Date: 16 Feb 94 09:33:00 EDT
From: "MATTHEW MITCHELL" <mitchell@asrr.arsusda.gov>
Subject: CURRENT Society list (long)

The latest Railnfan Digest included a Merch 1993 version of the
quarterly list of rail historical societies.  There have been three
revisions since then.  Here is the latest...

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*                List of Railroad Historical Societies                 *
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*      Compiled by Matthew Mitchell (mmitchell@ASRR.ARSUSDA.GOV)       *
*                   Last Update: February 15, 1994                     *
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     Please send corrections/additions to mmitchell@ASRR.ARSUSDA.GOV
   425 Sylvania Ave, Glenside PA 19038  voicemail (215)222-3373 box 3

        ** indicates changes/updates/new groups in this release

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       Address list for railroad and related historical societies

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    * This  list does  not include  NRHS Chapters  (write to  NRHS *
    * directly) or RR & Transit Passengers Associations.           *
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                                Sources

         "The  Society Page"  in _Model  Railroading_ magazine
         updated  and  published  monthly.   Information  from
         _Model Railroading_ was scanned and edited, apologies
         in advance  for lack of editing  the punctuation, but
         names  and addresses  were proofread  at least  once.
         Send corrections and changes to the above address.

         "The  Organized  Fan"  in  _Trains_,  Oct.   92  p.22
         _Trains_ offers  a free list of  organizations if you
         send  a SASE  to  "Historical List,"  Trains, PO  Box
         1612, Waukesha, WI 53187

         "Historical Societies" in _Mainline Modeler_ magazine
         also updated  and published  monthly.  Where  the two
         magazines  give  different  addresses,  the one  from
         _Mainline Modeler_ is marked @@.

	   and these network listeners...
          greg@ncel.navy.mil
          Jim Corbett (jcorbett@STL-07SIMA.ARMY.MIL)
            [when's the debate over Army vs. Navy railroading
            gonna happen? 8^) ]
          David Stremes (ad460@freenet.carleton.ca)


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American Truck Historical Society # PO Box 531168. Birmingham. AL
35253, (205) 870-0566 Bimonthly magazine. $15

Ann Arbor Railroad Technical & Hist. Assoc. # (also covers Michigan
Northern and Tuscola & Saginaw Bay) PO Box 51, Chesaning, MI 48616
Newsletter. $10

Anthracite Railroads Historical Society # (Central of New Jersey,
Lackawanna, Lehigh & Hudson River. Lehigh & New England, Lehigh
Valley, Reading) Annual Dues: $20. newsletter, PO Box 519, Lansdale,
PA 19446-0519

Baltimore & Ohio # Annual Dues: $18, foreign $30, magazine. B&0
RRHS, P.O. Box 13578. Baltimore, MD 21203.

BC Rail Historical & Technical Society # Annual Dues: $14, quarterly
magazine "The Cariboo" BCRH&TS, c/o Jim Moore (Editor), 25729 Floral
Court, Valencia, CA 91355-2139.

Boston & Maine # Annual Dues. $25 US/$30 Canadian B&MRRHS. Inc c/o
Membership Secretary PO Box 2936, Middlesex-Essex GMF, Woburn, MA
01888-9998

Bridge Line Historical Society # (Delaware & Hudson and subsidiaries,
CP Rail Bridge Line Division)   Dues: Annual $15, $25 Canada, $27 foreign
(family rate $20, $2.50 discount to D&H/Soo/CP employees & retirees)
monthly magazine BLHS Bulletin
PO Box 7242, Capital Station, Albany, NY 12224.

Burlington Northern (Friends of the)  # Dues: $16 reg, $32 sustain.
magazine "The BN Expediter"  VP & Membership Chair: John L. Becker
Rt 4, Box 627A, Bonners Ferry, ID  83805

Bytown Railway Society # (all Canadian railroads)  publishes monthly
magazine "Branchline" (subscription $32 CDN funds in Canada, US funds
for US delivery) and annual "Canadian Trackside Guide"  ($15.95 +
$2.00 shipping, US or CDN funds, Canadian orders add $1.21 GST)
President & Editor: David Stremes, Bytown Railway Society, Box 141,
Station A, Ottawa, ON K1N 8V1, email: ad460@freenet.carleton.ca

Canadian National Lines # Annual Dues $25 sust (US or Canadian)
Covers CNR, GT, CV, DWP, GTW and subsidiaries Send #10 SSAE for
info-pack.  In Canada send to CN Lines SIG, 112 Mapleton Dr.,
Winnipeg, MB R2P 1C9.  In US, send to Arthur R. Thomas,
CN Lines SIG, RD 1, Box 295, Alum Bank, PA 15521-9658

Canadian Railroad Historical Assn. # 120 Rue St. Pierre,
St. Constant, PQ CANADA, J5A 2G9.  bimonthly magazine "Canadian Rail"
15 divisions.

Central Vermont Historical Society # Annual Dues $15/$20 sust.
Quarterly newsletter. c/o John Haropulos, Secretary. 1070 Belmont
Street, Manchester, NH 03104 LSSAE for further Information

Chesapeake & Ohio # Annual Dues $19/$38 sust. C&O Hist. Soc.,
Membership Officer, P.O. Box 79, Clifton Forge. VA 24422.

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy # Annual Dues: $20/$40 sust Burlington
Route Hist Soc., P O Box 456, LaGrange, IL 60525

Chicago & Eastern Illinois # Annual Dues: $15/$25 sust. C&EI Hist
Soc, c/o Membership Chairman, PO. Box 606, Crestwood, IL 60445

Chicago & Illlnois Midland Technical and Historical Society # Annual
Dues: $20/Sust $40 Newsletter 4 times per year. Attn: Shane Mason,
Membership Chairman, PO Box 3882, Springfield, IL 62708-3882

**Chicago & North Western # Annual Dues $19/$38 sust/$21.50 family
C&NW Hist Soc, Lou Hamilton, PO Box 1436, Elmhurst, IL 60126-9998

**Colorado Midland # Subscription $15 a year Colorado Midland
Quarterly, 1731 N Cooper, Colorado Springs, CO 80907

**Cotton Belt RHS # Annual Dues $20/$200 life.  Bill McCaskill,
Membership chairman, PO Box 2044, Pine Bluff, AR 71613
501-541-1819.

Conrail Historical Society # Annual Dues $15 $20 - Canada/Mexico.
$30 - Overseas. PO Box 1019, St Johns, AZ 85936
@@Matt McGill, Rt. 1, 5111 Grant, Riverdale, MI 48877-9705

Early American Railroading Group # PO Box 101-Z. Allegan, MI 49010
Newsletter: $7.50  (19th century railroading)

East Broad Top # (Friends of the), c/o Ruth H Keller, R D #1 Box
966. Three Springs, PA 17264 Quarterly magazine, $20

East Tennessee & Western North Carolina # Annual Dues: $10 ET&WNC
Railroad Hist Soc, c/o John R Waite. 604 North Eleventh Street, De
Soto MO 63020 Newsletter

Electric Railroaders' Association # annual dues $16, CA/Mex $19,
all other $21, magazine "Headlights" PO Box 3323, Grand Central
Station, New York, NY 10163-9998  (212)986-4482

Erie Lackawanna # Annual Dues $18 Erie Lackawanna Hist Soc, c/o Dave
Olesen, 116 Ketcham Road. Hackettstown, NJ 07840

Feather River Rail Society # Membership levels ranging from $15 to
$300. For information contact Harry D "Hap"  Manit c/o The Feather
River Rail Society P O Box 608. Portola. CA 96122

Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville RR # Annual Dues  $6, newsletter
Walt Danylak 115 Upland Road. Syracuse NY  13207-1119

Great Northern Railway # Annual Dues: $17.50 sust /$35  Canada
$22/$25 1st class Other nations $23/$32 air mail  GNRHS, 1781
Griffith, Berkley, MI 48072

Gulf Mobile & Ohio # Annual Dues $18.50 GM&O Hist Soc Inc., PO Box
463, Fairfield, IL 62837-0463

Grand Trunk Western Historical Society # Annual dues $12.
P.O. Box 2100, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48804-2100.

H.J. Heinz Special Interest Group # c/o Bill Dippert, 2650 NW
Robinia Ln, Dept BIT. Portland, OR 97229-4037. Quarterly
magazine.  Dues $15 / NMRA members $6.

Illinois Central Historical Society  Annual Dues regular $15,
sustaining $20.  ICHS Membership Dept., c/o Jim Kubajak, 14818
Clifton Park, Midlothian, IL  60445

Illinois Terminal # Annual Dues: $10/$15 sust ITRR Hist Soc, PO. Box
251, Washington, IL 61571-0251.

Illinois Traction Society # c/o Dale Jenkins (Editor), Dept. BIT,
20209 E 14th St North, Independence, MO 64056; or Mark Barnen (ITS
membership), 1124 Barker St., Bloomington, IL 61701, (309)829-2728
Quarterly newsletter, $15

Kansas City Southern Historical Society # PO Box 5332, Shreveport LA
71135-5332 Monthly newsletter. semi-annual magazine and free
admission to convention and swap meets $15

Katy Railroad Historical Society # (also covers Missouri Kansas &
Texas Railroad) Annual Dues: $15/regular, $13/under 18 or over 65.
$50/supporting Quarterly magazine, the KATY FLYER and yearly
historical calendar c/o Roy V Jackson II, 732 Via Miramonte,
Mesquite, TX 75150-3054

Key, Lock and Lantern # (railroadiana collectors) c/o Sandy
Van Hoorebeke, 3 Berkeley Heights Pk., Bloomfield, NJ 07003

Lexington Group in Transportation History # (academic group)
c/o Don Hofsomer, Dept. of History, St. Cloud State Univ.
St. Cloud, MN 56301

Locomotives in Parks SIG # c/o Dick Nedrow, PO Box 501, Dept BIT,
Manchester, WA 98353 Send SSAE for information

Louisville & Nashville # Annual Dues: $15/$30 sust., L&N Hist Soc,
PO Box 17122, Louisville, KY 40217.

Maryland & Pennsylvania Preserv. & Hist. Soc. # Annual Dues: $15/$25
contrib c/o Fred H. Voelcker, Jr., PO Box 224, Spring Grove, PA
17362, (301)628-0735. SSAE for more information

Milwaukee Road # Annual Dues: $12/$24 sust Milwaukee Road Railfans
Assoc., c/o Wendell Murphy, 7504 W. Ruby Ave, Milwaukee, Wl 53218

Milwest # (Milwaukee Road-Lines West) Annual Dues: $10, newsletter
Ron Hamilton, Milwest, 2506 SW Fissure Loop, Redmond, OR 97756-9486

Missabe Railroad Historical Society # (Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range
and predecessors). Annual Dues: $12.50/$20 sust Foreign-send for
current rate 719 Northland Ave, Stillwater, MN 55082 Quarterly
magazine

Missouri & Arkansas Railroad Museum # (also covers Missouri & North
Arkansas, Arkansas & Ozarks, and others), PO Box 44, Beaver, AR
72613. Magazine, $10.

Missouri Pacific (Includes Texas & Pacific) # Annual Dues $15/$20
sust./$23 foreign. Missouri Pacific Hist. Soc, PO Box 187, Addis, LA
70710

**Monon # Annual Dues: $15/$20 sust. Monon RR Hist & Tech. Soc. Inc.,
c/o Membership Chairman, P.O. Box 5303, Lafayette, IN 47903
@@James Strother, 3876 Kensington Dr., Lafayette, IN 47905.

National Assn. of Timetable Collectors # c/o Norman Shacklette,
125 American Inn Rd., Villa Ridge, MO 63089

National Model Railroad Association # Annual Dues: $24 NMRA Bulletin
published monthly. National Model Railroad Association Inc, 4121
Cromwell Road. Chananooga, TN 37421 (615)892-2846

National Railway Historical Society # Annual Dues: $10 or $9 if paid
with chapter dues. National Railway Hist Soc, c/o David A Ackerman,
PO Box 58153, Philadelphia, PA 19102

New Haven # Annual Dues: $25 reg./$35 sust 4 "Shoreliners," 8
newsletters, annual meeting. Membership Chairman, NHRHTA Inc PO Box
122, Walllngford, CT 06492

New Jersey # United RR Historical Society, "Interchange" newsletter
$4.00, W-11 Avon Drive, East Windsor, NJ 08520

New York Central System Historical Society # dues $20 & up /
$25 Can.,Mex. / $30 overseas  Quarterly magazine.  PO Box 24817,
Lyndhurst, OH  44124-0817

New York, Susquehanna, & Western # Annual dues $15.
P.O. Box 272, Netcong, NJ 07857

Nickel Plate Road # Annual Dues $15 NPRHTS, PO Box 54027, Cincinnati
OH 45254

Norfolk & Western Historical Society # Annual Dues: $17/USA, Canada,
Mexico; $30/Overseas, Sust (payable in US funds) PO Box 201, Forest,
VA 24551-0201

Northern Pacific Railway # Annual Dues: $15/$30 sust Duane D Durr,
Number 10 32nd Ave NE, Fargo, ND 58102
@@Richard Loop, 550 Amy Lane, Idaho Falls, ID 83406

Northwestern Pacific # Annual Dues: $12.50, Northwestern Pacific RR
Hist Soc, PO Box 721, Larkspur, CA 94939
@@Northwestern Pacific RR Hist Soc, PO Box 667, Santa Rosa,
CA  95402-0667

Ontario & Western # Annual Dues $21.50 including NRHS dues, $12.50
subscription only. Ont & Western Ry Hist Soc Inc., Box 713,
Middletown, NY 10940

Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical # Annual Dues: $30,
includes quarterly magazine. The Keystone.  PRR Tech Hist Soc Inc.
Box 389, Upper Darby, PA  19082.

PRR (Philadelphia Chapter) # Annual dues $15, quarterly magazine,
P.O. Box L-1142, Langhorne, PA  19047

Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern Railroad Historical Society # RD 1,
Box 361. Alfred Station, NY 14803 Newsletter

Railroad Club of Chicago # PO Box 8292. Chicago, IL 60680 Monthly
newsletter/magazine, $20 (within 150 mi of Chicago), $10 elsewhere

**Railroad Enthusiasts, Inc. # c/o John Reading, 102 Dean Rd.,
Brookline, MA  02146.  Offers excursion trips from Boston.

Railroad Industry SIG # $10 US & Canada/ $12 elsewhere
c/o Stan Knotts, 19808 Falling Spring Ct., Laytonsville, MD 20882
quarterly newsletter

Railroad Prototype Modelers # Send SASE for more information to:
Railroad Prototype Modelers, 7131 Owensmouth, #B-92, Canoga Park, CA
91309

Railroad Station Historical Soc. # 430 Ivy Ave., Crete, NE 68333

Railroadiana Collectors Assn. # c/o Joe Mazanek, 795 Aspen Dr.,
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089

Railway & Locomotive Historical Society # Annual Dues: $15
Railway & Locomotive, c/o H. Arnold Wilder, Treas, 46 Lowell Rd,
Westford, MA  01886
@@Bruce W. Kleinschmidt, Membership Sec., 115 "I" St., Milepost 1,
Sacramento, CA  95814-2204

Reading # Annual Dues: $20 RCT & HS, c/o Robert L Danner. PO Box
15143, Reading, PA 19612

Rio Grande Southern Hist. & Tech. Society # PO Box 3358, Dept BIT,
La Mesa, CA 92044 Quarterly magazine, $6

Rock Island # Annual Dues: $15 Rock Island Tech Soc., David J.
Engle, 8746 North Troost, Kansas City, MO 64155

Rutland Railroad # Annual Dues: $15 Quarterly "Newsliner" Rutland RR
Hist. Soc, PO Box 6262, Rutland, VT 05701.

St. Louis - San Francisco # Annual dues: $6. Frisco Modelers'
Information Group. c/o Douglas Hughes, 1212 Finneans Run, Arnold, MD
21012-1876

Santa Fe Modeler # Annual Dues $18/$28 sust Canada: $23/$33 sust.
Other Nations: $28/$38 sust Santa Fe Modelers Organization, 1704
Valley Ridge Rd., Norman, OK 73072.

Santa Fe Railway Historical Society, Inc. # PO Box 92887, Dept. BIT,
Long Beach, CA 90809-2887 Quarterly magazine, $12

Shore Line Interurban # Annual Dues: $12/$18 contrib. Shore Line
Interurban Hist Soc, PO Box 346, Chicago, IL 60690

**Sierra Railway HS # (covers Sugar Pine, Pickering, and West Side)
Annual Dues $25.  Quarterly magazine (free sample).  PO Box 1001,
Jamestown, CA 95327.

Society of Freight Car Historians # c/o David G. Casdorph, PO Box
2480, Monrovia, CA 91017 Magazine (Freight Cars Journal), $20

Soo Line # Soo Line Hist. & Tech. Soc.  Annual dues $16/$30 cont.
c/o Michael Harrington, Treas., 3410 Kasten Ct., Middleton,
WI  53562

Southeastern Railroad Technical Society # (covers Atlantic Coast
Line, Seaboard Air Line, and Seaboard Coast Line). 4007 Paddlewheel
Dr, Brandon, FL 33511. Quarterly magazine, $12.

Southern California Scenic Railway Assn. # (Travel Town preservation
and operation)  Annual dues $25.  Quarterly newsletter.
SCRSA, PO Box 11216, Glendale, CA  91226  internet:greg@ncel.navy.mil

Southern Pacific # Annual Dues: $12.50/$18.75 sust./foreign SP Hist.
& Tech. Soc., PO. Box 11118. Santa Ana, CA 92711.
@@SP Hist. & Tech. Soc., PO Box 93697, Pasadena, CA  91109-93697

Southern Railway Historical Association Inc. # Annual Dues: $15/$25
sust./$30 foreign.  SRHA Inc., PO Box 33, Spencer, NC 28159

Southern Railway Historical Society # Annual Dues: $15. Southern RY
Hist Soc, c/o B F Roberts. PO Box 204094, Augusta, GA 30917

Spokane, Portland & Seattle # Annual Dues: $15 foreign $20, SPSRHS,
c/o Duane Cramer, 2618 NW 113th St, Vancouver, WA 98685

Teen Association of Model Railroaders # c/o John Reichel,
88 Whitmore St., #201, Oakland, CA 84611 Bimonthly newsletter. $10

Terminal RR of St. Louis # Annual dues $15/$25 sust./$100 life
TRRA H&TS, Inc., PO Box 1688, St. Louis, MO  63188-1688

Tidewater Southern Historical Society # Annual Dues: $15 (includes
biannual newsletter) Tidewater Southern Ry. Hist. Soc, c/o Benjamin
Cantu Jr., PO. Box 1283, Manteca, CA 95336

Toledo Peoria & Western # Annual Dues: $12/$15 contrib. TP&W Hist.
Soc., 615 Bullock St, Eureka. IL 61530

Union Pacific # Annual Dues $15/$30 sust. UPHS, c/o Membership
Secretary, PO Box 4006, Cheyenne, WY 82003-4006

Upper Canada Railroad Society # Monthly newsletter "Rail and Transit"
editor: Pat Scrimgeour, PO Box 122, Station A, Toronto ON M5W 1A2.
Compu$erve: 70613,362

Wabash # Annual Dues $12/$15 contrib., Wabash RR Hist Soc. c/o Vance
Lischer, 535 Dielman Rd., St. Louis, MO 63132.

Western Maryland # Annual Dues $20/$25 foreign, WMRRHS Inc., PO Box
395, Union Bridge, MD 21791.

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Howzat!?!

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