French Creek Valley Railroad Historical Society Visitors Information

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <div align="center"><center><table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="2" width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="2"><font size="5" face="AGaramond Bold"><em>Welcome To The Official Web Site For<br> The French Creek Valley Railroad Historical Society<br> Crawford County, Pennsylvania</em></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr color="#800000"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="2"><font size="4">Introduction to the FCVRRHS</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><div align="center"><center><table border="0" width="98%"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="80%"><p align="left">Welcome Aboard! <br> <br> Beginning in the mid 1800s, many railroad companies operated in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. The more notable ones include the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad (A&GW), the Erie Railroad (ERIE), the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad (B&LE), the Erie Lackawanna Railroad (EL), the Penn Central Railroad (PC), Conrail (CR), the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad (WNYP), and the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS). Traction (trolley) systems were also in operation for a time. Because the railroad industry was such a huge influence on our community, we believe its story should be preserved for future generations. <a href="fcv_archives\fcv_historic_ol_01.htm">For a complete list, enter here</a>.<br> <br> The French Creek Valley Railroad Historical Society was incorporated in Pennsylvania as a non-stock, non-profit corporation in 1996, but became inactive shortly thereafter. In 2004, FCV was reactivated by members of the Railroad Committee of the Crawford County Historical Society, who make up the core group of FCV members. We are committed to preserving the rich railroad history of northwestern Pennsylvania.<br> <br> FCV is organized and operated solely for educational and public service purposes and is recognized by the IRS as a public charity. Current projects include, but are not limited to, the acquisition of a caboose and other equipment that once operated through Meadville, the production of a library of video recordings of interviews of former railroad employees, and the construction of a museum fashioned after the Erie Railroad passenger station in Meadville which was designed in 1893. In addition to interactive exhibits, displays of railroad artifacts, and a theatre, the museum will house a model of the Meadville railroad yard complex as it existed between the years of 1945-1955.<br> <br> We hope you will find this website both enlightening and interesting, and that you visit often.<br> <br> Sincerely,<br> Edward Cronin, President,<br> French Creek Valley Railroad Historical Society<br> 411 Chestnut Street, Meadville, Pennsylvania 16335<br> <a href="mailto:president@fcvrrhs.org"><font size="2">Contact President FCVRRHS</font></a></p> </td> </tr> </table> </center></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="2"><a href="http://www.fcvrrhs.org">http://www.fcvrrhs.org</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><font size="3" face="AGaramond Bold">Menu</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="main.htm" target="page"><font size="3" face="AGaramond Bold">Home</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="fcv_archives/fcv_historic.htm" target="page"><font size="3" face="AGaramond Bold">History/Archives</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="fcv_pr/fcv_pr.htm" target="page"><font size="3" face="AGaramond Bold">P.R./Education</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="fcv_prop/fcv_equip.htm" target="page"><font size="3" face="AGaramond Bold">Property/Equipment</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="fcv_programs/fcv_programs.htm" target="page"><font size="3" face="AGaramond Bold">Special Events</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="fcv_mrr/FCV_MRR.htm" target="page"><font size="3" face="AGaramond Bold">Model Railroad</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="fcv_member/fcv_member.htm" target="page"><font size="3" face="AGaramond Bold">Membership</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="fcv_museum/fcv_museum.htm" target="page"><font size="3" face="AGaramond Bold">Museum</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="fcv_pr/fcv_links.htm" target="page"><font size="3" face="AGaramond Bold">Links</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="fcv_pr/fcv_contact.htm" target="page"><font size="3" face="AGaramond Bold">Contact Us</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="tech.htm" target="page"><font size="3" face="AGaramond Bold">Tech Support</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="2"><font size="2">Copyright </font>©<font size="2"> 2004-2005 French Creek Valley Railroad Historical Society. All rights reserved.<br> Website Design by: PMD</font></td> </tr> </table> </center></div> </body>