The March meeting of the Forest City Division of the Railroad Enthusiasts will feature a two-part program by Jim Semon The programs are titled NKP Reflections and The Lakers.
The meeting will begin at approximately 8:15 p.m. on Friday (May 19) at the Church of the Redeemer, 23500 Center Ridge Road in Westlake.
There will be no meeting in June. Instead the RRE will have its annual Bellevue Day on Saturday, June 17.
The April 28 meeting of the Akron Railroad Club will feature a program by club president Todd Dillon on the East Broad Top narrow gauge railroad in Pennsylvania.
Dillon will show images made at the annual EBT Winter Spectacular held this past February. The highlight of that event was the first revenue run of 2-8-2 No. 16.
The EBT has been steadily working to restore its steam locomotive fleet to operating condition and No. 16 was the first locomotive to complete that process.
The meeting will begin at 8 p.m. in the social hall of the New Horizons Christian Church, 290 Darrow Road in Akron.
After the business meeting the program will get underway at approximately 8:30 p.m.
The May 26 ARRC program will be presenter by former long time ARRC president Craig Sanders and will be titled Somwhere West of Here. More details about the contents of that program will be offered on this site next month.
Shown above are four images from Todd’s program, which aside from steam will have images of other EBT rolling stock and vehicles from the nearby Rockhill Trolley Museum
The annual Akron Railroad Club member’s night and pizza party will be held Saturday (March 25) at the New Horizons Christian Church. There will be no regular meeting this month.
There will be a $5 cover charge to attendees of the member’s night. The pizza will be served at 6:30 p.m. Doors will open at 5:45 p.m.
Attendees are encouraged to bring their favorite non-alcoholic beverages and snack items to share. The club will supply a limited supply of soft drinks and water.
Member’s night photo presentations should be limited to 10 to 12 minutes. Those showing slides should have them preloaded in slide trays. Digital images should be on a USB device.
The March meeting of the Forest City Division of the Railroad Enthusiasts will feature a program by Bob Todten. The program is titled China: People, Places and Steam
The meeting will begin at approximately 8:15 p.m. on Friday (March 17) at the Church of the Redeemer, 23500 Center Ridge Road in Westlake.
In April the RRE will bring back its annual banquet, which was last held in 2019.
The banquet will be held on April 29 at Tony K’s restaurant in Berea. Tickets are $35 if purchased in advance and $40 if purchased at the door. Tickets will be on sale at the March meeting.
Presenting the program will be Terry Kolenc. It will be titled Golden Spike 150 and focus on operations of Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive.
The banquet will feature buffet style eating with roast beef and chicken cordon blue. The cocktail hour will begin at 6 p.m. with dinner served at 7 p.m.
The February meeting of the Forest City Division of the Railroad Enthusiasts will feature a program by Mark Demaline.
Titled Six Decades of Change at Berea, Ohio,1974-2022, the program will feature trains of Penn Central, Conrail, Amtrak, Norfolk Southern and CSX.
There will be images of trailers on flat car trains with cabooses, double-stacked container trains, Detroit Edison coal trains and trains with distributed motive power.
Also featured will be right-of-way views, vintage freight cars and more.
The meeting will begin at approximately 8:15 p.m. on Friday (Feb. 17) at the Church of the Redeemer, 23500 Center Ridge Road in Westlake.
The Jan. 27 meeting of the Akron Railroad Club will take attendees to the west coast and Alaska.
ARRC Secretary David Kachinko will present a program that will begin by reliving a 1973 journey he made to the Pacific Coast. Then Dave will jump ahead about three decades and 3,000 mile north to show the Alaska Railroad’s Millennium Special Tour of July 2000.
The meeting will begin at 8 p.m. in the social hall of the New Horizons Christian Church, 290 Darrow Road in Akron.
After the business meeting the program will get underway at approximately 8:30 p.m.
At its annual meeting last November, ARRC members in attendance re-elected the current slate of officers to continue in their positions for 2023.
Aside from Kachinko, officers include Todd Dillon, president; Bill Kubas, vice president; Paul Havasi, treasurer; and Ron McElrath, newsletter editor.
Marion Railfan Society will meet on Saturday (Jan 21, 2023) at Marion Union Station.
The meeting will begin at approximately 7 p.m. and feature a program presented by John Curtright, a Michigan resident.
He will be showing trains in Michigan and in the southern half of the lower peninsula from the past 10 years.
The show will feature trains of Great Lakes Central, Lake State Railway, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Amtrak.
After the conclusion of the program, meeting host Bill Haines will show a movie of Pennsylvania Railroad trains around Bradford, Ohio, in the early 1960s and train wreck scenes from the Cincinnati area.
Club officials expect there will be enough time for audience members to show slides or digital images during an open projector segment.
The January meeting of the Forest City Division of the Railroad Enthusiasts will feature a program by Dave Beach.
Titled The South End of the CT&V, the program will consist of image of a former Baltimore & Ohio line that once ran from Cleveland to Mineral City, Ohio. Known as the Cleveland Terminal & Valley, the north end of that line is today used by the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad.
The meeting will begin at approximately 8:15 p.m. on Friday (Jan. 20) at the Church of the Redeemer, 23500 Center Ridge Road in Westlake.
The Marion Railfan Society will meet on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Marion Union Station.
The program is movies made by John Edminson. This includes footage made around Dayton in the 1970s and on the Pennsylvania Railroad’s line through Bradford, Ohio, in the 1950s.
The latter film includes scene of Pennsy J1 steam locomotives hauling trains.
Following the movies, there will be an open projector for attendees to show slides or digital images.
MRS also said long-time member Gary Salzgaber died on Nov 14. He was a fan of the PRR and modeled it on a layout that was featured in Model Railroader magazine.
The Forest City Division of the Railroad Enthusiasts will be having its annual Christmas pizza party on Dec. 16 in Westlake.
The event will begin at 7 p.m. at the club’s usual meeting spot, the Church of the Redeemer, 23500 Center Ridge Road.
Attendees will be asked to pay a $7 cover charge for the cost of the pizzas. Members also are encouraged to help out by bringing snacks and non-alcoholic beverages.
The program will be a members night showing of digtal images and slides. Those who wish to show should bring 25-30 images of any subject matter.
The club’s digital and slide projectors will be available for your use. Digital images should be stored on a portable USB drive. Slides can be in a carousel tray or loose and shown via a stack loader.
The next regular RRE meeting will be Jan. 20 with a program presenter to be announced.
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