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BRHS 2024 Spring Meet
Savanna, Illinois, April 26-27
Meet Hotel: Savanna Inn & Suites101
Valley View Drive – Savanna, IL 60174
Call 815.273.2288 to make reservations
https://savannainnandsuites.com/
30 rooms for Friday and Saturday night - under BRHS Spring Meet 2024
Rates: King $133 – Double Queen $143 plus tax
Rates available Thursday thru Sunday
Cancellations required before 3:00 pm on April 24 |
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Meet Model and Photo Display Rules & Forms |
The BRHS
Board of Directors have elected to no longer hold modeling and photography contests due to the issues that have
occurred surrounding them.
Instead, they have changed them to displays, with only a popular vote for Best of Show,
one for models and the other for photographs. View the rules using the links on the right.
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Model Display Rules
Photo Display Rules
(Both are PFD files)
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Come to the
Fall 2024 Meet
back in
Mendota
It will be great! |
BRHS 2024 Fall Meet
September 19-22. 2024
At Mendota, Illiinois
Hosted by Bryon Walters and the
Mendota Museum and Historical Society
Main event is at the Mendota Civic Center
Lodging at the Quality Inn & Suites of Mendota |
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FOBNR 2022 Convention June 8-11 Vancouver, Washington
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Each year the FOBNR holds a convention and membership meeting at some location on the BN/BNSF system.
The convention includes tours of local BN/BNSF facilities (if there are any in the area), a display of BN historical information and items, HO and N-scale operating
layouts, tours of local layouts, railfanning opportunities, a banquet with a speaker (usually a local BNSF official), and a board meeting. |
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Previous BRHS Meetings and Locations
Year |
Spring Meet Location |
Attendance |
Annual Meet Location |
Attendance |
1980 |
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Hillside, IL |
23 |
1981 |
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Galesburg, IL |
37 |
1982 |
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Hillside, IL |
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1983 |
Red Oak, IA |
50 |
Burlington, IA |
103 |
1984 |
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Lincoln, NE |
76 |
1985 |
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Aurora, IL |
102 |
1986 |
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Denver, CO |
69 |
1987 |
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Quincy, IL |
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1988 |
Aurora, IL |
40 |
La Crosse, WI |
107 |
1989 |
Aurora, IL |
108 |
Omaha, NE |
106 |
1990 |
Aurora, IL |
107 |
St. Paul, MN |
110 |
1991 |
Aurora, IL |
132 |
St. Louis, MO |
152 |
1992 |
Aurora, IL |
141 |
Willowbrook, IL |
189 |
1993 |
Aurora, IL |
115 |
Galesburg, IL |
172 |
1994 |
Aurora, IL |
100 |
Kansas City, MO |
131 |
1995 |
Des Moines, IA |
430 |
Rockford, IL |
180 |
1996 |
La Grange, IL |
152 |
Denver, CO |
148 |
1997 |
La Grange, IL |
190 |
Lincoln, NE |
155 |
1998 |
La Grange, IL |
182 |
Deadwood, SD |
124 |
1999 |
Burlington, IA |
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Aurora, IL |
230 |
2000 |
Rochelle, IL |
157 |
Ft. Worth, TX |
227(Q 107) |
2001 |
Mendota, IL |
220 |
Paducah, KY |
80 |
2002 |
Streator, IL |
225 |
St. Louis, MO |
135 |
2003 |
Mendota, IL |
180 |
St. Paul, MN |
95 |
2004 |
Oregon, IL |
181 |
Galesburg, IL |
130 |
2005 |
Moline, IL |
195 |
Dubuque, IA |
205
(Q 143) |
2006 |
Streator, IL |
210 |
Grand Island, NE |
76 |
2007 |
Creston, IA |
70 |
Kansas City, KS |
85 |
2008 |
Oregon, IL |
115 |
Macomb, IL |
58 |
2009 |
West Chicago,IL |
80 |
Rockford, IL |
100 |
2010 |
Streator, IL |
144 |
Geneva, IL |
58 |
2011 |
Batavia, IL |
110 |
Galesburg, IL |
90 |
2012 |
Batavia, IL |
100 |
St. Paul, MN |
65 |
2013 |
Batavia, IL |
120 |
Mendota, IL |
97 |
2013 |
Billings, MT |
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Joint Meet with the NP Railway Historical Assn. |
17 |
2014 |
Batavia, IL |
105 |
Rock Island, IL |
95 |
2015 |
Batavia, IL |
125 |
North Platte, NE |
61 |
2016 |
Batavia, IL |
135 |
La Crosse, WI |
118 |
2017 |
Batavia, IL |
128 |
Rochelle, IL |
98 |
2018 |
Batavia, IL |
132 |
Quincy, IL |
114 |
2019 |
Yorkville, IL |
111 |
Sandwich, IL |
95 |
2020 |
Golden, CO |
Postponed |
Duluth, MN |
Postponed to 2022 |
2021 |
Yorkville, IL |
Canceled |
St. Louis, MO |
198 |
2022 |
Sheridan, IL |
85 |
Duluth, MN |
83 |
2023 |
Peoria, IL (Morton, IL) |
42 |
Omaha, NE |
79 |
2024 |
Savanna, IL |
101 |
Mendota, IL |
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