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With the cancellation of the 2021 Annual meeting in Columbus due to Covid, there resulted in some confusion over the new dates for 2023. It turns out the annual meeting will start Wednesday evening the 17th, with a tour of the Age of Steam Roundhouse on Thursday the 18th, concluding with the traditional Banquet Saturday evening the 20th, and likely some layout tours on the 21st as people head home.

This is also the weekend AFTER Mother's Day weekend, which should help to reduce scheduling conflicts.

The Spring issue of TKM is available with lots of new products listed, two product reviews, super-detailing an outstanding RS-12 model, and model photos from the 2022 Annual Meeting model room.

Ticket sales for the 2022 Annual Meeting Banquet and Thursday's Rail Excursion both end on May 4th - we need to provide final numbers for the banquet meals to the hotel, and the number of excursions seats sold to the Railway on May 5th.

In addition, on-line registration will end on May 8th. In-person Registration will resume at 5PM Wednesday May 11th at the Annual Meeting. We will only be able to accept checks at the annual meeting.

We hope to see you there!

The 2022 Annual Meeting registration is well underway - over 200 members are already registered. You can register on this web site if paying by credit card. Visit the Annual meeting page for details.

You can also download a mail-in registration form and pay by check, but mail-in registrations need to be mailed by the end of April to be received in a timely manner as USPS first class mail has slowed.

You can also register on-site, although on-site registrants will not be able to buy a ticket to the banquet.

We hope to see you in Harrisburg!

The Annual Meeting Committee is finalizing the schedule for the 2022 Annual meeting at a new venue in Harrisburg, PA. The schedule should be posted here by March 13th, and as usual registration packages will be mailed at the same time. In addition to registering by mail, this year you will also be able to register on-line at this web site. On-site registration will start Wednesday evening, May 11th, with a train ride on Thursday, followed by two days of presentations, vendor sales, model room, and a banquet Saturday night, May 14th.

PRRT&HS is sponsoring a "Virtual" meeting the evening of November 20th, through Zoom

PRRT&HS Archivist Emeritus Robert L. Johnson has meticulously researched PRR cabin cars, providing an in-depth look at PRR cabin car development from the earliest beginnings in 1860. Their use in revenue freight, passenger express, and work equipment service are all explained. The book concludes with their gradual disappearance during the Penn-Central and Conrail years.

Once again some society members have volunteered to host a "Virtual" meeting on May 15th, with 6 presentations focused on the PRR. Click here for more details.

It took longer than we hoped, but we finally have the shipping process working on our new on-line store ("storefront" under the PRRTHS menu) Shipments began on February 16th, and we should have the backlog shipped by March 5th.

Over the next month we will be adding back issues of the Keystone to the new store.

The society has published a new book about the PRR in Altoona, the east slope, and the Petersburg and New Portage branches.
It will be available in our new e-Store January 31st and will begin shipping on February 9th.

Our new e-Store will begin operations on January 31st. The store can be accessed by clicking "Storefront" within the PRRTHS menu selection. We will quickly add all of our available books to the new store. Adding back issues of the Keystone may take most of February - there are a lot of them.

PRRT&HS members will receive member discounts on all books.

Also - changes in Credit card security rules have forced us to only accept credit cards on line. We will no longer be able to accept credit cards by mail or phone.

Fortunately our new storefront uses the latest security features, and will provide quick confirmation of payment.

New member renewal system up and running! Log into your account to renew!

The new PRRT&HS web site will bring a new member account capability with much improved renewal features, a new e-store, and an ever increasing amount of content