************************************************************************ * * * List of Railroad Historical Societies * * * * Compiled by Matthew Mitchell (mmitchell@ASRR.ARSUSDA.GOV) * * Last Update: February 15, 1994 * * * ************************************************************************ 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 ** ** ** Address list for railroad and related historical societies *--------------------------------------------------------------* * This list does not include NRHS Chapters (write to NRHS * * directly) or RR & Transit Passengers Associations. * *--------------------------------------------------------------* ** ** ** 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) ** ** ** 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. ** End **