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“Preserving the Past for the Future”
January 2011
New Civil War
Exhibit Unveiled
"The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and the Civil
War - Pulling for the Union" opened with a crowd estimated at
over 125 on Saturday, January 15th. Included among our guests
were PA Sen. Pat Browne, PA Sen. David Argall, and PA Rep.
Jerry Knowles. The temporary exhibit shows the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad’s involvement with the Civil War and
also has many items from our collection and on loan to show
the history of the P&R.
This was the first exhibit to be shown in our brand
new, state of the art gallery, created through the dedicated
efforts of the following volunteers: Karen Confer, Rick Bates,
Paul Troutman, Dale Woodland, Bill Stafford, Jeanne Adams,
Bill Sharman, John Funk, Wendell Brown, Carol Adams, Jim
Adams, John Corbit, Sam Bolton, Rick Dash, Randy Mengel,
John Stoudt, Pete Urbaitis, and Mike Stehman.
The evening began with the presentation of a United
States flag and standard for our auditorium by The Patriotic
Order Sons of America. They then presented a replica flag
showing how the flag looked during the Civil War. This was
immediately hung in the exhibit.
Charles Adams III was the guest speaker. "The voice
of Berks County" presented several fascinating stories of the
P&R railroad and some little known facts. Our auditorium was
overflowed.
Refreshments served by Greg and Barb Goodrich
(excellent as usual) which rounded out the event.
This exhibit will run until October 30, 2011.
The next exhibit in this gallery will open on November 19,
2011. It will be "Safety on and Around the Rails."
Top Photo: Shows the informational panels of he new exhibit.
Above Photo: Paul Troutman, PA Sen. Pat Browne, PA Rep.
Jerry Knowles, and PA Sen. David Argall. Photos submitted
by Jim and Carol Adams
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JANUARY 25th GENERAL MEETING
Vice President John Brown called the meeting to
order at 7:31 p.m. there were 5 officers and 37 members. A
motion to accept the December 2010 minutes as printed was
made by Tom Brown and seconded by Don Davis. The motion
passed.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Duane Engle 610-929-5661 rcths.dengle@juno.com
The January meeting of the BOD was held at 7PM on
January 4th at the Engle residence in Laureldale, PA. Topics
of discussion and motions carried are as follows:
 Financial – 2010 donation report and inventory
 Museum – site development, auxiliary heating project, and
donations. The board approved a motion to spend up to
$6500 for the installation of auxiliary gas heat for the
archive and exhibit rooms.
 Other – the dispute with the scrappers over various issues,
1189 acquisition project, and passenger operations
The next general meeting of the Executive Board will
be held at 7PM at the Adams residence in Mohnton, PA on
February 1st.
BUDGET & FINANCE / FUND RAISING COMMITTEE
TREASURER’S REPORT
John Brown 717-426-2238 JWBROWN929@AOL.COM
Thank you everyone for your continuing support of
RCT&HS. The "thank you" letters for your 2010 donations
were mailed the last week of January. The annual inventory of
our store items for resale was completed during January. Thank
you to everyone who helped with the inventory.
Jim Adams 610-777-3764 adamsjimca@comcast.net
Rick Bates asked John Brown about the possibility of forming a
budget. John replied that we need to start by sending financial
committee reports to the committee chairmen. It is a goal of
this committee to form a budget for 2012.
MUSEUM OPERATIONS
Dale Woodland 215-723-5848 dwwrdg@verizon.net
The opening of the P&R/Civil War exhibit January
15th was a great success. Thanks to the following for its
creation: Karen Confer, Rick Bates, Paul Troutman, Dale
Woodland, Bill Stafford, Jeanne Adams, Bill Sharman, John
Funk, Wendell Brown, Carol Adams, Jim Adams, John Corbit,
Sam Bolton, Rick Dash, Randy Mengel, John Stoudt, and Mike
Stehman. Also thanks to Greg and Barb Goodridge for the
food. The opening received coverage in the Reading Eagle and
Channel 69. Special thanks to Paul Troutman for organizing
the flag ceremony and doing the media interviews. We don’t
have figures yet on the income from the raffle and donations
but we did have $1, 500 in sales that day. We critiqued the
opening event and have these suggestions: Opening should
have been at 10AM, use a PA so overflow crowd could hear
ceremony in Orientation Room (Duane will talk with Ken
Riegle about getting PA system for entire museum), and a
banner for outside the building. The Venture Scout meeting
January 8th was attended by advisors and no scouts. Dale
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contacted Walt Schneider, Boy Scout Council Officer, to see
where we go next. According to the one scout who sent his
regrets the troop was not active with the former sponsor. We
have had three students from Hamburg High School do
Community Service volunteer work. A thank you to
Stephanie Smith, Barb and Greg Goodridge for the Polar
Express parties. Also thanks to Steve Gilbert and Randy
Mengel for the creation of the O Gauge layout for Christmas
Season. The Polar Express mountain was impressive.
Schuylkill Heritage Trail signage is in place at south end of
the property. Our nominee for Volunteer of Year Award is
Paul Skvarla. Paul put in 254 hours of service as a docent. In
2010 we had 27 volunteers whom gave 1,034 hours. Top five
were: Paul Skvarla, Tom Brown, Mike Stehman, Dave
Heffner and Dale Woodland. We discussed temporary exhibit
ideas. We would like to see common RCT&HS calendar to
list all events for the year to avoid duplication of events.
Ideally some events could be put on our annual calendar. Dale
has created a new Display Yard script for tour guides. The
committee would like to improve the uniformity of the
Display Yard tours, to that end Dale will shadow tours and
offer suggestions. We discussed docents giving indoor tours
but rejected the idea because: (a) we don’t have enough help
and (b) the committee felt guests would rather take their time
looking at the exhibits. Paul has contacted Berks Fire & Water
to have a disaster plan created for the museum. We have been
invited to the Berks Heritage Center On Sunday May 1, 2011
at 2PM. We would like to take the A5a and some of our
children’s activities. We could also show the Orientation
video and the RCT&HS power point presentation. Paul talked
with the Reading Express about cross promotions with the
RRHM. This could involve discounted tickets and
advertisements. Dale, Duane and Paul met with a friend of
Greg Goodridge to develop a marketing plan for the museum.
One immediate suggestion is to reinstitute the feedback form
for visitors to fill out. Dale also completed a revision/update
of the Docent Guide for the museum. Next Meeting date
Wednesday February 16, 2011 at 7 PM.
along its portion of the Schuylkill River Trail – one of only 5
communities along the trail to receive this grant. The funding,
called “Heritage Towns and Tours”, from William Penn
Foundation will be used to develop a plan to increase tourism
and outdoor recreation. After the plan is complete, the group
will be eligible for $25,000 to implement it. A letter of
support from RCT&HS was included in Our Town’s grant
application. The Reading Railroad Heritage Museum will
participate and benefit from the effort.
The Museum has welcomed visitors who found the
Museum as a result of its designation by Schuylkill River
Heritage Area as a trailhead. Thank you to the docents who
make these travelers welcome.
Site development: The Berks County Conservation
District met with our site contractor and with RCT&HS
project coordinator Tom Brown. The District personnel
inspected and approved the work.
Met Ed has erected the two steel poles just beyond
the west boundary of our property and one wooden pole on
the south end of our property, as planned. Wires are expected
to be added soon.
Rick B. asked about what the next stage of development will be? Carol
replied that she plans to hold a meeting in March to collect ideas and
make decisions in regards to where we go from here.
TRACK & GROUNDS / EVENTS
Duane Engle 610-929-5661 rcths.dengle@juno.com
 Track and Grounds
This past month we worked on clearing snow numerous times. If anyone can help with snow removal over the
winter please let me know.
 Events - No report.
MODULAR
Jonathan Barket 570-366-1533 jono1920@aol.com
We had a meeting of the modular committee on Jan
15th. Items that were discussed were the new standards that
are now in effect, current module progress, new module ideas,
and of course our 2011 schedule. As far as the schedule, here
is what we have planned for 2011:
CURATORS REPORT
Paul Troutman 610-926-4919 pptrout@gmail.com
Thanks to everyone who helped with the new exhibit
and making the unveiling party a success. We have been busy
working on new projects. Centralia Coal Company agreed to
sponsor the new coal display we are constructing. We also
plan to build a tunnel portal around the T-1 image, hang
tell-tails and show how the concrete date stamp was used.
MUSEUM PROPERTY COMMITTEE
Carol Adams 610-777-3764 adamsjimca@comcast.net
John Corbit is refining the operation of the
Museum’s new natural gas-fired auxiliary heating units.
Thank you, John. Thank you to all who are helping to clear
snow at the Museum: John Stoudt, John Corbit, Duane Engle,
and others.
Timonium Md. Set up Feb 4th, Show is Feb 5-6
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Laurel Mall in Hazelton: Set up is June 15th, Show is
June 16th-19th
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Reading Railroad Days, Strasburg: Set up June 28th,
Show is June 30th-July 4th
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LONG RANGE PLANNING TASK FORCE
Carol Adams 610-777-3764 adamsjimca@comcast.net
Our Town Foundation of Hamburg has received a
$7,000 grant to prepare to promote tourism and recreation
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Fairlane Village Mall, Pottsville: Set up is April 12th,
Show is April 13th –17th
Iron Horse Heritage Festival, Danville: Set up July 22,
Show July 23rd-24th
Model Railroad Days, Strasburg: Set up Oct 6th, Show
Oct 7th-9th
PA Christmas and Craft Show, Harrisburg: Set up
Nov 28th, Show Nov 30th-Dec 4th
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 Calendar
We have decided the Year 2012 calendar theme will
be “Steam and Diesel on the Reading Railroad,” and we
invite members to submit photos for consideration. What we
are looking for are photos showing the transition from steam
to diesel locomotive power, and also photos that have some
aspect of the usage of both steam and diesel in the same
picture (not necessarily in locomotives). For example, a
picture of a diesel locomotive hauling steam-heated coaches
would qualify for the calendar. Put your thinking caps on
and let’s see what other ways we can find where both steam
and diesel power were used. Photos should be sharp, properly exposed 8x10 color or black & white prints, or original
color slides. We could also work from extra-sharp 5x7 black
and white prints (look at them under a magnifier to see if
they are REALLY sharp), but please do NOT send 5x7 or
smaller color prints, duplicate color slides, or digital pictures
printed at home on a laser or inkjet printer. These formats do
not reproduce well when published at full-page size as in
our calendar. High quality digital scans may be acceptable,
but please contact us for more details if you want to submit
in this format. Please have your photo submissions to us by
March 31. If you haven’t gotten one already, please contact
the Sales Committee to purchase a copy of our 2011 calendar
featuring the photography of George W. Gerhart II, who
grew up in Robesonia and took many excellent pictures in
the very early 1950s of the Reading’s steam and diesel locomotives, trains, and structures.
We also plan on attending a Greenburg show as well
through out the year. That show will be TBA. If any one has
any other ideas or suggestions for show locations please let
me know. Also, if you want to be included in emails and
phone calls for upcoming shows and events for information,
please let me know.
PASSENGER OPERATIONS
The 2011 Steamtown schedule is finalized. FP7’s
902 and 903 will operate as follows: 5/28 Moscow, 6/25
Delaware Water Gap, 7/16 Tobyhanna, 7/30 Tobyhanna, 9/3
Moscow (Railfest), 10/15 East Stroudsburg, and 10/22-23
Tobyhanna. We have also begun discussions with the Eastern
Berks Gateway Railroad about future seasonal excursions on
the Colebrookdale Branch between Boyertown and Stowe, Pa.
– Dale Woodland
MOTIVE POWER AND ROLLING EQUIPMENT
John Stoudt R.E. 610-775-1197 /Tim Weidner M.P. 610-780-0497
All equipment has been winterized. Due to the winter
weather all outdoor projects are on hold. In the spring we
plan to paint and letter the 2 bay hopper cars followed by the
steam tender and the RS3.
Rick Bates suggested that we form a wooden car
subcommittee and is looking for volunteers to help.
Wood Car Subcommittee (Rick Bates): The two wood
coaches (bunk cars) that were brought to Hamburg in 2010
need work done to their roofs and car bodies to stop the water
from getting in and further damaging the interiors. If you
would like to help with this work, or have any ideas on what
can be done, please contact Rick Bates. Eventually we will
need folks with woodworking skills to restore these cars, but
for now we just want to stabilize things. Cash donations to
pay for materials are also needed and appreciated.
MAILING
Ken Riegel 610-777-4555 RCTHS214@comcast.net
No report.
MEMBERSHIP
Melanie Zimmerman 717-445-6301 rcths.membership@juno.com
As of January 25 we have 14 new members and 574
renewals for a total of 588 members for 2011. The
breakdown of members is 391 Individual, 50 Family, 86
Contributing, 43 Sustaining, 13 Corporate and 5 Student.
We had 26 new members and 524 renewals for a total of 550
members at this time last year. We currently have 1007
members for 2010.
Membership dues are $35 for Individual ($45
outside the U.S.), $43 for Family ($53 outside the U.S.), $15
for Student (Please provide name of Full-time school), $55
for Contributing, $100 for Sustaining and $150 for
Corporate. If you misplaced the renewal form that came in
your October Crusader newsletter, just write your name and
address on a piece of paper. Mail your information with
your check or money order made payable to R.C.T.& H.S.
Membership Committee to PO Box 15143, Reading PA
19612-5143.
If you receive the Crusader by the US Postal
Service check your most recent newsletter address label to
find your current membership year. Please allow several
weeks for us to process your membership if it still shows
2010 and you’ve already mailed your payment.
Thank you to all who include donations with their
membership renewals. Your generosity is appreciated.
Car 15: Car 15 has been winterized.
ACQUISITIONS
Steve Schwartz 610-434-1289 schwartzsj@juno.com
No report.
ARCHIVES / PUBLICATIONS / CALENDAR
Rick Bates 610-647-9359 rbates@voicenet.com
 Archives
Thanks to the following for donations: paper items
from Sue Fisher; paper items from Arlen Lenker; information
on the 712th Transportation Railway Operations Battalion
from Bill Cauff, Jr.; a collection of microfiche copies of Rdg
RR quarter mile sheets from Larry Mundell, and a book on
Bethlehem Steel from Eric Quimby. Archive work sessions
are scheduled for Saturdays February 12, 19, and 26th, starting at 10:00 AM, weather permitting. All are welcome to
help out, even if for only part of the day.
 Publications
Continuing to work on the next Bee Lines. Now that
some other projects are out of the way, hoping to make some
progress in getting caught up.
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PUBLIC RELATIONS
NEW BUSINESS
Andew Dietz 914-886-3459 Andrew.dietz11@albright.edu
No report.
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SALES
Duane Engle 610-929-5661 rcths.dengle@juno.com (for
mail order questions contact Dave Heffner at 717-290-1493
daverj1@verizon.net)
We have some new O and HO models for sale. The
HO F-7’s from Intermountain have arrived. The HO C630’s
from Bowser and the SW1500’s from PCM are to be released in winter 2011. The following helped with sales and
inventory in the past month: Duane Engle, Ken Riegel, Greg
and Barb Goodridge, Jim and Carol Adams, Tom Brown and
John Brown. Thank you to everyone that helped.
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MODELING -John Greene 215-721-3006 greene@netcarrier.com
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We have samples of the 16th street tower and are
building the model for display. We should have these kits
available in a month or two.
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Branchline Trains has sold their freight and passenger car
business to Atlas.
Dale Woodland announced that cars for the
Greenbrier Express train set will be arriving this week
in Pottstown for reconditioning.
Dale Woodland announced that three ARHS
locomotives (C420, F3B, FA) are currently in transit
between South Jersey and Scranton.
Bill Krug and Jeff Smith announced that Herron Rail
Video has a new DVD out titled Reading Company
1948-1952 Vol. 1. This video taken by George W.
Gerhart II features Reading passenger trains.
John Brown announced that we were a winner in the
Hamburg King frost Parade and received a $75 award.
Tonight’s coal bucket contained $167 plus 9 envelopes.
CLOSING
A motion to adjourn was made by Pete Urbaitis and seconded by Greg Goodridge. V.P. John Brown adjourned the meeting
at 8:42PM.
TRAIN MEET
Dale Miller 610-372-3759
No report.
CONVENTION COMMITTEE
John Greene 215-721-3006 jgreene@netcarrier.com
The 6th annual convention will be held on April 2nd
at the American Legion BINGO hall in Hamburg. Doors
open at 8:30 and the programs start at 9:00. Lunch will be
available if purchased in advance. Please see the enclosed
ticket order form for more information.
Hamburg Museum Track Fund
Receipts
Current Month: January, 2011 = $871.00
Total: May 2007 thru January, 2011 = $26,176.00
WEBSITE AND CORRESPONDENCE
Tom Jacobs 610-621-4441 webmaster@readingrailroad.org
Norman O. Mueller 610-446-6651 rcths.questions@verizon.net
Mike Sakal 610-777-3268 msakal@ptd.net
No report.
Payments
Current Month: January, 2011 = $0.00
Total: May 2007 thru January, 2011 = $20,997.15
Current Fund Balance = $5,178.85
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Lee Schultz 610-845-2414 and Rick Bates
John Brown read the by laws governing how elections are
handled.
Pay Down the Loan Program
Lee Schultz read the list of the current nominations. John
Brown for 1st vice president, Jim Adams for treasurer,
Jonathan Barket for director, and Gary Saggio for director.
Receipts
Rick Bates nominated Tom Brown for director and the
nomination was seconded by John Brown. Don Davis moved
to close the nominations for director and Don Crabtree
seconded the motion. The motion passed.
Payments
Current Month: January, 2011 = $731.00
Total: Nov, 2010 thru January, 2011 = $4,362.00
Current Month: January, 2011 = $3,298.72
Total: Nov, 2010 thru January, 2011 = $4,000.00
Outstanding Balance = 93,000.00
Dale Woodland moved to close nominations for treasurer
and Bill Hodson seconded the motion. The motion passed.
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READING COMPANY TECHNICAL and HISTORICAL SOCIETY 2011 BALLOT
Instructions for voting:
Voting will be by mail-in ballot only. There is no provision for voting at the general membership meeting nor is there
any electronic voting.
Only members who have paid their 2011 memberships by March 1, 2011 are eligible to vote. Membership renewals
should be mailed to RCT&HS membership, P.O. Box 15143, Reading, PA 19612-5143.
Ballots are included in the January issue of The Crusader . Those receiving The Crusader in electronic form will have
to print the ballot from their e-Crusader.
Ballots must be returned by U.S. Mail and must be received at the Society’s post office box by March 31, 2011. The
envelope must be addressed to: RCT&HS ELECTIONS, P.O. Box 15143, Reading, PA 19612-5143
The upper left corner of the envelope (the return address area) must contain your name and member number. Your
membership number is on the mailing label of your Crusader. Additional return address information is optional. Do
NOT include any other transactions (such as sales orders or membership renewals) in the same envelope with your
ballot.
Individual Memberships are entitled to one vote only.
Family, Contributing, Sustaining and Corporate Memberships are entitled to two votes if more than one adult in the
family is enrolled (received a membership card) as a member of the RCT&HS. If two adults are entitled to vote, the
two ballots should be returned in the same envelope. Children enrolled as a part of a family membership are not eligible to vote. Children wishing to vote are encouraged to become Student Members.
Ballots will be counted by the elections committee and the results will be announced at the April General Membership
meeting and reported in the April issue of The Crusader.
1st VICE PRESIDENT
________ John Brown
TREASURER
________ Jim Adams
DIRECTOR (vote for no more than two)
________ Jonathan Barket
________ Tom Brown
(biographies on next page)
________ Gary Saggio
*Please return this ballot following the “Instructions for voting” as written above.
*This ballot may be duplicated if your membership is entitled to two votes per the instructions
above.
1st Vice President
John Brown
I have been a member of the Society for approximately twenty years. I have served as the First Vice President for the past several
terms. Prior to that I was a Director on the Board. I also am Chairman of the Budget & Finance/Fund Raising Committee. Before
retirement I owned a computer graphics business. I have been a railroad history buff all my life. I am a member of the Lancaster
County Speakers Bureau and have done many speeches on railroad history. I would appreciate your vote for me for First Vice President.
Treasurer
Jim Adams
Treasurer, RCT&HS. Formerly a mathematics teacher in the Reading School District, I spent the last half of my school career as
director of the district’s information technology department. I am retired from school administration. I continue to serve as organist
and music director for our church. I have been a member of the RCT&HS since 1985 and have served as treasurer since 1989 when
the RCT&HS budget was less than $80,000 per year. As membership and museum activity have grown, the yearly income and expenditures have grown to over $250,000 per year. I also volunteer at the Museum and as a member of the sales committee. My wife
Carol and I raised 2 daughters and a son and have 4 granddaughters. In addition to volunteering with the RCT&HS, we enjoy family
activities, model railroading, gardening, and heritage travel.
Director - choose 2
Gary W. Saggio
I grew up in Palmer Township near Easton, Pennsylvania. I studied electronics at Easton Area High School before joining the US
Navy where I was an electronics technician for twenty years. When I left high school I was determined to never open a book the rest
of my life. However, that all changed as I matured and began to realize the value of an education. Before retiring from the Navy I
earned an Associates degree in Mathematics and a Bachelors degree in Occupational Education. After leaving the Navy I worked for
Agere Systems (formerly AT&T and Lucent Technologies) in Reading, PA until I retired in 2003. I began my career at Agere as a
Training Associate and retired as a Technical Manger in the Quality department. Along the way I also held the positions of Engineering Associate and Member of Technical Staff (engineer). My experiences range from photolithography in the manufacture of
Linear IC’s, assembly and testing of high speed lightwave components, Erbium doped fiber amplifies, quality engineering and
quality management. In addition to my manufacturing and quality experiences I earned a Masters Degree in Engineering Science
from Penn State University.
After leaving the Navy my wife, Linda, and I settled in Blandon, PA where we raised our two children. I am active in Trinity Bible
Fellowship church where I serve as an Elder and my hobbies are model railroading and fishing. I have been a member of RCT&HS
for almost 25 years and have served as member of the modular group, sales committee, mailing committee, car host for rail trips and
director. My first term as director (1999 – 2000) was interrupted when Agere Systems me to England for a year.
Jonathan Barket
My name is Jonathan Barket and I am currently 27 years old. I was born and raised in Lebanon, attended Penn State Berks for
Electrical engineering and currently employed by Reading and Northern Railroad. I have been a member for over 11 years and have
and am currently the modular committee chairman. As for the society, I am heavily involved in the modular and MPRE. I also
assist with sales, museum, and track and grounds. My focus is to reach out and get new, younger members who will be active within
the society. I believe we are lacking in the younger volunteer age group. Also we need to get our name exposed more to the general
public along with a better reputation. I want to see the museum and the society as a whole develop into a streamlined organization.
Tom Brown
Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Drexel Institute of Technology; Master of Science Degree in Environmental
Engineering from Drexel University; registered professional engineer; retired as a stockholder/owner of Gannett Fleming, Inc.
(a 2,000 person engineering company); currently employed part time as the Township Engineer for Uwchlan Township (Chester
County); served on RCT&HS Board of Directors for 6 years; serve on Museum Operations Committee since it was created; serve on
Long-Range Planning Committee; work as a sales person and docent in our Museum (top 2 in volunteer museum operations hours
for 3 straight years); provided construction management services for recent Museum site development/grading project, consulted
with the Board of Directors on matters pertaining to the project, and interfaced with the contractor on construction issues; perform
quarterly audits of the Society’s financial records; provided consulting services to the Board of Directors on asbestos identification/
removal for the museum development project and the recent metal scrapping project; assist with other activities of the RCT&HS,
including sales, archives sorting, and the O-gauge train layout. Interested in and supportive of all of the Society’s endeavors. Favor
continued museum development and improvement, finding ways to resume our train trips, work to strengthen the Society’s financial
position.
Reading Company Technical and Historical Society
6th Annual Convention
Saturday April 2, 2011
Featuring:
Paul Kutta - A Potpourri of Reading Scenes
Mike Smith - A Presentation of Walter Johnson RDG Slides
Don Young - A Slide Presentation of His Days at Bethlehem Steel
Tom Mclnerney - A Talk on His Days with Alco and the MLW
The American Legion BINGO Hall
650 Chestnut St., Hamburg, PA
8:30 AM Doors Open
9:00 AM Programs Start
Admission: $20.00 ($10 student) Museum Admission Included
Lunch: $10.00 (preorder only)
Dealer Tables: $20.00
Admission to the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum Included
6th Annual Convention Tickets
$20.00 per person
($10.00 student)
Mark Your Calendars
 February 22nd: General Meeting of the RCT&HS at Trinity Bible Fellowship
Church, Rt. 73, Blandon, PA
 February 26 - 27: Sales at the Allentown Spring Thaw Train Meet
 April 2nd: RCT&HS Convention at the American Legion BINGO Hall in
Hamburg, PA
 April 3rd: RCT&HS Train Meet in Leesport, PA
 April 12 - 17: Modular and Sales at the Fairlane Village Mall in Pottsville, PA
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