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12th Annual “24 Hours @ Saginaw” 2017 Friday, May 26th and Saturday, May 27th, 2017 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 www.ntxnrhs.org Saginaw Chamber of Commerceand 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 programs, Safety rules displayed, Door Prizes - Pass the hat for Pizza - Official Train counting begins - Silent Auction - Speeder Car Displays - “Loida” Rock Island car by Robert Casares and “M9” by Cecil Walston Friday, May 26th 7:00 pm - Event Begins/Silent Auction Begins 7:05 pm - Operation Lifesaver Presentation by - Angie Hicks - Asst. Conductor w/Amtrak 8:00 pm - Dave Wiegand/Ernie Robart of New Mexico - “Early Amtrak 1971-1973” (both will be wearing their actual 1971 uniforms and will include stories and personal experiences) 9:00 pm - Steve Allen Goen - "Memories of the Fort Worth and Denver” DVD Premier 10:00 pm - Haley Enoch - Trains Magazine Correspondent - “Travel Pix from 2016-2017” 11:00 pm - "Great Locomotive Race" Trivia Game - Skip Waters 12:00 am - The Midnight Special - Jadon Henderson - “Texas State Railroad’s 1st Steam Trip 2017” Saturday, May 27th - Train watching continues, More Railroad videos and silent auction 1:00 am - Danny Sisson - “Fallen Flags of Fort Worth” 2:00 am - DVD - Steve Allen Goen’s - Dallas Railway & Terminal 3:00 am - Video - The Fabulous Fleischer Folio - Walt Disney Train Cartoon 4:30 am - Video - Tracks Ahead - various titles 5:00 - 9:00 am - Mike Moore with the North Texas T-Trak Model Railroad Club display 6:30 am - Video - Tracks Ahead - various titles 9:00 am - DVD - Lionelville - for the kids 10:00 am - Chuck Langford - BNSF Railway Dispatcher for Saginaw Area - Q&A 11:00 am - Robert Gillespie - “Railway Surgeons: Bringing Advanced Medical Care to the Frontier” 12:00 pm - "Lets Talk Trains" Radio Show - Live broadcast with host Skip Waters 1:00 pm - Andrew Aguilar - “Shots from around DFW” 2:00 pm - Jerry Nunn “North Texas Rail Photos: 2013-2017” 3:00 pm - Ernie Robart - “Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus Train Farewell” 4:00 pm - "Great Locomotive Race" Trivia Game - Skip Waters 5:00 pm - Steve Grabman - A “Trainman Multimedia Production” presentation 6:00 pm - Ernie Robart - “The Last Years of the Rock Island in West Texas and New Mexico” - Silent Auction Ends 7:00 pm - Event Ends Programs subject to change without notice. "Lets Talk Trains" Radio Show will broadcast LIVE on Saturday 12:00 noon - 12:30pm. Call in or just listen at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/letstalktrains Call in number is 646-716-7106 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. Door prizes and giveaways! First come, first serve. Now don't just sit there... Y'all come have FUN, Ya-Hear! Skip Waters Chairman 12 Annual "24 Hours @ Saginaw" 2017 North Texas Chapter, NRHS __._,_.___ Posted by: Skip Waters <wgcrush@swbell.net> __,_._,___ |