229.276.0755
Railroad Passenger
Car Alliance Conference
January 11-14, 2024
Cordele, GA
There’ll be no snow but plenty of Southern hospitality in SW Georgia when the
SAM Shortline hosts the 2024 RPCA Conference from January 11 through 14.
The Holiday Inn in Cordele will serve as the headquarters hotel, while meetings and seminars will be held a few miles away at the Georgia Veterans State Park conference center.
On Thursday, January 11th the SAM excursion train offers a trip from
Georgia Veterans State Park to President Jimmy Carter’s Hometown of Plains
and then on to his boyhood home in Archery. Friday, January 12, for the youth fundraiser,
The Azalea Sprinter will provide a trip from Nashville, GA, to Willachoochee. The final train on Sunday, January 14, will again be on the SAM and will run from Cordele to Rochelle.
On Friday and Saturday, workshops and seminars offer a little something for everyone.
In addition to the customary updates from Amtrak and the FRA, hands-on mechanical workshops are scheduled at the SAM depot. Other topics include safety first, dinner train 101, and how to get your news out. A banquet in the resort dining room and the general membership meeting round out the conference.
Cordele is just 2 hours south of Atlanta Hartsfield Airport on I-75 (exit 101), 3 hours
from Jacksonville, FL, 3 Hours from Savannah, GA, and 90 minutes from Columbus, GA.
Amtrak services Atlanta and Savannah, GA.
Hotel Information
Hotel Price Cut off is December 11, 2023
Holiday Inn Express (SOLD OUT!)
(Main Conference Hotel)
Located at:
1102 Arc Way
Cordele, GA 31015
229-273-8775
Conference Code: RPN RAILROAD
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriot (SOLD OUT)
Located at:
2001 16th Ave
Cordele, GA 31015
229-273-0042
Conference Code: RPCA
Registration Pricing
Registration: $260
Registration 2nd person: $190
First-time Attendees Under 30: $130.00
Walk-In Registration: $285
Walk-In Registration 2nd person: $205
First-time Attendees Under 30 Walk Up: $147.50
Activity Pricing
Pre-conference Trip on SAM Shortline, Thursday, January 11, 2024: $65
Friday, January 12 Conference Trip (Youth Fundraiser) on Azalea Sprinter: Sold out
Americus Town Tour on Saturday, January 13, 2024: $55
Banquet on Saturday, January 13, 2024: $65
Sunday, January 14 SAM Shortline Train Excursion from Cordele to Rochelle: $55
Conference Center
Lake Blackshear Convention Center
Located at:
Georgia Veteran's State Park
2459 US Hwy 280 West
Cordele, GA 31015
229-276-1004
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