Orville Historical Society - Comes for a visit.

May 8th - Starting the season off on a positive note the Orville Railroad Heritage Society made the Mad River & NKP its primary stop on it's first excursion of the year. From Orville Ohio the group traveled by train to Monroeville, Ohio, and then took a bus to the museum.

The day was cold and rainy but the hundred plus hardy "Rail Fans" braved the weather to tour the museum. Many people were repeat visitors, but others had not been here before. We ran a few movies in the Welcome Center while people warmed up a bit. All in all there were 150 or so people who came.

In addition to the Orville group we also had a tractor group come to show off their restoration skills. Over twenty restored tractors were on display.

The "Lincoln" bell is safely in it's new home in the B room behind the Gift Shop in the Monument building. A new wood and glass case was made for the museum by Mario Leonard. Mario is shown proudly here with the display case he made.

After the presentation from Jim Semon we took
a group picture. Many long time members were present.
How many people do you know?