MYSTIC VALLEY RAILWAY SOCIETY    

Previous Waybill:   Fall 2011            Current Waybill:   Winter 2011

Deadline for Next Waybill Issue, February 1, 2012

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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Friday, December 9, 2011

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

8:00AM to 6:00PM

Mystic Valley Railway Society will be selling 2012 Railroad Calendars this year on the Main Concourse of South Station, Boston, MA. MVRS Board Member Dominic Marcellino is presently in the process of soliciting volunteers and coordinating a schedule to cover the three remaining sessions. Volunteers may contact Dominic at nic1539@comcast.net  or telephone at 781-729-1539 to offer their services. Also, volunteers may contact the Mystic Valley Railway Society (24 hour) number at 617-361-4445 to volunteer.

Book Review

In Between the Rails, Charles F. Mori, iUniverse, 1663 Liberty Drive Bloomington, Indiana 47403. www.iuniverse.com 800-288-4677. 6” x 9” soft cover with 356 pages; $20.95

Given the complexities of our current economy, this work should be a required read for those at the crossroads of life. The student contemplating a college-based career vs. a life in the trades and services or those confronted with a mid-life career change, desiring to follow their calling for a life on the “High Iron”.

This closely follows three men through their life-altering challenges in the railroad industry. The novice is exposed to the language of the trade for the pages are peppered with railroad jargon that serves to add a dash of reality to the written word. The reader is confronted with the personal stresses that are placed on individuals as they attempt to stay on track to seek a storied existence on the rails of America. The effects of these emotions balanced with the demands of daily routine present to the reader three well-developed characters with whom they could easily identify.

As you follow these individuals through their routines, the message is quite clear that it takes an emotionally sound individual to keep the demands of everyday life in check with a demanding career in the field of transportation. This is one of those books that some would enjoy reading more than once to see how and when a character’s life was first confronted head-on by the demands of a most demanding career.

Are You Passport Ready?

Everyone traveling to CANADA PROPER, CANADIAN ROCKIES, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, NOVA SCOTIA or NEW BRUNSWICK, with the Mystic Valley Railway Society on future trips, will need a passport. We need to have our border crossings go smoothly, and, in order to insure this, everyone must have valid identification with them.

If you DO NOT already have your passport, the best advice is to apply now!

If you DO have your passport, please make sure that, it is still valid. If you need to renew, please do it now!

Processing times may vary. The average time for a routine passport application, is 4-6 weeks. Passport information and applications may be obtained from many local United States Post Office locations. For information, questions and inquiries, please visit the U. S. Department of State website, http://travel.state.gov/, or contact the National Passport Information Center, toll free, at 1-877-487-2778 or e-mail NPIC@state.gov