The East Wind
This is the official quarterly publication of the New England Chapter and is published in January, April, July, and October. Subscription is by membership in the New England Chapter ($15.00 per year). You'll find articles on anything Pennsy including stories on equipment, facilities, modeling, operations, collectibles, first person accounts, and more. Individual issues from Volumes 6 through 8 are available hardcopy in black and white for $6.00 each, postage paid. Issues from prior volumes are less. Color issues on CD-ROMs are available. See order form for current availability and prices.
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Back Issues
Autumn 2011, Vol. 8, No. 1
28 pages
Contents:
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • Minutes to 9/3/11 Meeting
  • The New England Chapter at MIT
  • The New Portgage Branch
  • A Gallery of Centipedes
Winter 2012, Vol. 8, No. 2
28 pages
Contents:
  • Minutes to 12/3/2011 Meeting
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • 1952 Analysts' Trip
  • A Visit to Whitford, Pa.
  • The Fast One – PRR's Metroliner
Autumn 2010, Vol. 7, No. 1
28 pages
Contents:
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • Minutes to 9/4/10 Meeting
  • First Look at the BLI Centipedes
  • Delmarva Excursion i Easton Branch 1982
  • Sharks! – PRR's Balwind Freight Cab Units
  • The Ex-PRR in Baltimore from the Air
Winter 2011, Vol. 7, No. 2
28 pages
Contents:
  • Minutes to 12/4/2010 Meetings
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • PRR Steam in the Scrap Lines
  • Bridges of the Middle Division - Part 8
  • PRR's Lima, Ohio Depot
  • New Diesels on the Willsburgh Division
Spring 2011, Vol. 7, No. 3
28 pages
Contents:
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • Minutes to the March 12, 2011 Chapter Meeting
  • PRR Operating Session at the North Shore Club
  • The War-Time Women of Pitcairn
  • PRR's ES-17m, The EMD SD9
  • PRR's Plymouth Indiana Depot
Summer 2011, Vol. 7, No. 4
28 pages
Contents:
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • Minutes to the June 18, 2011 Chapter Meeting
  • The Bridges at Safe Harbor
  • The Marietta Division in HO
  • 44-Tonner – The Little Engine that Couldn't
Autumn 2009, Vol. 6, No. 1
28 pages
Contents:
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • PRR in West Park, Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • PRR Photos of Lew Schneider, 3
  • PRR's Perryville, Md. Station
  • Cumberland Valley Combination Car
  • PRR Model Gallery
Winter 2010, Vol. 6, No. 2
28 pages
Contents:
  • Minutes to 9/26 and 12/5/09 Meetings
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • Operating Session at Silk City
  • PRR at Bucyrus, Ohio
  • Last of PRR's Freight Motors - The E44
  • PRR Model Gallery
  • PRR Photos
Spring 2010, Vol. 6, No. 3
28 pages
Contents:
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • Minutes to the March 13, 2010 Chapter Meeting
  • PRR's General Electric U-25B (Class GF-25)
  • PRR at Boston's South Station
  • Eyewitness to the Pittsburgh Railroad Riot
  • PRR Model Gallery
  • Bridges of the Middle Division, Part 7
Summer 2010, Vol. 6, No. 4
28 pages
Contents:
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • Train Master – PRR's Last FM Units
  • Chasing an HO-Scale Q2 on the Willsburgh Div.
  • PRR Fort Wayne Station
Autumn 2008, Vol. 5, No. 1
28 pages
Contents:
  • Minutes to 9/14/08 Meeting
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • Boston's "New" Steamlined Ticket Office
  • PRR / TAT Christmas Card
  • "Congressional" Class on the Maine Eastern
  • PRR Model Gallery
  • PRR's Lancaster, Pa. Station
  • Bridges of Middle Division 4
Winter 2009, Vol. 5, No. 2
28 pages
Contents:
  • Minutes to 12/6/08 Meeting
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • PRR Altoona Works Engine 7
  • PRR Standard Highway Overpasses
  • Goin' to the Fair (Railroad, That Is)
  • PRR's Latrobe Pa. Station
  • PRR Model Gallery
Spring 2009, Vol. 5, No. 3
28 pages
Contents:
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • Pennsy Paper
  • PRR Photos of Lew Schneider, 1
  • PRR's Johnstown, Pa. Station
  • Bridges of the Middle Divsion, 5
  • PRR H21 Hopper Cars
Summer 2009, Vol. 5, No. 4
28 pages
Contents:
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • 2nd Trick at Harrisburg – The Sequel
  • A Visit to Massillon, Ohio
  • The American's Book
  • PRR Photos of Lew Schneider, 2
  • Bridges of the Middle Divsion, 6
Autumn 2007, Vol. 4, No. 1
28 pages
Contents:
  • Minutes to 9/15/07 Meeting
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • Griff Teller-Inspired Pick-up
  • Chapter Meeting Excursion
  • Christiana PA Station
  • Growing Up Pennsy
  • Modeling PRR's First Road Freight Diesels
  • Bridges Middle Division 2
  • Post Cards from the Edge
Winter 2008, Vol. 4, No. 2
28 pages
Contents:
  • Minutes to 12/1/07 Meeting
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • Working the Brewery
  • Winter Visit to "MG" Interlocking
  • My Years on the Pennsy
  • Bridges of Middle Division 3
  • Hauling Coal with a J1a (HO-scale)
  • The "East Wind" Destination
  • PRR Towers on Borrowed Time
Spring 2008, Vol. 4, No. 3
28 pages
Contents:
  • Minutes to 3/22/08 Meeting
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • Baseball and Railroading
  • War-time PRR Pictures of Jack Delano
  • PRR Station Platforms and Lamp Posts
  • PRR's Greensburg Pa. Station
  • PRR Marker Lamp
  • PRR Station and Tower Signs
Summer 2008, Vol. 4, No. 4
28 pages
Contents:
  • Minutes to 5/31/08 Meeting
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • "John Edgar Thompson" On Display
  • PRR Class TP-1 – The "Rail Whale"
  • Visit to Bay State Model Railroad Museum
  • A Visit to Harrisburg
  • Harrisburg and the St. Patrick's Day Flood
  • The Passing of the Wooden Passenger Car
Autumn 2006, Vol. 3, No. 1
20 pages
Contents:
  • Minutes to 9/10/06 Meeting
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • Pennsy Paper
  • Elizabethtown, Pa. Station
  • The PRR Photos of Tom Speidel, Part 2
  • Model Gallery
Winter 2007, Vol. 3, No. 2
28 pages
Contents:
  • Minutes to 12/2/06 Meeting
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • Restoration of J Tower (Lemo)
  • Panning for Pantographs
  • The PRR Photos of Tom Speidel, Part 3
  • St. Patrick's Day Flood and the Middle Division
  • Model Gallery
Spring 2007, Vol. 3, No. 3
28 pages
Contents:
  • Minutes to 3/17/07 Meeting
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • Bare Naked Locomotives
  • Adding Sound to an AF16b (FB-2)
  • PRR Photos
  • PRR Puzzler
  • PRR's Parkesburg Station
  • My First Visit to Altoona, Pa.
Summer 2007, Vol. 3, No. 4
28 pages
Contents:
  • Minutes to 6/2/07 Meeting
  • From the Head End
  • From the Business Car
  • 2nd Trick at Harrisburg in HO
  • Railroaders' Memorial Museum
  • Modeling PRR Turntables
  • Bridges of Middle Division I
  • PRR Model Gallery
Autumn 2005, Vol. 2, No. 1
20 pages
Contents:
  • Minutes to 9/11/05 Meeting
  • From the Business Car
  • Train Time at the Silk City Club
  • Rear Ender at Tyrone, PA
  • The Interchange
  • X26c Box Car
  • Ghost Bridges of the Middle Division
  • Pennsy Images
  • Griff Teller Exhibit
Winter 2006, Vol. 2, No. 2
20 pages
Contents:
  • Minutes to 12/3/05 Meeting
  • From the Business Car
  • New Credit Union Chapter Benefit
  • Modeling Congressional/Senator Parlor Cars
  • 1948 in Edgemoor, Delaware
  • PRR Test Weight Cars
  • Fairbanks Scales–The New England Connection
  • Ghost Bridges of the Middle Division
  • PRR and the Flood of 1913
  • Pennsy Images
  • Model Gallery
Spring 2006, Vol. 2, No. 3
20 pages
Contents:
  • Minutes to 3/18/06 Meeting
  • From the Business Car
  • The Interchange
  • PRR's P5a Electric Motor in S-Scale
  • Clearing a Blizzard in the Days of the Shovel
  • The PRR at War - 1941-1945
  • A Statue to Honor A.J. Cassatt
  • The PRR Today - Maintaining Susquehanna Bridge
  • Pennsy Images
  • Model Gallery
Summer 2006, Vol. 2, No. 4
20 pages
Contents:
  • Minutes to 6/3/06 Meeting
  • From the Business Car
  • The Interchange
  • New England Chapter at the Annual Meeting
  • The PRR Photos of Tom Speidel, Part 1
  • PRR's 2D-P5 Truck
  • Model Gallery
Fall 2004, Vol. 1, No. 1
10 pages
Contents:
  • The East Wind
  • Minutes to 9/19/04 Meeting
  • Pennsy Paper
  • Rusting GG1s at Cooperstown Junction
  • Modeling Dwarf Signals
  • Collecting PRR Stereo Cards
  • PRR Model Gallery
Winter 2005, Vol. 1, No. 2
16 pages
Contents:
  • Minutes to 12/11/04 Meeting
  • From the Business Car
  • The Interchange
  • Cold Steam at Northumberland
  • Modeling Iron Inter-Track Fencing in HO
  • The Wreck of the Federal
  • Three Generations of Tuscan GG1 Models
  • Model Gallery
Spring 2005, Vol. 1, No. 3
16 pages
Contents:
  • Minutes to 3/5/05 Meeting
  • From the Business Car
  • The Interchange
  • A Visit to Lemo Tower
  • Pennsy Video – My Top Picks
  • A Pennsy Quiz
  • How I Earned a Cab Ride on 4935
  • Pennsy Images
  • PRR Model Gallery
Summer 2005, Vol. 1, No. 4
20 pages
Contents:
  • Minutes to 6/4/05 Meeting
  • From the Business Car
  • The Interchange
  • Enola Yard Tour
  • KW Trailing Truck
  • Pennsy Paper
  • Mounting 43-R Trucks on Walthers Cars
  • Pennsy Images
  • ND Cabin Car
  • PRR Model Gallery
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