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Green Bay Chapter Meeting
February 18, 2015 |
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Minutes
of the Green Bay Chapters of the C&NW Veterans and NARVE, joint meeting
held at the National Railroad Museum February 18, 2015. The
following minutes to be read at our next meeting at the National Railroad
Museum on March 18, 2015 at 10AM. President
Truman Koehn read the minutes of our previous meeting of January 21. 5
members were in attendance February 18, 2015. Old
Business: None New
Business: Herb Hessil
and Truman Koehn drove to Manitowoc to attend the funeral of one of our
members, Don Manlick, age 77. Besides Don's railroad career, he was also
a nationally recognized modeler. A
discussion followed regarding the ongoing rash of derailments and fires
involving unit trains of crude oil from the Bakken Range. Despite constant studies and modifications,
no solution to this problem has yet been found. The
Spring 2015 issue of "Classic Trains" magazine is a special issue
devoted to the history of the EMD F-Units. On page 83 of this issue is an article by
former C&NW Vice President, Chris Burger.
Titled "North Western's Executive F7s", Chris provides an
interesting insight into the operation of these C&NW "ambassadors”
along with nice colored photos. This article is 6 pages long. Anyone with a historical interest in the
F-units or the C&NW, will find this issue to be
full of information. The news stand price is $8.99 and will be available
until the end of May 2015. This is a Kalmbach
Publication. No
report from NARVE at this time. Report
on sick members: None Report
on deceased members-- former C&NW employees: Ward Connelly, 89, passed away on February
2. He was best remembered as the
inside hostler at the Prairie Avenue- C&NW--roundhouse. Don Manlick, 77, passed away on February 7. Don hired on the C&NW as a clerk, then
became a telegrapher / agent, and eventually hired on as a switchman in
1959. Working mainly at Calumet Yard
in Manitowoc. Our
next meeting (after our March 18 meeting) will be on Wednesday April 15, 2015
at the Titletown Restaurant, 200 Dousman in Green
Bay. At 10AM Minutes
by Herb Hessil and submitted by Truman Koehn |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 |
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