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The 2000 GNRHS convention was held July 16-19 in the Seattle-area at the Doubletree Hotel in Bellevue, Washington.  For additional day-by-day photos and accompanying text, click the buttons to the left.  The agenda was as follows:

Sunday, July 16

0700 - Board of Directors' meeting

1000 - 1600 - Model Layout Open Houses (Edmonds and Kent)

1400 - 1800 - Registration

1630 - 1800 - Rail Fair Vendor setup

1800 - 2100 - Rail Fair and Models/Displays

Monday, July 17

0800 - 1100 - Registration

0800 - 1100 - Rail Fair and Models/Displays

1300 - 1355 - President's Welcome & Introductions

1400 - 1455 - GNR & Seattle:  A study in corporate public relations by Kurt Armbruster

1400 - 1455 - Modeling with Styrene by Bob Hundman

1500 - 1555 - Remembering the Wellington Avalanche by Bob Kelly

1500 - 1555 - Fraser River Bridge by Frank Leonard

1600 - 1655 - GN's Seattle Operations: Photographic Gems by Warren Wing

1830 - 1855 - Briefing: Tuesday's Bus Tours by Local Committee

1900 - 1955 - GN's Monroe Greenhouse Operations by Tony DeRooy

1900 - 1955 - Introduction to Publishing with Joe Shine, Richard Yaremko and Kurt Armbruster

2000 - 2055 - Passenger Trains, Art & National Landscape by J. Craig Thorpe

2000 - 2055 - Modeling GN's F-units by Duane Buck

2100 - 2155 - Annual Business Meeting by Dr. Jim Larson, GNRHS President

Tuesday, July 18

0800 - 1630 - Railfan Bus tour of Interbay, King Street Station and Bridge 4.

0900 - 1600 - Alternate tour of Seattle, Space Needle, Pike Place Market and shopping.

1800 - 1830 - Wine and Cheese social

1830 - 1855 - Briefing:  Wednesday's Amtrak Cascades Bellingham trip by Local Committee

1900 - 2100 - Alternate Craft Activity: Rubber Stamp Projects

1900 - 2000 - Rocky's Rails Panel #1 (Bill Ferryman, Tom Mackenroth, Julian Woolford)

2000 - 2100 - Rocky's Rails Panel #2 (Jim Emoto, Greer Nielsen, Dave Sprau)

Wednesday, July 19

0630 - 1400 - Amtrak Cascades (Talgo) roundtrip to Bellingham

1700 - 1830 - Social Hour

1830 - 2130 - Banquet Festivities

2130 - Closing