BRUSH CREEK, Tenn. – A group of train enthusiasts were among the many people stranded by flood waters on Saturday.  Five-hundred fifty passengers were on a train ride from the Middle Tennessee Central Railway Museum.  They were trying to make it to Crossville when the train tracks were washed out by floods.  Wilson County school buses worked through the evening to take the passengers back to Nashville.

Last week the UP began delivering 35 retired C40-8’s to the CN at Memphis. UP 9065-9099 were built in July-September 1991 as C&NW 8543-8577 (although not in that order), and are now CN 9100-9134, although not all of them are in the correct numerical order. They are still in UP paint.  Mike Palmieri – Ft. Worth, Texas

Cliff Downey’s new book, “Kentucky and the Illinois Central,” is now on sale at the Paducah Railroad Museum Gift Shop. The price is $ 23.25, including tax. This is a great book with many rare pictures. The museum is open on Friday 1:00 to 4:00 and Saturday 10:00-4:00. or by appointment by calling 270 559-5253. You do not have to tour the museum to buy the book, but we hope you will want to.  Bob Johnston.  – submitted by Chuck Hinrichs.

Mark your calendars!  The Annual Chapter Picnic will be held trackside in Crofton on Saturday, October 9, 2010.  Noon til ???