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NOARS - Northern Ohio Association of Railway Societies - Northern Ohio Railroad Related Organizations Akron Railroad Club Beaver-Lawrence Railway Historical Society http://akronrrclub.wordpress.com/ http://www.beavervalleyjunction.org/ meets on the fourth Friday of every month except December at the Meetings generally take place the second Saturday of every month. New Horizons Christian Church, 290 Darrow Road, in Akron, Ohio. West Pittsburg Station Meetings begin at 8 p.m 2114 Rt. 168 Box 429 President: Craig Sanders, 3495 West Pittsburg, Pa. 16160-0405 Silsby Road, University Heights, OH 44118, [email protected] Bedford Historical Society http://www.bedfordohiohistory.org Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad Historical Society Collection includes construction documents for Tinkers Creek http://www.acyhs.org/ Viaduct. Manages 1882 Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad depot P.O. Box 196, PO Box 46282, Bedford OH 44146. Sharon Center, Ohio 44274, (440) 232-0796 330-867-6990 Mondays,Wednesdays, 7:30 to All Aboard Ohio 10:00 PM; Thursdays 10:00 http://www.allaboardohio.org/ AM to 4:00 PM, second advocate for better passenger rail services in Ohio Sunday, 2:00 to 5:00 PM. 309 South 4th Street, Suite 304, Bucyrus Model Railroad Association Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 228 Byesville Scenic Railway -6005 http://www.bsrw.org/ AMTRAK weekend excursions. http://www.amtrak.com PO Box 254, Byesville, OH 43723 Byesville, OH 1-800-USA-RAIL (1-800-872-7245) Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society regularly scheduled passerger http://www.cohs.org/ service throughout the USA. 2 daily trains through Cleveland. 312 E Ridgeway Street, Clifton Forge, VA AMTRAK Historical Society Cincinnati Railroad Club http://www.amtrakhistoricalsociety.com/ http://www.cincinnatirrclub.org/ P.O. Box 7436, Chicago, Illinois 60680-7436 club meets on the First Thursday of each month at 7:30pm in Tower A of the Cincinnati Union Terminal Ashtabula, Carson & Jefferson Railroad PO Box 14157, Museum Center at Cincinnati http://www.acjrailroad.com/ Cincinnati, OH 45250-0157, Union Terminal Operates former New York Central branch. Phone: (513) 651-RAIL (7245) 122 East Walnut St. Jefferson, OH Depot PO Box 517 Thursday 8PM - 11PM, Jefferson, OH 44047-0517 Saturday 10AM - 4PM, and the First & Third Sunday of each Father's Day through end of month 12PM - 4PM October CJ Trains Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Historical Society http://cjtrains.com/ http://www.borhs.org/ sponsors Train & Toy Shows P.O. Box 24225 Baltimore, MD 21227 Jon and Cathi Ulbright, 941 Buchholz Drive, Beaver County Model Railroad & Historical Society Wooster, Ohio 44691, http://bcmrr.railfan.net/ (330) 262-7488 [email protected] THE UNION ATLANTIC RAILROAD, an HO scale model railroad bridge route 416 Sixth St., Monica, PA 15061 Printed on 3/12/2009 www.noars.org/orgs.htm Page 1 NOARS - Northern Ohio Association of Railway Societies - Northern Ohio Railroad Related Organizations Cleveland & Eastern Interurban Historical Society and Conrail Technical Society Museum http://www.trainweb.org/crts/ http://www.trainweb.org/ceihsm CRTS Membership, P.O. Box 34, Chardon, Ohio 44024 P.O. Box 7140-W, Garden City, NY 11530-7140 Cleveland Public Library http://www.cpl.org/ Crawford County Historical Society extensive collection includes railroad books, photos and maps. Many http://www.crawfordhistorical.org/ older materials are in storage and must be requested in advance. A&GW/Erie records including accident and freight car transportation Main Library, 325 Superior Ave., N. invoices. Records not currently available to the public. E., Helene Barco-Duratz Cultural Cleveland, OH 44114 Center (216) 623-2800 411 Chestnut Street Meadville, PA 16335 9:00am - 6:00pm Monday - (814) 724-6080 Saturday. 1:00-5:00pm Sundays (except Summer) Cuyahoga County Engineer Cleveland State University Special Collections Library http://www.cuyctyengineers.org/ http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/ 2100 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, Houses Cleveland area railroad collections including Cleveland Ohio 44113,(216) 348-3824 Union Terminal, Nickel Plate Road and Erie Lackawanna. Cleveland Cuyahoga Valley & West Shore Model Railroad Club Press photo and clippings collection. Cleveland Memory online http://www.trainweb.org/cvandws/ Cleveland State University Library, HO and Lionel layouts. 1877 Depot. Rhodes Tower 321, 2121 Euclid Avenue 440-235-6566 Olmsted Falls Depot, 25802 Cleveland, OH 44115. Garfield Avenue, Olmsted (216) 687-2449 Falls, OH 44138 Monday through Friday Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM, http://www.cvsr.com/ 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM operates former B&O line from Independence to Peninsula, Akron Cleveland Train Shows, Inc. and Canton. http://www.cleveshows.com/ P.O. Box 158, Bob Frieden, [email protected] Peninsula, OH 44264. 1-800-468 -4070, Conneaut Railroad Museum (330)-657-2000 http://www.conneauthistorical.org/ Museaum of the Conneaut Area Historical Society regularly scheduled 363 Depot St., Conneaut, OH 44030 Cuyahoga Valley Terminal Model Railroad Club Open Friday, Saturday, Sunday, http://www.cuyahogavalleyterminal.org/ 12:00 to 5:00 P.M. Memorial Day layout in the basement of the Whistle Stop Hobby Shop to Labor Day 2146 Front St, Cuyahoga Conrad & Dowdell Productions Falls, OH 44221 http://conraddowdell.com Dennison Railroad Museum Organizes Model Railroad and Toy Shows http://www.dennisondepot.org/ 9047 Kennard Road, Restored depot museum Lodi, Ohio 44254, (330) 948-4400 Email: [email protected], Toll Free: 400 Center Street, Dennison, Conrail Historical Society 1-877-278-8020 Ohio 44621 http://www.thecrhs.org/ Tuesday - Saturday 222 South Main Street, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, Marysville, PA 17053 Sundays 11:00 am to 3:00 pm Printed on 3/12/2009 www.noars.org/orgs.htm Page 2 NOARS - Northern Ohio Association of Railway Societies - Northern Ohio Railroad Related Organizations East Canton Railroad Club Greenburg Train Shows FirstMerit Citizens National http://www.greenbergshows.com/ Bank, 308 E. Gorgas St., 1393 Progress Way, Suite 907 Louisville, OH Eldersburg, MD 21784 Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society Greenville Railroad Park & Museum http://www.eldcps.org http://www.greenvilletrainmuseum.org/ 201 South Blakely Street #333, Union RR Engine 604, Ore Car, Caboose, museum. Dunmore, Penn. 18512, 314 Main Street [email protected] Greenville, PA 16125 Erie Lackawanna Historical Society (724) 588-4009 http://www.erielackhs.org/ afternoons daily during Membership Chair Randy Dettmer, summer. weekends only in 290 Prospect Street, May, June, September and Hudson, OH 44236-2240 October Heart of Willoughby Forest City Division Railroad Enthusiasts http://www.heartofwilloughby.com http://www.trainweb.org/fcdrre/ Meets 2nd Friday of month at Parma Memorial Hall, 6617 Ridge 12 Public Square, Willoughby, Ohio Road, Parma, OH 44094 [email protected] Jerry Jordak Hocking Valley Scenic Railway Fostoria Area Visitors Bureau http://www.hvsry.org/ http://www.visitfostoria.com/fostoriaTrains.htm PO Box 427, Nelsonville, OH Nelsonville Depot, 33 E. 45764, 1-800-967-7834 Canal Street on U.S. Route 33 "Iron Triangle" a unique train intersection where as many as 160 in Nelsonville, Ohio trains pass through every 24 hours. 128 W. North St., Fostoria, OH Weekends April - December 44830 Indiana Historical Society (419)-436-2282 http://www.indianahistory.org/ Fostoria Rail Preservation Society Midwest Railroad Research Center http://www.fostoriairontriangle.com/ PO Box 664118 "Iron Triangle" a unique train intersection where as many as 160 Indianapolis, IN 46266-4118 trains pass through every 24 hours. Jefferson Depot, Inc. PO Box 421, Fostoria, Ohio 44830 http://www.jeffersondepotvillage.org/ Golden Spike Enterprises Restored 1872 Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Station http://www.gserr.com P. O. Box 22, Jefferson, OH 44047, 147 East Jefferson Street, sponsors Railroad Model & Artifact Shows (440) 293-5532 Jefferson, OH Gordon Hartranft Tours every Sunday, 1 to 4 p. see Ashtabula, Carson & Jefferson 58 Creed Circle m. during June, July, August Railroad Campbell, OH 44405 and September. 330 755 1914 Johnson-Shaw Stereoscopic Museum Great Lakes Division Train Collectors Association http://www.johnsonshawmuseum.org/ http://www.tcamembers.org/newsandevents/meets.htm Stereoscopic photos from the Keystone View Company - includes Parent organization operates the National Toy Train Museum in railroad subjects. Strasburg, PA 423 Chestnut Street John Carlisle, President, Meadville, PA 16335 419-994-4759 (814) 333-4326 [email protected] Wednesday thru Saturday afternoons. Sunday April - October only. Printed on 3/12/2009 www.noars.org/orgs.htm Page 3 NOARS - Northern Ohio Association of Railway Societies - Northern Ohio Railroad Related Organizations Kent Historical Society Mad River & NKP Museum http://www.kentohiohistory.org/ http://www.madrivermuseum.org/ Preserved 1875 Erie railroad station in Kent. Mad River & NKP Railroad Society, 253 Southwest Street in 234 S. Water Street, Inc. Bellevue, Ohio P.O. Box 663 233 York Street Kent, Ohio, 44240 Bellevue, Ohio 44811-1377 [email protected] Museum Hours:Thursday, Friday: 12:00 to 4:00 pm 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday: OPEN DAILY Memorial Day 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Labor Day (May, September and October Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum Open on Weekends Only) http://www.toyandtrain.com/ Mahoning Valley Railroad Heritage Association Located in a restored Victorian-era schoolhouse, the Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum features interactive displays, operating O and http://www.mvrha.org/ HO gauge train layouts, a unique and family friendly gift shop, a formed in 1985 to preserve the railroading history and heritage of the (304)242-8133 or Toll Free 1-877 144 Kruger Street Mahoning Valley in Ohio. largest collection of steel industry rail -242-8133 Wheeling, West Virginia equipment in the United States. 26003 P.O. Box 3055, Youngstown, Ohio 44511 9 AM - 5 PM Daily Memorial Day - December, Weekends Marion Union Station Association only January - Memorial Day. http://www.mariononline.com/agencies/MUSA.htm Lake Shore Electric Railway and Trolleyville USA Marion area citizens dedicated to purchasing and restoring the http://www.lsery.org/ historic Marion depot. P.