Bulletin: 25th Annual Exhibition. N.Y. Society of Model Engineers, Inc., Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken, N.J. Vol. 18, No. 1, Feb. 1955.

Archive

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Hoboken Historical Museum

pg [1] front cover

pg [1] front cover

Name/Title

Bulletin: 25th Annual Exhibition. N.Y. Society of Model Engineers, Inc., Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken, N.J. Vol. 18, No. 1, Feb. 1955.

Entry/Object ID

2014.013.0115

Scope and Content

Twenty Fifth Annual Exhibition 1955. Bulletin of New York Society of Model Engineers, Inc., Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken, N.J. Volume 18, No. 1, February 1955. Bulletin: pamphlet, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" high, 20 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

2014.013

Source or Donor

Lukacs, Claire

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1955 - 1955

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1955 Date(s): 1955

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: 2014-11-06