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4DPNR Layout Tours this Saturday on Zoom

You’re in for a treat this Saturday, April 10, at our monthly Layout Tour Zoom meeting. The login details are below. First we will get an update from Bill Sornsin on the progress he’s been making on his huge HO version of the GN in the 1950’s from Seattle to Stevens Pass. Following that, Bob Stafford will give us a video tour of his now-dismantled HO version of the Lehigh Valley in PA. If there is time, maybe he will show us the plans he has for a new layout once his current home remodeling project is done. Here’s the Zoom info – be sure to log in with your full name as your Zoom screen name, so we’ll know to let you in:

Topic: 4DPNR April Layout Tours
Time: Apr 10, 2021 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Zoom Layout Tours Saturday March 13 10:00am

Join the 4DPRR for our March 2021 Zoom layout tours on Saturday March 13 at 10:00am. This month will feature Clint Brown and John Wilcox.

Clint Brown’s HO scale Texas and Great Northern Railroad is in a 3 car garage featuring lots of action around fabled Tower 55 in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas.  Clint’s railroad features interchange in a central yard for 4 different railroads.  Clint mixes a good description of the prototype with how he has modeled the area.  Its something completely different than our northwest experience and Clint is glad to share his southern drawl and description of railroading in Texas (from Lacey Washington!)

The second presentation on Saturday March 13 will feature the On30 modelling work of John Wilcox.  His layout in a one car garage is completely sceniced with logging, mining and waterfront scenes typical of the northwest.  His diorama work (separate from the railroad) showing railroad structures and typical back woods locations such as stores, repair garages and other buildings add to the presentation.

To join the meeting, follow the Zoom info below:

Topic: 4DPNR Layout Tours for March 2021
Time: Mar 13, 2021 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Virtual Layout Tours Saturday Feb. 13, 10:00am

Join us for two layout tours on Saturday, Feb 13. Di Voss will give us a briefing on the Everett & Monte Cristo RR, showing the prototype, his HO layout of it, and his more recent virtual layout of it on TrainZ. Then, Steven Shores will show us video and photos of his HO layout in Puyallup. As usual, we open the meeting about 9:30 for socializing, and the presentations start at 10:00 and 10:45, respectively. The Zoom info is:

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Virtual Layout Tours Saturday Jan. 9 @ 10:00am

Tune in on Saturday morning, Jan 9, at 10:00am for two more virtual layout tours, brought to you by the Fourth Division of the National Model Railroad Association (4DPNR). First will be Gary Jordan, who has an interesting O scale layout in Mukilteo of the Gilpin Tram that includes interchanges between three different gages of track and some innovative operational ideas on keeping track of loads and empties. Second will be Bruce Hendrick from LA with a tour of his HO club’s layout representing SP operations (the Corona Model Railroad Society. Both tours will even include video of moving trains! The Zoom info to join the meeting is below:

Topic: 4DPNR Layout Tour – Gary Jordan (O) & Bruce Hendrick (HO)
Time: Jan 9, 2021 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Layout Tours this Saturday morning at 10:00am (PDT)!

Join the 4DPNR for two more outstanding layout tours, using the Zoom meeting listed below. This week we will see Bill Busacca’s Sn3 RGS layout and Mark Dance’s N scale Canadian Pacific layout. Both of these layouts have been extensively covered in the model press and are outstanding. The Zoom info is:

Time: Dec 12, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 822 4420 0800
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Extra Layout Tours This Saturday, Dec 5

By Burr Steward

We added an extra Zoom session on December 5 for you to see the two layout tours that were interrupted during the November 14 session. As usual, the meeting will start at 10:00am. The first will be Dave Woodrell with his Sn3 version of the Rio Grande Southern, and then Greg Wright will show us how he built an earthen “table” in his back yard over the summer to develop an outdoor layout. Don’t miss it!

We have improved the Zoom security procedures for all upcoming 4DPNR meetings, so as part of that, the Zoom info for the meeting will be shared with you in an announcement like this about 48 hours before the meeting is scheduled to begin.

Burr

Reminder – Virtual Layout tours Saturday Nov 14 @ 10am

By Burr Stewart

Join us Saturday Nov. 14 from 10am to 11:30 PDT for two 4DPNR layout tours. The first will be Dave Woodrell MMR, showing us his photogenic Sn3 RGS layout. He models the First District of the RGS, which was the northern end of the line from Ridgway, CO south to Rico, CO (His latest Gazette article appeared in the Nov/Dec 2018 issue). The second will be Greg Wright MMR, with a presentation on how he re-graded part of his back yard to make a “table” for a G scale outdoor layout. To join the meeting use this Zoom info:

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Meeting ID: 619 355 3125
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As usual, if you miss the live presentations, you can watch them a few days later on the 4DPNR YouTube channel, along with most of our past 4DPNR layout tours during the Covid era.

Burr