Join us in Poughkeepsie, New York for the
2013 NYCSHS Annual Meeting!
Celebrate the One Hundredth Anniversary
of Grand Central Terminal: 1913–2013
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Subject to change
>> Download the registration form
>> Download the brochure
NOTE: Poughkeepsie is located 75 miles north of New York City, and is accessible by Amtrak and Metro-North trains. You may also consider flying into any of the New York Area airports, including the suburban airports Westchester County/White Plains and Stewart International.
Friday, April 26
Event Registration
Self-guided visits to historic sites on your own:
• Walkway Over the Hudson
• NYC Station at Hyde Park
• Vanderbilt Family Mansion at Hyde Park
• NYC/Metro-North Station at Poughkeepsie
• New Haven Hopewell Junction Railroad Station
• FDR Presidential Library and Museum
• Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Home at Hyde Park
• Culinary Institute of America at Hyde Park
• Yorktown Heights Museum
• Danbury Railway Museum
• Kingston Model Railroad Club (O)
• Catskill Mountain Railroad
• Empire State Railway Museum
• Dutchess & Hudson Valley Tour (HO)
• Old Newburgh Model RR Club Layout (HO)
Evening speakers
John Militano: Harmon Diesel and Electric Shops
George Lukacs: NYC Station at Poughkeepsie
Fred Schaeffer: Walkway Over the Hudson
Ralph Gabler: NYC Station at Hyde Park
Bernie Rudberg: CNE/NH Hopewell Junction Station
Carl J. Liba: NYC Electric Division
Shel Lustig: Working GCT for Penn Central and Conrail
Alan Bell: Modeling the New York Central System
Craig Woodworth: Riding Niagaras, Hudsons, and Electrics
Noel Widdifield: Publishing the NYC Modeler magazine
Ron Parisi: How I model the New York Central System
Dave McKay: Modeling River Division Commuter Trains in HO
Otto Vondrak: The Harlem Division: Vanderbilt's First
Darwin Simonaitis: A. C. Traction Technology
Kurt Schlichting: The Genius Behind Grand Central Terminal
Saturday, April 27
Ride the NYC Hudson and Electric Divisions (Metro-North Hudson Line) to Grand Central Terminal
Tour Grand Central Terminal
Annual Banquet
Speaker: Randall Fleischer, Senior Director, Metro-North Railroad; “Grand Central Terminal: Then & Now”
Members Meeting
Sunday, April 28
Tour Metro-North Shops at Harmon
REGISTRATION
$189.00 per person on or before March 27.
$229.00 per person after March 27.
>> Download the registration form
>> Download the brochure
HOTELS AND LODGING
• $129.00 plus tax (Special Convention Rate). The tax rate for Dutchess County is 12.125%
• Reservation Deadline is March 27, 2013
Reserve your room by calling the hotel’s Reservation Desk at 1-800-216-1034
Please note: The Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel has reserved a block of 85 rooms until March 27, 2013 for the 2013 NYCSHS Convention on Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27. If these rooms are filled on or prior to March 27, there is no guarantee of additional rooms for convention attendees. Reservations received after March 27 will be provided on a space and rate available basis. You are responsible for making your own hotel reservations.
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