Status as of April 2011
Officers and volunteers:
William F. Howes, Jr., Chairman.
Art Towson, Vice Chairman.
Steve Vertesher, Secretary.
Robert Van Nest, Treasurer.
James A. Smith, Editor of the Southeast Limited.
Clifford J. Vander Yacht, Webdesign.
The Southeast Chapter meets at 6:30 PM on the second Thursday of each month, except January, in the CSX Transportation building in the Acosta C room, 2nd floor, at 500 Water Street in downtown Jacksonville, Florida. Identify yourself by name and mention the R&LHS meeting for entrance into the parking lots and building.
We normally precede the meeting with dinner at the American Grill, at the nearby Jacksonville Landing at 5:00 PM.
Our monthly meetings include programs describing historical and contemporary railroad topics. Our meetings follow the format of, 1, The business meeting,
and 2, The main program. Our programs are designed around meeting the goals and objectives of the R&LHS. We plan field trips to interesting railroad locations in our area, search for interesting speakers, and in addition, we also host an annual banquet.
Our chapter has approximately 60 members and our newsletter, the
Southeast Limited, is published every other month. We sell a reprint of R&LHS Bulletin #86, The Story of the Florida Railroads by George W. Pettengill, Jr. It covers Florida's railroad history from 1834 through 1903, and our latest production, a video DVD on Henry Plant's Transportation Empire.
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