Category: Events

February, March, and April 2022 Train Shows

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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

Upcoming Train Shows in Fall 2021

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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

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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:

All It Takes Is A Little Imagination Chessie System Creation Public Announcement Advertisement

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