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Green Bay Chapter Meeting
March 19, 2014 The following
minutes to be read at our next meeting at the Titletown
Restaurant on April 16, 2014. Minutes of the
combined Green Bay chapters of NARVE and the C&NW Vets. Meeting opened at
9AM in the front conference room at the National RR Museum. C&NW Chapter
president Truman Koehn read the minutes of our previous meeting on Feb 19,
2014. 5 members braved
the snowfall and winter like weather. No activities to
report from NARVE at this time. New Business: The subject of the C&NW 1385, an R-1
class steam locomotive currently being rebuilt in Wisconsin at a reported
cost of $500,000, was discussed.
Information on this project can also be found on the Internet. Old Business: None Report on sick
members. Retired conductor Ed Drath at Woodside Lutheran home in Ashwaubenon. Retired engineer Dick Piontek
at home. Report on deceased
members: None known. Discussion: Talk centered around
the C&NW operations at Manitowoc and are the tracks still "in"
on the Two Rivers line. The Two Rivers line was scheduled to be removed 10
years ago. Also mentioned is deceased
C&NW engineer Al Hinrich's grand daughter is
now in charge of volunteers at the National RR Museum in Green Bay. Also discussed was the operation of the
Milwaukee Road's "Speedliner" crack
passenger trains of the 1930's, 40's and 50's, Meeting closed at
10AM Our next meeting,
after our meeting of April 16, will be held May 21 at the National RR Museum. Minutes by Herb Hessil Submitted by Truman Koehn |
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Posted: 3/22/2014 |
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