by Ricky Bivins, Chapter President
Well NRHS Members, the merry month of May is upon us. And as is usually the case, we will meet in Hopkinsville KY, on May 20, 2013 as guests of our Hopkinsville Members. Our meeting will take place at the usual time of 7:00 PM and we will meet in the former L&N RR Passenger Station located on Hwy 68/80 right down town. Every year we leave Hopkinsville informed and with a new appreciation for the town, its railroad interests and its people.
This month should carry on that tradition!
Our Hop’town Members have a guest speaker lined up for us. Cliff Downey is a local author of railroad books and a very knowledgeable individual. Cliff has in the past been a member of our NRHS Chapter. I am sure he will entertain and inform us Monday Night.
Our proposed trip to Progress Rail is on permanent hold. Members Keith Kittinger and Rich Hane have exhausted every option to make contact with Progress and both have constantly come up empty handed and feeling “brushed off”. Rich has learned that Progress is very busy, understaffed and without a Human Resource person. As a result, word was handed down that a tour is out of the question. So at this point there is no need in continuing with it. We have many other options to consider and as usual all that is needed is for a member to get the ball rolling and come up with a tour, trip or other event and bring it before the membership.
Steve Miller will have a report on our fall trip aboard the Nashville & Eastern which will be upon us in a few months.
The June Friday Night Live event, downtown Madisonville will be Friday June 14, 2013. Wally Watts plans to have his steam engines on hand, Bill Thomas hopes to have his Mobile Garden Railroad running, Steve may give the video outlet another try this year and I will be doing what I seem to do best at this event….TALK! And I will pass out our new Chapter Calling Cards which thanks to Matt Gentry, will be available just in time. This has become a signature event for us and is a load of fun. Adults and kids alike, get a kick out the sights and sounds of our display.
So members, try to make an appearance, even if only for an hour or so.
Jim Pearson, our Web Master has set up an email for the Chapter as was discussed last month. That address is: info@westkentuckynrhs.org. Jim and I have the user name and pass word. We as a Chapter need to discuss Who/Whom shall be responsible for checking the email and responding. As of this writing, our inbox is empty!
As for the display cabinet at Parkway Plaza Mall….I have done nothing! Short but true.
The Hopkinsville meeting is shaping up to be a good one people, so don’t miss out.