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- From: res@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (Rich Strebendt)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.railroad
- Subject: Re: B&O Historical Society
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.234728.15444@cbnewsc.cb.att.com>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 23:47:28 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.133941.26028@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu> <1992Nov17.175141.6410@gw.wmich.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov17.175141.6410@gw.wmich.edu>, 737ochs@gw.wmich.edu writes:
- > In article <1992Nov17.133941.26028@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>, wmcfadde@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (William McFadden) writes:
- > > Can someone provide me with information on how to contact the B&O Historical
- > > Society, if such a thing exists?
- >
- > I'm not a member though, so I don't know what a membership does for you,
- > or what kind of information they have available.
-
- As a long-time member (since 1979, according to my membership card)
- perhaps I can list out a few of the things that I have gotten from the
- Society in return for my modest dues payments:
-
- The Sentinal - periodic magazine of current and historical
- information. Includes a Question/Answer column will lots of
- interesting topics covered. The articles on various cars and
- engines are worth the price of membership in themselves.
-
- Aperiodic packets of information (reprints of plans,
- schedules, rosters, other B&O RR documents of historical and
- modelling interest). It is like Christmas to me when one of
- these arrives in my mailbox!
-
- Discount offers on books covering the B&O. Usually the books
- are offered in advance of the publication dates, long before
- they appear in any other advertising.
-
- Discount offers on HO models on which the model manufacturers
- consulted the Society for accuracy. I have purchased the
- following engines in this way:
- Stuart EMD F-units (both powered and dummy A and B
- units were offered in F-3's and F-7's)
- Life-Like Alco FA/FB's (including dummy FA's and
- powered FB's)
-
- The hope that a unique and interesting (if not always solvent)
- railroad will not be forgotten, at least for a while.
-
- I would also urge any others who are interested in a particular
- prototype railroad to look into joining the Historical Society for
- that railroad. In return for your modest dues (which help that
- Society stay alive and able to do its work) you connect up with a
- tremendous supply of information about that railroad. Check the
- magazine rack at your favorite hobby shop for one of the smaller
- circulation, high quality modelling magazines (I want to say it is
- the Prototype Modeller Magazine, but I may be mistaken) which has
- an entire page listing Railroad Historical Societies with their
- mailing addresses.
-
- Rich Strebendt
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- r.strebendt@att.com
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