Depot Dispatch July2018 Volume IV Issue 7 Page 1 Depot News from Painesville The Depot Dispatch Events Heating up at the Museum Inside Heating UP 1 Future Plans 2 Eagle Scout project 3-4 Cart 5 Sad Day 6 Days Gone By 7 Upcoming events 8 Boy Scouts Day 9 Tractor 9 Memorabilia Show 10 Sweeter Order 11 Flyers 12-18 Things are heating up at the Museum, not only with warmer weather, but things to do. We are again open on Friday nights, 6 pm to 9 pm and the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month, 11 am to 3 pm, May through October. Volunteers are always need during our open hours. The new sweaters have been ordered. They will be in by the July meeting. We will again have a booth at Painesville Party in the Park, July 13-15. Your help will be need to man our booth. Sign up with Rob. On July 21 we will have a booth at Jefferson Model Train Show. July 22, NMRA Div. 5 will have there picnic at the depot on. July 22, Downtown Painesville Origination is having a Block Party and we will have a booth there. Free food, live music and much more. July 29 we will have a booth at Painesville Farm to Flea Market. August 4 is our Railroad Memorial Show. August 9 we will a booth at LCVB BBQ at Pheasant Run Airport. And on August 26 is our RR Memorabilia Show. And September starts off with our Depot Picnic on Sept. 8. Summer is getting busy. Tom Pescha, V.P. Polo Shirts and Hat We have reordered Polo Shirts and Hats and they are now available. See order form in this newsletter. Summer Hours The museum will be open every Friday evening from 6 pm to 9 pm and the First and Third Saturday of the month from 11 am to 3 pm. May through October. We will need volunteers to help man these hours. 1
Depot Dispatch July2018 Volume IV Issue 7 Page 2 Future Plans of PRRM At the July meeting we will present future plans of the Painesville Railroad Museum expansion including the Lionel Experience and Event Center. This 6,000 square foot expansion includes one of the most comprehensive Lionel Post War model train collections in the U.S. and an Event Center with seating capacity of 200 guest. The Event Center with a full commercial kitchen, will be available for hosting club meetings, off site business meeting, small weddings, and other social events. Caboose Windows This will be an interactive, historical and educational facility for all ages. The project cost of this expansion is $3,200,000.00. We already have over $1,000,000.00 pledged. We are now in the process of looking for additional sponsors, no matter the size of the donation, to reach our goal. The Painesville Railroad Museum is a 501c3 non -profit and all donation are tax deductible under the extent of the law. Be sure to attend the next meeting to learn all the details. Back Doors The window in the cupola of the caboose has been completed and installed. Thank you Carl Neff for completing this project. The back doors of the express room have ha new look. They have been scraped and repaired. Great job for all the restoration crew who helped on this project. 2
Depot Dispatch July2018 Volume IV Issue 7 Page 3 Eagle Scout Project Zak Etzel is a Life Scout from Boy Scout Troop 111 in Grafton. He is working on his Eagle Scout project for the Painesville Railroad Museum. The reason why he has chosen us is he has attended many of our events and have notice that we have a lack of seating. His project for us is making four convertible picnic tables and two standard picnic tables. One of the requirements of the Eagle Scout is that he needs to raise funds for this project and then donate them to us. Zak estimates his project at $800.00. He will be selling beef sticks to raise his funds, order form is in this month s Depot Dispatch. Please consider supporting his Eagle Project and the Painesville Railroad Museum by purchasing Beef Sticks from Zak (only $1.00 each). His goal is to have the tables ready for the Depot Birthday Party on August 4, 2018 If you have any questions for Zak, you can contact him at 440-774-2051 or email him at vettenutte@frontier.com 3
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Depot Dispatch July2018 Volume IV Issue 7 Page 5 Wagon Restoration Dale s group is restoring one of our old carts. 5
Depot Dispatch July2018 Volume IV Issue 7 Page 6 Ashtabula Station - Sad Day A sad day indeed came on the last day of May. The Ashtabula Depot came to a very unjust end. It was built by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad in 1901. The same railroad that built the Painesville Depot. CSX Railroad workers tore it down Thursday (May 31, 2018) because of ongoing safety concerns. A local non-profit group, known as 21st Century Ashtabula Depot Rail Experience, formed three years ago and advocated turning the depot into a limited, working Amtrak Station. Though city officials backed the plan, it never came to fruition. Some of the Station History is John F. Kennedy's train stopped during his campaign for president in 1960. The depot has additional historical value to the area as the station is within 1,000 feet of the deadliest train bridge collapse in U.S. history, which killed 83 people in 1876. All that is left by the end of the day. 6
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Depot Dispatch July2018 Volume IV Issue 7 Page 8 Depot Dispatch Upcoming Dates and Events July 10, Membership Meeting 6 pm July 24 BOD Meeting 6 pm July 13, 14, 15 2018, PPIP, Downtown Painesville July 21, 2018 Jefferson Train Show, Jefferson, Ohio July 22, 2018 DPO Block Party, Painesville, Ohio July 29, 2018 Farm to Flea, Job Services, Painesville August 4, 2018 The Painesville Depot 125th Birthday Party. August 9, 2018 Lake County Visitor Bureau BBQ August 26, 2018 Railroad Memorabilia Show at the Depot Sept. 8, 2018, Depot Picnic, Noon to 5 pm at the Depot. Sept. 15, 2018 Boy Scout Day at the Depot. The Depot Dispatch is an official publication of The Western Reserve Railroad Association, Painesville Railroad Museum, Painesville, Ohio. It is published approximately once a month and is posted on the on the Depot Website free of charge. An electronic version of the newsletter will be emailed to members and a hard copy will be available at the Depot. Information regarding The Depot Dispatch, Depot activities and events may be obtained by writing to 3257 Center Road, Perry, Ohio 44081 or sending an e-mail to cyberlen@roadrunner.com. The Depot Dispatch and Depot activities and special events are funded by open houses, contributions, donations and annual fundraisers. All comments and opinions are welcome. Those views expressed in The Depot Dispatch do not necessarily reflect the policies or opinions of the Western Reserve Railroad Association. Sept. 30, 2018 Farm to Flea, Job Services, Painesville For a complete list of locate Train and Toy Shows visit www.cleveshows.com Art or? The Western Reserve Railroad Association DBA Painesville Railroad Museum www.painesvillerailroadmuseum.org 501(c)3 Non-profit President: Jim Wendorf 11381 Labrador Lane Concord, Ohio 44077 (440) 357-8890 wendorf@cvelimited.com Vice-President: Tom Pescha 3942 E. 364 Street Willoughby, Ohio 44094 (216) 470-5780 cleveshows@att.net Secretary: Leonard Kessler 3257 Center Rd. Perry, Ohio 44081 (440) 417-6746 cyberlen@roadrunner.com Treasurer: Dale Porter 6442 Lockwood Dr. Mentor, Ohio 44060 (440) 477-0133 ohiodap@gmail.com Editor: Tom Pescha 3942 E. 364 Street Willoughby, Ohio 44094 (216) 470-5780 cleveshows@att.net 8
Depot Dispatch July2018 Volume IV Issue 7 Page 9 Boy Scout Day The Painesville Railroad Museum will be hosting The National Model Railroad Association, MCR Davison 5 as they put on Railroad Merit Badge classes at the depot on September 15, 2018. The class cost is $25.00 each which covers the cost of a HO model train car kit which the scouts will be building and lunch. Class size is limited to 15 scouts. Troup 111 is also planning an over night camp out at the depot on the same weekend. New Garden Tractors We now nave two new (to us) garden Tractors, Both have had previous owners. The Yard Master by MTD was donated to us by Alan Shupp. The Troy Built was purchased, it is only three years old. Many thanks to Dennis for providing his tractor over the years to cut our grass. 9
Depot Dispatch July2018 Volume IV Issue 7 Page 10 This will be our 3 rd annual Railroad Memorabilia Show. The show will be held on August 26, 2018 from 10 am to 5 pm. The Railroad Memorabilia Show is designed to have collectors show off their private collections of railroad related items. These could be from railroad signals, plate setting ware (Dinner Ware) that was used in the dining cars, railroad lanterns, paper work from different railroads, conductor hats, engineer hats, etc. Some items will be for display only by private collectors and some items will be available for purchase. By displaying Railroad Artifacts, we can provide the history of Railroading and how it had a great influence on our history and the importance that the Painesville Depot once served. Some items will be for display only by private collectors and some items will be available for purchase. This show will provide the history of the Painesville depot from 1851 to present and how the railroads has influence the City of Painesville and our nation. See the Collinwood Engine 999. This is a replica of the famous New York Central engine that in May of 1893 set the land speed record of 112.5 mph. This will also give us a chance of showing off the progress of restoration that is taking place at the Depot. This program is funded in part by a grant from The Lake County Visitor s Bureau Arts and Culture Fund to further participation in, and awareness of, arts and culture in Lake County, and Robert S. Morrison Foundation, News-Herald. Admission: $5.00 adult, $3.00 child (3 to 12 year old) $12.00 Family (max 2 adults, 3 children) If you have items that you wish to display or sale, visit our web page for information. 10
Depot Dispatch July2018 Volume IV Issue 7 Page 11 Sweeter will be ordered on June 13, after our June membership meeting. We will be ordering just a few extras for the Gift Shop. Be sure to order one now if you want to guarantee to have one in your size. 11
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Depot Dispatch July2018 Volume IV Issue 7 Page 13 The Painesville Railroad Museum will have a booth at the Painesville Party in the Park. As always, we will be needing help setting up on Thursday, 6 pm at the park and teardown after the event. If you can help, call Rob at 440-289- 4014. We will also need help manning the booth. Show hours for booth are: Friday: 11 am to 9 pm Saturday: Noon to 9 pm Sunday: Noon to 9 pm 13
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Depot Dispatch July2018 Volume IV Issue 7 Page 15 The Remarkable Lake County Visitors Bureau will be holding it s 2nd annual BBQ at Pheasant Run Airport (owned by are very own Gretchen Reed). The Painesville Railroad Museum will have a booth at the BBQ to be the Trains. Pheasant Run Airport is the home of some 18 vintage aircraft. This should be a great event. This airplane is a reproduction of the most successful fighter used by the British in World War I. This airplane was General Patton's personal aircraft used in World War II for southern maneuvers observation purposes. 15
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Depot Dispatch July2018 Volume IV Issue 7 Page 18 Polo Shirts and Hats are in stock in the Gift Shop. 18