The Western Kentucky NRHS chapter is getting a group together for the Monterey Super Fall Foliage Excursion. The excursion is October 12, 2013 and boards at 7:30AM at the TCRM in Nashville, TN. This is the 216 mile round trip, see the web site for details (http://tcry.org/pdf/13-10-12.pdf). This trip will sell out early so we need to act fast.

We already have enough people for a group discount, so the ticket price will be $47.00 per person. In order to get the group discount all the tickets have to be purchased at one time with one payment. I need to have payment for the tickets by the next NRHS meeting on April 15, 2013 (I can accept the payment at the meeting.) If you will not be at the next meeting, you can mail me a check at the address below. If you want me to mail your tickets to you please enclose a stamped self addressed envelope. I plan on going to Nashville on April 16, 2013 to purchase the tickets.

Steve Miller
2721 S Virginia St
Hopkinsville, KY 42240

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I (Chuck Hinrichs) got a message from Jody Moore with Pullman Rail Journeys yesterday.
The regular runs of the first class private cars on the City Of New Orleans are beginning their regular runs next Friday, March 29. They will be running on two Chicago – New Orleans cycles per week with Chicago departures on Tuesdays and Fridays and New Orleans departures on Thursdays and Sundays.
The cars have been in the yard upside Union Station for a while, so we knew it was coming soon.
This is a new venture, so it remains to be seen whether or not it will be viable as a long term operation. The cars look great on the inside, and these folks are really going out of their way to make it a first class operation.
These runs may be around for a while; too soon to tell. But I would suggest that anyone wanting to ride down the Mailine of Mid-America in the round end observation car Ponchatrain Club should take the opportunity sooner rather than later.

For more information visit their website, http://www.travelpullman.com.

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DVDs to Share…

Some of you may be familiar with the DVD series Great American Layouts by Allen Keller.  Some of the videos are dated.

I have the following:  1. N Scale Cumberland Valley System of Bill and Wayne Reid 2. Ken McCorry’s Conrail 3. Howard Zane’s Piermont Division 4. John Armstrong’s Canandaigua Southern and The Yosemite Valley of Jack Burgress 5. Lou Sassi’s West Hoosic Division 6. Jim Providenza’s Santa Cruz Northern 7. Bill Aldrich’s New York, New Haven and Hartford and Bob Hayden’s Carrabasset & Dead River Railway 8. John Pryke’s New York, New Haven and Hartford 9. Paul Dolkos’ Boston & Maine New Hampshire Division 10.  W. Allen McClelland’s Virginian & Ohio and Rick Rideout’s L&N Henderson Subdivision 11.  Dick Elwell’s Hoosic Valley Railroad and Gil Freitag’s Stony Creek & Western 12.  Lance Mindheim’s Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville 13.  Weathering Techniques, Creating Scenes, and Building Structures.  14. Bob Brown’s Tuolumne Forks Railroad.

If you would like to borrow one or more, just let me know, Bill Thomas.