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Prairie Rail 2004 Editorial Comment! 

<soapbox mode on> Back in 2001, we posted the schedule a week or two prior to the event, only to have a couple of cancellations occur late.  We have heard that these cancellations were made after the (non) participants looked at the schedule matrix, were unhappy with their assignments, and elected to bail out of the event.  It turns out that these people were rather late in replying with their desired layout choices.

While certainly nobody is holding a gun to your head to attend this event, we think this is pretty boorish behavior.  If you can't enjoy yourself on any of the participating layouts, well, you probably aren't trying.  If you get your selection in late, some of the "more popular" or less-frequently operated layouts may be filled-up.

BUT! there is a lesson to be learned here...get your choices in early!!!  Get after your Prairie Rail Coordinator to send in those selections.  <soapbox mode off>

We aren't going to present the attendance matrix this year...sorry.  It seems we are getting some "I wanna attend only the XYZ layouts, or I'm not coming" attitudes. 

Friends, you gotta chill out!  Come to KC, run some trains, eat some barbeque, chat with some old friends, make some new friends.  It's all good! 

For 2004, we have over 100 guests operating on 24 layouts, and we make every effort to get you your top choice or two to visit during the weekend.  Your ranked selections are thoughtfully considered in any decisions to fill the operating positions on a given railroad. 

Please check to see that your name is listed and that any special scheduling requirements (early exit on Sunday, etc.) are reflected in the schedule. 

Below lists the confirmed attendees.  If you think your name should be on the list and it isn't, notify your local Prairie Rail Coordinator!

Please address all comments to the Prairierail contact.  

Oh, yeah, one final note.  Obviously we are deliberately mis-spelling your names just to tick you off, so be sure to rant and rave at us about our incompetence when you see us at Prairie Rail.

Prairie Rail Classic Railroad Participants (current as of February 18, 2004):  

Participant

 Participant Participant Participant
1 John McBee 27 Bill Childers 53 Don Wetmore 79 Dave Vos
2 Doug Farner 28 Armin Bacher 54 Steve Dolezal 80 Gary Freesman
3 Bob Moore 29 Steve Hayes 55 Paul DeLuca 81 John Thomas
4 Ed Abbott 30 Rod Loder 56 Todd McGee 82 John O'Brien
5 Dave Kampsnider 31 Bryn Exroot 57 Kurt Stoebe 83 Mike Jordan
6 Gary Gelzer 32 Brad Hundt 58 René LaVoise 84 Dave Nickolaus
7 Ron White 33 Ron Copher 59 Rick Newton 85 Rich Ramiarz
8 Ron Williams 34 Bill Kish 60 Len Appelbaum 86 Andy Sperandeo
9 Ray Wells 35 Jeff Daggendesch 61 Frank Bryan 87 Gordy Spiering
10 Larry Altbaum 36 Ed Klein 62 Mike Peters 88 Bill Rose
11 Dave Parks 37 Dennis Weber 63 Barry Steimel 89 Jon Pansius
12 Seth Neumann 38 Neil Roggensack 64 Bob Brady 90 Jim Sinclair
13 Otis Mc Gee 39 Rick Rodrick 65 Bob Johnson 91 Dave Steensland
14 Norm Stenzel 40 John Denny 66

Ron Roberts

 92 Jeff Leaman
15 Dave Chaney 41 Al Lesky 67

John Pautz

 93 David Randolph
16 Gordon Tuenge 42 Denny Krausman 68

Lloyd Rinehart

 94 Will Jordan
17 Ken Zieska 43 Frank Criswell 69

Mark Steenwyk

 95 Garry Smith
18 Lou Steenwyk 44 Steve Karas 70

Brian Lingner

 96 Chuck Tuttle
19 Scott Given 45 Bob Barnett 71

Fred Carlson

 97 John Brennan
20 Bob Hanmer 46 Peter Bryan 72 Steve Ackerman 98 Ed Novit
21 John Swanson 47 Bill Wright 73 John Ozanich 99 Bob Perrin
22 Bill Darnaby 48 Paul Sullivan 74 Mike Papp 100  Dick Caudle
23 Rich Steenwyk 49 Randall Wilson 75 Craig Wilson 101 Bill Pistello
24 Keith Gutierrez 50 Jeff Otto 76 Brian Holtz 102 Perry Sugerman
25 Jerry Schoenberg 51 Gerald McGee 77 Chuck Laggan 103 Matt Sugerman
26 Richard Day 52 Roger Brooks 78 Bud Brueggeman 104 Steve King
        105 Shane Lambert 106 Steve Campbell
        107 Bill Kaufmann 108 Jim Providenza

Wax on...wax off...