Articles etc.
Letters: Hornell to Meadville and back, 1971
"The Great Dalton Fire," The Yorker, February 1973
Winner of a New York State Historical Association Yorker Program Governor's Trophy Special Award, 1972.
Letters: Morgan, Kneiling, Hilton
"Requiem for the Erie Lackawanna," February 11, 1975 Olean Times Herald
"Pussyfooting," September 1975 Trains
"Why Reforming the ICC Is Not Enough," March 4, 1976 Olean Times Herald
"How Federal Railroad Policy Got Derailed," September 1978 Reason
"Railroads Are Not Mismanaged," September 1978 Trains
Review of Maury Klein's The Life and Legend of Jay Gould, April 1987 Reason
"Erie's River Line," parts 1-3, The Diamond (Erie Lackawanna Railroad Historical Society), 1989-1991
This article has been reissued, with added illustrations, as a 72-page book available at https://erielackhs.org.
Map of New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad junction with two narrow gauge railroads at Cuba, N.Y., 1991
Drawn for walking tour I led as part of Three Rivers Narrow Gauge Historical Society annual meeting.
Review of Albro Martin's Railroads Triumphant, August 1992 Reason
"Between EL and Conrail, Fate Sticks Out Her Foot," The Diamond, 1992
"Buffalo Capital and the Erie Narrow Gauges," part 1, Light Iron and Short Ties (Three Rivers Narrow Gauge Historical Society), 1992
"Buffalo Capital and the Erie Narrow Gauges," part 2,
Light Iron and Short Ties, 1992
"ZY Tower, Hornell, N.Y." The Diamond, 1993
Available at https://erielackhs.org. Look for Volume 8, No. 1.
"Thank You, Mr. Maxwell," The Diamond, 1993
How Conrail wriggled out of the Southern Tier Agreement.
Southern Tier Line Study, Task 1 report, 1993. Written for the Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board.
"The Allegany Central, As Remembered by an Insider," Light Iron and Short Ties, 1996
How the Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad won its freedom in the Conrail split:
- Burt verified statement, from LA&L's petition to the Surface Transportation Board, October 1997
- LA&L's brief, February 1998
- Excerpts from the STB decision, July 1998
"Was the Conrail Monopoly Necessary?" Journal of Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy, Fall 1998
Winner of the Railway Locomotive & Historical Society David P. Morgan Article Award, 1999.
"The Rail Business Is Bigger and Better Than Ever," January 17, 2000 Views & News (American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association)
Chronology of the Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad and predecessors, 2002
Written for LA&L's first web site.
Lexington Group presentation, 2003
Remarks prepared for "The State of Short Line Railroads" panel session.
Memorandum to fellow members of Federal Railroad Administration advisory committee, 2006
The FRA Railroad Safety Advisory Committee Roadway Worker Protection Working Group numbered about 25 members including FRA staff
and representatives of railroads and rail unions. Two members represented the nation's short line and regional railroads. The Working Group held bimonthly meetings around the country from 2005 to 2007.
Comments of Railroads of New York, Inc. regarding private crossing safety, 2007
Syracuse, N.Y. hearing, Federal Railroad Administration Docket No. FRA 2005-23281, Safety of Private Highway-Rail Grade Crossings.
Written and presented as chairman of the RONY Regulatory Review Committee.
"John Bernet's Legacy in Hornell," parts 1-3, The Diamond, 2013
Available at https://erielackhs.org. Look for Volume 27, Nos. 2, 3, and 4.
"Gabriel Kolko Reconsidered," www.masterresource.org, 2015
"Gabriel Kolko's Railroads and Regulation at Fifty," Railroad History (Railway Locomotive & Historical Society), Spring-Summer 2016
"An Attica Branch Postscript," The Diamond, 2018
Available at https://erielackhs.org. Look for Volume 32, No. 4.
"The Parade," Allegany County Historical Society Recorder, 2nd quarter 2020
"The Last Spike at Cuba," May 18, 2022 Cuba Patriot and Free Press
"Rudy Garbely's Book: A Not-So-Tiny Quibble," June 2023 Bridge Line Historical Society Bulletin
"Bankruptcy, Turnaround, and Sale: A Delaware & Hudson Timeline, 1987-1991," posted July 2023
"The Tunafish Wreck and Erie's First Hotbox Detector," The Diamond, 2023
Available at https://erielackhs.org. Look for Volume 37, No. 3. It may not be listed among the back issues while still current.
"A Centennial Runaway," The Diamond, 2024
Available at https://erielackhs.org. Look for Volume 38, No. 1. It may not be listed among the back issues while still current.
"The Original Line: Erie Builds East from Dunkirk 1838-1842," posted April 2024
Revised and expanded June 2024.
"The Parade," The Diamond, 2024
Available at https://erielackhs.org. Look for Volume 38, No. 2. It may not be listed among the back issues while still current.
Presentations
Presentations are not available for download.
"The Erie Railroad in Hornell, 1920-1960," Hornell Public Library, 2013, and Canisteo Valley Historical Society, Arkport, 2014.
"Saving the Erie," Erie Lackawanna Railroad Historical Society annual symposium, Cambridge Springs, 2015.
"The Trains Around Us," Hornell Public Library, 2015.
"Merging Erie and Lackawanna, Binghamton to Buffalo," ELRRHS annual symposium, Mount Morris, 2016.
"The Three-Way Merger," ELRRHS annual symposium, Binghamton, 2018.
"The Erie Railroad Allegany Division in World War II," Allegany County History Awareness Week, Wellsville, 2018.
"The Erie Railroad Comes to Allegany County," Allegany County History Awareness Week, Wellsville, 2019.
"Steuben County's Railroads: The First Hundred Years," Steuben County History Awareness Week, Hammondsport, 2022.
"The Dunkirk Branch," ELRRHS annual symposium, Salamanca, 2023.
"The Erie Railroad: Rosses to the River," Nunda Historical Society, Dalton, 2023. A YouTube video is available here: https://youtu.be/O6UUcPuFNDI
"The Perry Gang: Ossian Train Robbers," Town of Ossian Historical Society, Ossian Center, 2024.
"Railroads in Cuba, New York," SUNY Alfred Architecture & Design studio class, Palmer Opera House, Cuba, 2024.
"The Perry Gang: Ossian Train Robbers," Nunda Historical Society, Nunda, 2024.