[Harp-L] AMHERST RAILWAY SOCIETY INC.- http://www.amherstrail.org/
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- Subject: [Harp-L] AMHERST RAILWAY SOCIETY INC.- http://www.amherstrail.org/
- From: Warren Bee <spahpublicity@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 08:27:27 -0400
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*read this and tell me that the volunteers of an approximately 450 member
group put on a show for 22,000. *
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*Welcome to the Amherst Railway Society Inc. We hope you find many things
here to stir your interest in railroading - whether it be steam, diesel,
electric, prototype, model or any other rail related interest. *
The Amherst Railway Society is a non-profit organization, tax exempt
501(c)(3) corporation, which has about 450 members who share some aspect of
railroading as a common interest. *Monthly
meetings<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/calendar.html>
* cover current topics in railroad news and offer slide shows, movies or a
prominent speaker on a railroading topic. The Society also sponsors and
participates in several train trips each year and provides a video tape and
DVD library free to all members.
Every year in late January, the Society presents its annual "*Amherst
Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show <http://www.railroadhobbyshow.com/>*" at
the Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds in West Springfield, MA. This Show
has become the biggest railroad show in the Northeast. The Amherst Railway
Society has received the Walthers Showmanship Award in recognition for
sponsoring the event. As a member of the Society you are entitled to receive
a free admission ticket for one day of the Show. Members who volunteer to
work at the Show can come both days of the Show, as well as Thursday and
Friday to assist with set up.
Proceeds from the show are used to promote interest in railroads and
railroading. Annual grants and donations have been made to various railroad
museums, historical societies, restoration projects and scholarship funds.
Organizations that have received donations include: the Fall River and Old
Colony Museum, the *Flying Yankee* restoration project, the 470 Club's
Boston and Maine diesel locomotive restoration project, the Boston and Maine
Historical Society, the Chester Foundation Station Project, the Wiscasset
Waterville and Farmington Building and Car Fund as well as trolley museums
in Shelburne Falls, MA, Warehouse Point, CT, Branford, CT and Kennebunk, ME.
--
Warren "Bee" Bachman
SPAH Publicity Director
631-521-0472
www.spah.org
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