Schedule

Tentative Schedule of events, Subject to change!

Thursday, Jun 21st 

Mid-morning: Open for set-up.
Noon: Sign-in and Registration.
1:00 PM NWHS Board of Directors meeting.
3:00 – 9:00 PM Exhibit Hall open
4:30 – 6:00 PM Dinner break
6:00 PM Welcome and updates by Ron Davis and Charlie Long
6:30 PM Presentation: Slide program, N&W in Lynchburg before NS, Rick Johnson
7:45 PM Aubrey Wiley's Railroad Relic Garden open for evening/night photography.
(Shuttle to the Wiley's will be provided due to narrow street and parking restrictions.)

Friday, Jun 22st 

7:00 – 9:00 AM Aubrey Wiley's Railroad Relic Garden open for morning light photography.
              (Shuttle to the Wiley's will be provided due to narrow street and parking restrictions.)
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Sign-in and Registration
8:00 – 5:00 PM Exhibit Hall open
8:30 Old N&W main line bike trail ride, downtown, former Island Yard. Aubrey Wiley, guide.
9:30 Clinic: Frank Bongiovanni (TBA)
11:00 Clinic: Bob Flippen, Willis W. Vail - An Engineer with a Camera; 
              Construction of the High Bridge Steel Viaduct 1913-1914 (
1:15 Clinic: TBA
2:30 Clinic: Bill McClure, Studies In Gray: VGN Maintenance of Way Equipment
3:45 Clinic: Paul Weber, Modeling 1960's N&W Maintenance of Way cars
5:00 – 6:15 Dinner break
6:30 – 8:00 PM Presentation: Aubrey Wiley, The South River Lumber Co., Cornwall, VA, 
            on N&W's Shenandoah Division
8:00 Kalmbach (MODEL RAILROADER) VGN project railroad DVD
9:00 Forum: Virginian Interest Group

Saturdan, Jun 23st 

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Sign-in and Registration
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Exhibit Hall open
8:00 AM – 3:00 PM Bus Tour: South Central Virginia Stations and Historic Locations
6:00 – 7:00 PM Reception
7:00 PM Banquet, Awards, Program
               Program Speaker: Aubrey Wiley, 'Why We Remember The Virginian'

Sunday, Jun 24st 

9:00 AM Membership Breakfast
*10:00 AM Membership Meeting (* time approx. following breakfast)
*1:00 PM Farmville, VA, (* time approx. following lunch) Bike trail ride to High Bridge, High Bridge State Park.
    This is a last minute addition to our Sunday itinerary if there is interest. 
    There will be limited transportation, including bicycles, from Lynchburg to Farmville. 
    Bike rentals in Farmville. Please e-mail 
    Charlie Long at conv2012@earthlink.net if interested or if you need additional information.

Updated 6/17/2012 20:45