{"id":467,"date":"2023-09-03T12:41:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T12:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cincinnatirrclub.org\/WP\/?p=467"},"modified":"2024-08-08T05:15:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T09:15:32","slug":"in-memoriam-dale-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cincinnatirrclub.org\/WP\/in-memoriam-dale-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam . . . Dale Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It is our sad duty to share news of the passing of long-time club member Dale Brown on Monday, August 28, 2023 at the age of 71. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Dale loved the club and was a very active member throughout the years. He was around for the early club steam trips, and was one the many members who helped restore and operate Tower A at Cincinnati Union Terminal in 1989-1990, and beyond. More recently, Dale was elected to our board and served as vice president through December 2022. Last year in the absence of our club president, Dale conducted our monthly meeting as acting president and was so very proud to say he was president for a day. He was not afraid to show his support for the club, proudly wearing his Cincinnati Railroad Club jacket around town and to various railroad activities around the country.\u00a0 He also had a passion for narrow gauge railroading, which he put on full display for us all with his presentations of South American steam and narrow gauge railroads in Colorado and other Western environments. He thrived showing slides from his travels during some of our recent informal slide nights in the club library. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Dale, along with David Oroszi and others, was a founding organizer of Summerail, and also a two-time Summerail presenter. Dale was also a life member of <a href=\"https:\/\/cincy-div7.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"xv78j7m\" spellcheck=\"false\">Cincinnati Division 7<\/span><\/a> of the <span class=\"xv78j7m\" spellcheck=\"false\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nmra.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NMRA &#8211; National Model Railroad Association<\/a>, <span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" dir=\"auto\">having joined as a 25-year-old in 1967. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"xv78j7m\" spellcheck=\"false\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" dir=\"auto\">Dale enjoyed traveling to different parts of the country (and world) to explore other cultures, especially if he could combine his love of travel with his love of railroads and photography. He loved travel so much that he founded &amp; served as President of Wings &amp; Rails International Expeditions where he &amp; his wife Miryam organized &amp; operated rail-oriented specialty tours in South America from 2002-2009.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Our hearts go out to Dale&#8217;s wife Miryam, and all his family and friends. Dale will be sorely missed by all. The family has planned a memorial service for Friday, September 8, 2023 at 5pm at the Cincinnati Hilton Airport on Turfway Road in Florence, KY.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><em><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Highball Dale!<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Thanks to Dave Oroszi for sending the photo of the first Summerail presenters (1996) and a few other photos for our use. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is our sad duty to share news of the passing of long-time club member Dale Brown on Monday, August 28, 2023 at the age of 71. 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