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Green Bay Chapter Meeting
March 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, March 18, 2015 The
following to be read at our next meeting at the Titletown Restaurant on April
15, 2015 at 10AM. President
Truman Koehn read the minutes of our last meeting of February 18, 2015. No
report from NARVE at this time. Old
business: None New
Business: Discussion concerning a
photo in the Green Bay Community News showing the crew members on the last
departing Milwaukee Road passenger train, the Copper Country Limited, which departed Chicago March 7, 1968. And
it departed Green Bay at 12:55AM on March 8, 1968. This train traveled 424
miles, made 31 stops, and took over 14 hours to reach Calumet, MI. When the mail car service was dropped in
late 1967, this spelled the end for the Copper Country Limited. The
All Railroad-All Crafts annual Green Bay reunion dinner will be held again at
the Stadium View (Traditions Hall), on Friday night, April 25, 2015. 1983
Holmgren Way, $13 a person, $26 a couple, doors open at 5:30PM with dinner at
7PM. Reservations must be in by April
15 to Bob Andrews, 5235 County S, Oconto, WI
54153 or call
920-373-1890. Free Beer and Soda after
the dinner. Checks payable to the
"Annual Railroad Reunion Dinner". Report
on sick members: None at this time. Report
on deceased members: Lester
Erdmann (member) 03/02/15 Telegrapher,
age 91. Meeting
closed at 11AM Our
next meeting, after our April 15 meeting, will be Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at
the National RR Museum. 10AM. Minutes
by Herb Hessil and submitted by Truman Koehn |
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Posted: 3/28/2015 |
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