Highlights and Activities of
RPCA 2020 CONFERENCE IN ALBUQUERQUE
January 16-20, 2020

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Registration Setup

4:00 PM to 8:00 PM – Registration open in the Garden Room Crowne Plaza Hotel, ABQ
8:00 PM to 11:00 PM – Hospitality and Media Rooms open. Munchies and soft drinks only this evening

Registration Room

Hospitality Room

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Leave the hotel at 9 AM to catch a ride on the Rail Runner for a day of exploring the sights in Santa Fe on your own. A motor coach will meet our train and act as a shuttle between the station and the heart of Santa Fe. Return to ABQ, late afternoon. Sights in Santa Fe include the Fred Harvey hotel, La Fonda, the cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, the Loretto Chapel, shopping for Native American arts and crafts found along the Plaza and much more.

7:00 AM to 9:00 AM – Breakfast in hotel restaurant, StoneStreet (voucher for breakfast)
7:00 AM to 9:00 AM – Registration Open, Garden Room
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM – Santa Fe Trip (extra cost)
12 Noon to 8:00 PM – Registration Open, Garden Room
1:00 PM to 7:00 PM – Vendor Set up
6:00 PM – Dinner (on own)
6:30 PM to 11:00 PM – RPCA Board of Directors meeting (Room tbd)
8:00 PM to 12:00 AM – Hospitality and Media Rooms open

Registration Room

General Photos

Board Meeting

Hospitality Room

Friday, January 17, 2020

7:00 AM to 5:00 PM – Vendor Exhibition Open
7:00 AM to 9:00 AM – Breakfast Buffet in Vendor Room
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM – Registration Open
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM – Silent Auction Open
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM – Opening comments
10:15 AM to 12:00 PM – UMLER, by Pamm and Dan Monaghan
10:15 AM to 12:00 PM – Fuehring Next Generation, Jonathan Smith
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM – Lunch (on your own)
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM – Wrapping a car, technical presentation, 3M
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM – ATSF 2926, Restoration and Preparation, by the ATSF 2926 group
1:30 PM to 4:00 PM – RPCA Safety Program, Gary Carter
3:00 PM to 3:15 PM – Break
3:15 PM to 4:30 PM – Anatomy of a window and its glazing, RPCA discussion panel
3:15 PM to 4:30 PM – Presentation on Native American Arts by Guy Berger
5:30 PM to 8:00 PM – Reception at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History (extra cost)
8:30 PM to 12:00 AM – Hospitality and Media Rooms open

Vendor Exhibition Breakfast Buffet

Conference Opening Comments

Fuehring Next Generation

UMLER

3M Wrapping a car, technical presentation

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Anatomy of a window and its glazing, RPCA discussion panel

Reception at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History

Hospitality & Media Rooms

Saturday, January 18, 2020

7:00 AM to 5:00 PM – Vendor Exhibition Open
7:00 AM to 9:00 AM – Breakfast Buffet in Vendor Room
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM – Registration Open
8:00 AM to 8:00 PM – Silent Auction Open
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM – "Santa Fe-Promoter of the Southwest" - exploring how the Santa Fe in concert with the Fred Harvey Company created the tourism market in New Mexico and Arizona, by Brad Black
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM – Insurance Update
9:30 AM to 3:00 PM – Tour of Old Town, Trading Post, Lunch at Indian Cultural Center (extra cost)
10:00 AM to 10:15 AM – Break
10:15 AM to 11:45 AM – Amtrak and FRA presentation, presenters to be announced
11:45 AM to 1:15 PM – Lunch (on own) if not going to ATSF 2926 shop area
11:45 AM to 4:30 PM – ATSF 2926 shop (Bus will cycle every 30 minutes between shop and hotel)
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM – Lunch @ 2926 shop area (sub sandwiches and drinks by pre-purchased ticket)
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM – Mechanical seminars at the 2926 shop area inside heated enclosed tent with seating.
1:15 PM to 2:30 PM – Wrap it or Paint it, by local presenter
1:15 PM to 2:30 PM – How to make a good night’s sleep, by Gary Carter
2:30 PM to 2:45 PM – Break
2:45 PM to 4:30 PM – Generation revenue on a non-operating car, Local presenter (MOVED to Sunday)
2:45 PM to 4:30 PM – Saving the Route of the Southwest Chief, by Jim Souby, ColoRail
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM – Reception with Cash Bar
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM – Banquet with guest speaker and auction ending announced
8:00 PM to 12:00 AM – Hospitality and Media Rooms open

Vendor Exhibition Breakfast Buffet

"Santa Fe - Promoter of the Southwest"

Insurance Update

Amtrak and FRA Presentation

Reception with Cash Bar – Banquet

ATSF 2926

Hospitality & Media Rooms

Sunday, January 19, 2020

7:00 AM to 9:00 AM – Breakfast Buffet in Vendor Room
8:00 AM to 10:00 AM – Registration and auction pick up open
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM – General Membership Meeting
10:00 AM to 10:15 – Break
10:15 AM to 11:45 AM – “Tales from the Road – Preparing a passenger car for movement in freight service” by Jon Clark
11:45 to 1:00 PM – Lunch (on own)
12:00 PM – Vendor Room closes
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM – Dissecting a Budd sleeper, defects and all, by Rob Mangels
12:45 PM to 1:30 PM – Board of Directors meeting
3:00 PM to 3:15 PM – Break
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM – How to make a good night’s sleep, by Gary Carter
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM – "Santa Fe-Promoter of the Southwest - exploring how the Santa Fe in concert with the Fred Harvey Company created the tourism market in New Mexico and Arizona, by Brad Black
3:15 PM to 4:45 PM – RPCA Safety Program
3:15 PM to 4:45 PM – Generation revenue on a non-operating car, Local presenter
3:15 PM to 4:45 PM – CUPS, Roger Fuehring - Nevada Room
3:15 PM to 4:45 PM - Non-Profit Finances and Tax Efficient Charitable Giving, Roy Wullich - New Mexico Room
Dinner – (on own)
8:00 PM to 12 AM – Hospitality and Media Rooms open