Category: Convention or Meet

Russ Segner, 4D Superintendent

Our 4^th Division Spring Meet is this Saturday, May 14^th. This is a full day of clinics and a chance to meet other model railroaders from our area. It is also our Annual Meeting where you can discuss with your leaders the major directions the 4^th Division will take over the next two years.

Your Division Superintendent gets to hand out a few awards to some very deserving individuals at the lunch break. There is a fine schedule of clinics presented by many of our best model builders. There is a special “Hands On” clinic on building laser cut kits. This is a limited space event and you must pre-register for this extra fare session. Click here to see the full clinic schedule.

While it may be too late to guarantee lunch, you can still register online and either pay online (through PayPal) or at the door. Click here for the main registration page (the “Hands On” registration is on the Clinics page).

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Cliff Green

For those of you who are software developers, you are familiar with the term “off by one” – a common type of error in software programming. There is a different type of “off by one” error that is in the printed registration form for the 4D Spring Meet (most of you should have received this form inside the 4D election ballot mailed earlier this week).

The correct address for Mike Stepner is:

6403 Stewart Avenue E
Puyallup, WA 98372-5065

(The incorrect address on the mailed form is 6402.)

If you have registered online (or are planning to register online) this won’t affect you. It affects you only if you are registering by mailing the printed form to Mike Stepner (and it will probably get to him even with the incorrect address, but … we’d rather not depend on it).

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Cliff Green

The 4^th Division Spring Meet is less than two months away! If you haven’t registered yet, click here to register and reserve a lunch (which is included as long as you are registered by May 1^st).

The clinic information has been updated – click here to see the latest (including one clinic track that is all about operations). The hands-on clinic now has a link to register as well as information on what materials to bring.

The Spring Meet will be held at the Tacoma Community College on May 14^th, with clinics running from 9 am to 4 pm. The website will always have the most current info: http://www.wnrr.net/4DPNR/.

For more information contact Kurt Laidlaw at tccrailroad@gmail.com or 253-566-7042.

Cliff Green

The 4^th Division Spring Meet will be held at the Tacoma Community College on May 14^th, with clinics running from 9 am to 4 pm. The website is up and running and taking registrations: http://www.wnrr.net/4DPNR/.

There are three clinic tracks, with the third track consisting of “hands on, make and take” clinics (there are additional costs with the “make and take” clinics).

The cost for the Spring Meet is only $20, which includes lunch – a great deal! (You must register by May 1^st to receive lunch.)

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David Cook

Mark your calendar!

The 4^th Division Spring Meet will take place on May 14 at Tacoma Community College. There will be at least two clinic tracks, with a possible third clinic track of hands-on “make and take” clinics. There will be more Grab Iron posts coming soon as well as a Spring Meet website containing additional details.

John Thompson

Saturday, March 19, 2016 – Burien (Seattle area), WA

This is your invitation to attend the 17^th annual Mini-Meet of Santa Fe Railway fans and modelers in the Northwest. It will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sat, March 19, 2016, at the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, 425 SW 153^rd Street, Burien, Washington, 98166.

A map is available on the event page.

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Russ Segner, 4D Superintendent

The PNR Regional Convention – Selkirk Express 2016 – will be held June 15-19, 2016 in Salmon Arm, BC.

There will be bus trips to the Kettle Valley Steam Railway and to the Revelstoke Railway Museum, layout tours, clinics, contests, a public show, and a Free-mo meet. Additional information is on the Selkirk Express 2016 web site.

The committee is seeking clinic presenters. This is a great opportunity to meet model builders from all over the northwest and to share your skills and interests in the hobby. Contact Mike Barone, clinic chair directly at fmikebarone@gmail.com.