July 2020 Wheel Report
Operations Our big news is that on June 20, 2020 we finally resumed operations and began our summer operating season. We are delighted to be up and running, but achieving this has presented more than its fair share of challenges. We received notice that we could resume operations with very little warning and a host…
June 2020 Wheel Report
By Brian Solomon Manager, Marketing & Events As Spring blossoms on the Conway Scenic Railroad, I have lots to write about and just limited time and space to work with. On June 11, 2020 we finally got the word that we can resume public operations. Our planned 2020 reopening is for Saturday June 20th. Initially…
May 2020 Wheel Report
Introduction Although new to this responsibility, I am following in the tradition of Conway Scenic’s wheel reports. You may be familiar with my railroad writing as I’ve been supplying railroad literature and photographs to a variety of commercial publications since the 1980s. In the mid-1990s, I served as the Editor of Pacific RailNews and as…
April 2020
Introduction I am following in the tradition of Conway Scenic’s wheel reports, although because I am new to this responsibility, I will approach this in my own way. Some of you may be familiar with my writing as I’ve been supplying railroad literature and photographs to numerous publications since the early 1980s. In the mid-1990s I was the Editor of Pacific RailNews and Associate Editor for Passenger Train Journal and Vintage Rails, all published by Pentrex Publishing. Since that time I’ve authored a variety of books, including several on EMD diesel locomotives and several titles on steam power. Since 2017, I’ve been supplying a monthly column to TRAINS Magazine. Last summer Dave Swirk hired me to help out with some media projects, and brought me on full-time in December to fill Susan Logan’s role as Manager for Marketing and Events….