Chapter
NATIONAL RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Rivanna
Chapter
Charlottesville, Virginia
August 2005 Meeting
The August Chapter Meeting, to be held at the Golden Corral, 1185 Seminole Trail (US-29 North), will take place on Monday, August 8, 2005. The Social Hour and pay-as-you-go buffet dinner will begin at 6:00 PM. The evening's program will begin precisely at 7:00 PM with a short business meeting, followed by the presentation.
Tonight's program will feature a modern
documentary film produced by Classic Trains
magazine: Amazing Alcos
Travel with us from New York to California to see hard-working Alco S-series switchers, classic RS1 and RS3 roadswitchers, handsome streamlined FPA cab units, and gutsy Century series road freighters, including big "six-motor" Centuries on Canadian National and Canadian Pacific. This colorful overview of rare and noteworthy disel locomotives manufactured by the American Locomotive Company includes insightful commentary by Alco expert and TRAINS magazine author Greg McDonnell, photographer J. Parker Lamb, and other Alco experts. It's all here in Amazing Alcos! Narrated by Classic Trains Associate Publisher Kevin P. Keefe.
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