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June 21-24, 2007 Oklahoma City, OK Some of the above files are in Adobe Acrobat format.
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Updated 04-13-07
The 2007 convention of the Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society will be held June 21-24, 2007, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This is also the year of the State of Oklahoma's Centennial celebration! There will be many events happening around the State so plan on coming early and staying late. The convention will be held at the new The Sheraton Midwest City Hotel at the Reed Conference Center, 5750 Will Rogers road, Midwest City, OK, 73110, 405.455.1800. The hotel is located 15 minutes from the Santa Fe/Amtrak depot and the Brick town entertainment district and a 30-minute drive from the Will Rogers World Airport. The hotel convention rate is $89.00 per night plus applicable room taxes. Each room has wireless high-speed Internet access available, coffee maker, and flat screen television. There is also an indoor pool, fitness center and restaurant located in the hotel. For those who are storm sensitive, the 6000 sq ft exhibit hall is also a certified storm shelter. As an incentive, the first 70 hotel registrations will receive a signed and numbered print of the historic Norman, Oklahoma, Santa Fe depot. The Sheraton has now sold out. Three other Hotels are located just across the parking lot and their prices are the same as or slightly less than the rate for the Convention Hotel. They are:
The registration fee for the convention will be $130.00, which includes the Thursday night welcome dinner, tour of the Oklahoma Railway Museum, Saturday night banquet, Sunday's breakfast, a patch and pin, along with access to all of the clinics, contest, and vendors area. A single day registration is $40. It does not include any meals or tours. We have an extra fare trip planned for Thursday, June 21. This trip will leave the convention hotel at 7:30 for the Santa Fe depot. We will depart from the depot at 8:25 on Amtrak's Heartland Flyer and detrain in Ardmore at 10:20. The ride will give a spectacular view of the Big Canyon area on the Washita River in the Arbuckle Mountains. In Ardmore there will be time to photograph the unique Santa Fe depot prior to boarding the buses to begin the return trip tour. We will be stopping at two (hopefully three) Santa Fe steam locomotives and visit museums located in two restored Santa Fe depots. The drive back will follow the tracks along Highway 77 with possible stops to photograph trains. A box lunch will be provided to those on the tour. This tour will be limited to the first paid 140 extra fare registrants. Sorry, but this trip is SOLD OUT. For those unable to take the extra fare train tour, there will be a self-guided tour of Curtis Hill on the busy BNSF, former Santa Fe, transcontinental mainline. You can also visit the restored Harvey House, depot, and museum in Waynoka. There is a great restaurant located inside the Harvey house eating room. Gary Githens will meet all of those interested on Thursday the 21st at 7:30 a.m., at the Waynoka depot and give out information as to the best photograph spots and the do's and don'ts. We will have a welcome dinner at the convention hotel from 5-7 Thursday evening for all registered convention attendees. After dinner, the Oklahoma Railway Museum will be open for all to visit and take a short ride on the excursion train. The museum has several pieces of Santa Fe equipment that will be displayed for photography. We plan on having an evening program at the convention hotel after our return from the museum. Friday June 22nd and Saturday June 23rd activities will be in the Reed Center attached to the hotel. We have eight incredible clinics planned for your enjoyment in the upstairs meeting rooms and 6000 sq ft available for vendors* located on the lower floor. We will also have a large area for contest entries so dust off your models and print those pictures! Saturday night will be the banquet and presentation of awards to the contest winners. Ken Fitzgerald will make a presentation on the Santa Fe in southern Oklahoma. Family members are welcome if a banquet ticket(s) is purchased on the registration form. Sunday June 24 will conclude the 2007 convention. We will have a breakfast for all registrants followed with the annual Society business meeting and presentation for the 2008 convention in Riverside, California. There will be several model layouts to tour on your way home.
Chairman: Greg Hall
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