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October’s “Second Saturday” Zoom layout tour is cancelled

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There is no “Second Saturday” layout tour Zoom meeting on Saturday, October 11. The next layout tour Zoom is planned for Saturday, December 13. We always skip November so we can attend the Boeing Swap meet, this year on November 8. For more information on the swap meet, see https://bemrrc.org/events

And please consider presenting a layout tour on your own layout’s progress. Everyone is as interested in seeing construction progress reports as they are in seeing a finished masterpiece. Contact Lee Marsh or Burr Stewart to get going on scheduling your layout for a future “Second Saturday” online Zoom event!

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Second Saturday Zoom layout tour on Sept. 13 is Burr Stewart on modeling steel mill traffic

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The September 2025 “Second Saturday” will feature an update by Burr Stewart on adding the West Seattle steel mill to his HO layout, and what he has learned about the steel industry. After the presentation, we will have an open discussion about industries in general and the traffic they generate. As usual, we will open the Zoom meeting at 9:30am, and Burr’s presentation will start at 10:00am, on Saturday, September 13. Here is the Zoom info needed to join the meeting:

Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87210657142?pwd=ZHhIWnZGMUU0YnAwNVUvMENheEZSUT09

Meeting ID: 872 1065 7142
Passcode: 805577

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Join us for a Zoom “Second Saturday” layout tour by Kurt Laidlaw at 10am on June 14, 2025

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The June 2025 “Second Saturday” will feature an update by Kurt Laidlaw on how he started his N scale layout and its progress to date. As usual, we will open the Zoom meeting at 9:30am, and Kurt’s presentation will start at 10:00am, on Saturday, June 14. Here is the Zoom info needed to join the meeting:

Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87210657142?pwd=ZHhIWnZGMUU0YnAwNVUvMENheEZSUT09

Meeting ID: 872 1065 7142
Passcode: 805577

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May 10’s “Second Saturday” layout tour Zoom to feature Jame Boyd’s HO BN

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Join us on Saturday morning, May 10, 2025, at 10:00am PST, for a layout tour of Jame Boyd’s HO scale Burlington Northern, set in the post-merger era of the 1970s. The layout is currently under construction and will depict Auburn and the west side of Stampede Pass. Jame will walk us through some of the design challenges he encountered and how he addressed them. Here is the Zoom info to join the meeting online:

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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86448227895?pwd=e8cJoa3cMuqH1RQq1GrjEJ01GpSY5E.1

Meeting ID: 864 4822 7895
Passcode: 958304

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April 12’s “Second Saturday” Layout Tour Zoom to feature Mike Stepner’s HO mining layout

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Join us on Saturday morning, April 12, 2025, for a layout tour of Mike Stepner’s HO scale mining layout. Mike is an experienced layout builder in Puyallup, and his present layout hauls ore to a copper smelter, as well as interchanging traffic with the SP, somewhere in the desert. The meeting opens at 9:30am and the presentation will start at 10:00am. To join the meeting, here is the Zoom info:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87210657142?pwd=ZHhIWnZGMUU0YnAwNVUvMENheEZSUT09

Meeting ID: 872 1065 7142

Passcode: 805577

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Layout Tour on Saturday, March 8

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The March 2025 4dPNR Zoom Layout Tour on Saturday, March 8, will feature Jerry Boudreaux giving a presentation on layout planning and paperwork for operations. His agenda will be: 1) Recap of his (HO Santa Fe) layout with map, 2) track planning for ops, 3) track planning for auto-staging, 4) supporting paperwork, and 5) time for discussion.

As usual, we will open the meeting at 9:30am and his presentation will begin at 10:00. Here is the Zoom info to join the meeting:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87210657142?pwd=ZHhIWnZGMUU0YnAwNVUvMENheEZSUT09

Meeting ID: 872 1065 7142
Passcode: 805577

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Reminder of this Saturday morning’s Zoom layout tour!

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Join us for Bill Messecar’s last presentation on his fine Santa Fe HO layout, before he demolishes it next year! Bill will show us how he built both the building and the layout, and how he plans to take it apart. The Zoom meeting will start at 9:30am for chit-chat, and his presentation will start at 10:00am, on Saturday, December 14. Here is the Zoom info to join the meeting:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87210657142?pwd=ZHhIWnZGMUU0YnAwNVUvMENheEZSUT09

Meeting ID: 872 1065 7142
Passcode: 805577

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“Second Saturday” Zoom layout tour, postponed to October 12, will feature Kevin Wills

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September’s “Second Saturday” Zoom layout tour has been postponed a month, due to the joint NP/GN convention layout tours taking place across the region on Sept 14. The next Zoom layout tour will be held at 10am on Saturday, October 12, featuring local modeler Kevin Wills. Kevin’s layout is a freelanced mainline extension of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific lines through the western Sierra Nevada mountain area roughly set in the 1980s.  His 33’x13′ basement layout transits three levels, with staging, main yard with turntable and engine maintenance facilities, switching in various towns and long mainline stretches of track.  A train can take up to an hour to transit the entire layout at scale speed. The mainline is fully signaled with a full-hardware CTC panel.  A branch line is included in dark territory just to make it more interesting.  Scenery is about 75-80% complete. Please plan to attend if you can.

As usual, we will open the Zoom meeting at 9:30am for fellowship and tech rehearsal, and Kevin’s presentation will start at 10:00am and last about an hour. We plan to post a recording of the event afterwards on the 4dPNRMovies YouTube channel.

Here is the Zoom info to join the live meeting on Saturday morning:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87210657142?pwd=ZHhIWnZGMUU0YnAwNVUvMENheEZSUT09

Meeting ID: 872 1065 7142
Passcode: 805577

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