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2012 Cotton Belt Symposium
October 5-6, 2012
Media Gallery
photos by L. Joyce Davis & Jason L. Davis

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Dedicated to Otha Spencer
The 2012 Sympoisum is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Otha C. Spencer.
Cotton Belt Symposium
Attendees arriving for the 2012 Symposium Friday evening social event.
CBS Attendees
Symposium attendees visiting on Friday evening.
CBS Attendees
Symposium attendees visiting on Friday evening.
Symposium attendees
Symposium attendees visiting on Friday evening.
North Texas T-trak madel railroad layout
North Texas T-Trak Modular Railroad Club's operating N-scale layout.
Bryan Davis' lantern and artifact diaplay
Bryan Davis' railroad lantern and artifact display.
Railroad artifacts
Railroad artifacts on display.
CBS
Commerce Public Library's railroad artifact display.
Jason Davis & Scott Peterson
Jason Lee Davis, Symposium co-host, passing the microphone over to Scott Peterson to introduce Friday evening's special "Motorcar Operators Viewing" of his documentary film, Weekend Railroaders.
Weekend Railroaders DVD
Viewing of Scott Peterson's Weekend Railroaders documentary.
Motorcar Q&A
Motorcar related Q&A session on Friday evening.
CBS attendees
Symposium attendees enjoying themselves before the first session on Saturday.
Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey, Chief Mechanical Officer for Project #819, shares his experiences with functional testing of the Cotton Belt 4-8-4 Northern Steam Loco #819.
Live Streaming
For the first time in event history, the proceedings were streamed live over the Internet via the Symposium's UStream channel.
CBS
Attendees listen to Bill Bailey's 819 presentation.
Bill Bailey
Attendees listen to Bill Bailey's 819 presentation.
CBS Luncheon
Symposium Luncheon, sponsored by the tamuc
College of Science, Engineering, and Agriculture.
CBS Luncheon
Luncheon guests enjoy the meal and live musical entertainment.
CBS Luncheon
Luncheon guests enjoy the meal and live musical entertainment.
CBS Luncheon
Luncheon guests enjoy the meal and live musical entertainment.
Leo Sykes Band
The Leo Sykes Band entertains Luncheon guests.
Leo Sykes Band
The Leo Sykes Band entertains Luncheon guests.
Jason Davis and Scott Peterson
Jason Lee Davis and Scott Peterson introducing the feature viewing of Scott's documentary film, Weekend Railroaders.
CBS attendees
Attendees visiting after the event.
CBS attendees
Bryan, Brenda, & Leroy Davis.
CBS attendees
Attendees visiting after the event.
Steven Pawlow's railroad layout and artifacts
Steven Pawlow's N-scale layout and railroad artifact collection.
Steven Pawlow's signal garden
Steven Pawlow's railroad "Signal Garden."
Steven Pawlow
Steven Pawlow giving a personally guided tour of the railroad artifacts displayed in his "Signal Garden."


2012 Event Materials

 

Event Program (pdf)
Event Flyer (pdf)
Event Poster 11"x17" (pdf)
Event Marquee 24"x36" (pdf)
VideoWall 3x2 Graphic (pdf)
InfoScreen Graphic (pdf)


Previous Event Galleries

2011 Symposium Media Gallery

2010 Symposium Media Gallery

2009 Symposium Media Gallery

2008 Symposium Media Gallery

2007 Symposium Media Gallery

2006 Symposium Media Gallery


Video Clips

Symposium Channel on uStream


Press Coverage