ONTARIO & WESTERN RAILWAY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC.
60th Anniversary Convention and Banquet Saturday, September 30th, 2023 Doors open at 11 AM at the Otterkill Country Club
100 Otter Rd., Campbell Hall, NY 10916
Our 2023 Convention will once again be held at the Otterkill Country Club in Campbell Hall, NY. We have been very pleased with
this location, which has plenty of room for our programs and displays, and is surrounded
on all sides by the beautiful Otterkill Golf Course.
The doors will open at 11 AM with our first program starting at 11 :30 AM and dinner served at 6 PM. For your convenience, lunch
will be available for purchase from the Otterkill Country Club.
There will be model and memorabilia displays as well as the Society sales table and other O&W related wares.
$20 at the Door to help sustain the ONTARIO & WESTERN RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC.
Check out the Otterkill Country Club and their banquet hall at www.otterkillgolf.com
The theme of this year's convention is The O&W in the Catskills and we will present a variety of programs, below (plus a brief bonus program) that illustrate why this region was so important to the O&W. We are fortunate to have several speakers this year who have intimate connections to the area and will be providing their unique perspectives. John Conway, Sullivan County Historian - "Doctors Say, "Go to the Mountains!" How the Railroad and the Region's Reputation as a Healing Environment Created Tourism in the Sullivan County Catskills"
Maurice Gerry - 1930's Ferndale Memories
Martin Leroy - Growing Up with the O&W
Mal Houck -NYO&W Passenger Traffic to the 'Vacation Hotels" ...... via the "Great Wooden Fleet"
Jeff Otto - Planes, Trains and ... Creosote
And - The Waste and Ruin Train Haus will be there with a table featuring O-Gauge O&W Trains and a simple layout - "The Vortex", operated with the "Little Monster" Transformer!
Come One, Come All!
