"HAMBURG WORK SITE OPEN HOUSE"

On Sunday, January 25th, 1987, the Western New York Railway Historical Society conducted a small open house of our equipment in Hamburg. In the morning, we had 13 people from The Way International Church Fellowship, and in the afternoon, 15 Tiger Cub Scouts and their parents, who were given tours of our NYC caboose #19602, NYC coach #2941, Matt Wronski's, DL&W caboose #906, and Erie caboose #216.

Both groups were treated to a contrasting look at the restoration of historic railroad equipment by showing them what a caboose like Erie #C216 looks like before restoration and a nearly finished caboose like Lackawanna #906. Both groups left with an understanding of how time consuming an extensive but rewarding projects like this can be.

Although the day was freezing cold, the bright sunshine and a couple of hard coal-fired caboose stoves kept everyone warm and comfortable. A hearty thank you goes out to Paul Mayer, Ed Rost, Howard Newberry, Joe Rafter, and Joe Kocsis for helping to shovel snow to make the cars accessible and for keeping the coal fires going. And of course, a special thank you to Matt Wronski for letting us use his caboose and kindling wood. A good time was truly had by all!