FRRS members and non-member fans of the WP, please join us for the WPRRHS 2010 Convention Stockton, California - April 16th and 17th, 2010 The Western Pacific Railroad Historical Society (WPRRHS) and the Feather River Rail Society (FRRS) invite you to attend our FOURTEENTH ANNUAL historical and modeling convention in Stockton, California, Friday April 16h and Saturday April 17th, 2010. Location Clarion Hotel & Suites 4219 East Waterloo Road Stockton, CA 95215 Click for Map Additional Information Registration, clinics/slide shows, vendor sales room, WP model and memorabilia display. There will be lunch and dinner breaks in the schedule. Registration/check-in starts Friday April 16th at 12:00 noon. Note that you do NOT need to be a FRRS member to attend the convention and/or banquet. Anyone with an interest in the Western Pacific is welcomed! Tentative Event Schedule (subject to change): Friday April 16, 2010 12:00PM Noon Registration Opens   1:30PM Introduction   2:00PM Western Pacific GP40's Dale Sanders 3:00PM Western Pacific in Nevada Wayne Monger 4:00PM Tidewater Southern Motive Power Eugene Vicknair 5:00PM Dinner Break   7:00PM Willing People of the WPRM David Epling & Tom Carter 8:00PM Portola - Salt Lake City on the WP Dick Dorn 9:00PM Sacramento's "R" Street Line Tom Campbell Saturday April 17, 2010 9:00AM Registration Opens   10:00AM An Early Look at the FRC Through the Eyes of a Postcard Photographer Loren Dunlap 11:00AM WP FT Locomotive Modeling Tommy Holt 12:00 - 1:00PM Lunch Break   1:00PM WP's "Fab-4" F-units Wayne Monger 2:00PM Sacramento Northern before & after the UP merger Dave Stanley 3:00PM Last call for raffle tickets - drawing begins   3:00PM Western Pacific in HO Scale Tommy Holt 4:30PM Clear banquet room - banquet set-up   7:00PM Banquet begings   8:00PM Banquet presentation   10:30PM Event concludes - doors closed   Printed schedules will be provided when you check in at the registration table. Presentations are subject to change without notice. Last update: May 27, 2010 Fares Deluxe Fare Ticket (includes banquet): $60.00 per person* Convention only: $35.00* ($40 for walk-ins) Banquet only: $30.00* Convention only (on-site registration) $40.00 (banquet not available day-of) Deluxe Fare Ticket and/or banquet are not available if your registration is received after April 5, 2010 (we need to provide an advance count for catering). Registration on the day of the convention is $40.00. *Note that tickets purchased online will include a small convenience fee in addition to the above fares. There is no charge for non-rail spouses to attend except for the banquet. Saturday Banquet and Presentation Banquet will be a "Western Style" buffet. Our keynote presentation at the Saturday night banquet will be announced shortly. A final count of all meals ordered must be given to the hotel on April 5th, the registration deadline. All profits from convention registrations go directly to the Arthur Walter Keddie Railroad Library at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum. SPECIAL RAFFLE ANNOUNCEMENT Help the WPRRHS Preserve the Original 1903 Western Pacific Railway Articles of Incorporation On loan to the FRRS/WPRRHS are two books of vital importance to the history of the WP, the original 1903 Articles of Incorporation and a huge book of invoices and receipts from the original construction era of the railroad. These paper artifacts are loaded with interesting and historically significant information on the creation and construction of America's "Last Transcontinental Railroad". The books and their contents are in a rapidly declining condition and we don't know how long we will have access to them so we are urgently recruiting donations to fund the digital preservation (scanning) of all the contents in these books before they reach a point of no return. Our goal is to raise $10,000, which will cover all the scanning and archiving of the approximately 4,500 digital files these two books are expected to provide and this material will become the cornerstone of the collection in the archives of the Arthur Walter Keddie Railroad Library. Athearn Trains has generously donated two significant items for this special raffle, a Genesis A-B-B F3 HO locomotive set and a new Genesis HO WP FP7, which will not even be in stores for several months. Also, acclaimed railroad artist Marc Desobeau has donated a signed and numbered artist proof print of his popular painting of the CZ titled, Feather & Steel. Finally, Trains & Travel International has donated two dome-class roundtrip tickets for the Railroad Days - Feather River Express from Emeryville to Portola and return August 20-22, 2010. Help us kick off the fundraising for this important project by buying tickets for this special raffle at $5.00 each or 5 tickets for $20.00. You MUST be present at the convention to participate in this raffle. Registration Pre-registration is now closed. Walk-ins are welcomed to purchase a general admission ticket at the door for $40.00 for both Friday and Saturday. Sorry, the banquet is not available to those who did not pre-register. Lodging We have a small block of rooms secured at a special convention rate at the Clarion Hotel & Suites of $69 single or $79 double bed room per night (plus tax). Convention attendees must CALL the local hotel number and mention the "Western Pacific" to get this group rate. Online registration using the group code is not available this year. To book by phone, please call the Clarion reservation number at 209-931-3131. This special room rate is available on a first-come, first-served basis and subject to room availability and does not include applicable taxes. Please make plans now to join us on this milestone 14th annual convention on April 16th and 17th for a fun filled weekend in WP country! For more information please contact 2010 WPRRHS Convention Chairman Tom Carter:   The Western Pacific Railroad Historical Society thanks the following organizations and individuals for their generous support of the 2010 WPRRHS convention.