President’s Message

Dave Homer

Happy New Year and thank you for visiting our Website. Whether you are a new visitor or repeat visitor we very much appreciate you taking time to visit. There is a lot to do on our site, check events, shop in our store and join the Chapter as well.

As we move in to the Winter months, make sure you move trackside (being careful of course) to see what’s going on and if you’re taking pictures, keep in mind that today’s pictures are tomorrow’s history.

We’re very happy to announce the following events that you’re all invited to (more details can be found on the Event Calendar – Especially links of where to register for Zoom presentations).

As far as our meetings are concerned, we’re back to the 4th Monday of the month (except May, which is the 3rd Monday due to Memorial Day). Meetings in the Winter and Spring will be in person and virtual via Zoom. Check for the venue’s address (we hope to be back in the Senior Center by then).

  • January 26 – WJC Member Will Dicke will present a program on his recent trip to Alaska, where he and his wife traveled the Alaska Railroad from Seward to Fairbanks. Also included are Will’s pictures from the White Pass and Yukon Railroad.

  • February 23 – WJC Member Rich Taylor will present a program on his 1970-75 family summer vacations in Wildwood, which offered an opportunity to photograph the scheduled services and freight of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines after getting lineups from friendly operators at Tuckahoe.

  • March 23 – WJC Member Russ Sharp returns to present a program on things that aren’t there anymore. The program starts at Cape May, NJ, with a PRR GP9 and ends with the PRR South Wind departing Chicago, with a lot in between!

We’ll have more meetings and activities. Check out our website, shop in our store, join the Chapter!  

You can also follow us on Facebook and you can check out some of our programs on our YouTube channel.

We invite you to join us and if you wish, please reach out to us through the contact us section of our website. Thank you for your interest in the West Jersey Chapter – National Railway Historical Society.

Dave Homer