2007 Minot

2007 Minot

The 2007 GNRHS Convention was held in Minot, North Dakota from Sunday, July 15 to Wednesday, July 18. For additional day-by-day photos and accompanying text, click the buttons to the left. The agenda was as follows:

Sunday, July 15

0800 - 1300 - Board Meeting

1300 - 1330 - Welcome Meeting

1330 - 1700 - Registration

1400 - 1430 - Set up for Rail Fair, Model Contest, Casey Adams Photo Contest

1430 - 1830 - Rail Fair, Model Contest, Casey Adams Photo Contest

1700 - 1900 - Dinner on your own

1900 - 2000 - M. John Lubetkin "Banquet Table Jay Gould set for Jim Hill"

2000 - 2100 - Cheri Bonebrake "Operation Lifesaver"

2100 - 2200 - Father Dale Peterka "Minot Slide Show 1980 - 1998"

Monday, July 16

0800 - 1000 - Registration

0800 - 1100 - Rail Fair

0900 - 1130 - Margie's Class

1200 - 1345 - Business Meeting / Sack Lunch

1400 - 1730 - Roundhouse Conversations

1. Richard Bonebrake "Call Boy Experiences"
2. David Burns "Student Officer Program with GN"
3. Earl Currie "Gavin Yard's role on today's BNSF"
4. Robert Downing "Building the Gavin Yard"
5. Dr. John Strauss "Minot Passenger Service"
6. Max Ulver "History of the Snowden and Fairview Lift Bridges"

1730 - 1900 - Dinner on your own

1900 - 2130 - Model Railroad Layout Tour

1900 - 2130 - Scandinavian Tour

Tuesday, July 17

0600 - 0715 - Breakfast on your own

0730 - 1730 - Lift Bridges Tour & Fort Union Tour; Lunch on Location

1730 - 1845 - Dinner on your own

1930 - 2200 - Orphan Train Play

Wednesday, July 18

0600 - 0745 - Breakfast on your own

0800 - 1200 - GN Minot Tours includes Gassman Coulee Bridge, Gavin Yard, Railroad Museum of Minot, and Soo Line Depot.

1200 - 1400 - BBQ Lunch and train rides at Roosevelt Park

1430 - 1530 - Gordon Brandvold - "GN 1966 Blizzard slide show"

1530 - 1630 - Duane Buck "Model Clinic - Revisiting EMD F Units"

1730 - 1800 - Happy Hour

1800 - 2200 - GNRHS Banquet and door prizes presented. David Burns - Dinner Speaker "Minot Memories from 1964".