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You've found the website of the most fun group of rail enthusiasts you'll ever meet! Until the end of 2019 we had monthly get-togethers with presentations on interesting railway topics plus we scheduled rides on tourist railroads or Amtrak each year around Saint Patrick's Day. We hold our annual picnic at the Walkersville Community Park alongside the tracks of the Walkersville Railroad where we have two CRA-owned cabooses, and we publish an informative monthly newsletter called the High Green.

Chessie members and friends pose for a picture at the Culpeper, Virginia, depot shortly after stepping off Amtrak's outbound Cardinal from Washington, DC, on March 16, 2008, during the CRA's annual observance of Saint Patrick's Day. After enjoying lunch, dessert and coffee at several establishments in town, the group caught the inbound Cardinal back to Washington that evening. Ray Saunders photo.