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The 2008 GNRHS Convention was held in Wenatchee, Washington from Saturday, July 19 to Wednesday, July 23.  For additional day-by-day photos and accompanying text, click the buttons to the left.  The agenda was as follows: 

CLICK HERE for a trip report by Lindsay Korst on the Wenatchee convention.
(from his www.gngoat.org website)

Saturday, July 19

Full Day Tours:

0800 - 1700 - Mansfield Branch Tour

0800 - 1700 - Iron Goat Trail Hike

Half Day Tours:

0800 - 1200 - Railfan up the Wenatchee Valley

1800 - Dinner at the Applewood Grill - Transportation on your own

Sunday, July 20

0800 - 1200 - Board Meeting

1100 - 1200 - Setup Railfair, Model and Photo Contest

1230 - 1300 - Welcome Meeting with hors d'oeuvres

1300 - 1600 - Registration

1315 - 1900 - Railfair, Model and Photo Contest

Dinner on your own

Evening Presentations:

2000 - 2100 - GN Electrics with Cordell Newby

2130 - 2330 - Night Photography Tour with Fr. Dale Peterka

Monday, July 21

0630 - Get-A-Way Breakfast Buffet

Half Day Tours:

0730 - 1200 - Railfan up the Wenatchee Valley

0730 - 1200 - Railfan down the Columbia River and Trinidad

0730 - 1200 - Ice Age Floods

Lunch on your own

Afternoon Presentations:

Dave Burns - GN Officer Training Program

Earl Currie - Contemporary Operations across the Cascades

Bob Downing - The Ellensburg Plan

John Langlot - History of Railroading in Wenatchee 40's to 70's

Dave Sprau - Depot Operations and Dispatching

1830 - 2000 - Dinner at Wenatchee Museum/Pizza & Pipes

Evening Presentations:

2030 - 2115 - The White Cascade with Gary Krist

2130 - 2300 - Informal Chat Session

Tuesday, July 22

0630 - Get-A-Way Breakfast Buffet

0730 - 1700 - Cascade All Day Tour

Dinner on your own

Evening Presentations:

1900 - 2200 - Model RR Layout Tour and the Nile Saunders Steam Train Park

1900 - 2100 - Chef Bob's Culinary Secrets

Wednesday, July 23

0630 - Get-A-Way Breakfast Buffet

Half Day Tours:

0730 - 1200 - Railfan up the Wenatchee Valley

0730 - 1200 - Railfan down the Columbia River and Trinidad

0730 - 1200 - Cashmere Museum, Depot and Rocky Reach Dam

Lunch on your own

Afternoon Presentations:

1330 - 1415 - Business Meeting

1430 - 1515 - O. Winston Link Then and Now with Father Dale Peterka

1530 - 1615 - Apple Yard Explosion with Chuck Strawn

1800 - Happy Hour

1830 - 2200 - Banquet

2000 - 2100 - Dinner Speaker John Strauss - Passenger Service Wenatchee

2115 - 2200 - Door Prizes and Raffle Drawing