Schedule of Convention Events
Friday,
September 19
Private car owners who wish to join Special
Train arrive at Los Angeles Union Station (LAUPT)
**Cars arriving on the SW Chief may arrive on September 20
Saturday, September 20
9:00am
|
Nethercutt Collection Tour TICKET HOLDERS ONLY, LAUPT
(Board buses at AMTRAK Bus Parking –
North Patio) nethercuttcollection.org |
12:30pm
|
Nethercutt Collection Tour TICKET HOLDERS ONLY, LAUPT, TICKETED ITEM
(Board buses at AMTRAK Bus Parking –
North Patio) |
1:00 – 9:00pm
|
Special Train is assembled AmtrakÕs
8th St. Yard
(Passengers may detrain, or stay on board, but no one will be allowed on
or off while switching, until the train is complete.) |
| 5:00pm |
Bus departs Crowne Plaza, San Pedro for
LAUPT** Crowne Plaza Hotel |
6:00 - 9:00pm
|
Welcome reception at Union Station Traxx
Restaurant Garden LAUPT
(Double
doors under the Clock on the north side of main waiting room.
MEMBERS AND GUESTS ONLY.) |
9:00pm
|
Buses return attendees back to 8th Street
Yard LAUPT
and to Crowne Plaza Hotel, San Pedro** |
Sunday September 21
| 6:00 am |
Bus departs Crowne Plaza, San Pedro for 8THStreet
Yard Crowne
Plaza Hotel |
6:30 am
|
Bus departs LAUPT for 8th Street Yard
and Special Train boarding LAUPT
(Board
buses at AMTRAK Bus Parking – North Patio) |
| 7:30am |
AAPRCO
San Diegan, under steam, departs 8th Street Yard 8th
Street Yard |
Noon
|
Arrive
San Diego Old Town Station Old Town, San Diego
Passengers may disembark while #3751 is turned/serviced.www.oldtownsandiegoguide.com oldtownartfestival.com |
4:00pm
|
Passengers reboard at San Diego Old Town
Station Old Town, San Diego
(Special
Train travels north from San Diego along the coast to the
Alameda Corridor and
down the "Trench" to Pacific Harbor Line.) |
| 11:00pm |
Estimated arrival in San Pedro 6th St. Yard, San Pedro |
| 11:30pm |
Buses depart with day riders for LAUPT ** 6th
Street Yard, San
Pedro |
Monday, September 22
| 8:00am |
Registration, Company Store and Vendors Crowne
Plaza Hotel |
| |
CONVENTION BEGINS
|
9:30am
|
Catalina
Island Boat Trip TICKET
HOLDERS ONLY Crowne
Plaza Hotel
(Buses
depart for Catalina Express in Long Beach) www.catalina.com |
| 10:00am |
Catalina
Express departs from Long Beach to Catalina) |
| 11:00am |
Arrive
in Avalon, Catalina Island |
| Noon |
Lunch on your own San
Pedro |
| 1:30am |
AMTRAK Instructor (Brian
Reese) Crowne
Plaza |
| 3:30pm |
Mechanical Seminar Pat Egan &
Paul DeVerter, 6th
Street Yard |
| 3:45pm |
Catalina
group departs Avalon for Long Beach Catalina
Island |
| 5:15pm |
Catalina
Group arrives at Crowne Plaza |
| 6:00pm |
Car Party — Margaritas &
Mexican Fare (Jalisco Mariachis), 6th Street Yard |
Tuesday, September 23
| 8:00am |
Registration, Company Store and Vendors Crowne
Plaza Hotel |
| 8:15am |
Associate Members Meeting (Evelyn Brown) Crowne
Plaza Hotel |
9:30am
|
BNSF/UP Safety Presentation (Rich Wessler, BNSF, and Tom Mulligan, Union Pacific)
Crowne
Plaza Hotel |
10:45am
|
NTSB Presentation (Bob Chipkevich, Director
NTSB Rail, Pipeline and Hazmat ffice)
Crowne
Plaza Hotel |
| Noon |
Lunch on your own San
Pedro |
1:30pm
|
Pacific Harbor Line Special Train TICKET HOLDERS ONLY, 6th Street Yard,
Fundraiser for
Pacific Harbor Line www.anacostia.com/phl/phl.html |
| 6:00pm |
Car Party — Creole & Cajun
Cuisine (Hyperion Outfall), 6th Street Yard |
Wednesday, September 24
| 8:00am |
Registration, Company Store and Vendors Crowne
Plaza Hotel |
| 8:15am |
Car
Owners Meeting Crowne
Plaza Hotel |
| 9:30am |
Ask AMTRAK?" (Don
Cushine & Jack Heard) Crowne
Plaza Hotel |
10:30am
|
"Walt Disney: I have always loved
trains!Ó Crowne
Plaza Hotel
(Michael Campbell, President, Carolwood Pacific
Historical Society) |
| Noon |
Lunch on your own San
Pedro |
| 1:00pm |
Annual Meeting Crowne
Plaza Hotel |
| 3:00pm |
Board of Directors Meeting Crowne
Plaza Hotel |
| 6:00pm |
Harbor Cruise to Queen Mary Maritime
Museum Pier |
| 6:45pm |
Cocktail Reception 1st Class Lounge, Queen
Mary www.queenmary.com |
| 7:45pm |
Convention Gala Dinner & Dancing (Esquires Big Band) |
| |
Grand Salon Queen
Mary |
| 10:45pm |
Harbor Cruise back to San Pedro Queen
Mary |
Thursday, September 25
| 7:00am |
Engines
depart Redondo |
| 8:00am |
Engines
arrive San Pedro 6th Street Yard, San Pedro |
| 10:00am |
AAPRCO San Diegan departs San Pedro 6th Street Yard, San Pedro |
| 11:00am |
AAPRCO San Diegan arrives in Los Angeles AMTRAK 8th Street Yard |
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