DuBois Area Historical Society, Inc.
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Registration is still open for the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad Symposium. The Symposium will be held on Friday August 4 and August 5 at the Clarion Hotel located at 1896 Rich Highway.
Cost: $45 includes Friday & Saturday programs plus lunch and Dinner Saturday. An additional $15 for the Friday evening Social Hour
Registration form can be printed at www.duboishs.com.
Call the Historical Society at 814-371-9006 or 814-427-5259 for more information and a form will be sent to you.
Program outline is as follows:
Friday August 4
11:30 a.m. Registration begins
1:00 Introductions Richard Castonguay
Invocation
Tribute to Paul Pietrak Hugh Guillaume
1:15 The Goodyear Empire Michael J. Connor
2:15 Break
2:30 Engineering of the Southern Extension Nick Puzak
Hicks Run, Dents Run, Weedville, DuBois
4:00 South for Coal: Cascade Coal & Coke Co. Richard Castonguay
5:00 Informal Show & Tell, Visit displays
5:30 Ice Breaker Reception
Saturday August 5
7:00 a.m. Registration
7:50 Introductions Richard Castonguay
8:00 Locomotive Rolling Stock & Operations Mike Schleigh
9:00 Medix Run Lumber/Medix Run Railroad Gary Gilmore
10:00 Break
10:15 Railroad Family History Laura Lynn Yohe
B&S out of DuBois Nick Puzak
The Death of J.J. Colley
11:00 B&S/PS&N Interface Ken Clark
11:30 Buffalo Extension Mark Metz/Michael J Connor
12: 00 Luncheon
1:00 B&S Corporate Evolution Michael J Connor
2:00 Rise and Fall of the WAG Mike Schleigh
3;00 Break
3:15 B&S Disposition Mark Metz
3:45 Goodyear Family: Second Generation Mark Metz
Potato Creek Railroad/Norwich Lumber Company
Great Southern Lumber Company/Bogalusa, LA Paper Company
4:00 Wrap Up Ruth Gregori
4:30 Symposium Conclusion
6:00 Banquet