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Join the GM&O
Historical Society
Membership
The
GM&OHS sponsors a number of events each year where members can greet old friends
and make new ones. Our annual fall Railroadiana Show is held in conjunction
with our Annual Meeting and Dinner Banquet. Sellers and buyers from all over mark their
calendars for these not-to-be-missed events, and members receive reduced rates
on tables. The GM&OHS Annual Meeting, held in a GM&O on-line city each October
is an all-day event including railroadiana tables, model contests, and a banquet
featuring captivating guest speakers and an audio/visual presentation of
extraordinary interest. 
Longevity
It has
come to pass that this historical society dedicated to preserving the history of
the GM&O has surpassed the railroad in number of years in existence. The
dedicated members of the Society have worked hard and achieved many noteworthy
accomplishments:
- Published over 2400 pages of the GM&OHS
News, the official Society magazine.
- Commissioned and produced over 30 prototypically
accurate HO model railroad cars.
- Established archives with the Mercantile Library
of the University of Missouri at St. Louis
- Preserved two pieces of GM&O Railroad equipment:
- GM&O caboose no. 2954 preserved and
operating at the Monticello Railway Museum in Monticello, Illinois.
Years after its restoration, the caboose was sold to a museum member and
is now privately owned but still on museum property.
- GM&O GP35 no. 631, until recently on static display at FSI,
Inc. (the location of the former GM&N/GM&O Frascati Shops) in Mobile,
Alabama. The locomotive has been sold to Vintage Locomotives for further
restoration to operational condition for use on a tourist line in
Tennessee. The unit is to be maintained in historically accurate
paint and features.
 There
are four classes of annual GM&OHS membership:
- Regular - $30.00
- Senior - $25.00 (65+)
- Sustaining - $50.00 - $99.00
- Benefactor - $100.00 and up
International memberships, please add $15 to chosen membership class to cover
additional postal
expenses. Canadian members need only add $10 for cross
border mailings.
All members receive our quality photo
journal the GM&OHS News, and the Switchlist, our quarterly
newsletter. Memberships run from January 1st to December 31. Regardless of
when you join, you will receive all printed materials, including back issues,
for that calendar year (cutoff date is Nov. 1st of each year. Memberships
received after Nov. 1st are applied to the following year). Because your dues dollar retains its value all year
long, a GM&OHS membership also makes an ideal gift for that special railfan!
Sustaining and Benefactor Memberships
are a great way to give a little extra to support the Society's efforts.
Sustaining and Benefactor members are acknowledged at least once per year in the News,
and they receive free admission to all GM&OHS-sponsored train shows.
As the GM&OHS is a not-for-profit entity a tax benefit may be available to
members for the additional amount donated, as well.
It's easy to become a member!
Using
our
online shopping feature to make payment through
PayPal is the
easiest way to become a society member. Alternately, printing out and
completing the
printable membership form,
then sending it with appropriate dues amount to the following mailing address
will work just as well.
GM&O Historical Society
Attn: Secretary
P.O. Box 1753
Marion, IL 62959
Please
make your check or money order payable to:
GM&O Historical Society, Inc.
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