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March 2022 Cannonball,
Vol. 42, No.2

The Cannonball is the official magaine published by the Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad Historical Society.  Your $20 annual Membership fee delivers five issues to your door throughout the year.  This issue includes:

 
  • Cover Photo of Coach No. 107, damaged in the Nile Wreck on Sept. 22, 1912
  • Member Information By John M. Muchler
  • Obituary of member Leland "Lee" R. Cory
  • Narrow Gauge Railroads - Research by Richard Palmer
  • How They Ran the Bradford, Eldred & Cuba Narrow Gauge
  • Building to House Auxiliary Fire Pumper - Dec. 6, 1943
  • Expenditured for 1916, Researched by John M. Muchler
  • Employees of the PS&N RR mostly who lived in St. Marys, Pa.
  • Erie Railroad Local Connections Sept. 6, 1910
  • Fire at Shawmut Mining Co. Building Dec. 13, 1929
  • Member Ford Easton, Collector of Railroad Lanterns/Lamps
  • A Message from the President, Ken Clark
  • Building an HO Scale Model of Caboose No. 152
 

 
January 2025 Vol. 45, No. 1 issue of The Cannonball mailed to members. Departed
March 2025 Vol. 45, No. 2 issue of the Cannonball mailed to members. Departed
May 4, 2025 Annual Meeting.  1PM at the Fairgrounds in Angelica. Departed
June 2025 Vol. 45, No. 3 issue of the Cannonball mailed to members. Departed
July 12, 2025 Work Day at the museum, 1-5 PM. Come volunteer to get the museum ready for Fair Week. Departed
July
14-19, 2025		 Fair Week.  All equip- ment and the museum will be open to the public daily, 12 Noon-8PM duing the Allegany County Fair, Angelica, NY Departed
Sept. 2025 Vol. 45, No. 4 issue of The Cannonball mailed to members. Departed
Sept. 21, 2025 Annual Shawmut Days in St. Marys, PA at the Bucksgahuda & Western Railroad. Find the railroad by traveling south on route 255 from downtown St. Marys. The street is Gillen Crossing Road with a very tall and easy to miss sign. Departed
Nov. 2025 Vol. 45, No. 5 issue of The Cannonball mailed to members. Arriving Soon
Jan. 2026 Vol. 46, No. 1 issue of The Cannonball mailed to members. On Schedule
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