Al Lowe

The annual banquet is included in your Iron Horse Express 2013 registration fee. The banquet will be held in the Convention Hotel, the Holiday Inn Express, in Dublin, CA, Saturday evening, April 6. It will start with a no-host cocktail hour at 6:00 PM, with dinner served at 7:00 PM. The guest speaker will be Beverly Lane, who will speak on Electric Railroads in Contra Costa County before BART. You may not realize it, but at one time, both steam and electric railways servedDanville and theSanRamonValley.

Mrs. Laneis eminently qualified in this topic, currently serving as Curator of theMuseumofSan Ramon Valley, located in the ex-Southern Pacific depot inDanville. She is also president of the Contra Costa County Historical Society.Mrs. Lanehas been a member of the East Bay Regional Park District Board of Directors since 1994 and has been recognized nationally for her role in the creation of the Iron Horse Regional Trail through Central Contra Costa on the original SP right of way. She served as a member of the Danville Town Council and was Mayor of Danville for three terms. A graduate of Occidental College (BA) andCaliforniaStateUniversity, Hayward (MPA), Beverly has authored a pamphlet onContraCostaCounty’s electric railroads, as well as books on the 150-year history ofDanville, and a pictorial history of theSanRamonValley. The annual PCR and contest award presentations will followMrs. Lane’s talk.

This is truly an evening you won’t want to miss. Additional banquet tickets are available through registration for $45. (Note that the banquet is not included in Youth and Day fares.)

Sign up for the convention, or purchase additional banquet tickets on the website.