2002 Portland

The 2002 GNRHS convention was held July 14-17 in Portland, Oregon at the Radisson Hotel.  For additional day-by-day photos and accompanying text, click the buttons to the left.  The agenda was as follows:

Sunday, July 14

0900 - 1600 - Board of Directors' meeting

1300 - 1800 - Registration

1400 - 1600 - Rail Fair Set-up

1600 - 2100 - Rail Fair, Models/Displays, Casey Adams Photo Contests

Monday, July 15

0700 - 0830 - Portland Street Car ride and shops tour

0830 - 1000 - Brooklyn Roundhouse tour

1000 - 1530 - Columbia Gorge sternwheeler ride (buffet lunch onboard)

1545 - 1635 - Railway Operations in the NW by Bill Fleisher

1645 - 1735 - GN Passenger Train operations in the 1960's by Bill Fleisher

1645 - 1735 - Modeling GN Electrics by Stan Townsend

1900 - 1950 - Portland Union Station by Paul Hobbs

1900 - 1950 - B&W vintage photographs of OR logging RR's by Lyle Noah

2000 - 2050 - Present sites of Stevens Pass by Cliff West

2000 - 2050 - Construction of the Cascade Tunnel by Rick Piper

Tuesday, July 16

0715 - 1800 - Amtrak Cascades train trip to Seattle

1830 - 1940 - Annual Business Meeting

1945 - 2100 - "Rocky's Rails"

Wednesday, July 17

0700 - 1500 - Rail Tour featuring model RR, Union Station, Steel Bridge and Zoo

0700 - 1500 - Alternate tour of Rose Garden, Japanese Garden and Zoo

1600 - 2230 - Banquet Festivities on POTB Dinner Train & convention closing