2024 Convention
Sep
19
to Sep 21

2024 Convention

The 2024 PCRRHS Annual Convention will be held September 19-21 in Marion, Ohio. Marion was the junction of three rail lines operated by four railroads north of Columbus in central Ohio, with the Chesapeake & Ohio and Norfolk & Western crossing the joint east-west Penn Central-Erie Lackawanna main line through the city. Today it remains a busy place under CSX and Norfolk Southern.

The convention hotel will be the Holiday Inn Express, located at 18432 Marion-Mt Gilead Rd east of Marion near the US 23/SR 95 exit. Room rate is $119.99 per night and you can make a reservation now by calling the hotel directly at (740) 389-4300.

Members will have the opportunity to visit the restored Marion Union Station and AC Tower, along with the Marion Model Railroad Club. A tour is scheduled for Saturday of the Marion Industrial Park, home to a ex-PC SW1500 locomotive. More tours and presentations are being lined up and additional details will be made available as we have them.

If you are interested in doing a presentation for the convention, please reach out to convention coordinator Chris Howe via our contact form (select the “Event or Convention Question” option).

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2021 Mini-Convention
Oct
7
to Oct 9

2021 Mini-Convention

  • Altoona, PA United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Given the uncertainty with COVID-19, we have decided to hold an event called ‘Catch You at the Curve’, on the same weekend we intended to go to Detroit. This will be a somewhat scaled-down event with no busing, no banquet or official tours, but guaranteeing we can still get together and have a good time. Watch here for more details as they become available. So once again the Motor City convention will be left idling and instead we hope to ‘Catch You at the Curve’, Friday/Saturday, October 8th and 9th!

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2020 Convention (Canceled)
Oct
8
to Oct 10

2020 Convention (Canceled)

After careful consideration, the PCRRHS has decided to cancel this year's annual convention, which was originally scheduled for October 8-10 in Dearborn, Michigan. We made this decision out of an abundance
of caution for the health and well-being of our members, as well as realizing that the downturn in the economy may make it difficult if not impossible for some of our members to be able to attend.

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2016 Convention
Sep
22
to Sep 24

2016 Convention

  • Heritage DiscoveRY Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The 2016 PCRRHS Convention was held in Buffalo, New York, on September 22-24. The convention was at the Heritage DiscoveRY Center, a museum complex and event venue owned by the Western New York Railway Historical Society and located adjacent to the joint CSX/NS/B&P rail corridor east of CP DRAW near downtown Buffalo.

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2014 Convention
Sep
25
to Sep 27

2014 Convention

The 2014 PCRRHS Convention was held in Middlebury, IN (near Elkhart) on September 25-27, 2014 at the Das Dutchman Essenhaus Inn and Conference Center. Events included a fabulous lineup of speakers, tours, and slide shows, including presentations by former PC superintendent Larry Baggerly and Norfolk Southern Eastern Region General Manager Greg Comstock, and a tour of Norfolk Southern's Elkhart Yard, along with three of Norfolk Southern's heritage locomotives (PRR, NYC, and PC).

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2013 Convention
Sep
26
to Sep 28

2013 Convention

  • Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Rochester (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Despatch Express, the 2013 PCRRHS Annual Convention was held in Rochester, NY, on September 26-28, 2013, at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Rochester. Tours included the Alstom signaling plant in Rochester, the Rochester Model Railway Club, and two railroad museums: the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum in Industry and the Medina Railroad Museum in Medina.

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2012 Convention
Sep
20
to Sep 22

2012 Convention

  • Hilton Woodbridge Hotel (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The 2012 PCRRHS Convention was held September 20-22 in at the Hilton Woodbridge Hotel in Iselin, NJ. Tours on Saturday, September 22, included NJ Transit's Meadowlands Maintenance Complex, and The Model Railroad Club, Inc., in Union, NJ.

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2009 Convention
Oct
1
to Oct 3

2009 Convention

The Penn Central Railroad Historical Society celebrated its tenth anniversary at its 2009 annual convention in Springfield, Massachusetts. Tours included the Smith & Wesson factory, the New England Central Railroad in Palmer, MA, and the Connecticut Trolley Museum in East Windsor, CT.

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2008 Convention
Sep
18
to Sep 20

2008 Convention

The 2008 PCRRHS Convention was held on September 18-20 at the Radisson Lackwanna Station Hotel in Scranton, Pennsylvania. While Scranton was really a Lackawanna city, the Penn Central got close to Scranton, reaching nearby Wilkes-Barre. However, there was still plenty of PC to experience at this convention.

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2007 Convention
Sep
13
to Sep 15

2007 Convention

The 2007 convention of the Penn Central Railroad Historical Society was held at the Sleep Inn/Main Stay Suites hotel in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Friday afternoon featured a tour of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. Saturday's tour was of Amtrak's Wilmington Maintenance Facility in Wilmington, Delaware.

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