I'm on the road again next week, traveling to Savannah, Ga., for the annual meeting of the Association of Tourist Railroads and Railway Museums. I'll be blogging, and we'll announce the winner of the 2016 $10,000 preservation award on Saturday night about 9 p.m. Eastern.

We'll be live streaming several seminars and sessions, including the awards. Here's the schedule. Please join us!

Here’s the schedule of events that you can find on our Website at www.TrainsMag.com/bigsteam:

Nov. 9, 5-7 p.m. Vendor spotlight and annual meeting. Meet the vendors at the conference and learn about their products and services.

Nov. 10, 8:30 – 10:15 a.m., Interpretation: Focusing on the Human Element Pin Point Heritage Museum film: Take me to the Water with Emily Beck

Nov. 11, 8:30 – 10:15 a.m., International relations and interest. Bruno Wilson Ebergenyi and Teresa Marquez Martinez, National Railway Museum of Mexico and National Center for the Preservation of Railway Cultural Heritage.

Nov. 11, 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. Off-wire streetcar technology with Brad Read, president TIG/m

Nov. 11, 2:45-3:45 p.m. Relocation of the Texas steam locomotive, Jackson McQuigg, vice president of properties, Atlanta History Center, and Scott Lindsay, president, Steam Operations Corp.

Nov. 12, 8:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Archaeology and projects with military or government involvement: Recovery of the CSS Georgia ironclad. Julie A. Morgan, archaeologist, U.S. Army Corps. Of Engineers

Nov. 12, 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. Maximizing boiler performance and reliability, Jim Conte, BoilerSaver

1:30-2:30 p.m., Maintenance and inspection standards for amusement parks, Ronald W. Lwin, senior quality engineer of, Walt Disney World

Nov. 12, 2:45 – 3:45 p.m. FRA seminar, bridge loadings, steam locomotive dynamics. Gary Fairbanks or Harold Weisinger, Motive Power & Engineering, FRA

Nov. 12, 4-5 p.m. Buying a new boiler, take 2. Terry Koller, Georgia State Railroad Museum, Scot Lindsay, Steam Operations Corp., and Mark Ray, president, ATRRM

Nov. 12, approximately 8 p.m. Awards, recognitions, announcements.

Glad to see this. Its a step in the right direction at more widely disseminating the knowledge of the experts in the railway preservation movement. I know I will be watching.