2001 St. Paul

The 2001 GNRHS convention was held July 14-18 in St. Paul, Minnesota at the Radisson Riverfront hotel.  For additional day-by-day photos and accompanying text, click the buttons to the left.  The agenda was as follows:

Saturday, July 14

1300 - 1800 - Board of Directors' meeting

1300 - 1800 - Registration

Sunday, July 15

0600 - 2100 - Steam Train ride behind CMStP&P 261

1600 - 1800 - Registration

Monday, July 16

0630 - 0830 - Rail Fair Set-up

0830 - 1430 - Rail Fair and Models/Displays

0830 - 1100 - Registration

1000 - 1430 - James J. Hill Reference Library open house

1530 - 1545 - Welcome Address by Mayor Norm Coleman

1545 - 1635 - "Railway Express Agency Operations at SPUD" by Dr. Jim Larson.

1545 - 1635 - "GN Passenger Car Modeling" by Ed Nygaard.

1640 - 1730 - "SPUD" by Dennis Henry & Barney Olsen.

1640 - 1730 - "The Hutch Line" by Bob Niederkorn.

1900 - 1950 - "Jackson St. Roundhouse" by Stu Holmquist.

1900 - 1950 - "How I Modeled a GN Freight Car Fleet" by Scott Thompson.

2000 - 2015 - Introductions & Tuesday Tour Notes

2015 - 2130 - Annual Business Meeting

Tuesday, July 17

0830 - 1700 - Tour of Minneapolis & Wayzata

1900 - 1905 - Wednesday Tour Notes

1905 - 2100 - "Rocky's Rails"

Wednesday, July 18

0830 - 1600 - Tour of St. Paul

1730 - 1830 - Reception

1830 - 2100 - Banquet Festivities

2100 - Closing