The 2025 RRHS Convention is scheduled for April 26th and 27th.
- It will be held at the Franklin Conference Center at the Howe Center, 1 Scale Avenue, Rutland, Vermont
Events include:
Saturday:
- 8:00 A.M. Check-in, registration, swap tables, displays, coffee and doughnuts at the Rail Room, Franklin
- 9:15-10:00 Welcome, Newsliner, Archives and Business Meeting
- 10:00-10:45 Modeling Prototype Freight Cars and Traffic on the Rutland Railroad
- 11:00-11:45 The History of the Rutland Street Railway Company
- 12:00 – 1:30 Buffet Lunch, Franklin Conference Center
- 1:30 – 2:15 Show and Tell of Members Pictures (10-15 jpegs or slides per members)
- 2:30 – 3:15 Bringing Marble Down the Mountain
- 3:30 – 4:15 The History of the Howe Scale Company, Rutland, Vermont
- 4:30 – 5:00 The Rutland Branch, the Hill Freight
- 6:00 – 7:30 Banquet
- 7:30 Auction
Banquet Presentation:
The Stations of the Rutland, from Rutland to Burlington.
Sunday:
- 8:30 A.M. C&P’s Back Door Entrance to Rutland Yard from Center Rutland
Rutland 2025 Convention Registration Form
Registration fees payable to “RRHSC”.
Please send to convention registrar: Jeff English, 6 Lansing Avenue, Troy NY – 12180-4829
To reserve a table, please email Will Davis at brutusdav@aol.com. If you do not request a table, you will not be able to get one on convention day.
Arrangements are being made for a convention room rate at the Hampton Inn ($199 per night – reserve by April 5, 2024)