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Amherst Railway Society General Information
The Amherst Railway Society has about 500 members who share some
aspect of railroading as a common interest. Monthly
meetings cover current topics in railroad news and offer slide
shows, movies or a prominent speaker on a railroading topic. The
Society also sponsors and participates in several train train trips each year.
Every February the Society presents its annual
"Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show" at the Eastern
States Exposition Fairgrounds (Big E) in West Springfield, MA. This show has become
the biggest railroad show in the Northeast. In 1993 and 1994 the
Amherst Railway Society received the Walthers Showmanship Award for
sponsoring the event. As a member of the Society you are entitled to receive a free
admission ticket for one day of the show. (Members who work at the show can come both days, as well as Thursday and Friday to set up.)
Proceeds from the show are used to promote interest in railroads.
Donations have been made to various railroad museums, historical
societies, restoration projects and scholarship funds. Organizations
that have received donations include: the Fall River and Old Colony
Museum, the 470 Club's Boston and Maine diesel locomotive restoration
project, the Boston and Maine Historical Society, the Chester
Foundation Station Project, the Wiscasset Waterville and Farmington
Building and Car Fund as well as trolley museums in Shelburne Falls,
MA, Warehouse Point, CT, Branford, CT and Kennebunk, ME.
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The Postal address for the Amherst Railway Society is:
Amherst Railway Society
PO Box 2351
Amherst MA 01004-2351
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Mail for the Railroad Hobby Show should be sent to:
Amherst Railway Society
Railroad Hobby Show
P O Box 247
Monson, MA 01057-0247
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Membership info and applications should be sent to:
Amherst Railway Society, Inc.
Janet Moore, Secretary
PO Box 341
Warren MA 01083-0341
Amherst Railway Society Officers for 2007- 2008
President: Sudro Brown
Vice President: Ira Laby
Clerk/Secretary: Janet Moore
Treasurer:
David Royce
Show Director: John Sacerdote
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Trip Committee:
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Phil Johnson
Glen Buesing
Ira Laby
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Film/Video Librarian: To be announced
Directors for 2007- 2008
Alan Rice
Peter Veneman
Joe Albano, Jr.
If you have comments or corrections about this website
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webmaster@AmherstRail.org
Questions about the Amherst Railway Society's annual Big Train Hobby Show should be directed to the show office at:
ShowOffice@amherstrail.org
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