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Volume 4, Number 4, of THE NEW ENGLAND STATES LIMITED, which has an inside
front cover date of September 1982 and a copyright of 1983. This issue contains
40 pages and measures 21.5 by 27.9 cm with Editor and Publisher Donald B.
Valentine. The front cover shows a herd of GP-9's passing just south of
Franklin, New Hampshire. The Mail Bag addresses some interesting issues on
Newport Hill. In Running Extra, the editor discusses the ongoing soap opera
called Steamtown. New England Rail News covers some 3 pages plus, and includes
7 photos and many juicy stories of who is now running what, plus the latest
wreck and so forth. All followed by a 7 page feature by Gregg Turner and Alice
Ramsdell entitled THE EAST THOMPSON WRECK! This occurred on the New York and
New England Railroad in 1891 and is a fascinating study of how these sad events
happened despite 60 years of practice in the business of running trains.
Included are 9 period photos, including 3 of the wreck itself, plus a NY&NE
map. East Thompson, Connecticut, was 43.3 rail miles out of Boston and the
junction with the branch to Southbridge, Massachusetts. Which line,
incidentally, was abandoned in 2004 by the Providence & Worcester RR.
RIDING THE NORTHERN by Donald B. Valentine, Jr., continues from the previous
issue with the B&M's line on the 70 miles from Concord, New Hampshire, to
White River Junction, Vermont, over 6 pages, with 11 neat photos nicely
reproduced. Then THE NORTHERN AWAKENS! by the same author covers 7 pages,
including one in color, with 2 photos on the contemporary (1982) scene. Who
would have thought then that the rails would soon be gone? The Back Shop
contains 9 pages, mostly devoted to modeling B&M diesels for the
"Northern" line, but various steam models are covered also from the
CV, Rutland and New Haven. 9 nice photos of B&M cab units if we can agree
that a BL2 is a cab unit. A two page review of N.J. International New Haven
Class L-l 2-10-2 ends this fine issue, save for the color rear cover photos of two
Bluebirds on a wood trestle at Knowles and a Pioneer Valley Railroad No. 27
being welcomed to Westfield, Massachusetts. A photocopy of the 6 (six!) page
Subscriber's Newsletter, Vol. IV, No.4, Feb. 1983 Mailing, is included. And
where have you seen THAT offered lately? This magazine is in unread,
new-old-stock, nearly as-published condition. Your satisfaction guaranteed.
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