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PROGRAMS and EVENTS

For our GSoF Club

This page contains announcements and a link to the Ferroequinologist, a G.R.I.T.S. (Great Railroading In The South) publication of the GSoF. Our Vice Presidents of Programs, Bob Lacheen and Dan Berman search for and arrange events and speakers.

Below are announcements of GSoF meetings, programs, and sponsored outings. Note that meetings are ALWAYS held on the 2nd Friday of EVERY month. Doors open at 7PM, and the meeting begins at 7:30PM. Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2881 Old Canton Road (Georgia Highway 5), in the Scout Room (except December.)



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>>> February, 2012 happenings:

Friday February 10th. Bob Ciminel will return and give a presentation on the "Pittsburgh, Chartiers, & Youghiogheny Railway". Come hear how "Youghiogheny" is properly pronounced! (Rescheduled from January, 2012.)

>>> March, 2012 happenings:

Friday March 9th. Professional photographer Don Stephens from Flowery Branch, GA, will be our presenter this night and talk on "How to Improve Your Railroad Photos." Don specializes in railroad subjects. He usually is at the local train shows selling railroad photographs. Don's web site is www.railroadart.net He will bring some photos for sale.
(Author Marion Blackwell, Jr, has been rescheduled to July 2012.)

>>> April, 2012 happenings:

Friday April 13th. Robert Jones from the Kennesaw Historical Society will return and present a "History of the Reading Railroad" at our meeting. (He presented a history of the Pennsylvania Railroad at our March 2011 meeting.) He has recently completed a book on the history of the Reading Railroad and hopefully will have some with him for sale !

>>> May, 2012 happenings:

Friday May 11th. Mr. Jack Walters will be our February 2012 featured speaker. The title of his talk will be "Hobos." Jack is currently finishing a book on this topic and plans to have it ready by this meeting!

>>> June, 2012 happenings:

Friday June 8th. Dick Hillman of the Southern Museum will be our featured speaker and will give a presentation on "How Railroads Communicated With Glass". Dick's talk will cover methods used prior to radio and telephone when the primary methods involved hand signals with lanterns. Railroads used an amazing assortment of lanterns that utilized glass lenses of a variety of shapes and colors down through the years-and continue to utilize some even today. Their use was often a matter of life or death, and therefore were governed by strict rules. Today many of these lanterns can be found in antique stores, and knowing something of their use can be both informative and entertaining. (Dick presented this lecture at the Southern Museum in conjunction with the Kennesaw Historical Society in September, 2011.)

>>> July, 2012 happenings:

Friday July 13th. Marion Blackwell, Jr, a local author of books and short stories will be with us to discuss his writing “First Train to Marietta.” He also has a companion piece "First train From Atlanta," that was published recently in The Landmarker." We hope that he will have copies of his writings, or books for sale, with him.

>>> August, 2012 happenings:

Friday August 10th. Joe Bozeman will be our meeting's speaker. He plans to talk on the "Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway". (We will finally get to hear his this talk that was originally to be given in February of 2012.)

>>> September, 2012 happenings:

Friday September 14th. Dr. Richard Banz of the Southern Museum in Kennesaw will talk to our club about the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad. Many of us are lookinhg forward to finally meeting and also hearing our local noteable speak!

>>> 2012 happenings:

Any Friday ?th. "???" by ??? WE NEED VOLUNTEERS ! Call Bob Lacheen and tell him you would like to do a program. It could be fun for you, and you will learn that it is really not difficult to do one! Or, if you know of or hear of someone who may have an interesting rail job, or interest, call Bob and tell him a few details, and he can make the invite !!!!

>>> October, 2012 happenings:

Friday October 12th. Open. Why not YOU volunteer to present?

>>> November, 2012 happenings:

Friday November 9th. Open. Why not YOU volunteer to present?

>>> Sometime in 2012:

A presentation on the "Nashville, Chattanooga, and St Louis Railway" by returning speaker Joe Bozeman, Kennesaw resident and author. Joe's ancestors worked for the NC&StL. This talk was to be at our October, 2011 meeting, but due to Joe's health, had to be rescheduled.


>>> Ongoing/yearly Atlanta area events:

Weekends: The NRHS and Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia is open and offers caboose rides. (In December Santa is on many of the trains!)

Every November is National Model Railroading month. About 50 Piedmont Division NMRA member layouts host open houses at various times every November Saturday and Sunday. Please visit the "Piedmont Pilgrimage" (see web page for link.)

GSoF Schedules, Outing Announcements & Maps

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Map to GSoF Meetings at the Covenant Presbyterian Church (MS Word 97)
Map to the Cole Home (for Christmas Party) (MS Word 97)
"The [last] Ferroequinologist April 2008"
Map to Misty Mountain RR in Blairsville

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