4Q 2026 CRHS Membership Meeting
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The CRHS will hold its fourth quarter 2026 membership meeting on Saturday, October 10, 2026 at the National New York Central Railroad Museum, 721 S. Main St., Elkhart, IN 46516, with a tentative visit to the Elkhart Model Railroad Club.
Register for the event here: https://conrailshoppe.com/crhs-4th-quarter-2026-membership-meeting-saturday-october-11th-2026/
The meeting’s program features the presentation “A Day at Elkhart During Conrail,” by author Gregg Grabijas; a presentation about the National New York Central Railroad Museum and tour of the museum grounds by Brent Holaway (former museum director) and Abby Gratzol (current museum curator); and the presentation “History of Elkhart-area Railroading, 1851 – 1968,” by local railroad historians Steve Deinhart and Steve Barton. A brief CRHS business meeting will follow lunch.
Conrail artifacts from The CRHS Archives will be displayed. The CRHS Shoppe will be on site selling hats, T-shirts, stickers and more.
The Elkhart Model Railroad Club, known as the “Elkhart & Western Railways,” features HO scale and N scale layouts. The HO-scale layout measures 24 ft. x 45 ft. It features lots of hand built structures, hand laid track and turnouts , and Digitrax DCC control. The N-scale layout measures 19 ft. x 17 ft. It is a shelf layout featuring point-to-point operation with loops at each end, and a steel mill.
The schedule for the day will be:
9:30am - Check in at the National NYC Railroad Museum
10:00am - Welcome! -- Doug Watts, CRHS director and former CR employee
10:15am - Brent Holaway and Abby Gratzol from the NYC Museum will provide a presentation and tour of grounds with an insider’s view
11:15am - "A Day at Elkhart During Conrail" presented by author Gregg Grabijas
12:45pm - Pizza lunch
1:30pm - CRHS business meeting
2:00pm - "History of Elkhart Area Railroading, 1851 - 1968" presented by local railroad historians Steve Deinhart and Steve Barton
3:30pm - Wrap-up of Part 1 of the day's events - Doug Watts
4:00pm - Free time for rail photography and dinner on your own
Tentative 7:00pm - Visit the Elkhart Model Railroad Club, with its substantial HO and N scale layouts.
We anticipate the day ending by 9:00pm.
Admission to the Museum will be free that day for CRHS members! Pre-registration is required at https://conrailshoppe.com/crhs-4th-quarter-2026-membership-meeting-saturday-october-11th-2026/ The cost for lunch, which includes pizza selections and soda or water, will be $10 per person, payable that day or now at https://conrailshoppe.com/crhs-4th-quarter-2026-membership-meeting-saturday-october-11th-2026/
If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you there!
As always, thanks for your continued participation in and support of The Conrail Historical Society!
Register for the event here: https://conrailshoppe.com/crhs-4th-quarter-2026-membership-meeting-saturday-october-11th-2026/
The meeting’s program features the presentation “A Day at Elkhart During Conrail,” by author Gregg Grabijas; a presentation about the National New York Central Railroad Museum and tour of the museum grounds by Brent Holaway (former museum director) and Abby Gratzol (current museum curator); and the presentation “History of Elkhart-area Railroading, 1851 – 1968,” by local railroad historians Steve Deinhart and Steve Barton. A brief CRHS business meeting will follow lunch.
Conrail artifacts from The CRHS Archives will be displayed. The CRHS Shoppe will be on site selling hats, T-shirts, stickers and more.
The Elkhart Model Railroad Club, known as the “Elkhart & Western Railways,” features HO scale and N scale layouts. The HO-scale layout measures 24 ft. x 45 ft. It features lots of hand built structures, hand laid track and turnouts , and Digitrax DCC control. The N-scale layout measures 19 ft. x 17 ft. It is a shelf layout featuring point-to-point operation with loops at each end, and a steel mill.
The schedule for the day will be:
9:30am - Check in at the National NYC Railroad Museum
10:00am - Welcome! -- Doug Watts, CRHS director and former CR employee
10:15am - Brent Holaway and Abby Gratzol from the NYC Museum will provide a presentation and tour of grounds with an insider’s view
11:15am - "A Day at Elkhart During Conrail" presented by author Gregg Grabijas
12:45pm - Pizza lunch
1:30pm - CRHS business meeting
2:00pm - "History of Elkhart Area Railroading, 1851 - 1968" presented by local railroad historians Steve Deinhart and Steve Barton
3:30pm - Wrap-up of Part 1 of the day's events - Doug Watts
4:00pm - Free time for rail photography and dinner on your own
Tentative 7:00pm - Visit the Elkhart Model Railroad Club, with its substantial HO and N scale layouts.
We anticipate the day ending by 9:00pm.
Admission to the Museum will be free that day for CRHS members! Pre-registration is required at https://conrailshoppe.com/crhs-4th-quarter-2026-membership-meeting-saturday-october-11th-2026/ The cost for lunch, which includes pizza selections and soda or water, will be $10 per person, payable that day or now at https://conrailshoppe.com/crhs-4th-quarter-2026-membership-meeting-saturday-october-11th-2026/
If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you there!
As always, thanks for your continued participation in and support of The Conrail Historical Society!
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National New York Central Railroad Museum, 721 S Main St, Elkhart, IN 46516-3715, United States
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