December Membership Meeting Snowed Out

Lowell, Mass., December 17, 2016 - The Society cancelled its December 17, holiday meeting on account of snow conditions in the Lowell area. A winter storm threatened to leave up to five inches of snow in its wake, not a lot by New England standards, but enough to make driving conditions uncertain at the time that members would be traveling to the meeting.

Our next membership meeting will be held at Rogers Hall, Lowell, on Saturday,  January 14, 2017. The meeting program is entitled DISPATCHING THE ROUTE OF THE MINUTEMAN -- THE INSIDE STORY -- Guest speaker Carl Senftleben spent 18 years with the B&M RR and 18 more with Amtrak. Starting as night clerk at B&M's Fitchburg yard, then working various tower and operating jobs, and advancing up the B&M dispatcher ranks, he eventually became Chief Dispatcher and then Superintendent of Train Operations for Amtrak-Boston.  Carl will relate his experiences from B&M "common carrier status" to Amtrak Acelas and our now intense Commuter Rail, with insight and humor.  He probably knows it all because he has seen it all!  Do not miss this!! Free parking across the street. Meeting time will be 3:30 to 5:30 PM.