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Hey, great to see some activity on this site again! And really glad to see that TB is still "alive and kicking" and helping to keep us all better informed on LV history and details. Thanks Paul....hope all's well out your way!
Doug Elder

Charles: If you're a LV fan, I seriously doubt that you'll be disappointed with "Facilities Vol. 3". Don't know if you've seen Mike Bednar's other books/publications, but his stuff is generally recognized as being both highly entertaining and "dead-on" accurate. (Hey, he was ther...

Couldn't agree more with the above comments. Ken's book has become my favorite over the past several months when I need a quick LV "fix", primarily because it does a superb job in portraying the essence of what the LV was in central NY in the 60s and 70s (both the good, and the not-so-grea...

Would anyone have any idea as to how I might obtain diagrams/maps of the Lehigh Valley trackage around Geneva NY (specifically the yard area, interconnection with the NYC/PC, and any available info on tracks serving industries)? I’ve seen these offered on Ebay several times over the past few years, ...

Alan J: Hey bud, you almost got the jingle correct, and it's "Cayuga", not "Cuyuga".....guess that "rival college" you went to wasn't all that big on geography and spelling, eh? You're not a Yale guy, are you?? (Hey, only kidding, but as a long-time near-Ithaca resident...

Sorry for the double-post, gang (but hey, any complementary comments with regard to TB bear repeating, right??).
Doug

Kendaia1: First, welcome to the forum. If you hang around here much, you'll quickly learn that TB is "the real deal", and was there when most of the things that we like to talk about here were actually going on. He's a great resource, and we really appreciate his willingness to share his k...

GA: While I agree with most of your comments regarding Ken's new book, I'll respectfully disagree with your comment that it contains "the usual LV stuff". What makes this new book most attractive to me is that it contains LOTs of photos at locations that I've never seen anywhere before. Th...

Scot:
THANKS for the excellent map. As an ex-T-Burg guy that spent an awful lot of my "formative years" in and around Ithaca (and now 29 years removed from that area), I've really enjoyed looking at it. Sure brings back lots of great memories of LV-watching around that area!
Doug Elder

Stu: I grew up just north of Ithaca during the late 50s through the mid 70s, and also remember most of the things that you talked about around Ithaca....always fun when someone jogs the old memory. Thanks for sharing. The trestle that you recall at Interlaken is actually most likely the big one acro...

JJP: no apology necessary. I'm as guilty as any for the topic change here, but as I stated, I believe that the slide damage issue is certainly worthy of discussion. Would hate to see folks reluctant to consider having their images published based on these types of concerns, which may or may not be j...

This seems to have taken a right turn off topic, but the subject of how to protect our irreplaceable slide images during the publication process is certainly important, and worthy of discussion. TB: Sorry to hear of your bad experience in loaning slides for publication. Your warning regarding potent...

Nice to hear some other positive comments on LV Volume 4....guess maybe I'm not alone in my opinion that it's a pretty decent book, despite some obvious errors. lvrr325: I too would really love to see the David Monte Verde pics from his cab ride in '76 in color somewhere. (His "Last Fare from S...

I have followed most of the comment on several different LV lists thus far on the new LV Vol. 4 from Morning Sun. I certainly cannot disagree with some of the comments (caption errors, some pictures possibly sub-quality for a book at this price level, etc.), and I appreciate the folks that are knowl...

Doug:
Thanks for the good information; I'm still looking into this subject, if anyone else has anything to share on this. (And thanks for the link to your website, by the way....some very nice LV pics!)
Doug Elder