GENERAL CLUB NEWS
September 24, 2008
Those members who volunteered to host Tower A in the last year will meet at the Glendale Pub at 6:30PM for a Tower A host appreciation party. After eating and talking about and doing some railfanning(out the window) prizes and surprise will follow. Mike Weber(Tower A Committee) would like to thank all who helped out hosting Tower A.
September 4, 2008
This month's program will be by club member, Mike Weber, and will consist of a slideshow featuring shots on the UP and BNSF mainlne south of Seattle including passenger trains and shots of Mike's visit to the Western Maryland Scenic RR at Frostburg, Md., and D&RGW and Cumbres & Toltec Narrow Gauge, a look at rails in our National Parks and a comparison of Marion, Ohio and Harrisburg , Pa. Towers. At this month's meeting there will be as part of the meeting, "New Member's Night", where new members will be introduced to the club and they will get a chance to see what club activities there are to participate in and how they can get involved in them. Refreshements(Cake) will be served. Members of S.O.R.E. (Southern Ohio Rail Enthusiasts) have also been invited to the meeting. We will hopefully see some new young faces.
August 8, 2008
At the August meeting a piece of paper was passed around for people to fill out to have their e-mail addresses put on a list to be informed about e.g.-The Chinese steam engine that R.J. Corman bought when it ran from Louisville to Lexington or any rail related item of interest. If you would like to have your name added to this list e-mail the club at cincinnatirrclub@hotmail.com.
August 7, 2008
This month's program will be a digital film production by Earl Clark entitled "Railroads On The Western Front", a look at the Narrow Gauge Military RR's of France and Germany (known as the Decauville Rail) during WWII.
July 10, 2008
Our program this month will be a Tribute to Ronnie Stahl, who passed away in April. Ron was always full of stories about CUT and was a major help in the days when we ran steam trips. This will be an appropriate remembrance.
June 21, 2008
At 10:00 A.M. on June 21, 2008 the Bradford Ohio Railroad Museum
dedicated BF Tower. There were various activities all afternoon. The museum
is located in a former bank building at the corner of State Route 721, Miami
Ave., and Main Street in Bradford. Bradford is located on the former PRR 83.1
miles west of Columbus and was the junction of the main to Chicago and the main
to New Paris. The dedication was attended by club members Dan Macke and Otis
"Armstrong" Flinchpaugh. For pictures of the dedication click here.
June 5, 2008
At this month's meeting John Schneider of the Mill Valley Development Association will present a "streetcar initiative" explaining the newly-approved plans for a car line in downtown Cincinnati.
May 10, 2008 
To celebrate National Train Day club member, Mike Weber will present slides shows at 11:15AM and 1:45PM in the little Newsreel Theatre of the Cincinnati Union Terminal. The subject of the slide programs will be rail travel in general with examples of Amtrak and local tourist trains. There will be lots of promotional giveaway material for those who attend. Hope to see you there.
May 1, 2008
At the May meeting Fr. Dale Peterka will officiate at the Annual Auction, featuring all types of railroadiana, including books, buttons, hardware, slides, photos, etc.
April 3, 2008
At the April meeting the program will be by club member, Gary Rolih, and will be a slide show on Milwaukee Road electrification. Not only interesting locomotives but breath-taking scenery should be on the screen.
March 29, 2008
To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Cincinnati Union Terminal
members of the Cincinnati Railroad Club set up a display showing the history
of C.U.T., a detailed view of the concourse, the trains that left from C.U.T.(with
the George Washington, The Cincinnatian, and the James Whitcomb
Riley being highlighted), alternate proposals for the use of C.U.T.,
club trips fromC.U.T., and films and exhibits that have been at the Cincinnati
Museum Center. The display will be up throughout the summer and beyond. For
pictures of the display click here.
March 6, 2008
Our program will be by club member Ron Stahl. It will be entitled "Ron Stahl Tells All (Again). Ron was the NYC Passenger Rep at CUT and has many great stories to tell about the heydays of the Terminal and the trials and tribulations of passenger service in "the good old days".
February 9, 2008
Tower A was visited by the Louisville Camera Club. For photo click here.
February 7, 2008
Dan Macke, a Penn Central conductor, will show us what it was like to get a train from Riverside Yard to Sharonville, using the B&O in the days before Queensgate. Dan also has some shots of various wrecks and problems he encountered.
January 26, 2008
Tower A was visited by the Dayton Camera Club and a local cub scout troop.
For Photos click here.
January 3, 2008
This month's program will be the showing of a video of the December 2002 appearance of Joe Nuxhall at the club's monthly meeting. The meeting that month was held in the Museum Center's Reakirt Auditorium.
December 6, 2007
A program entitled "The Whitewater Valley Branch, Then and Now" will be presented by Bill Gray, John Hillman and Emmitt Baughn of the Whitewater Valley Scenic RR of Connersville, Ind. Whitewater Valley RR has been active in preserving and running such locos as Heislers, an EDT 0-6-0, a 2-6-2, Lima, Baldwin, Alco and GE diesel switchers, and is currently operating a refurbished Milwaukee SD-10. The line was the Valley Junction-Connersville Branch of the New York Central.
November 1, 2007
This month's program will be presented by club member , Charlie Bogart, who travels quite a bit. He will present a slide program on places and trains he's seen and ridden. Charlie lives in Frankfort, Ky. and has been on the Governor's Derby Specials.
June 15. 2007
This morning two retired CSX employees, John and Mike Acken, visited Tower
A and reminisced about taking the Pan American to visit their grandmother in
Tennessee in their youth. They are thinking about making a model railroad layout
with Cincinnati Union Terminal as part of the layout. They were very impressed
with Tower A and the club's library so much so that they took membership application
forms with them. Visiting the Tower can have that effect on railfans. For pictures
of the two brothers click here.
September 25, 2006
British truck driver visits Tower A. For details click here .
February 25, 2006
Tower Hosts Appreciation Party was held in Tower A. Everyone had a good
time and enjoyed getting togehter as a group. For pictures of the event click
here .
September 1, 2005
The program for this month will be presented by local railfan, Brian Collins
of Railway Exposition, a Private Car Owner who will speak on the pros and cons
of private car ownership and what the future holds for Amtrak. This month's
meeting will be in the Old Newsreel Theatre by the Children's Museum entrance
instead of Tower A. For pictures of some of the oldest members of the Cincinnati
Railroad Club honored at this month's meeting click here .
July 3-9 2005
The NMRA Convention will be in Cincinnati and they will be visiting Tower
A during the week. There will be a special display in Tower A showing model
railroading thru the years, accompanied by displays of club member's model trains.
For pictures click here 
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January 7, 2005
Holiday Junction was a huge success where there were 7000 visitors to Tower A. Thanks to all who volunteered to host Tower A during the holiday season. Check out pictures of the Holidays at Tower A . Fr. Dale Peterka has been invited to WinterRail in Stockton, California on March 12, 2005 to present his "Postcards from Promontory" slide program. That's quite an honor. The Michigan Star Clipper Dinner Train has made a special offer to all members of the Cincinnati Railroad Club. The offer is $7 off each fare on a dinner train departure of their choice. There are brochures in the card rack in Tower A that give more information on this dinner train and a copy of an e-mail sent us explaining the offer in more detail is on the club bulletin board.
July 31-August1, 2004
In Dennison, Ohio many railfans attending Trainfest 2004 had the opportunity to ride behind Steam Engines and vintage Diesel Engines as well as enjoy many other facets of railroading.
May 13, 2004
Letter concerning and pictures of PRRT&HS Convention visit to Tower
A. For details click here 
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