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The 2006 GNRHS Convention was held in Kalispell, Montana from Sunday, July 16 to Wednesday, July 19.  For additional day-by-day photos and accompanying text, click the buttons to the left.  The agenda was as follows: 

CLICK HERE for a trip report by Lindsay Korst on the Kalispell convention.
(from his www.gngoat.org website)

Sunday, July 16

0800 - 1300 - Board Meeting

1330 - 1400 - Welcome Meeting

1400 - 1700 - Registration

1400 - 1500 - Set up for Rail Fair, Model Contest, Casey Adams Photo Contest

1500 - 2000 - Rail Fair, Model Contest, Casey Adams Photo Contest

1700 - 2000 - Dinner on your own

2000 - 2130 - Ron Erickson - "Hustle Muscle" presentation

Monday, July 17

0800 - 1000 - Registration

0800 - 1100 - Rail Fair

0830 - 1230 - Glacier Quilt Tour

1100 - 1300 - Lunch on your own

1300 - 1330 - Welcome to the Flathead Valley

1330 - 1430 - Mr. Max Ulver - GNR from Flathead to Jennings

1445 - 1545 - Mr. Doug Follet - Through the Years at Glacier Park

1600 - 1700 - Father Dale Peterka - Marias Pass slide show

1700 - 1815 - Dinner on your own

1830 - 2230 - Model Railroad Layout Tour

1830 - 2130 - Conrad Mansion/Hockaday Museum tours

Tuesday, July 18

0600 - 0715 - Breakfast on your own

0730 - 1630 - Marias Pass Tour; Lunch at Izaak Walton Inn

1700 - 1800 - Business Meeting

1800 - 1900 - Dinner on your own

1900 - 2000 - Rocky's Rails presentations.

2015 - 2115 - Mr. Jim Ruffing - Modeling GN Covered Hopper Cars.

2130 - 2230 - Father Dale Peterka - Photographing Model Railroads.

Wednesday, July 19

0600 - 0715 - Breakfast on your own

0730 - 1630 - Plum Creek Tour; Lunch at Moose Lodge; Dedication - Stumptown and Roundhouse Tour/BNSF Display

1700 - 1800 - Happy Hour

1800 - 2200 - GNRHS Banquet and door prizes presented.  Robert Downing - Dinner Speaker