Sunday, September 01, 2013

Tri-State Chapter NRHS - Monthly Meeting Notice - Thursday, Sept 12, 2013

Received the following via email.

A Railfan's Winter: How to Make Lemonade in the Grand Canyon State

The TRI-STATE RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. Presents Donald Burt at the
Bickford Theater - Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ 07960

Thursday, September 12, 2013, 7:00 PM

It's back-to-school for Tri-Staters, and the September 12th meeting will begin Tri-State's 50th anniversary year with a presentation by Board member and Santa Train chairman Donald Burt titled: "A Railfan's Winter: How to Make Lemonade in the Grand Canyon State."

Last year Don Burt spent the warm winter months in Arizona, which allowed him to witness and capture busy main line action on Union Pacific while visiting short lines and tourist roads such as the Verde Canyon. The year 2012 was the Centennial for Arizona as our 48th State, and part of the celebration was a visit by Union Pacific's famed 80-inch drivered 4-8-4 No. 844 on the former-Southern Pacific main lines through Phoenix.

Meetings are held at the Morris Museum's Bickford Theater at 6 Normandy Heights Road in Morristown. Doors open at 7:00 p.m., meeting at 7:30, entertainment about 8:00 p.m. Admission is free, all are welcome. For updates see our website at www.tristaterail.org, or visit Tri-State Chapter NRHS on Facebook.