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Interested to learn more about what is going on with the Rochester Chapter NRHS and its Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum?   Read the October issue of our newsletter, The Semaphore, online in PDF.    And if you want to read more, please check out our online newsletter archive.

A wonderful surprise inside a small envelope...

While looking through the Chapter's archives, I came upon a small envelope. Inside was a letter, business card, and a punched New York Central passenger cash fare receipt. Not much at first until I read the letter.

Then I realized this was a really neat piece of Rochester railroad and Rochester Chapter NRHS history.   A last ride on a last New York Central train...  A souvenir saved...   A nearly by-gone form of communication in a type written letter...   An experience shared between friends (A. Whitman Crittenden & Wallace Bradley) now preserved and left to share with us...

 

 

The Rochester Chapter NRHS is always looking for new people to help us with our archives and to see what other discoveries there are to find and share.   Interested?   Please contact us or come to one of our monthly membership meetings.

August meeting's railroad operations in HD!

For those who may have missed our August meeting, you can check out some of the evening's railroad operations in this YouTube video from the Chapter's Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum's YouTube site.

September meeting announcement

The Rochester Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society is pleased to announce that it will hold its September 2009 general membership meeting this Thursday evening, September 17th at the 40&8 Club.

The meeting will feature a multimedia presentation by Rochester Chapter NRHS member, John Stewart, called The Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg (known as the “Hojack”) from Model City to Oswego. This is a change from the program listed in our events section of our website.

Visitors are always welcome! You do not need to be a Rochester Chapter NRHS member to attend. The meeting starts at 7PM with some time to socialize and peruse the Rochester Chapter's book store. You can also check out our railroad library co-located at the 40&8 Club. A short business meeting will take place between 7:30PM and 8PM with the show starting around 8:15PM. The meeting is held at the 40&8 Club which is located at 933 University Avenue (Across from the Gleason Works between Culver Road and Goodman Street) in the City of Rochester.

This will be a great show, and we hope those in the greater Rochester area will come out to see it!

Night photo session a success!

The night photo session held as a part of the Chapter's August membership meeting was a success. Over a dozen photographers participated as Chapter member, Chris Hauf, provided the flashbulb lighting. Thanks goes out to the R&GVRRM's Operating Department for running and positioning the trains for the session.

Erie C254 & R&GVRR #1654 waits at a rural interurban waiting room.
Photo & lighting by: Christopher R. Hauf

Lehigh Valley Railroad #211 and Penn Central caboose #18526 takes its turn in front of the museum's ex-Rochester, Lockport & Buffalo Railway rural interurban waiting room.
Photo & lighting by: Christopher R. Hauf

Lehigh Valley Railroad #211 and Penn Central caboose #18526 has its front brakeman on board and is ready to depart.
Photo & lighting by: Christopher R. Hauf

Lehigh Valley Railroad #211 passes the Rochester, Lockport & Buffalo Railway rural interurban waiting room.
Photo & lighting by: Christopher R. Hauf

August meeting to feature night photo session

One of the night photographs taken during the August 2008 Rochester Chapter NRHS meeting

Photo & lighting by: Christopher R. Hauf

For interested photographers, the Rochester Chapter NRHS is planning another night photo session, weather permitting, as part of the events for the August Rochester Chapter meeting on August 20, 2009 at the Chapter's Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum. The meeting will start around 6PM and will feature operations of the museum's railroad equipment collection. Visitors are always welcome!

For those who wish to participate in the night session, there is no rubber tired vehicle access to the shoot so we will be heading up by train from the R&GVRRM Industry depot around 7:45PM to get setup. If you want to participate, please come to the R&GVRRM and be ready to go around 7:45. In addition to their camera capable of a bulb (b) exposure, participants should bring a tripod, cable release and a flashlight to aid in walking. The areas we will be shooting may also be a little muddy so please dress appropriately. We are going to also ask a $5.00 donation to the museum from each photographer to help offset the costs of operating the equipment for the session. Anyone wishing to just observe can do so for free!

We hope to see you out at the meeting & the night photo session!

Video from July Chapter meeting... in HD!

Chris Hauf put together an excellent video of railroad operation during the Rochester Chapter meeting at the Chapter's Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum on July 16. For your viewing pleasure, this video is available in HD format! Enjoy...



If you missed the train rides this time around, please join us for the next Chapter Meeting at the museum which will be August 20! Guests are always welcome!

For additional videos of museum operations, please visit the museum's YouTube site.