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CLEVELAND
RAILROAD CLUB BULLETIN
MEETING ON THE THIRD FRIDAY OF
EACH MONTH IN THE BASEMENT OF THE DOLLAR BANK,
15509 MADISON AVENUE, LAKEWOOD, OHIO
Meeting Room Opens at 7:30PM and meeting begins
at 8:00 PM
----------VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME!-----------
President: Robert Weisenberger: Vice President: Charles
Christian: Treasurer: Ronald
Leitch; Secretary: Mark Adamcik: Trustees: Gary Dillon, Chris
Vlisides, Richard Novak
-FEBRUARY-
PROGRAM - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
16th, 2001
Dave McKay will give us another one of his great
slide shows this evening. Part of it will consist of slides shot
during Dave's many rail trips last year. Then Dave will have some
"Golden Oldies" of older steam, diesel and electric
lines and equipment. Also he will show us "Contrasts of
Rochester". Dave recently paid a visit to his old hang outs
in 1961 in Rochester and took new photos of the same locations.
Some are rail, some are buildings, fire houses and locations. It
will be interesting to see how things have changed in those many
years.
MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF
JANUARY 19, 2001.
Meeting called to order by Vice President Charles
Christian. Minutes from the November 2000 (There were no minutes
for December due to the Christmas Party) were approved as printed
in the club bulletin. Treasurers report for December 2000 as
follows; Beginning balance; $758.35; Income - none; Expenses
$70.70; Ending balance; $687.65. Guests for the evening were Sean
Buehner and Sue Christian. Under Old Business, member Sam Regan
discussed the history of the Cleveland Railroad Club in its early
days. Under New Business, Don Woods indicated that the yearly
dues should be paid to member Dick Novak, who will forward them
to the Club Treasurer. A motion was also made by Don Woods to
have club treasurer Ron Leitch check out Dollar Bank in order to
discover the advantages of transfering the Charter One Bank
checking account over to Dollar Bank if its advantages to us to
do so. Seconded by Jim McMullen. Passed unanimously. Election of
club officers were as follows; President - Bruce Young; Vice
President - Charles Christian; Treasurer - Ron Leitch; Secretary
- Mark Adamcik; Trustee - Sam Regan. Motion was made by Dave
McKay, seconded by Ken Bernhardt to close nominations. Passed
unanimously. Motion by Bruce Young to order the Secretary to cast
unanimous ballot. Seconded by Al Clum. Passed. Meeting adjourned
at 8:36 PM. Respectfully, Mark J. Adamcik, Secretary.
OUT OF NOWHERE -
Miscellaneous Ramblings (Have to fill this up with something!)
From the club Treasurer, Ron Leitch. The $5.00 service charge
that Charter One put on our checking account for the return of
checks, was cancelled and credit for $5.00 was given to our
account. I will ultimately check out the combining of this
account with that of our Dallar Bank Savings Account. I am in the
process of putting together our Annual Year 2000 treasurers
report for the club trustees audit. ALSO, DUES FOR THE YEAR 2001
ARE CURRENTLY PAYABLE, THE AMOUNT IS $10.00. You may send them
directly to me, at 18707 Ferncliffe Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, 44135
by check made out to the Cleveland Railroad Club, or cash. So far
12 members have paid. Their receipts and membership cards will be
included along with the current bulletin to save stamps. For the
remainder of members who have not paid, an envelope for payment
will be included with the bulletin. You add the stamp. You may
also pay at the meeting for forwarding to me. *** Any members
having articles or anything of interest for this bulletin send it
to Ron Leitch, the editor. He will be glad to get it for
inclusion in the bulletin. On the right is another great photo
taken by Bill Kubis and submitted by his wife Joan. It was taken
on the CSX tracks immediately behind their house. Besides Joan,
his son Robert and daughter Meredith are shown. To take this
great photo Bill stationed himself in the center of the mainline
track with his camera while his family ran out in front of a
coming fast CSX freight train to pose. Then Bill quickly snapped
the photo and they all jumper out of the way of the train. It was
quite a good shot and Bill had to use a 1/1000 of a second
shutter speed. *** IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AMTRAK is seeking
additional funds to close a "rail investment gap". It
needs 30 billion dollars to modernize equipment, improve service
and establish 11 high speed rail corridors. It was pointed out
that the federal government now dedicates less than 1 percent of
all transportation spending to intercity passenger rail. Under
their plan that would grow over two decated to 2.5 percent.
Amtrak President George Warrington stated "We intend to live
from hand to mouth, from year to year, and thats no way to run a
railroad." In 1997 congress ordered Amtrak to wean itself
off of federal subsidies by 2003. Amtrak officials insist that
the 1997 agreement was not meant to cutoff capitol assistance to
by train cars and tracks. They contend it time for more Federal
investment not less.
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Copyright 2001, The Cleveland Railroad
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