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	Date	Event	Location	State	Facility	# Attending	Chair	Theme	Tour	Train Ride	Ladies Tour	Vets Panel Moderator	Banquet MC	Banquet Speaker	Modeling	Convention model
	Sept 15-19 2020	36th	Missoula	MT	Holiday Inn Downtown		Jan & Bill Taylor
	Sept 8-11 2019	35th	Brainerd	MN	Arrowhead Lodge		Jim Dick
	Sept 15-16 2018	34th	Chehalis	WA	Comfort Inn Tumwater	138	Bill Zidel		Burien Archives & Washington Historical Society	Chehalis-Centrailia RR	Winery Tour	None	Bill Zidel	Bill Zidel	Layout tours
	Sept 17-20 2017	33rd	Duluth	MN	The Inn on Lake Superior	90	Paul Anderson		Lake Superior RR Museum	North Shore Scenic RR		Jack Christensen
	Sept 16-19 2016	32nd	Wallace	ID	Wallace Inn	135	Shauna Hilman		Right of Way Mullan to Lookout Pass		Tea & Hat Fashion Show	Bruce Flohr	Bruce Flohr	Bruce Flohr
	July 15-18 2015	31st	Fargo	ND	Holiday Inn Fargo	129	Duane Durr		Bonanzaville	Red River Valley & Western RR
	July 16-19 2014	30th	Yakima	WA	Yakima Valley Hotel & Convention Center	170	Doug Shearer Andy Breeding Larry Rice	Happy 150th Anniversary of the Northern Pacific	Northern Pacific Railway Museum, Toppenish	Museum yard and Yakima Valley Trollies	Yakama Nation Cultural Center, Toppenish Murals	Doug Shearer	Doug Shearer	Jack Christensen, NP vet	4th RPM-style event with early set-up so models were available for viewing throughout the convention
	July 17-20 2013	29th	Billings	MT	Crowne Plaza	123	Kyle Brehm		Montana Rail Link Laurel yard, BNSF CWR facility		Craft room, Beartooth Highway bus tour, lunch at Rock Creek Lodge	Charles McMillian, George Kuchera, Jerry Malkuch, Joe Malingo, Bob ?		Ron Kaminski, RR Collector	3rd RPM-style event	Bowser 40' Flush Roof Box Car
	July 18-21 2012	28th	Butte	MT	Front Street Station	138	Bill Taylor		Montana Resources, World Museum of Mining		Helena, Philipsburg, Butte trolly, cemetery walk	Alan Burns with Butte NP vets.	Bill Taylor	Dick Carlson, NP vet	2nd RPM-style event	1.5 story section house
	July 13-16 2011	27th	Carlton	MN	Black Bear Casino	99	Jim Dick		First Spike site, Lake Superior Railroad Museum		Glensheen mansion, Nokomis Restaurant	Dennis Hendry	Jim Dick	Jack Christensen, NP vet	1st RPM-style event	NP color/drift cards
	July 14-17 2010	26th	Spokane WA	WA	Mirabeau Park Hotel	200	Mike Applegate & Mike Lustig		Mike Gelhaus and Inland Empire Historical Society railcar collections.	BNSF business cars pulled by Montana Rail Link Sandpoint, ID to Paradise, MT and back.		Jack Christensen	Bill Taylor	Bud Cain, NP Vet		Convention model: Athern N–scale GATC 2600 Airslide, 1955 paint scheme, road number – 75507
	July 15-18 2009	25th	White Bear Lake	MN	White Bear Country Inn	120	Jim Dick		Jackson Street Round House, Iron Horse Central Railroad Museum, river boat ride.		Conservatory at Como Lake, tour of the Cathedral of St. Paul, lunch at Cafe' Latte on Grand Ave.	Jack Christensen and Bill Kuebler moderated Vets panels.	Ken Zieska	Ken Walkowaik, NP Vet		Convention models: double bay tool shed, ice shed, track–side phone booth, double privy—all produced by the NPRHA Modeling Committee.
	July 9-12 2008	24th	Tacoma	WA	Sheraton Hotel	180	Jerry Pickell	“Jim Fredrickson Country”		Tacoma Rail—Tacoma to Eatonville		Bill Kuebler	Bill Taylor	Ronald E. Magden, Ph.D.—“Tacoma Sails to Rails”
	July 11-15 2007	23rd	Mandan	ND	Seven Seas Inn	100	Michael Booth	“Where the West Begins”	R of W tours				Bob Horne	Frank Vyzralek, North Dakota historian, on The Story of the Mandan South and North Lines.		Convention car: NP Mechanical Reefers from Red Caboose, fully assembled, twelve different numbers
	July 12-16 2006	22nd	Bozeman	MT	GranTree Inn	120	Jan Taylor			Copper City Express over Rarus Railway Butte to Anaconda and return		Phil Beach moderated panel of MRL engineers who operate over former NP tracks.	Bill Taylor	Bill Brodsky, President Washington Transportation Group		Convention car: 1926 50’ Single Sheathed Auto boxcar resin kit by Speedwitch Media. Also Third Class, 2–story combination depot kit, Plan S–26 produced by the NPRHA Modeling Committee.
	July 13-17 2005	21st	Fargo	ND	Holiday Inn	110	Duane Durr		John Deere factory			Bill Kuebler	Bill Kuebler	Norm Lorentzen, NP Vice President of Operations		Convention car: 2–bay PS–2 covered hopper/ cement car No. 75280 by Kadee. Also NPRHA–developed motor car shed, fuel shed and scale house kits and “4–Dome Train West” sign by Blair Line.
	July 14-18 2004	20th	Pasco	WA	Red Lion	130	Phil Beach		Pasco yard and visited PF&S Hobby			Bill Kuebler	Bill Kuebler	Charles D. Kilbury, NP trainman and union representative		Convention car: 5 different numbers of Hart–Rogers ballast hoppers by Atlas
	July 16-20 2003	19th	Billings	MT	Sheraton Hotel		Jon Bratt	"Warren McGee Country"		Montana Daylight over Montana RailLink —Billings to Whitehall to Livingston. (BBQ on platform before motor coach ride back to Billings)		Bill Kuebler	Bill Kuebler	Richard Beulke, NP Personnel Department		Convention car: 50’ AAR with billboard lettering by Branchline. Artwork produced by NPRHA.
	July 11-14 2002	18th	Portland	OR	Holiday Inn Airport		Jim Russell		Brooklyn Street Roundhouse tour			Bill Kuebler moderated first and only all female, all Stewardess–Nurse Vets Panel with Barbara (Person) Hancock in uniform.	Bill Kuebler	Joan (Reitz) Dolan, NP Stewardess–Nurse Supervisor		Convention car: 5–car set of NP 50’ boxcars by Branchline; 50 sets run.
	July 12-15 2001	17th	Duluth	MN			Jon Bratt		Unique clinic presentation by Fireman Lee Tuskey, describing a 1950s trip on steam out of Duluth	GNRHS / NPRHA Convention Steam Excursion—No. 328 to Stillwater over Chicago Northwestern		Bill Kuebler	Bill Kuebler
	July 20-23 2000	16th	Helena	MT	Colonial Hotel	165	Warren Broaderick & Phil Beach			Montana Daylight over MontanaRailLink—Helena to Missoula, (BBQ at MRL Headquarters) and return		Bill Kuebler	Bill Kuebler	Jim Fredrickson, NP telegrapher, and his “Top Ten Reasons Why I Like NP”
	July 14-17 1999	15th	St. Paul	MN	St. Paul Radisson	170	Jim Dick		Iron Horse Central Museum in Chisago			Bill Kuebler	Bill Kuebler	Norm Lorentzen, NP Vice President of Operations	Toured model railroad layout in Bandana Square
	July 16-19 1998	14th	Tacoma	WA	Sheraton Hotel		Warren Broaderick			Spirit of Washington Dinner Train, Tacoma, WA and also Amtrak —Tacoma to Ellensburg (BBQ)		Bill Kuebler First vets panel including a Stewardess –Nurse, Loraine Nygaard/Taylor		John Hertog, Tacoma Division Superintendent
	July 17-20 1997	13th	Bismarck –Mandan	ND			DeLonce Synstegard		NP museum in northwest Mandan, Terry Lanz’s whirlwind van ride through Mandan Yard			Bill Kuebler	Jim Hill	Ed Rowell, NP Passenger Traffic Representative	Visited Mike Booth’s layout room
	July 18-21 1996	12th	Missoula	MT	Red Lion	120	Alan Burns			Montana Daylight over Montana RailLink —Missoula to St. Regis to Paradise (lunch) to Evaro to Missoula		Bill Kuebler	Bill Kuebler	Bud Cain, Missoula engineman and Tacoma & Idaho Divisions RFE
	July 14-16 1995	11th	Glendive	MT	Jordan Hotel		Lowell Vomhof		Yards and facilities, including cab ride “at the throttle” in yard, SD–60 (or 70) MAC			DeLonce Synstegard	Bill Kuebler	Roy Peterson, Fargo Division locomotive engineer and Yellowstone Division Road Foreman of Engines
	July 15-17 1994	10th	Spokane	WA	Cavanaugh’s Inn	170+	Gene Carlson		Motorcoach tour of Palouse & Lewiston and Camas Prairie railroads			Bill Kuebler moderated Jamestown Vets Panel	Bill Kuebler	Elmer Smoak, Tacoma shop supervisor
	July 16-18 1993	9th	St. Paul	MN	Kelly Inn	145	Ken Zieska	“Four–Dome Train West”		White Bear Lake and return, with Yellowstone River business car in consist		Bill Kuebler moderated Como Shop Vets Panel	Bill Kuebler	Norm Lorentzen, NP Vice President of Operations
	July 17-19 1992	8th	Portland	OR	Lewis & Clark University	150	Walt Ainsworth		SP&S No. 700 fired up at the Brooklyn Street roundhouse, moved around the yard as NP No. 2668	Lewis and Clark Train Ride on Yacolt Branch		Bill Kuebler moderated first Vets Panel held other than during banquet.
	July 12-14 1991	7th		ND	Gladstone Hotel		Duane Durr			Jamestown to Casselton & back, with Dirk Lenthe’s business car and others		Bill Kuebler moderated Jamestown Vets Panel at banquet
	July 13-15 1990	6th	Bozeman	MT	Montana State University		Rufus Cone		Bozeman Pass, old line Muir to Livingston					Bill Wolverton, Special Apprentice, NP Mechanical Department and Assistant Dynamometer Car Operator discussed testing NP Steam Locomotives with the Dynamometer Car
	July 14-16, 1989	5th	Duluth	MN			Dave Carlson		Lake Superior Railroad Museum			Bill Kuebler moderated first—and impromptu—Vets panel with Jamestown enginemen Bob Donegan and Gene Gossett, talking mostly about ’66 Blizzard	Gary Tarbox	Don King, NP superintendent
	July 19-21 1988	4th	Yakima	WA	Red Lion		Karl Hammerstrom		Naches branch, lower Pasco yard & tower, PS&F Hobby
	July 17-19 1987	3rd	Fargo	ND	Holiday Inn		Duane Durr		Dilworth, Stockwood fill, Manitoba Jct.
	July 18-20 1986	2nd	Tacoma	WA	Tacoma Dome Hotel	105	Rick Leach		Stampede Pass, Lester	Lake Whatcom Scenic Railroad
	July 19-21 1985	1st	Roseville	MN	Holiday Inn	25-30	Gary Wildung		Duluth	Spirit Lake line, Duluth to Carlton