Wednesday, June 23, 2010
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
(A MARC Train goes west towards Washington from the Dorsey, MD MARC Station)
The Registration form for the 2010 B&ORHS-CSHS-R&LHS Convention is now available.
http://borhs.org/Events/2010AnnualBaltimore.pdf
Convention Schedule
B&ORRHS-CSHS-R&LHS Joint Convention Schedule October 21 to 24, 2010
Convention Hotel: The Holiday Inn BWI Airport, 890 Elkridge Landing Rd., Linthicum MD 21090, phone 410-694-6024, is the convention headquarters hotel and will be the location of the registration, presentations and the Company Store. The Society hotel room rate is $95.00 per night plus room taxes. Please state that the reservation is for the B&ORRHS block of rooms when you make your room reservation. Please book your room reservation by no later than September 21, 2010. After that date, room reservations for our group will be taken on a space-available basis only.
Thursday, October 21, 2010:
- 12 Noon – 3:00 PM
: Board of Directors meeting (at the hotel)
- 12 Noon: Company Store set-up at the hotel
- 3:00 PM: Convention registration and Company Store sales at the hotel
- 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM: Convention registration, contest registration and Company Store sales at the hotel.
- 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM: Evening presentations at the hotel:
- Travers Stavac and others: Retired Administrators of the B&O Railroad (RABO) Panel
- Dave Shackelford: Early Railroad Transportation in Baltimore
- John Teichmoeller: B&O’s Baltimore Harbor Rail-Marine Operations
- Dave Manning: Modeling the Chessie System H-29 (B&O Class W-13) Hopper Cars
Friday, October 22, 2010:
- 7:45 AM: Board buses
- 8:00 AM: Buses leave hotel for a tour along the old Royal Blue line between Baltimore and Wilmington DE, including the Wilmington & Western Railroad to/from, Hockessin DE, B&O Wilmington Station, and Aberdeen Station.
- 12 Noon – 1:00 PM (approx): Box lunch on the Wilmington & Western Railroad
- 3:30 PM: Buses return to hotel
- 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM: Convention registration, contest registration and Company Store sales at the hotel
- 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM: Evening presentations at the hotel:
- Fred Lass: Building & Detailing B&O Steam Locomotives
- Mike Shylanski: Late B&O and Chessie Era Box Cars
- Roger Hammond: Operations at Carroll Yard aka "Trailer Ramp" in the Chessie Era
- David Pfieffer: A History of the B&O's Camden Station and Warehouse Complex
- Travers Stavac: Power Movements at Riverside-October 1953
Saturday, October 23, 2010:
- 7:45 AM: Board buses
- 8:00 AM: Buses leave hotel for a tour along the old Royal Blue line in the Baltimore vicinity, including Mt. Royal Station, Sports Legends Museum, Baltimore Museum of Industry, and the B&O Railroad Museum. Tours of Mt. Royal Station and the Sports Legends Museum may be done via alternating groups to help mitigate crowd size. There will be an optional Restoration Shop tour available at the B&O Museum for the first 25 attendees who sign up at the convention registration desk ($22 each).
- 12:15 Noon – 1:15 PM (approx): Box lunch
- 3:30 PM: Buses return to hotel
- 4:00 – 5:00 PM: Final Company Store sales at the hotel (please pick up your model and photo display entries before closing)
- 5:00 – 6:00 PM: Reception and cash bar at the hotel
- 6:00 – 9:30 PM: Banquet at the hotel. Guest Speaker is Mr. Bill Schafer, Norfolk Southern Corp., My Start in Railroading at Mt. Clare Shops in Baltimore (dinner must be purchased if you want to hear the speaker.)
Sunday, October 24, 2010:
- 8:00 – 9:00 AM: Breakfast at the hotel
- 9:00 – 10:00 AM: Annual Business Meeting at the hotel
- 10:00 AM – approx 4:00 PM: Personal transportation from the hotel on one of two tours:
o Tour A: Old Main Line West, including St. Denis, Thomas Viaduct, Sykesville, Mt. Airy, and points west
o Tour B: Model Layouts & Railfanning, including St. Denis, Nick Powell’s Layout, Free State System’s Layout.
Have a safe trip home!
Convention Hotel: The Holiday Inn BWI Airport, 890 Elkridge Landing Rd., Linthicum MD 21090, phone 410-694-6024, is the convention headquarters hotel and will be the location of the registration, presentations and the Company Store. The Society hotel room rate is $95.00 per night plus room taxes. Please state that the reservation is for the B&ORRHS block of rooms when you make your room reservation. Please book your room reservation by no later than September 21, 2010. After that date, room reservations for our group will be taken on a space-available basis only.
Thursday, October 21, 2010:
- 12 Noon – 3:00 PM
: Board of Directors meeting (at the hotel)- 12 Noon: Company Store set-up at the hotel
- 3:00 PM: Convention registration and Company Store sales at the hotel
- 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM: Convention registration, contest registration and Company Store sales at the hotel.
- 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM: Evening presentations at the hotel:
- Travers Stavac and others: Retired Administrators of the B&O Railroad (RABO) Panel
- Dave Shackelford: Early Railroad Transportation in Baltimore
- John Teichmoeller: B&O’s Baltimore Harbor Rail-Marine Operations
- Dave Manning: Modeling the Chessie System H-29 (B&O Class W-13) Hopper Cars
Friday, October 22, 2010:
- 7:45 AM: Board buses
- 8:00 AM: Buses leave hotel for a tour along the old Royal Blue line between Baltimore and Wilmington DE, including the Wilmington & Western Railroad to/from, Hockessin DE, B&O Wilmington Station, and Aberdeen Station.
- 12 Noon – 1:00 PM (approx): Box lunch on the Wilmington & Western Railroad
- 3:30 PM: Buses return to hotel
- 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM: Convention registration, contest registration and Company Store sales at the hotel
- 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM: Evening presentations at the hotel:
- Fred Lass: Building & Detailing B&O Steam Locomotives
- Mike Shylanski: Late B&O and Chessie Era Box Cars
- Roger Hammond: Operations at Carroll Yard aka "Trailer Ramp" in the Chessie Era
- David Pfieffer: A History of the B&O's Camden Station and Warehouse Complex
- Travers Stavac: Power Movements at Riverside-October 1953
Saturday, October 23, 2010:
- 7:45 AM: Board buses
- 8:00 AM: Buses leave hotel for a tour along the old Royal Blue line in the Baltimore vicinity, including Mt. Royal Station, Sports Legends Museum, Baltimore Museum of Industry, and the B&O Railroad Museum. Tours of Mt. Royal Station and the Sports Legends Museum may be done via alternating groups to help mitigate crowd size. There will be an optional Restoration Shop tour available at the B&O Museum for the first 25 attendees who sign up at the convention registration desk ($22 each).
- 12:15 Noon – 1:15 PM (approx): Box lunch
- 3:30 PM: Buses return to hotel
- 4:00 – 5:00 PM: Final Company Store sales at the hotel (please pick up your model and photo display entries before closing)
- 5:00 – 6:00 PM: Reception and cash bar at the hotel
- 6:00 – 9:30 PM: Banquet at the hotel. Guest Speaker is Mr. Bill Schafer, Norfolk Southern Corp., My Start in Railroading at Mt. Clare Shops in Baltimore (dinner must be purchased if you want to hear the speaker.)
Sunday, October 24, 2010:
- 8:00 – 9:00 AM: Breakfast at the hotel
- 9:00 – 10:00 AM: Annual Business Meeting at the hotel
- 10:00 AM – approx 4:00 PM: Personal transportation from the hotel on one of two tours:
o Tour A: Old Main Line West, including St. Denis, Thomas Viaduct, Sykesville, Mt. Airy, and points west
o Tour B: Model Layouts & Railfanning, including St. Denis, Nick Powell’s Layout, Free State System’s Layout.
Have a safe trip home!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Almost there...
It is with great relief that the registration form has now been completed and is being reviewed before going to the printer. Once it has been finalized, it will be sent to our partners for this event and posted on this website and other websites for those who may be interested in attending.
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