Andrew Grahl
Friday, December 15, 2017
The presenter of our December meeting will be ERA Program Chairman Andrew Grahl. Andrew has a wonderful slideshow planned covering metro area updates, his southern roadtrip, opening day on Detroit’s QLINE streetcar, Canada’s 150th Anniversary, and a rare batch of Kodachrome slides taken around NYC in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s. Please join us for a special end-of-year holiday treat. With such a diverse and entertaining array of subjects, there is no excuse for not being there!
Bernard Linder
1918-2017
Bernard Linder (Bernie to his many friends) passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2017. Bernie was a truly decent human being and his passing was a great loss to all of us. Most ERA members know him through his hundreds of articles that appeared in each edition of the ERA’s monthly Bulletin during the 37 years he was editor-in-chief. Others lucky enough to know Bernie personally also knew him as a true gentleman who was always willing to share his knowledge. He was 99.
Gary Grahl
Friday, November 17, 2017
Gary Grahl, whose Super 8 movie nights have become an annual tradition, will be the presenter of our November meeting. Tonight’s show, “The Return of the Streetcar,” will feature films taken by himself and his son Andrew of some of the new streetcar, light rail, and heritage trolley systems that have returned to the American public transit scene in recent years. Please join us for a wonderful presentation!
John Pappas
Friday, October 20, 2017
The presenter at our October meeting will be ERA First Vice President (and Headlights Associate Editor) John Pappas. John will take us on a road trip to the Midwest. Along the way, we’ll visit the Detroit Q-Line, Kansas City Streetcar, St. Louis Delmar Loop, Cincinnati Streetcar and more. Come join us for an interesting evening.
Pittsburgh Weekend
October 14-16, 2017
The Electric Railroaders Association is pleased to announce an exciting three-day weekend tour from Saturday, October 14 through Monday, October 16. We will visit the Rockhill Trolley Museum, The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum, the Port Authority Transit South Hills maintenance yard and end the tour with dinner at the famous Shady Maple Smorgasbord in Pennsylvania Dutch country. We look forward to seeing you there!
Paul Gawkowski
Friday, September 15, 2017
Join us this September 15 as Paul Gawkowski presents a fantastic digital slideshow covering Amtrak’s Southwest Chief (Los Angeles-Albuquerque) and Crescent (New York-New Orleans), the New Mexico RailRunner, and light rail and streetcars in the south and southwest including New Orleans, Tucson, Phoenix, and Los Angeles’ LRT extensions to Santa Monica and the Foothills — plus a few surprises.
New Jersey Day Trip
Saturday, September 09, 2017
Join us as the ERA concludes the summer with a scenic day trip through New Jersey to visit the Phillipsburg Railroad Historians Museum and take a ride along the Delaware River on a steam train. At lunch time, we will dine in the open-platform Blue Comet dining car at the Clinton Station Diner, home of the astonishing 50-pound Mt. Olympus Burger. After lunch, we will visit the restored Phillipsburg Union Station and view the restoration of Public Service Car 2651. We look forward to seeing you there!
We just added a bunch of great pictures from our New Jersey Day Trip with a recap and slideshow by Ron Yee, with additional photography by Lily Yee and Sasha Ivanoff.
207th Street Shop Tour
Saturday, August 5, 2017
The ERA is pleased to announce a guided visit of the NYC Transit 207th Street Yard and Heavy Maintenance Shop in Inwood. General Superintendent Rose Duff and Superintendent Billy Allcot of NYC Transit will be our hosts to point out all of the interesting features of the shop. We look forward to seeing you there!
2017 ERA Annual Convention
Saturday, July 1-Wednesday, July 5, 2017
The 2017 ERA Annual Convention is taking place in two cities, Atlanta from July 1-4 and New Orleans for July 4 and 5. Highlights of this year’s convention will include riding the new Atlanta Streetcar through the Martin Luther King historic district, a tour of the MARTA heavy rail shop, a visit to the famed Southeastern Railway Museum, and a tour of New Orleans’ comprehensive streetcar network starting with North America’s oldest railroad, the St. Charles Streetcar (1835). This is ERA’s first visit to these two dynamic metropolitan areas, making it a convention not to be missed!
