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Photos/Images used to promote a presenter's program at a chapter meeting.

Monochrome Steam (1955-1975)

This sampling of black and white images is from a collection of digital scans made by chapter member Ralph Hawkins from a collection of his father's 120 negatives. John Hawkins began shooting monochrome 120 film in the late 1950's. His primary interest for the next three decades was southeastern mainline and shortline motive power. Offered here is a small sampling of steam images, mostly from southeastern roads--many of them quite obscure. Ralph has embarked on a project to make digital scans of the entire collection, likely more than a thousand in number.

Rail Day is always the second Saturday in August. In this gallery you can reminise about the annual experience over the last several years!

Inauguration of Regional Amtrak service was greatly anticipated and has proven a wise endeavor by Amtrak, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the City of Lynchburg. It has exceded the expectations in ridership and revenue. The inauguration event was held September 30, 2009 and has inspired further development planning for service to Roanoke.

Chapter Picnics are a good fellowship time. Usually they are held late summer to early fall at the community park in Alta Vista.

These snapshots are selected from photos taken over several years at chapter events. Memories!

You will also want to check out coverage of the celebration in the Blue Ridge Dispatcher, September 2008.