We had a great meeting last month with some great slides by Dr. Fred Ripley and wonderful refreshments from Thomas and Jim Bryan. HMMM!

Last week my wife and I visited the Paducah Railroad Museum. They have done a lot of improvements to an already large and interesting collection of railroad historical items along with photos, displays, and hands-on displays. The IC, GM&O, NC&StL, Burlington, and BNSF are all represented nicely. There are several places for kids to see and learn, tools, lanterns, track maintenance vehicles, dispatching controls, locomotive boiler fronts and headlights, and a nice interactive video library of train videos and books.

There is a great HO train layout that is operated by members of a Paducah model railroad club, quite large and fully landscaped and even using command control. The Museum is open from 1-4pm on Fridays and Saturdays and also when a riverboat docks and also by appointment. They are at 200 Washington Street near the Carson Center and the IC steam locomotive. More info can be found at their website, www.paducahrr.org or call 270-519-7377, 270-559-5253, 270-442-4032. There is a nice gift shop, too. My wife liked it a lot.

There is still time to get your name on the ballot to serve as an officer for next year. All offices are open each year and we already have at least one nominee for each office.

I hope to see all of your smiling faces at the meeting on Monday, November 22d, at 7pm at The Center in beautiful downtown Madisonville.

Rich