About PRO

2026 PRO Annual Meeting


The 2026 PRO Annual Meeting will be held on the 24Th of October starting 9:00 am in the Banquet room of the Pioneer Villa Truckstop:-


Pioneer Villa Truck Plaza 

33180 OR-228, Halsey, 

OR 97348


Which is a couple of hundred yards East of the HWY 228 Exit from I5.

Which is in turn about 20 miles north of Eugene Oregon.  


After we adjourn there will be a "NO Host lunch" served in the Meeting room.


For those of you traveling a long way there is a Travel Lodge on site which has clean comfortable room:-


(541) 369-2801


To help us make sure the Banquet room is set up adequately please let me know if you are coming.


The meeting agenda will be published closer to the meeting. If you would like to add an item to agenda please E:Mail it to me before the first of October.

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Guy Howard

PRO President

NARCOA run coordinator

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Pacific Railcar Operators (PRO), Inc., the newest railcar club in the West, is a nonprofit corporation that provides railcar excursion coordinators a safe, legal and professional environment for sponsoring excursions on North American railroads.


PRO is a nonprofit corporation.  A Board of Directors governs PRO and officers are elected by the Board


Board of Directors (Terms)

  • Ralph Burks (2028)
  • Russell Homan (2028)
  • Vacant (2028)
  • Vacant (2026)
  • David Klein (2026) 
  • Guy Howard (2027)
  • Glenn Boatman (2027)


Directors at Large

  • Roger Farrell
  • Richard Wilkins


Officers

  • President, Guy Howard
  • Vice-President, Ralph Burks
  • Secretary, Keith Glaab
  • Treasurer, Nick Kelley


Membership in PRO is open to everyone. Membership dues are $25 per year. Dues are due in January of each year.


PRO is a NARCOA affiliate. All excursions are conducted in accordance with the NARCOA rulebook. Any current licensed NARCOA member (passed the rulebook test) with current NARCOA insurance may operate a motorcar on PRO excursions. Due to State and Federal laws, all motorcars must be equipped with a US Forest Service approved spark arrestor. ( See General Order #6 )


To minimize operating costs, excursion announcements are advertised here on PRO's web site. For members who do not have Internet access, let us know and we will use US mail (or your FAX number) to send you a calendar of planned excursions.


We look forward to seeing you at one of our future excursions.

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