MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
Iowa Association of Railroad Passengers
Next meeting in the Des Moines area
Saturday, August 27, 2005
IARP President Pat Hendricks, assisted by Gary
Billmeyer, has made the following arrangements for the next meeting:
Saturday, August 27, 2005, at the Okoboji Grill,
1225 Copper Creek Drive, Pleasant Hill (Des
Moines), Iowa. (Okoboji Grill is located
approximately 1¸ miles east of the Iowa State
Fairgrounds, just off East University Avenue (Highway 163)).
Attendees may enjoy an optional lunch from the
menu at 11:00 a.m. and join together at 1:00 p.m.
for the program and business meeting. Meals will
be paid for by each individual participating in the lunch.
The 1:00 p.m. program includes:
Pat Hendricks, President, Iowa Assn. of Railroad Passengers
Passenger rail update
Dick Welch, Regional Director, National Assn. of Railroad Passengers
NARP update and federal positions update
George Davison, General Counsel, IARP
ãHow to build steam for passenger rail.ä
The public is invited and welcome and encouraged
to attend the program and meeting.
More information about the association is available at: www.simpson.edu/~iarp.
After the meeting, attendees are invited to a
special tour of the model railroad at the Iowa
State Fairgrounds operated by the Central Iowa
Railroad Club. The club was formed in 1967 and
operates a 20x45 foot model railroad layout
depicting Midwestern scenes. More than 8000 hours
have been spent by club members creating the
layout. The layout has the equivalent of nearly
seven scale miles of mainline operating track.
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