Bulletin: 24th Annual Exhibition. N.Y. Society of Model Engineers, Inc., Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken, N.J. Vol. 17, No. 1, Feb. 1954.

Archive

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Hoboken Historical Museum

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pg [1] front cover

Name/Title

Bulletin: 24th Annual Exhibition. N.Y. Society of Model Engineers, Inc., Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken, N.J. Vol. 17, No. 1, Feb. 1954.

Entry/Object ID

2013.001.0022

Scope and Content

Twenty Fourth Annual Exhibition 1954. Bulletin of New York Society of Model Engineers, Inc., Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken, N.J. Volume 17, No. 1, February 1954. Bulletin: pamphlet, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" high, [16] pp. This group of model railroaders had been using space in the upper level ferry concourse at the terminal since 1948 as a guest of the Lackawanna Railroad. It was the largest model railroad in the world. The main model was called the Union Connecting Railroad or UCRR; a second one was the Union, Hoboken & Overland Railroad. ---- train / trains / program

Acquisition

Accession

2013.001

Source or Donor

Purchase

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Museum Collections.

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1954 - 1954

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1954 Date(s): 1954

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Notes: Text as found in 2012 at the History section of the New York Society of Model Engineers (NYSME) website: http://modelengineers.org/history.htm The Lackawanna Railroad discontinued some of their ferry service after World War II, and we were able to secure the upper ferry concourse at the Hoboken Terminal. At this site we built the largest model railroad in the world at that time. In 1958, the Society was evicted again, this time by the United States Postal Service. The concourse was going to serve as a mail sorting area. But after the railroads were dismantled, the USPS decided to let the airlines handle first class mail. The concourse was never occupied and we were invited to move back. By that time, however, we had purchased our own building and moved to our current location in Carlstadt, NJ. Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2013-08-29