STRATFORD — The Stratford Library will begin the fall season of “Sunday Afternoon Talks,” its monthly series of informative and entertaining talks featuring prominent local guest speakers, on Sunday, Oct. 6 at 2 p.m. with “Streamlined Trains of the 1930s.” Guest speaker is engineer Richard Abramson.
“Sunday Afternoon Talks” is free and open to the public.
Richard Abramson, a retired railroader of 44 years, will discuss streamlined trains of the 1930s and their famous industrial designers. The talk will cover the concept of streamlined trains originating in the 1860s, the classic Art Deco era of the 1930s and the attempts by the railroads in the 1950s to bring riders back to the rails with innovative trains. Abramson, having an interest in trains since age six and, after working for various railroads, retired from the Housatonic RR in September of 2012 as Superintendent of Operations. He is also an avid model railroader and has built an HO scale layout of the New Haven RR which has been featured in several publications and DVDs.
“Sunday Afternoon Talks” will be held in the Stratford Library’s Lovell Room beginning at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6.
A complete schedule of future talks through May 2020 is now available at the Library or online at: www.stratfordlibrary.org.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Retired-railroader-to-speak-in-Stratford-14463613.php
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