Reminder for tomorrow's meeting
4/2/2015 - - - 1st Thursday of April!!!!
TRI-STATE RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Presents
Bill McKelvey
Rails Along the Morris
Canal
Credit: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs
Division, NJ-29-114
at the Bickford Theater of the
Thursday, April 2, 2015, 7:00 PM
Note that this is the 1st Thursday of April!
The April 2 meeting will feature a presentation by long-time
member, author
and historian Bill McKelvey. This color slide illustrated
program covers the
rail and horse car and trolley lines that paralleled and
crossed the route
of the famous Morris
Canal from Newark Penn Station through
Bloomfield ,
Boonton, etc. to the Dover
area. Much focuses on the Newark City Subway as
it was built in the bed of the abandoned canal. Come
prepared with your
questions as we hope to answer them for you
Bill is well-known in New
Jersey preservation circles as a founder of the
Friends of the New Jersey
Railroad and Transportation
Heritage Center
also established the Liberty Historic Railway, serving as
its president,
with the purpose of laying rails within the CNJ Communipaw
Terminal property
in Jersey City .
The meeting will begin at 7:15 p.m. at the Bickford Theater
in the Morris
Museum, 6
Normandy Heights Road , Morristown
about 8:00 p.m. Admission is free, open to the public. All
are welcome.
Light refreshments are often available. We will have a
selection of books,
videos and memorabilia for sale before the meeting. Visit us
at