February Membership Meeting

Featured Presentation:
The Railroad as a Strategic Military Tool, author and new member Diana Harris will show how the remarkable Herman Haupt used sophisticated engineering innovations and pragmatic operational policies to transform the US Military Railroad and Construction Corps – both essentially civilian contractors – into ingeniously-equipped, well-trained, and well-organized forces that played a significant role in the defeat of the Confederacy. She will also show the impact of these innovations and policies on one specific locomotive engineer: her great-grandfather John H. Bailey

Date:  February 17th, 2012

Time:  7:30pm

Location:  

      St. Mark's Lutheran Church
      5415 SE Powell Blvd.
      Portland, OR

Meetings of the membership are held every month, usually on the third Friday. Visitors are warmly welcomed! Typically, we first address the general business of the Chapter. This can be a great time to learn about not only what the PNWC is doing, but also what other rail-related groups are doing in the region and around the world. We then break for refreshments, and after the break we have the program. Monthly programs are always interesting and often feature guest speakers, multimedia presentations or videos selected from our extensive library.