Schedule of Events
(Please pass this on to your rail friends)
9th Annual “24 Hours @ Saginaw” 2014
Friday, May 23rd and Saturday, May 24th, 2014
7:00
pm - 7:00 pm (24 Hours)
Saginaw Heritage Center (the depot)
301 S. Saginaw Blvd.
Saginaw, Texas 76179
www.saginawtxchamber.org
Sponsored by,
North Texas Chapter, NRHS
Saginaw Chamber of Commerce
and Choo Choo Express Trackless Trains
Schedule of Events:
Friday, May 23rd
7:00 pm - Event Begins
Activities
- Train watching begins
- Silent Auction begins
- Sign in and log your time, make donation, get a button
- Model Railroad outside North of depot
- Railroad videos
- Safety rules displayed
- Door Prizes
- Pass the hat for Pizza
- Give aways
Official Train counter for this year's event is again Mr. Richard Whitenight -
watch for video posts
Programs:
7:05 pm - Welcome and Presentation by Saginaw Area Chamber of Commerce - Joyce
Erwin
Silent Auction Begins
8:00 pm - DVD Premier - Steve Allen Goen - "A&M Railroad" Part One
9:00 pm - Randy Nelson - "Best of 2013"
10:00 pm - Tim Massey - "High Iron" A presentation about Trackwork Engineering
Silent Auction Ends
11:00 pm - Video - Skip Waters - circa 1995 "Dallas Challenger"
11:30 pm - L&A/KCS Promotional Film - "Southern Belle"
12:00 am - The Midnight Special - Mr. Samuel Rockwell - "Trains of Saginaw"
(First time Jr. Presenter)
Saturday, May 24th
- Train watching continues
-
More Railroad videos
- Two Motor Cars to be on display later in the day
1:00 am - "Great Locomotive Race" Trivia Game - Skip Waters
2:00 am - Look to the skies for "Comet 209P/LINEAR" with Meteor shower!
3:00 am - DVD - "North Texas Rail Ramble" NRHS Trip Review
4:00 am - Movie - "End of the Line" with Wilford Brimley and Kevin Bacon
5:00 - 9:00 am - Mike Moore with the North Texas T-Trak Model Railroad Club
display
6:00 am - Movie - "The Harvey Girls" with Judy Garland
7:45 am - Movie - "The Broadway Limited"
9:00 am - DVD - "Weekend Railroaders"
10:00 am - DVD - "A Texas Six Pack" Steam Action in the Lone Star State!
(Daylight 4449, Texas State 400 & 500, Austin Steam 786, Tarantula 2248 and
Frisco 1522)
12:00 pm - "Lets Talk Trains" Radio Show - Live broadcast with host Skip Waters
12:05 pm - Michael Ellis - "Surprise or Reprise"
Silent Auction Begins
1:00 pm - Leonard Ruback - "Texas State Railroad"
2:00 pm - DVD Premier - Steve Allen Goen - "A&M Railroad" Part Two
3:00 pm - "Great Locomotive Race" Trivia Game
4:00 pm - Jerry Nunn - "Workin' on the Railroad" & "American Graffiti"
5:00 pm - Bradley Linda - "An American Adventure"
6:00 pm - Silent Auction Ends
7:00 pm - Event Ends - Post Slide Show Auction Begins!
Programs subject to change without notice. More programs will be announced at
the event. We welcome anyone who would like to show off their stuff. Just bring
it!
Post Saginaw event: "Slide Show Auction"
Stay afterward again to watch and bid on slides that you can take home. Bids
will start at .25 (quarter) and go up at a quarter per bid. If no one bids,
the slide will be added to the next slide to purchase, max 3 slides. If no one
buys, we start again. Slide must be paid upon sale. You bring the cash, we
will have the quarters. 20% proceeds go to the North Texas Chapter, NRHS to
help restore and preserve railroad artifacts through our grant program.
Internet Radio Show to catch this year...
"Lets Talk Trains" Show will broadcast LIVE at the depot on Saturday 12:00 noon
- 2:00pm central with host Skip Waters and special guest. Plus Live reports
from 24 Hours @ Saginaw. Check it out, call in or just listen at:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/letstalktrains
FOLLOW "24 Hours @ Saginaw" on FACEBOOK. Log in or sign up and go to:
http://www.facebook.com/24HoursatSaginaw
Everyone is welcome to attend, even if it's just for a few hours. We
look forward to having you drop by and share some train watching
fellowship with some Rail-Fun, Rail-Friendly, Rail-Fans.
FREE admission, but we would like a $5 donation to help offset our insurance
costs.
This year we have lots of door prizes and giveaways! First come, first serve.
Now don't just sit there... Y'all come have FUN, Ya-Hear!
Skip Waters
Vice President, Trips and Events
North Texas Chapter, NRHS
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