Cotton Belt Depot, Commerce, Texas
Robert McFatridge engineer | Ed Cooper photo
The 11th Annual
Cotton Belt Regional Railroad Symposium
Sam Rayburn Student Center
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Commerce, Texas
Fri. - Sat., Sept. 30 - Oct. 1, 2016.
The Symposium is scheduled annually for the weekend of the first Saturday in October.
Friday evening's activities include an informal "Show-And-Tell"/"Mix-N-Mingle." If you have items of railroad interest you would like to display on Friday and/or Saturday, please contact Jason Davis so we can arrange for appropriate table or display space. Please note that this is NOT a swap-meet.
The formal event on Saturday will consist of railroad presentations; a Luncheon reaturing an musical tribute ot Leo Sykes; an update on NETEX/Blacklands Railroad operations on the Cotton Belt's former C-branch; and other activities to be announced. Audience participation is encouraged.
Dedicated to Leo Sykes
1937-2016
Leo Sykes at the first Cotton Belt Symposium on Nov. 30, 2006.
L. Joyce Davis photo
Leo Sykes on the disucssion panel at the 2011 Symposium.
L. Joyce Davis photo
Leo Sykes leading the band at the 2015
Sympoisum Luncheon.
J. L. Davis photo
The 2016 Cotton Belt Symposium is dedicated to the memory of
Leo Sykes. Leo was an Equipment Installer in charge of
communications for the Cotton Belt in northeast Texas and was based
out of Commerce for many years. Leo was a dedicated supporter
of and participant in the symposium, beginning with the first event
in 2006.
October 25, 1937 -
May 18, 2016
Years of Service to the SSW: 1970-1994
Luncheon
LUNCHEON MEAL RESERVATION SUBMISSION
Presented by
tamuc Department of Engineering & Technology
2016 Sponsors
Luncheon Sponsor(s):
Opportunity Available
Contact
Jason with inquiries.
Keynote Sponsor:
Opportunity Available
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Jason with inquiries.
Gold Spike Sponsors:
Stephen & Marinelle Morrow
Greenville Board of Development
tamuc
College of Science & Engineering
Dr. Brent Donham, Dean
Silver Spike Sponsor(s):
Dr. Madeline & James Justice
Bronze Spike Sponsors:
Opportunity Available
Contact
Jason with inquiries.
Iron Spike Sponsors:
North Texas Chapter of
the
National Railway Historical
Society
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decline any sponsorship application.
Symposium History
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Previous
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