Hello all,

Pre-registration for the 2010 Western Pacific Railroad Historical Society
Convention is now closed. Tickets for the 2 day convention will be available
at the door for 40.00 and do not include the Saturday Night Banquet.
Registration begins at Noon on Friday April 16

This years Convention includes the following schedule:

Friday
12:00 Registration Opens
1:30 Introduction
2:00 Western Pacific GP40's (Dale Sanders)
3:00 Western Pacific in Nevada (Wayne Monger)
4:00 Tidewater Southern Motive Power (Eugene Vicknair)
5:00 Dinner Break
7:00 "Willing people of the WPRM" (Epling/Carter)
8:00 Portola - Salt Lake City on the WP (Dick Dorn)
9:00 Sacramento's "R" Street Line (Tom Campbell)

Saturday
9:00 Registration Opens
10:00 An Early Look at the FRC Through the Eyes of a Postcard Photographer
(Loren Dunlap)
11:00 WP FT Locomotive Modeling (Tommy Holt)
12:00 Lunch Break
1:00 WP's "Fab-4" F-units (Wayne Monger)
2:00 Sacramento Northern before & after the UP merger (David Stanley)
3:00 Western Pacific in HO Scale (video presentation of his layout, 75
minutes long) (Tommy Holt)
4:30 Clear Banquet room for hotel to set up Banquet)
7:00 Banquet
8:00 Keynote Speakers
9:30 Raffle/Auction
10:30 Event Concludes (Doors closed)

The convention is being held at the Clarion Inn & Suites in Stockton CA, the
info is:

Clarion Inn & Suite
4219 East Waterloo Road
Stockton, CA 95215
(209) 931-3131

There is a block of discounted rooms, use the code "Western Pacific" when
calling in

This is shaping up to be a great convention, there will also be vendors and
a raffle. Don't miss out on this great convention opportunity

David Epling
Museum Manager
Western Pacific Railroad Museum 501(c)3
Portola, California
[www.wplives.org]
w: 530-832-4131