting the Side Trolley Walks. (Bob Hooper has pictures that clearly show how they were mounted.)
- Truck Brake Springs fitting. (Bob Hooper has the two springs back but they seem soft.)
Bear in mind the Mother Nature criteria: Temperature above 35F, no snow or ice, or we will cancel.
Other Events - For more information click the link provided
- Sunday March 4 - 9 AM to 3:30 PM - Mother Seton High School, Clark, NJ (Click for directions.)
- NJERHS will be participating in the JERSEY CENTRAL Railway Historical Society Train Show and Sale at Mother Seton High School, Clark, NJ. Be sure to stop by and see our sales items. (Click for details on the show.)