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Due to effects from Hurricane Michael in the Albany area last week, the fall meeting of the Central of Georgia Railway Historical Society scheduled for October 27, 2018, in Albany has been CANCELLED!! This decision was reached in consultation with Albany area members.

If you registered via PayPal, your registration fees will be refunded shortly. If you registered by check, we’ll send a refund check shortly.

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The fall membership meeting of the Central of Georgia Railway Historical Society, Inc., has been scheduled for Saturday, October 27, 2018, in Albany, Ga. Our meeting will include a tour of various railroad sites during the day on Saturday, and our annual business meeting, including elections for Board of Directors, and a presentation on the railroads of Albany, on Saturday night. (Note that this meeting is two weeks later than our usual fall meeting date, and will only involve activities on Saturday!)

At 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 27, 2018, we’ll depart the Hampton Inn in Albany, Ga., (see address below) by vans for a tour of various CofGa (and other) railroad sites in Albany and the surrounding areas. Tentative plans are to visit existing CofGa stations and depots in Albany, Leesburg (recently restored), and Smithville (located inside the wye where the Montgomery District connected to the Albany District). We’ll also view several other important railroad locations in the Albany area. We should return to the hotel around 4:00 p.m.

At 7:00 p.m. that evening, we will have our annual business meeting at the meeting room at the Hampton Inn (see address below). Following elections for Board of Directors, we’ll have a presentation by CGRHS member Frank Crowe on the railroads in Albany.

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hampton Inn and Suites Albany at Albany Mall, 2628 Dawson Road, Albany, Georgia 31707 (229-405-2000). The group rate is $104 to $114, depending on the type of room and number of guests in that room. Please be sure to mention that you are with the “Central of Georgia Railway Historical Society” when calling to make reservations. The cut-off date for that rate is October 5, 2018. (Rooms are available Friday night and Saturday night.)

Registration for the weekend’s events is $30 per person (or $50 per couple). To register, send your name, address, and number of registrations (include individual names for name tags) to Society Secretary/Treasurer Graham Dean (see address in the current issue of The Right Way). Payment can be made by check or money order payable to CGRHS.

Registration can also be made here using PayPal. Early registration is highly recommended!

If you have questions, please contact Society president Allen Tuten (allen@cofga.org).

The spring meeting of the Central of Georgia Railway Historical Society, Inc., has been scheduled for Friday and Saturday, April 20–21, 2018, in Dublin, Ga. Our meeting will include an archive work session during the day on Friday, a presentation on Friday night, and a bus tour on Saturday that will include the Sandersville Railroad shops and facilities at Sandersville, and other CofGa-related sites in the Dublin area.

On Friday morning, we’ll have an archive work session in the meeting room at the Hampton Inn in Dublin, Ga., starting at 9:00 a.m. Current plans are to continue the process of cleaning, sorting, and organizing the Society’s equipment drawings. (Members are encouraged to stop by anytime during the day.)

We’ll have a presentation in the meeting room Friday night, with tentative plans to begin at 7:00 p.m.

On Saturday morning, we’ll depart the hotel at 8:00 a.m. for a tour of the shops and facilities of the Sandersville Railroad in Sandersville, Ga., their interchange with the CofGa at Tennille, Ga., and several other CofGa-related sites in the Dublin area. The bus should return to the motel around 4:00 p.m.

There are no activities scheduled for Saturday night.

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hampton Inn, 103 Travel Center Blvd., Dublin, GA 31021. Reservations may be made by calling the motel at 478-246-6055 and mentioning “Central of Georgia Railway Historical Society” meeting. You can also reserve online at www.hamptoninn.com and use the group code “CGR” or by using this link. (Set arrival departure dates as needed.) The group rate is $119.00 per night and includes breakfast and free high-speed internet. The group rate is valid through April 16, 2018. Rooms are available for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.

Registration for the weekend’s events is $35 per person or $60 per couple. To register, send your name, address, and number of registrations (include individual names for name tags), along with a check or money order (payable to CGRHS) to secretary/treasurer Graham Dean (address is in the meeting announcement mailed to members on March 21). Registration can also be made here using PayPal. Early registration is highly recommended!

If you have questions, please contact Society president Allen Tuten (allen@cofga.org).

(We apologize for the late notice regarding the spring meeting. Due to circumstances beyond our control, our original plans to meet in a different city in May had to be changed. Other issues have delayed publication of the next issue of The Right Way. However, we hope to mail that issue in early April.)

The fall membership meeting of the Central of Georgia Railway Historical Society, Inc., has been scheduled for Friday–Saturday, October 13–14, 2017, in Savannah, Ga. Our meeting will include a tour of the Georgia Ports Authority on Friday afternoon, a membership meeting (including board elections) Friday night, and activities all day Saturday.

At 3:00 p.m. on Friday, October 13, we’ll depart the Holiday Inn Express (see address below) by bus for a tour of the Georgia Ports Authority. (Note: You must register in advance for this tour. A photo ID is required for entrance to the Ports). We should return to the motel around 5:30 p.m. (Note that due to the Ports tour, we will not have an archive work session.)

At 6:45 p.m. Friday night, we’ll have the annual meeting of the Society’s Board of Directors in the meeting room at the motel. Members are welcomed to attend, although the meeting is for discussion of various Society administrative business. At 7:30 p.m., we’ll have our annual business meeting, which will include elections for Board of Directors. Following the business meeting, CGRHS member Thomas Bordeaux will give a presentation on the history of the CofGa’s Tybee Branch. (Our bus tour on Saturday will include visits to some portions of the Tybee Branch.)

On Saturday, we’ll depart the Holiday Inn Express around 8:45 a.m. for a bus tour to various CofGa sites. At 10:00 a.m., we’ll depart via charter boat from the Bull River Marina for a unique trip to see the remaining trestle pilings from the CofGa’s Tybee Branch crossing of St. Augustine Creek. We’ll also follow the abandoned Tybee roadbed along the South Channel of the Savannah River, returning to the marina around noon. (Note: Due to the number of seats available on the boat, early registration is highly recommended.)

After lunch, we’ll visit the Georgia State Railroad Museum to see the restoration work being done on the Society’s 1925 CofGa flat car. Members will also have an opportunity to see the Museum’s other CofGa equipment. After leaving the Museum, we’ll visit several other CofGa sites in the Savannah area and should return to the motel around 4:00 p.m. (Note that the exact itinerary is subject to change.) There will not be any activities Saturday night. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Holiday Inn Express, 7210 Georgia Highway 21, Port Wentworth, GA 31407 (912-964-8900). The group rate is $99.00 per night. Please be sure to mention that you are with the “Central GA Railway Historical Society” when calling to make reservations. The cut-off date for that rate is September 28, 2017. (Rooms are available Thursday night through Saturday night.)

Registration for the weekend’s events is $35 per person (or $55 per couple). To register, send your name, address, and number of registrations (include individual names for name tags) to Society Secretary/Treasurer Eddie Shaw (see address in the last issue of The Right Way). Payment can be made by check or money order payable to CGRHS. Registration can also be made here using PayPal. Early registration is highly recommended!

More specific details will be posted as available.