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The Flying Yankee Restoration Group is pleased to announce that tickets for the first ever Flying Yankee Seat Raffle are now available for purchase. This is an opportunity to own two $4,500 seats on the Flying Yankee. They will be yours forever and can be handed down to future generations. Ownership of the seats also entitles you to four full days of use of the seats per year. Second prize is a priceless, complete set of glass, hand etched Flying Yankee Dinnerware. Third Prize is framed, signed, numbered (only 2,000 in existence) Steven Cryan print of The Flying Yankee crossing the Frankenstein Trestle in Crawford Notch. Fourth Prize is a a set of four glass, hand etched Flying Yankee mugs. Fifth Prize is a glass, hand etched Flying Yankee Hurricane Lantern. Perhaps you've wanted to be a Flying Yankee seat owner, but felt you couldn't afford to purchase a seat? Here's your chance to possibly join the ranks of Flying Yankee seat owners while helping to support the restoration project. Tickets are only $25 each or five for $100. They can be obtained at the Aug. 2 Open House, online at www.flyingyankee.com or by calling 603-745-3974. Only 750 tickets will be sold. The winners will be announced at the April 3, 2009 Flying Yankee Celebration. You need not be present to win. Pictured (l-r) are Flying Yankee Board Chairman Dick Hamilton, Department of Transportation Commissioner George N. Campbell, Jr., DOT Intern Amadin Osagiete, Jack Ferns of DOT Rail & Transit and Ben Clark of The Hobo Railroad. Below, Hamilton and Commissioner Campbell examine the restored truck assemblies. George N. Campbell Jr., the new Commssioner of the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, recently visited Lincoln and took a tour of The Flying Yankee. Campbell was accompanied by his intern, Amadin Osagiete and Jack Ferns of the Bureau of Rail and Transit. The State of New Hampshire owns The Flying Yankee and is working in partnership with the Flying Yankee Restoration Group, Inc., toward its historic restoration. Campbell was impressed with the work done to date and has expressed his support for the project. While at the Hobo Railroad, Campbell also was given a tour of the workshop as well as the restored Pullman "Suitsme" car. Ben Clark of the Hobo Railroad was a gracious and expert host for the tour. Campbell also got to see the recently restored truck wheel assemblies, which had just been returned to Lincoln a couple of days prior to his tour. It was great to be able to host the commissioner and we are grateful for his support. Now, we are anxious to get on with the restoration, with the next item on the agenda, the restoration of the GE 721 Traction Motors. Following that, we hope to get the information together necessary to proceed with the power plant. Your generous support is still very much needed and always appreciated. The third of four Flying Yankee Open Houses for 2008 will be held at the Hobo Railroad in >Lincoln, Come and stay for the weekend. The Lincoln-Woodstock area has dozens of lodging options, including the Comfort Inn and Suites, tons of dining options, including the Café Lafayette Dinner Train and several of Operated jointly by the Now based at the Hobo Railroad in To learn more about the Flying Yankee Open House scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 2 or how you can help support the project though a tax-deductible donation, contact Flying Yankee officials by calling (603) 745-3974, visit the Flying Yankee’s official web site www.flyingyankee.com or send an e-mail to flyingyankee@usa.net. The final 2008 Open House will be Sept. 27. The Fourth Annual Flying Yankee Celebration (Note the Name Change) will be held on Friday night, April 3 (Note the Day Change) at the Executive Court Banquet Facility at the Best Western Executive Court Inn on S. Mammoth Road (Rte. 28) in Manchester, NH (Note the Location Change). We hope the Friday night will be convenient for most of our attendees who will now have the rest of the entire weekend to enjoy with their families or doing whatever it is they wish to do on the weekend. We hope the location will be more centralized as we know many of our supporters travel from Massachusetts and, being early April, the Friday traffic shouldn't be too awful. You'll also note the slight name change from Gala to Celebration. We want it to be less formal and just a night of casual fun for all of the Flying Yankee supporters and would-be supporters who attend. It's a casual night of food, fun and meeting old and new friends. We will have more details soon including special room rates at the new Best Western located right next door, menu selections and entertainment for the evening. We hope to maybe even provide some time to get your significant other on the dance floor. We have an awful lot of things happening here at The Flying Yankee and we hope this celebration will be the best one yet and that we'll have a whole lot to celebrate. We know we will be able to celebrate the generous support of all of our "Friends of the Flying Yankee." The Cat in the Hat will soon be making tracks to the Hobo Railroad, in “The Seuss Adventure is an exciting way for us to promote our literacy based outreach programs” explains Heather Nolan, Program Coordinator for the non-profit Believe in Books Literacy Foundation. “Families can share a story onboard the moving train with the characters from the book, while the net proceeds help support literacy programs throughout Tickets for Seuss Adventure are now available online at www.HoboRR.com and are priced at just $20.00 per person (ages 3 and up). For additional information or to volunteer for this event, feel free to contact the Believe in Books Literacy Foundation at (603) 745-9980. The Flying Yankee Restoration Group is set-up to accept stock transfers for anyone wishing to contribute to the restoration in that manner. Just call the office at 603-745-3974 and we'll provide you with all the information you need. And, remember, the Naming Rights program is in full swing. Own your own seats or the Naming Rights to one of the cars. For more on the Naming Rights program, click here. Proud Supporter of The Flying Yankee Restoration Project Brian McCarthy, IOM, President --------------------------------------
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