Rich Gortowske <rgortowski@a...> wrote:
>I would, however, like to point out for the folks who are not aware, the
>"society information" you refer to, for all practical purposes, does not
exist. >There is very little information in our archives that can be used
for research >and there are very few photographs. The BRHS did not receive
any large >collections when the Burlington Northern was created. Almost all
pictures >and documents ended up in private collections. The small amount
of >material we have collected or has been donated to us would be of
marginal >value to any "fledgling author".... Unfortunately, future
Bulletins are going >to come from authors who locate their own primary
sources.
To be honest, I wasn't aware of this, Rich. Didn't mean to imply the
Society was holding out on the members, maybe it's the other way around.(?)
Rather I thought there were cartons full of data, pics, etc. stored
somewhere that only a privileged few had access to and was darn near
impossible for others to peruse - not necessarily by design but just that's
the way things were.
Paul
Paul Kossart - Peru, Illinois, USA
NMRA, BRHS, La Salle & Bureau County Model Railroad Club
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Modeling the CB&Q & Illiniwek River Branch in HO - Circa early fall, 1969.
"Serving Agriculture and Industry in the Illiniwek River Valley since 1904"
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