Amherst Railway Society

Amherst Railway Society
Calendar of Events

2011 — 2012

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September
20 meeting "Rail Transit in the Pioneer Valley" by Dana Roscoe
October
Amherst Belt Lines Outing Pepperell Siding Model RR Club Show
Postponed until Spring 2012, date to be announced
18 meeting "Freight Car Futures" by Dan Bigda
November
6 Amherst Belt Lines outing Bedford Boomers, Bedford, NH
15 meeting "New England Central and RailAmerica" by Charles Hunter
December
3-4 Amherst Belt Lines outing New England Model Train Expo, Marlborough, MA
January
17

meeting

 “Museum Trains in Germany and Denmark”
by Joshua Redenz
28-29 show Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show
Setup: January 26-27
Public Show: January 28-29
February
March
20 meeting

"American Locomotive Heritage Museum" by Richard Steinbrenner

April
? show (away) Nashua Valley RR Association Railfair, Shirley, MA
17 meeting "Boston & Maine Operations---Sept. 1950" by George & Kathy Melvin
May
15
 meeting "A Decade of Railroads ----the 1990's" by Buddy Winniarz
June
19 meeting (annual business meeting) "'A Slice of the Cheshire' Modeling the Cheshire" by Jim Dufour
July

Calendar of Trips

Date Event location Type For More Information
3-4 Dec Marlborough, MA New England Model Train Expo
 http://www.hubdiv.org/fallshow/index.htm
10 December
10:00AM to 4:00PM		 Providence Northern

Model RR Open House

 Warwick, RI

The new layout is 35 feet by 60 feet with a 400 foot double track mainline, and a separate single track branch line. Both the mainline and branch lines...

 http://www.providencenorthern.org
1/7/12 Mass Bay RRE Conway NH ‘STEAM IN THE SNOW’ returns for its fifth big year! Our annual photographers’ special on the Conway Scenic Railroad, starring 0-6-0 steam engine 7470, steams out of North Conway bound for Notchland and a half-dozen photo runbys. http://www.massbayrre.org/events.htm#excur

617-489-5277 or 978-470-2066 Email: info@massbayrre.org or trips@massbayrre.org

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