Our Cincinnati based cars, the Observatory dome car, the Birch Grove sleeper, and our newly acquired car, the Moonlight Dome will arrive in Chicago on Monday, September 15th. On September 17th, the convention train will be assembled. The Pine Tree Limited will depart early on Thursday, September 18, and travel to Cleveland, Ohio over the former Nickel Plate Railroad. After overnighting in Cleveland, we will continue on the old Nickel Plate Route to Buffalo. There we will pick up the former Erie Railroad now the Norfolk Southern's Southern Tier line to Binghamton, NY where we will park for the night. From Binghamton to Syracuse we will be on the New York, Susquehanna & Western (the ex-Lackawanna route.) From Syracuse to Rotterdam, NY we will be on the former New York Central now CSX and Amtrak Route. From Rotterdam east to Portland we will be on Pan Am (the ex- Boston & Maine.) We arrive in Portland on Sunday September 21. Convention activities, including exciting excursions, informational seminars and meetings, car parties and banquet, will run from September 22 - 24. The headquarters hotel is the recently refurbished Westin Portland Harborview.