UPHS
Conventions
This
page will tell you about UPHS Conventions and Activities.
The 25th
Annual Convention will be held in
Cheyenne, WY
July 9 - 12, 2009
Little America Hotel
Click
Here for more information
Click Here for the Registration Form
All dome seats for the excursion have been sold.
Our Room Block at Little America is filled,
La Quinta has rooms for $110,
2104 West Lincolnway
Cheyenne, WY 82001
Local number 307-632-7117
Nationwide number is 800-531-5900
or try your favorite hotel booking web site.
2010 Convention in Boise, Idaho
July 28-31, 2010
Hotel: Boise Riverside Double Tree
Room Rate $92.00
Highlights:
Wed: Train Trip & Dinner on the Thunder Mt. RR
Thurs: Bus to Nampa yard & Boise Locomotive shops
Friday: 2 day swap meet, Clinics
Saturday: Business mtg, swap meet, clinics, Banquet
2008 Convention cars are Here!
HO Scale BI-50-2, BI-50-5, BI-50-1
50’ plug door boxcar kit
Originally built by General American Transportation Co.
for the UP in 1955,
and the UPRR Omaha shops in 1955, and
1957, the
cars were delivered in the “Orange” scheme.
The models were produced
exclusively for the UPHS by Branchline Trains for our 2008
convention.
CLICK Here for photos and more information
The
UPHS Company Store sells items of interest to anyone.
Please send orders and a check or your Visa/Mastercard # and expiration date
to :
UPHS Company Store,
P.O. Box 4006,
Cheyenne, WY 82003-4006
OR
Email
to uphs@wyoming.com
Tell us you are ordering from the web site.
Convention Photo & Model Contest
Rules and Entry Form
Click Here
2008 Convention, Topeka, KS.
Click Here
for photos
2007 Convention, Chicago, IL.
Click Here for photos
2006 Convention, Omaha, Ne.
Click Here
for Photos
2005 Convention, Denver, CO.
Click Here for pictures
Click Here for more photos
2004 Convention, Ogden, UT.
Click Here for pictures
2003 Convention, San Pedro, LA Harbor, CA
Click Here for pictures
Convention
Site Selection
The UPHS Board has a convention site selection chairman,
currently Hilding Larson. He is charged with working with
prospective
convention hosts to be sure they can fulfill the needs
of the convention. Some of these needs are:
A local group of at least three UPHS members to organize
and run the convention.The usual assignments are one person
to be the registrar and finance person, one to be in charge
of operations including hotel space, meeting rooms, meals,
buses or other transportation and the third person to be
in charge of clinics, outside tours and guest speakers.
These people should have attended a number of UPHS conventions
and be familiar with their operation. There are many other
positions to be filled by other volunteers once the basic
work has been done by these three persons.
A Hotel must be selected that can handle a group of our
size with sleeping rooms at a competitive rate, as well
as having meeting rooms for contests, clinics and meals
for about 150 persons, sometimes all at the same time.
Another consideration is what is there to see or do in the
vicinity. Are there tour friendly industries in the area?
Is there a tourist railroad or public transportation rail
system that can be ridden as an extra fare trip? How about
museums and large club model railroad layouts?
In the early years of the UPHS every effort was made to
focus conventions on the pre merger UPRR locations. Now
that the UPRR has had time to make it's own history in
all these new locations, Convention proposals from all
parts of the system are welcomed, as Convention attendees
prefer a variety of locations.
We also try to move the convention across the system from
year to year. Our preference is to hold the convention between
the middle of June and the middle of August.
The procedure to be followed for a site to be considered
is for the key members to approach the convention site selection
chairman at least two years and preferably three years before
the intended date. A complete proposal including possible
hotel sites, tentative program and a budget should be prepared
for presentation to the board at it's mid year meeting 18
months before the proposed date. The convention can then
be announced at the next convention.
If you would like to host a convention, please contact our
convention site selection chairman.
Email him at conventions@uphs.org
Past UPHS Conventions
1. 1985, Cheyenne, WY
2. 1986, Portland, OR
3. 1987, North Platte, NE
4. 1988, Salt Lake City, UT
5. 1989, Omaha, NE
6. 1990, Pocatello, ID
7. 1991, Kansas City, MO
8. 1992, Cheyenne, WY
9. 1993, Stockton, CA
10. 1994, Ontario, CA
11. 1995, Omaha, NE
12. 1996, Pendleton, OR
13. 1997, North Platte, NE
14. 1998, Salt Lake City, UT
15. 1999, Kansas City, MO
16. 2000, Cheyenne, WY
17, 2001, Portland, OR
18. 2002, Grand Island, NE
19. 2003, San Pedro, CA
20, 2004, Ogden, UT
21, 2005, Denver, CO.
22. 2006, Omaha, NE
23. 2007, Chicago, IL
24. 2008, Topeka, KS
25. 2009, Cheyenne, WY
26. 2010, Boise, ID
