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In honor of the 75th Anniversary of the opening of Cleveland Union Terminal, the 2005 convention was held in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 15-17, 2005.
Convention activities included a shop tour of the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad, a tour of the Terminal Tower (the skyscraper built as part of Cleveland Union Terminal), a tour of the Steamship William G. Mather Museum, and a river tour of Cleveland's Flats on the Goodtime III. There was also a banquet and raffle on Saturday night, and of course, slide shows from several top-notch local photographers.
Below are some pictures from the convention. These pictures were taken by Darren Ernst and Chuck French.
A Penn Central banner was on display on Thursday during the model display and swap meet time.
Some of the models and railroadiana brought and displayed by Blair Davies.
More models on display on Thursday evening.
Gene Fusco of Rail Yard Models at his swap meet table. The gray boxcar on the center of the table is his new PRR X58
boxcar model, announced just moments before.
PCRRHS trustee Gary Farmer, posing with some of his PC Lake Region railroadiana he brought for display.
The crowd takes their seats for the first of the evening's two slide shows.
On Friday morning, Secretary Chuck French, President Jim Homoki, and Treasurer Mike Beverley preside over the business meeting.
Friday afternoon featured a shop tour of the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad's Fitzwater Shops. Dave Hopson gives a wave
just after the vans were unloaded in the shop parking lot.
In the shop was CVSR's freshly-painted C424 4241. The locomotive was formerly Canadian Pacific 4241.
Howard Laker, Ken Lavelle, and Tom Marsh check out CVSR's FPA4 6771.
Outside was leased FPA4 800, painted in Baltimore & Ohio colors. This locomotive previously worked on the Western
Maryland Scenic in WM paint.
CVSR RS3 4099. This is one of the CVSR's original diesel locomotives, and is still in use today. It was originally a Delaware & Hudson
locomotive of the same number.
Chip Syme poses in the cab of FPA4 6771.
Dave Owens, wishing there were this many operating Alcos back home in Connecticut. In the background is privately owned C&NW
RSD5 1689 that is stored on the property.
The CVSR shop forces graciously opened up the St. Lucie Sound, an ex-Florida East Coast observation private car that CVSR
uses for charters and VIPs. This is the bar in the center of the car.
The observation lounge at the rear of the St. Lucie Sound. Notice the decorative glass, etched with sunset motifs that fit the
territory that this car originally ran on.
Gary Farmer, Mark Branibar, Jerry Jordak, and Rusty Donald enjoy the comfort and luxury onboard the St. Lucie Sound.
In the meantime, two RDCs that were on a VIP charter returned to the shop.
After the RDCs returned, we had a group photo taken with the former Penn Central RDC of the pair. This RDC was originally
New Haven 48. CVSR purchased the RDC from the Louisville, New Albany & Corydon Railroad in Indiana.
After the group photo, we were treated to a short ride on the RDCs.
For Friday night dinner, we went to Quaker Steak & Lube in nearby Valley View. Here is one of their vintage Corvettes on display.
Chowing down at the Lube.
On Saturday morning, we began with a tour of the Steamship William G. Mather Museum. The Mather is preserved Great Lakes ore boat
docked on the Cleveland waterfront. This is a view of one of the cargo bays, converted into the entrance and exhibit hall for the museum.
The inside of the Mather's wheel house.
A view of the Mather from the wheel house.
Inside the Mather's Upper Guest Lounge.
The officers' dining room on the Mather.
The Mather's main engine room
Next up was a boat ride on Lake Erie and the Cuyahoga River on the Goodtime III. Here, we are about to go under the ex-NYC
drawbridge at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, on a typical beautiful Cleveland afternoon.
Looking towards Whiskey Island while passing under the drawbridge. The two main tracks head west towards Berea, while the tracks
off to the left are the leads to Riverbed Yard and the ore dock.
Due to a rowing event, our trip went up the old riverbed along the south side of Whiskey Island instead. This is a view
of the yard office at the ore dock on Whiskey Island.
This is a piece of one of the Hulett iron ore unloaders that used to stand on Whiskey Island. Two of the Huletts were saved from
the scrapper's torch and stored on-site for hopefully future reassembly and restoration somewhere.
A view of the William G. Mather from the Goodtime III.
Our last stop of the day was at Tower City Center, the shopping mall complex developed in the old Cleveland Union Terminal, for a trip to the observation deck on the 42nd floor of the Terminal Tower.
On the way through the mall, Chip Syme was stopped by a couple characters who wanted to give him some fashion advice.
A convenience store in Tower City uses one of the original CUT ticket windows for its lottery ticket window.
The portico off of CUT's Public Square entrance, which has been restored to its original appearance.
The following pictures are views from the Terminal Tower observation deck. This picture is looking southeast. Jacobs
Field and Quicken Loans Arena on the left. Ontario Street is to the right of the center of the picture, and on the right
are the approach tracks to CUT, now used by RTA rapid transit trains. The large green space to the right rear of
the picture once was an oil refinery.
Looking down at Public Square. The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is in the center of the picture, and the brown building
behind it is the BP Building.
Looking northwest at the ex-NYC drawbridge and Whiskey Island.
Looking at the Cuyahoga River as the Goodtime III makes its way upriver. The blue bridge in the foreground is the
Carter Road bridge. Immediately behind it is ex-NYC Bridge 2, now abandoned. Flats Tower is to the left of the bridge.
Around the bend is Bridge 4, still used by the Flats Industrial Railroad. FIR SW1200 1202 sits to the left of the bridge.
In the background, the white bridge with the catenary is the former CUT viaduct across the Cuyahoga River valley, now
used by RTA rapid transit trains.
Saturday evening featured the convention banquet, a raffle, and slide shows by Mark Demaline and Mark Branibar. These are some candid pictures from the banquet.
Dave Hopson, Chip Syme, Jerry Jordak, and our presenters for the evening, Mark Demaline and Mark Branibar.
Ross Jack, Dave Sepos, Rusty Donald, and Blair Davies.
Larry Lawler, Joe Jack, and Gary Farmer.
Mike Beverley, Fran Richard, Dave Owens, and Harvey Guildford.
For more information on Cleveland Union Terminal, visit ClevelandUnionTerminal.org.
