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10th Annual “24 Hours @ Saginaw” 2015 Friday, May 22nd and Saturday, May 23rd, 2015 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: Activities - Train watching begins, Sign in and log your time, make a donation, get a button - Railroad videos, Safety rules displayed, Door Prizes - Model Railroad outside - Pass the hat for Pizza - Official Train counting begins - Silent Auction Friday, May 22nd 7:00 pm - Event Begins/Silent Auction Begins 7:05 pm - Operation Lifesaver Presentation by Ed Hobbs - Amtrak Engineer 8:00 pm - Ken Fitzgerald - “Working for the Railroads since January 1st.” 9:00 pm - Forrest Becht - “Amarillo” 10:00 pm - Darrell Cowles - Texas Western Model Railroad Club / Silent Auction Ends 10:30 pm - DVD Premier - Steve Allen Goen - "Santa Fe’s La Junta, Raton And Denver Subs” 12:00 am - The Midnight Special - Mr. Samuel Rockwell - "The Great Railroads" Saturday, May 23rd - Train watching continues, More Railroad videos, two Motor Cars on display later in the day 1:00 am - "Great Locomotive Race" Trivia Game - Skip Waters 2:00 am - DVD - “Trains in Hollywood” 3:00 am - Skip Waters - “Crash At Crush” Revisited 4:30 am - Video - Six One One - about N&W J 611 5:00 - 9:00 am - Mike Moore with the North Texas T-Trak Model Railroad Club display 6:00 am - DVD - Walt Disney’s Railroad Story 7:30 am - DVD - Cartoon Craze: Toonerville Trolley 9:00 am - DVD - SP 4449 with 1975-76 American Freedom Train 10:00 am - Ken Fitzgerald - Horn Demostrations 11:00 am - Dave Steckler - “Crewe Heritage Centre” and “London Transport Museum” 12:00 pm - "Lets Talk Trains" Radio Show - Live broadcast with host Skip Waters 12:05 pm - Jerry Nunn - “An Assemblage of Rail Photos from South America and Texas” 1:00 pm - Darrell Cowles - Texas Western Model Railroad Club 2:00 pm - Brian Flint - “Rail Treasures” 3:00 pm - "Great Locomotive Race" Trivia Game 4:00 pm - Forrest Becht - “Kingman” 5:00 pm - DVD Premier - Steve Allen Goen - "N&W 1218 on Santa Fe’s Augusta and Waynoka Subs” 6:00 pm - Bradley Linda - "It’s Time to Watch some Trains 2006-2015”" / Silent Auction Ends 7:00 pm - Event Ends - Post Slide Show Auction Begins Programs subject to change without notice. More programs may 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: Lets Talk Trains Online Radio by Lets Talk Trains 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 __._,_.___ Posted by: Skip Waters <wgcrush@swbell.net> __,_._,___ |