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Board of Directors

Tim Stuy
President

Worked briefly for the Communications & Signals Department of Conrail.

Membership chairman of the Erie Lackawanna Historical Society 1985-1988.

Founded the NYS&W Technical & Historical Society in 1988 and served as president for 5 years. Co-chaired the restoration of NYS&W RDC M-1. Also ran numerous excursions including on featuring a full service ex-Santa Fe dining car using NYS&W dining car china created for the occasion by the Society.

Founded the New Jersey Midland Railroad Historical Society in 1994 and have served as its president since. Oversaw merger of NJMRHS and the Railroadians of America (oldest continuosly operating railroad historical group in the U.S.) in 1998. Co-editor of revised edition of The Next Station Will Be... NYS&W Middletown & East. Created china as a fundraiser with the cooperation of the Morristown & Erie Railway. Currently involved with the restoration of the former Lehigh & Hudson River freight house in Allamuchy, NJ; a cooperative effort between the NJMRHS and the Township of Allamuchy.

Michael Steinberg
Vice-President / Webmaster

Although born exactly two years after the last train ran for the Erie Lackawanna, Michael Steinberg still managed to grow up an EL fan. His first exposure to passenger trains were commuter runs on NJ TRANSIT's Pascack Valley Line, which continued to use EL-painted equipment until 1984.

Michael was an officer and the webmaster for the Bergen-Rockland Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. He is also a former officer and a founding member of the Rockland Model Train & Traction Club. In November 1994, Michael created the The Unofficial NJ TRANSIT Website. Served as President of ELDCPS from its inception in 2001 until 2003.

Currently living in St. Louis, Michael hired out on the BNSF Railway in March 29, 2004 and is currently working as a Yardmaster at the former-Frisco Lindenwood Yard.

Paul R. Tupaczewski
Vice-President, Historical

Paul was born and raised in Boonton, NJ, and seeing EL locals and freights as a youngster colored his interest in railroads, and cemented the EL as his favorite road. He is active in many railroad organizations, and was Editor of NYS&W Technical & Historical Society newsletter "Reflector" from 1989 to 1991. Today he is the Erie/EL diesel locomotive advisor for the Erie Lackawanna Historical Society, and ran its 1999 Annual Convention. Paul also created and moderates the Erie Lackawanna Mailing List, an Internet-based discussion forum for Erie, DL&W, and EL topics. He is also modeling the EL Boonton Line, circa 1974, between Croxton Yard in Secaucus, NJ and Port Morris, NJ. His latest project, an all-color book on the New York, Susquehanna & Western, was published by Morning Sun Books in early 2002. Served as Treasurer of ELDCPS 2001-2003.

Joel Long
Treasurer

Grew up in Bangor PA watching the EL at "shops" Hence his fascination with Alco 424/425's & GP-7's. Being from the cement belt and close to the EL main through the Water Gap is what kindled his main Railroad interests. Joel is a HO modeler, amateur railroad photographer and RR memorabilia collector. Joel current lives in Strasburg PA where he runs his accounting practice. He is also a member of ELHS and the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

Philip Albano
Membership Chairman

Phil grew up in an Erie Railroad family in Lima, Ohio about two blocks from the Erie mainline. He hired out with the Erie Lackawanna in 1974> and continued on with Conrail and Norfolk Southern working as a tower operator, station agent and dispatcher. He graduated from Ohio State University in 1979 with a BS in Business Administration.

One of Phil’s early railroad memories as a kid was riding No. 5 & 6, The Lake Cities from Lima to Akron, Ohio to visit an aunt. On one of those trips in the early 1960s the train was so crowded the conductor had him sit in the diner (one of the rebuilt heavyweight Erie diners) until they reached Marion, where a coach was added.

John Isaksen
Secretary / Event Coordinator

Born and raised in Brooklyn, John’s introduction to EL came in the early 1960s through riding the former Lackawanna MU’s on the Morris and Essex line for visits to his grandmother’s home in East Orange, N.J.

He has had a lifelong interest in historic preservation and education, with involvement in various Living History and local historical societies.

In the railroad environment, John served as Vice President of the NYS&W Technical & Historical Society (1989-1992); with Tim Stuy he co-chaired the restoration of NYS&W RDC M-1 and participated in the planning, marketing and operation of numerous excursions and special events. Currently, he serves as Vice President of the New Jersey Midland Railroad Historical Society. He also is a volunteer with the Catskill Mountain Railroad, specializing in Maintenance of Equipment and Maintenance of Way.

John is an MIS professional for a Fortune 500 retail company. He and his wife Suzanne reside in Orange County, N.Y.

Pete Shepherd
Director

Pete was born in 1947 in Fulton, New York on the Lackawanna’s Syracuse Branch.  His bedroom was a long stone’s throw from the branch, and he credits the DL&W with kindling a lifelong interest in railroads, fostered later by many nights spent with the crew of the local freight.  This interest led to a career in transportation; he worked for the Missouri Pacific after graduating from St. John Fisher College, and retired in 2004 from Regional Transit Service (Rochester’s public transit provider) after 31 years’ service.  He also served as a lieutenant (junior grade) in the U. S. Navy.

Pete has been on the Board of Directors of the Nickel Plate Road Historical and Technical Society for 22 years, serving as Trustee (1986), National Director (1987-1995) and Publications Director (1996-present).  He has written an all-time NKP diesel roster book and over 70 articles on various aspects of Nickel Plate history, including their passenger service and equipment.

An ELHS member since 1978, Pete joined the ELDCPS in 2003 and has taken a life membership.  The EL and both predecessors have always been among his favorite properties. He is also a member of numerous other railroad societies, reflecting a wide-ranging interest in the industry, past and present.

Pete lives in Fairport (suburban Rochester), New York with his wife, Nancy and cats Katy and Frisco, and thoroughly enjoys his association with the ELDCPS.