4D NMRA Spring Meet and Annual Meeting 2025

Please register by downloading and filling out the form below and send to bkenworthy4@comcast.net. Spring Meet 2025 Announcement TIMETABLE 7:30 to 8:15 am       Check-in at the Snoqualmie Depot. 8:30 to 9:00 am       Train ride from Snoqualmie Depot to Northwest Railway Museum (NRM). 9:10 to 9:55 am       Clinic Session 1 1A – Shop Tour – Meet at the Yellow Bollards at the Railroad Crossing – Presented by NRM staff and volunteers. 1B – Clinic in Conference Room in Railway History Center – “Layout Design with CAD:  How?  Why?” – Presented by Robin Peel. 1C – Clinic in Train Shed Foyer in Train Shed Exhibit Hall – “Building Bench Work with Extruded Aluminum” – Presented by Magnus Christerson. 10:05 to 10:50 am    Clinic Session 2 2A – Shop Tour – Meet at the Yellow Bollards at the Railroad Crossing – Presented by NRM staff and volunteers. 2B – Clinic in Conference Room in Railway History Center – “Operating Sessions for Beginners” – Presented by Bob Stafford.  Attendees are invited to sign up for a First Timers Operating Session at the Boeing Engineers MRC layout on Sat., June 14^th. 2C – Clinic in Train Shed Foyer in Train Shed Exhibit Hall – “Using AI in Model Railroading – An Example” – Presented by Kurt Laidlaw. 2D – Clinic in Trains Shed Exhibit Hall – “O Scale Layout Progress Report” – Presented by NRM staff and volunteers. 11:00 to 11:45 pm   Clinic Session 3 3A – Shop Tour – Meet at the Yellow Bollards at the Railroad Crossing – Presented by NRM staff and volunteers. 3B – Clinic in Conference Room in Railway History Center – “Using JMRI for Operations on an On30 Modular Club Layout” – Presented by Rich Blake. 3C – Clinic in Train Shed Foyer in Train Shed Exhibit Hall – “I’d Build an Open Pit Mine If I Only Had More Room – a Mirror and Woodland Scenics to the Rescue” – Presented by Greg Wright. 11:45 to 12:40 pm   Lunch and Annual Meeting. 12:40 to 1:00 pm     Roundhouse Exhibit Gallery Presentation – NRM staff. 1:00 to 1:20 pm       2027 NMRA National Convention in Tacoma Presentation. 1:30 to 2:00 pm       Train ride from NRM to Snoqualmie Depot. 2:00 to 3:00 pm       Travel Time to Layout Open Houses. 3:00 to 5:00 pm       Layout Open Houses. Greg Amer’s BNSF The Industrial Lead (modern era, HO) Russ Segner’s Coal Creek Lumber Company (1930, Sn3) 3:30 to 5:00 pm       Larry Sloan’s South Olympic Branch (1970’s, HO)