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Joined February 2009
We hope those of you who attended Grand Rapids had a good time.
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Dave Thornton is VP-Admin, Mike Bartlett is Director - Pacific, John Roberts, Director - East & Miles Hale is Dir. At Large, North America.
Ballot results are in: Charlie Getz is the new NMRA President, Bill Kaufman has been elected VP-Special Projects.
Special laser cut HO model of Bridge Street Signal Tower will be available at GR2012. Only 100 avail. gr2012.org/towerkit.htm
GR2012 will have a drawing for four cab rides among participants on the Little River Railroad Tour. How cool is that?
Joint conventions are great! Both the PCR and PNR were able to hold their Board meetings at the same time before the convention starts.
The PCR and PNR are having a joint convention starting Wednesday in Medford OR. Have fun & be safe all who are going.
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No. 844 will be staying in North Platte today so the crew can replace a bearing that overheated yesterday. Will depart July 2 at 8 a.m. CDT
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Think we have fixed the most egregious of the login issues on the Member site. Try again, if doesn't work, send another email.
The July-September 2011 issue of the PCR Branch Line is now posted on the PCR web site. Go to http://www.pcrnmra.org/pcr/branch/BL311web.pdf
The Spring 2011 Issue of The SouthErneR is now online. http://www.ser-nmra.org/publications
Updates to #NMRA Member area Prescar, Bulletin for April/May. Updated membership numbers. What happened to the BR??? http://bit.ly/3A2S8F
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U.S. DOT awards Amtrak $450 million in funding to upgrade New York - Washington high-speed rail service.
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Keep 'em coming! 144 images in our Natl Train Day 2011 Flickr Group: http://bit.ly/jJkCT0 And thanks for sharing!
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We just kicked off our 40th anniversary celebration! Be sure to check out our website for the latest news: www.amtrak40th.com
Hi everyone! Thanx for joining the celebration on Saturday! Tell us, what was your favorite part of #trainday11?
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Third hotel added for #NMRA X2011 West. See http://www.x2011west.org/accommodations.html for more details.
#NMRA HQ communications will likely be down until Monday, 5/2 or so. We think all archives are in tact. More info to follow as we know more.
#NMRA HQ was not spared from #tornadoes. Damage to HQ included roof and Jenny's farm. No injuries. HQ communications disrupted for a while.
X2011West hotel rooms getting low, so we added 3d hotel: Citizen Hotel. See X2011 West housing website: http://bit.ly/j2YgQH $115/night :-)