2009 Convention
The 2009 PCRRHS Convention was held October 1-3 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Below are some pictures from the convention. Photos by Chuck French and Jerry Jordak.
At the flea market tables are (from left to right) Bill Strassner, PCRRHS President Jim Homoki, Dave Sepos, and PCRRHS Treasurer Mike Beverley.
Mike Rose, Rusty Donald, and Chip Syme.
Our tour group entering the Smith & Wesson factory in Springfield.
The Smith & Wesson Shooting Sports Center, where we visited after the factory tour.
PCRRHS Secretary Chuck French, President Jim Homoki, and Treasurer Mike Beverley preside over the annual business meeting.
Group photo at Palmer, MA, on the New England Central in front of two former PC locomotives, NECR GP38-2 3840 (built as PC GP38 7904) and NECR SD40 6281 (built as PC 6281).
Herb Brown shows off the menu of the Steaming Tender restaurant in Palmer, MA, where we ate lunch on Saturday. The restaurant is located in the restored former Boston & Albany/Central Vermont union station building.
After leaving Palmer, we visited the Connecticut Trolley Museum, where we got to ride on their PCC car 451. Gary Farmer videotapes the action while Dave Hopson looks on.
PCRRHS members also rode Car 1326.
The annual convention banquet was held Saturday night. Chip Syme (left) and convention co-host Dave Owens lead the chow lines.
During the banquet, Chip Syme was honored for his upcoming retirement as a locomotive engineer for Penn Central, Conrail, and Norfolk Southern. Dave Owens
presents Chip with a 1999 Norfolk Southern calendar, autographed by all the members in attendance.
A special cake was made for the occasion.
At the flea market tables are (from left to right) Bill Strassner, PCRRHS President Jim Homoki, Dave Sepos, and PCRRHS Treasurer Mike Beverley.
Mike Rose, Rusty Donald, and Chip Syme.
Our tour group entering the Smith & Wesson factory in Springfield.
The Smith & Wesson Shooting Sports Center, where we visited after the factory tour.
PCRRHS Secretary Chuck French, President Jim Homoki, and Treasurer Mike Beverley preside over the annual business meeting.
Group photo at Palmer, MA, on the New England Central in front of two former PC locomotives, NECR GP38-2 3840 (built as PC GP38 7904) and NECR SD40 6281 (built as PC 6281).
Herb Brown shows off the menu of the Steaming Tender restaurant in Palmer, MA, where we ate lunch on Saturday. The restaurant is located in the restored former Boston & Albany/Central Vermont union station building.
After leaving Palmer, we visited the Connecticut Trolley Museum, where we got to ride on their PCC car 451. Gary Farmer videotapes the action while Dave Hopson looks on.
PCRRHS members also rode Car 1326.
The annual convention banquet was held Saturday night. Chip Syme (left) and convention co-host Dave Owens lead the chow lines.
During the banquet, Chip Syme was honored for his upcoming retirement as a locomotive engineer for Penn Central, Conrail, and Norfolk Southern. Dave Owens
presents Chip with a 1999 Norfolk Southern calendar, autographed by all the members in attendance.
A special cake was made for the occasion.
