Due to very weak registrations, we regret to say that the May 8-11 convention in Perris, California is CANCELED. If you registered, you will receive a refund. Please cancel any hotel or travel reservations you have made.
In its place we will hold an on-line convention spanning half days on August 17 and August 24. There is no charge to attend, however we request a donation, You must acquire a ticket through the Company Store. Tickets are not posted in the Store yet but will be soon.
Line-Up of Presentations (all times Pacific Time)
Saturday August 17
830am – 850am UPHS Membership Business Meeting
9am – 950am Stuart Forsyth, Cajon at War
10am – 1050am Tom Gildersleeve, Outstanding UP Steam Photography
11am – 1220pm Kit Courter, Dick and Kevin Dorn, Rob Leachman, Outstanding LA&SL Photography, 1980s – Present
Saturday August 24
9am – 950am Chris Faulk and Ricky Durrant, UP in Marysville, KS during the 1970s and 1980s, Featuring the Photography of James Watson
10am – 1050am Gordon Glattenberg, Outstanding LA&SL Photography, 1950s – 1970s
11am – 1220pm Rob Leachman, The Alameda Corridor
Presentations Details:
Stuart Forsyth: Cajon at War
The all-time traffic peak on Cajon Pass was reached in the waning days of World War II. Santa Fe dispatchers and both UP and Santa Fe train and engine crews struggled to cope with the onslaught of troop and war material movements up and down the steep grades. Using Santa Fe Train Dispatcher Sheets, Stuart Forsyth will help us relive those epic days.
Tom Gildersleeve, Outstanding Photography of UP Steam
Tom is a noted rail photographer, especially for his work on the Rio Grande narrow gauge and other steam subjects. Tom is co-author of Southland, a pictorial of Southern California railroading. For many years Tom sold highest-quality duplicate slide sets of fine railroad photographs taken by many noted photographers. Tom has put together for us a wonderful show of outstanding UP steam photography including images by Richard Kindig, Clayton Tinkham, Donald Duke and others.
Dick Dorn, Kevin Dorn, Kit Courter and Rob Leachman, Outstanding Photography of the LA&SL from the 1980s to the Present
Scenic action photography of the LA&SL from Cajon Pass northward over Boulter and York Summits in Utah. Dick and Kevin Dorn are a father-son-team of excellent railroad photographers. We will see Dick’s 1985 photography of Meadow Valley Wash, Kevin’s 2005-2006 photography of Clover Creek Canyon, Meadow Valley Wash and Cima Hill, and their joint photography of Afton Canyon in 2006. Kit Courter, an excellent rail photographer based in Southern California, has contributed his superb photos of Cajon Pass, Afton Canyon, the Mojave Basin, Cima Hill and Meadow Valley Wash. Rob Leachman has contributed photos from Meadow Valley Wash, the climb over Boulter Summit and the climb over York Summit.
Chris Faulk and Ricky Durrant, UP in Marysville, Kansas during the 1970s and 1980s, Featuring the Photography of James Watson
Jim Watson was a noted rail photographer who documented UP operations in and around Marysville, KS, 1976-1984. Chris Faulk is an active contributor to UPHS and will narrate the presentation, assisted by Ricky Durrant, who was the Trainmaster at Marysville at the time.
Gordon Glattenberg, Outstanding Photography of the LA&SL in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s
Gordon is a noted rail photographer who will share with us his excellent vintage coverage of the UP in Southern California. Gordon is co-author of Southland, a pictorial of Southern California railroading.
Rob Leachman, Conception and Development of the Alameda Corridor
Opened in 2002, the 25-mile Alameda Corridor is a grade-separated, multi-track railroad connecting the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with main-line railroads near downtown Los Angeles. Rob’s 1984 report for Southern California Association of Governments was the first proposal for the Corridor. Working for SCAG and later for the Ports, Rob secured stakeholder support and prepared the Environmental Impact Report leading to the Corridor’s construction. Part 1 of the presentation will provide a photographic tour of the rail operations in the area before the Corridor and discuss the alternatives considered for improving rail access to the Ports.
In Part 2 Rob will explain the analysis of impacts on street traffic from forecasted rail traffic to and from the Ports, the economics justifying the Corridor, the development of stakeholder support, and the completion of the Corridor. Rob will then explain how and why Corridor traffic has not reached levels needed to retire its bonds, and what can be done to shift imports off the freeways and into the Corridor, thereby realizing its promise.
Our keynote presenters planned for the Perris Convention, Mike Hemmer and Tom Haley, are not available in August, but we will have them present to UPHS at a future date.
Updated: 3 July 2024