We had a great meeting last month with some great slides by Dr. Fred Ripley and wonderful refreshments from Thomas and Jim Bryan. HMMM! Last week my wife and I visited the Paducah Railroad Museum. They have done a lot … Continue reading
by Rich Hane, Chapter President I hope that everyone that came to our train picnic at Crofton and the meeting last month had a good time. We had several nice trains come through and those that stayed longer were treated … Continue reading
September is promising to be a busy month. We went to the Kentucky Railway Museum last week and had a great time riding behind L&N #152 the 105 year old Pacific type steam engine. She ran and looked fine and … Continue reading
The writing of this article brings me great sadness as the news of the passing of one of our old friends and longtime Chapter member Ron Stubblefield came to me. Ron passed away late on Sunday afternoon, August 8th after … Continue reading
Those of you who attended the June meeting were treated to a great program of personal photos from Chuck Hinrich’s collection. The photos were from many places and the quality was excellent. Chuck is one of our most talented photographers … Continue reading
by President, Rich Hane Those of you that made it down to the train station in Hopkinsville for our May meeting were treated to an interesting program hosted by Wallace Henderson. The setting was beautiful, several trains came bye, and … Continue reading
We had a very interesting slide presentation by Dr. Fred Ripley that covered some interesting portions of the Pennsylvania Railroad last month. Fred is an accomplished photographer and had some great morning and twilight time photos to show us. It … Continue reading
Hopefully, you have all been enjoying the beautiful spring weather. This is a very special time of the year and it goes well with our very special celebration of our Chapter’s 25th Anniversary. The time since we first formed our … Continue reading
by President, Rich Hane Those of you that attended the February meeting were treated to a fine program brought to us by Bill Thomas and Dennis Carnal. It was an excellent video about the history of the Electromotive Division Geeps, … Continue reading
by Chapter President, Rich Hane I hope that all of you that attended our last meeting had a good time. I enjoyed giving the program and our evening of fellowship. We will be celebrating the 25th Anniversary of our Chapter … Continue reading
by Chapter President, Rich Hane I hope that everyone had a nice Holiday season and are looking forward to a wonderful new year. Those of you that joined us at the Christmas Dinner were treated to great food and fellowship … Continue reading
by Chapter President, Rich Hane Last month we were treated to a truly excellent program on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad by Ron Flanary and presented by Chuck Hinrichs. The photography was excellent and the program did a great job … Continue reading