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Category: Events
February, March, and April 2022 Train Shows
Greetings!
Please stop on by and patronize one of these fine train shows in the near future. Chessie System Historical Society has plans to be present at each of these:
Ann Arbor Model Train Show
Saline Middle School
7190 N Maple Rd
Saline, MI 48176
February 19th 10am to 4pm and February 20th 10am to 3pm
Mt. Hope Ohio Train Show
Mt Hope Event Center
8076 St Rte 241
Mt Hope OH 44660
Saturday March 19 10am to 4pm
Springfield, Ohio
Clark County Fairgrounds
Springfield Ohio Exit 59 off of I-70
Sunday April 3 10am to 3pm
NEUSE River Valley Train Show
Kerr Scott Bldg at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds
4285 Trinity Rd Raleigh, NC 27607
Saturday April 30th 9am to 5pm and Sunday May 1st 9am to 5pm
Coming Soon To Members
Happy New Year! Chessie Turns 50 years old in 2022. Help us celebrate!
Circle back to this posting or monitor Facebook for updates. Members should receive a copy of our 2022 inaugural calendar.
Upcoming Train Shows in Fall 2021
Come visit the Chessie System Historical Society at the following events!
Please check back for additional events as they are scheduled.
September 23rd, 24th, and 25th, 2021
Central Ohio RPM Meet.
Hours: 8 – until ?
Marion Union Station
Marion, Ohio
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Sunday, October 17th, 2021
Pritchard Laughlin Civic Center
7033 Glenn Hwy, Cambridge, OH 43725
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October 22nd and 23rd, 2021
Monongah-Con
Comfort Suites – Bridgeport
Bridgeport, WV
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November 6th and 7th
NEUSE Train Show
Jim Graham Bldg
North Carolina State Fairgrounds
4285 Trinity Rd
Raleigh, NC 27607
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Sunday November 14th, 2021
Hours: 10 am to 4 pm
Lansing Model Railroad Club Show
MSU Pavilion
4301 Farm Lane
East Lansing, Michigan
48824
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All It Takes Is A Little Imagination
All it takes is a little imagination. Hays T. Watkins wrote in an advertisement formally announcing the creation of Chessie System to the public in 1972, almost 50 years ago. The Chessie System Historical Society (CSHS) founded about 25 years later in 1997 included this important advertisement in a symbolic fashion at the end of Volume One (I) Issue One (I) of the Chessie News.
To announce in our first post of the newly designed online presence for CSHS, we have included a black and white photo as it appeared on the back cover of the first Chessie News:
Although CSHS has relatively been collaborating through other means and we have not had an easy means to do so on our own site, now you are invited to participate in our CSHS online community, contribute content here as if it were displayed for all to see in a museum. Measuring approximately 18 inches by 23 inches, the original artwork was in the collection of John B. Corns, the official Chessie System photographer, and eventually into the collection of former CSHS President Randall K. Fields.
Chessie System survives in the hearts and minds of many railroad fans and families that had members work for, or with, Chessie System Railroads. We dedicate this first post to CSHS lifetime member Hays T. Watkins; and to those who do remember, those who want to remember, and those interested in the preservation of one of America’s nostalgic railroads, still recognized by modelers and everyday folks, that recognize the Ches-C logo to this day.
Welcome to our new online site at chessiesystem.org and come back often as we will be working diligently to make this the number one place on the Internet dedicated to factual, accurate, and cumulative repositories of Chessie System information.
Please feel to comment and if you are not a member consider Joining today!
Warm Regards,
The CSHS Board of Directors and Executive Staff