Olympia Clinic
2024-02-23 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Panorama City Seattle Room, 1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA, 98503, United States
“Operations on Small Layouts” presented by Lee Bishop and Ry Bates.
Both Lee and Ry have small bedroom or smaller pikes that are fully operational keeping a two person crew entertained for two hours or more. Come and learn how they do it and how you could do it too!
This will be a hybrid, in person at Panorama City (our regular venue not the restaurant) and Zoom offering.

Westside Clinic
2024-03-11 17:30 - 19:30 | Kitsap Mall, 10315 Silverdale Way NW, Silverdale, WA, 98383, United States
Basic Soldering presented by Jack Hamilton, MRR

Skagit Valley and Whidbey Island Clinic
2024-03-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St, Oak Harbor, WA, 98277, United States
DCC decoder tuning using Decoder Pro with Jim Betz. Bring your locos!

Tacoma Clinic
2024-03-14 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-04-11 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-05-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)

Olympia Clinic
2024-03-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Panorama City Seattle Room, 1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA, 98503, United States
Topic will be Large Layout Operations with Jim Younkins and Brian Ferris. This is our third straight clinic on operations. Join us to learn how to set up and conduct operations on your layout, no matter what size. In January we did prototype operation ideas from 3 professional railroad engineers that are also model builders. In February, Lee Bishop and Ry Bates presented Small Layout Operations. In April we will finish up the series with Using JMRI For Operations. We are compiling some great operations ides and will share an overview at the end of all the presentations.
The clinic will be presented in person at Panorama City:
1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA 98503
Basement of the Panorama Quinault building in the Seattle Room and on Zoom at:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85050094529?pwd=[REDACTED]

Mount Vernon Clinic
2024-03-18 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-04-15 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-05-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland Ave, Mt Vernon, WA, 98273, United States

Eastside Virtual Clinic
2024-03-21 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-04-18 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-05-16 19:00 - 21:30 | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)

Westside Clinic
2024-04-08 17:30 - 19:30 | Kitsap Mall, 10315 Silverdale Way NW, Silverdale, WA, 98383, United States
Using the NMRA Standards Gauge, presented by Bert Cripe

Skagit Valley and Whidbey Island Clinic
2024-04-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St, Oak Harbor, WA, 98277, United States
John Bentz photo presentation of prototype railroading in 1970s Cincinnati.

Olympia Clinic
2024-04-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Panorama City Seattle Room, 1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA, 98503, United States
In the final instalment of our operations series Scott Nelson of the OMRS will discuss his switching layout and how he uses JMRI (a computer based operations generator) to operate his railroad operations.
Scott will describe and show his layout and talk about how he envisioned it to operate, then put that vision into JMRI to create the scenarios.
This clinic will give you both practical small railroad ideas and technical computer generated operational ideas. You won’t want to miss it.

Skagit Valley and Whidbey Island Clinic
2024-05-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St, Oak Harbor, WA, 98277, United States
Mark Malmkar on Proto-Freelancing.

Westside Clinic
2024-05-13 17:30 - 19:30 | Kitsap Mall, 10315 Silverdale Way NW, Silverdale, WA, 98383, United States
Mystery Subject (TBD), presented by Steve Hauff, RR Author and World Traveler

Olympia Clinic
2024-05-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Panorama City Seattle Room, 1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA, 98503, United States
4 ½ depots for the Port Townsend Southern
Brian Ferris will discuss a recent project of renovating depots on his Port Townsend Southern layout.
The goal in his project was to create detailed stations of prototypes that existed in the area he models. Brian will describe the design process as well as outline construction methods he used for each structure.
Brian’s presentation will inspire modelers to take the next step in building or revising structures on their layouts.

Topic: Olympia May Clinic
Time: May 17, 2024 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85050094529?pwd=[REDACTED]

Surrey Excursion, PNR Convention 2024
2024-05-22 - 2024-05-26 | Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel, 15269 104th Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia, V3R 1N5, Canada

G.O.P.H.E.R.S
2024-06-01 10:30 - 12:00 | DuPont Historical Museum, 207 Barksdale Avenue, DuPont, WA, 98327, United States
GOPHERS is the traditional end of the Olympia clinics season every June. This year we will be at the Dupont Museum in Dupont, WA. Space is limited, RSVP is mandatory. RSVP to jimsabol@msn.com
GOPHERS stands for Greater Olympia Prototype History & Engineering Research Society.
* See the historic narrow gauge cars rescued and restored by 4d members Robert Grove, Gary Lucas, Bob Miller, Roger Nulton, Mary Sabol, Jim Sabol, Russ Segner, and Fred Foreman project leader.
* Take a cab photo in the 12 ton three foot gauge Plymouth locomotive.
* Check out the 22′ box car used to carry explosives to the wharf.
* Gobble hot dogs and BYO soft drinks.
* Hike to the wharf

Spring Meet 2024
2024-06-08 07:30 - 17:00 | Northwest Railway Museum, 38625 SE King Street, Snoqualmie, WA, 98065, United States
The schedule will be:
7:30 to 8:30 am – Registration at the North Bend Depot
8:30 to 9:00 am – Train Ride from North Bend to Museum
9:00 to 9:10 am – Gathering Time
9:10 to 10:00 am – Clinics 1 and 2
10:10 to 11:00 am – Clinics 3 and 4
11:10 to 12:00 noon – Clinics 5 and 6
12:00 to 1:00 pm – Lunch and Annual Meeting
1:00 to 1:30 pm – Free Time at the Museum
1:30 to 2:00 pm – Return Train Ride to North Bend
2:00 to 3:00 pm – Travel Time
3:00 to 5:00 pm – Layout Open Houses

National Convention 2025 - STATION No. VI
2025-07-14 - 2025-07-19 | WA
The annual National Model Train Convention is July 14 – 19, 2025 at the Sheraton Hotel in Novi, MI. There will be clinics, workshops, operating sessions, 60 model train layouts to visit, prototype tours and much more.

Ainsworth Connector, PNR Convention 2025
2025-05-09 - 2025-05-11 | WA
This annual Regional Convention will be May 9 – 11, 2025 in Pasco, Washington.
The Convention will offer self-guided layout tours, free-mo layouts, operating sessions, clinics, achievement program evaluations, and more!

4D NMRA Spring Meet and Annual Meeting 2025
2025-05-31 07:30 - 17:00 | Northwest Railway Museum, 38625 SE King Street, Snoqualmie, WA, 98065, United States
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 14th.
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)

4D Eastside Get Together clinic
2025-06-19 19:00 - 20:30 | WA
Our program will feature my photos of several fan trips on the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railway. Included will be several trips to Morton when the entire line was operating over the large trestle that burned recently. Included will be photos of many of the entire engine roster including the Willamette #2 and the three truck Heisler and Climaxes.
-Russ
