Complete schedule for NWHS Convention 2012

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How long will sign-in and registration be open on Thursday and  Friday?
 
Bill Browder
 
 
In a message dated 6/17/2012 8:40:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

Lists:
Here is the  complete schedule for the Norfolk & western Historical Society 
2012  Convention in Lynchburg:

Thursday, Jun 21st
Mid-morning:  Open for set-up.
Noon: Sign-in and Registration.
1:00 PM NWHS Board of  Directors meeting.
3:00 – 9:00 PM Exhibit Hall open
4:30 – 6:00 PM  Dinner break
6:00 PM Welcome and updates by Ron Davis and Charlie  Long
6:30 PM Presentation: Slide program, N&W in Lynchburg before NS,  Rick 
Johnson
7:45 PM Aubrey Wiley's Railroad Relic Garden open for  evening/night 
photography.
(Shuttle to the Wiley's will be provided due to  narrow street and parking 
restrictions.)


Friday, June 22nd
7:00 – 9:00 AM  Aubrey Wiley's Railroad Relic Garden open for morning light 
 photography.
(Shuttle to the Wiley's will be provided due to narrow street  and parking 
restrictions.)
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Sign-in and  Registration
8:00 – 5:00 PM Exhibit Hall open
8:30 Old N&W main line  bike trail ride, downtown, former Island Yard. 
Aubrey Wiley, guide.
9:30  Clinic: Frank Bongiovanni (TBA)
11:00 Clinic: Bob Flippen, Willis W. Vail -  An Engineer with a Camera; 
Construction of the High Bridge Steel Viaduct  1913-1914 (
1:15 Clinic: TBA
2:30 Clinic: Bill McClure, Studies In Gray:  VGN Maintenance of Way 
Equipment 
3:45 Clinic: Paul Weber, Modeling 1960's  N&W Maintenance of Way cars 
5:00 – 6:15 Dinner break
6:30 – 8:00 PM  Presentation: Aubrey Wiley, The South River Lumber Co., 
Cornwall, VA, on  N&W's Shenandoah Division
8:00 Kalmbach (MODEL RAILROADER) VGN project  railroad DVD
9:00 Forum: Virginian Interest Group


Saturday, June 23rd
8:00 AM –  5:00 PM Sign-in and Registration
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Exhibit Hall  open
8:00 AM – 3:00 PM Bus Tour: South Central Virginia Stations and  Historic 
Locations
(Itinerary posted at NWHS.org/convention – registration  required)
6:00 – 7:00 PM Reception
7:00 PM Banquet, Awards,  Program
Program Speaker: Aubrey Wiley, 'Why We Remember The  Virginian'


Sunday, June  24th
9:00 AM Membership Breakfast
*10:00 AM Membership Meeting (*  time approx. following breakfast)
*1:00 PM Farmville, VA, (* time approx.  following lunch) Bike trail ride 
to High Bridge, High Bridge State  Park.
This is a last minute addition to our Sunday itinerary if there is  
interest. There will be limited transportation, including bicycles, from  Lynchburg 
to Farmville. Bike rentals in Farmville. Please e-mail Charlie Long  at 
conv2012 at earthlink.net if interested or if you need additional  information.


Thanks to all who are VOLUNTEERING to make the  Convention a pleasurable 
event. And, to all who have registered with  confidence that this will be a 
pleasurable  Convention!
Charlie  Long
NWHS Convention 2012
'Mainline to Norfolk'
Lynchburg
Contact:  conv2012 at earthlink.net
Web:  NWHS.org/convention



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