President’s Report On The April Meeting

We had 23 Members and Guests out, so a good count. I was generally happy the meeting went well, lasted to about 6:15, most everyone gone by 6:30.

Gerald’s idea of moving the food order phase to the breaks worked quite well. I was impressed that after the order, and while we were waiting for our entries, Coppola’s brought out two types of large family style salads for each table, complimentary. Shows a lot of class on their part.

Niagara Train Show Report

The Niagara Train Show, hosted admirably by the Niagara Railway Museum again was a great success with lots of railway aficionados as well as young families attending.

The CRHA Niagara booth at the Niagara Train Show was also a great success for us. We offered the following:

  • Our promotional boards as used at our plaque unveilings
  • A poster board about St.David’s and its railways by Andy Panko
  • A continually running Powerpoint presentation in three parts:
    • A few slides about Exporail (our parent organization)
    • Our best slides from our Longest Day excursions over the past few years
    • A slide show about our five current historic plaques
  • …. And of course, railway themed baked goods by famous chef Tammy Frakking which sold quite well.

How is success measured beside sales of stuff.  We got three new members signed up!!

Thanks to the leadership of Tammy and a handful of CRHA Niagara members who dropped by to help during the show.

We are looking forward to being there again for the next Niagara Train show in the fall!

2018 Calendars availability!

We have now sold out of our 2018 Calendars!

To see what is in the 2018 calendar, click here.

However, some may still be available at a number of hobby shops as follows:

Call the shops before you visit to make sure they still have copies!

 

 

 

CRHA Niagara has now installed 5 historic plaques!

The month of October 2017 saw CRHA Niagara Division unveil three more historic plaques in addition to the two we unveiled in prior years. To read about all of the unveilings and see the content of the plaques, click here!

Plaque #3: Welland Canal Construction Railway at Lock #1

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Plaque #4: NS&T Port Dalhousie Extension in Lakeside Park

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Plaque #5: Stop 13/Electric Park in Welland