Welcome to the 4th Division

Lynden Lions Club Model Train and Circus Builders Show
2021-10-03 10:00 - 16:00, 2021-10-02 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Northwest Washington Fair Grounds, 1775 Front St, Lynden, WA, 98264, United States
Northwest Washington Fairgrounds
Henry Jansen Agricultural Bldg.
1775 Front St.
Lynden, Washington 98264

Mount Vernon Clinic
2021-09-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)
Nick Muff will be showing us how he put a F7 Diesel cab in his basement

Olympia Clinic -- Virtual
2021-09-17 19:00 - 20:30
Gary Dobias will be sharing his progress on his new railroad, room prep and other details.

Eastside Virtual Clinic
2021-09-16 18:45 - 21:30
“Comparing HO and OO Scales” presented by Robin Peel

Westside Clinic
2021-09-14 19:00 - 21:00
Basic wiring skills for layouts, by Jack Hamilton. This will be an in-person meeting with hands-on involvement. The clinic will be held at the Bremerton Northern Club House, Kitsap Mall, 10315 Silverdale Way NW, Silverdale WA (located between Penny’s and Kohls inside the Mall.

4DPNR September Layout Tours - 9/11 at 10am
2021-09-11 10:00 - 12:00
We resume our popular series of model railroad layout tours on Zoom with presentations by David Yaddock MMR (HO) and Gary Jordan MMR (O/On3/On30), on Saturday, September 11, at 10:00am PST. David’s layout has some great Northwest mountain scenery, and Gary’s layout features the narrow gauge Gilpin Tram in the mountains of Colorado, now configured for virtual remote operations. Zoom info will be posted in the Grab-Iron a few days before the event.

Tacoma Clinic
2021-09-09 19:00 - 21:00
“Tips, Tricks and Techniques” presented by MMR Greg Wright

Skagit Valley and Whidbey Island Clinic
2021-09-08 19:00 - 21:00

North End Clinic - Virtual
2021-09-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)
What I Did (Train Related) This Summer.

Bremerton Northern Model Railroad Swap Meet
2021-08-29 10:00 - 16:00, 2021-08-28 10:00 - 16:00
Live Swap Meet!
Kitsap Mall
10315 Silverdale Way NW
Silverdale WA

4DPNR Zoom Layout Tours
2021-08-14 10:00 - 11:30
August’s layout tours will be presented by Keith Jordan, followed by Jeff Johnson.
To watch recordings of our previous 4DPNR Zoom layout tours, visit www.youtube.com/c/4dpnrmovies

Olympia Clinic -- Virtual
2021-06-18 19:00 - 20:30
Jim Sabol will talk about his railroad and layout planning.

Eastside Clinic for June 2021
2021-06-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)
“Techniques for Building Better Buildings” presented by Greg Price

4DPNR Zoom Layout Tours
2021-06-12 10:00 - 11:30
June’s 4DPNR Zoom layout tour will be presented by Scott Calvert (from 7DPNR near Vancouver BC). Scott has been building a large operations-oriented HO layout modeling a mountain section of the Canadian Pacific mainline, and his layout tour will be presented in two segments – the first is a tour of the layout and its scenery based on prototype scenes, and the second is how he sets it up for operations. You can get an idea for the scope of his layout on his web page, which is https://www.cprboundarysub.ca .
The link for joining the Zoom meeting on Saturday morning is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83676128886?pwd=[REDACTED]
As usual, we will open the meeting around 9:30am and start the formal presentation at 10:00.
To watch recordings of our previous 4DPNR Zoom layout tours, visit www.youtube.com/c/4dpnrmovies

Tacoma Clinic -- Virtual
2021-06-10 19:00 - 21:00
Tyler Whitcomb’s Tenino Western N-scale layout. This well-published layout is a work of art that Tyler is constantly updating.

Skagit Valley and Whidbey Island Clinic - Virtual
2021-06-09 19:00 - 21:00
The Caboose

Westside Clinic - Virtual
2021-06-08 19:00 - 21:00
“Cattails and Sedges” presented by Paul Rising

North End Clinic - Virtual
2021-06-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)

Olympia Clinic -- Virtual
2021-05-21 19:00 - 20:30
“Operations on the Port Townsend Southern” presented by Brian Ferris

Eastside Get Together -- Virtual
2021-05-20 19:00 - 21:00
“Robin Explains What LCC Means” presented by Robin Peel

Mount Vernon Clinic -- Virtual
2021-05-17 19:00 - 21:00
“Improving Bachmann Spectrum HO heavyweight passenger cars” presented by David Sherwood

Whidbey Island Clinic -- Virtual
2021-05-12 19:00 - 21:00
“Panama Canal Passage 2020” presented by Paul Rising

4DPNR Zoom Layout Tours
2021-05-08 10:00 - 11:30
May’s Layout tours on May 8, at 10:00 am PST will be an HO NP home layout presented by Robert Richard, and the HO club layout of the PSMRE in downtown Tacoma.
Bob Richard has focused his layout on the town of Easton, WA in the 1940’s, when heavy articulated steam and the new FT diesels ruled the cascade mountains. He is copying the prototype Northern Pacific track, buildings and operations as closely as possible, and will show us a combination of prototype photos, layout photos, and a video demo of trains in action. Expansion plans are also on his mind.
The PSMRE layout tour will give us a chance to get behind the scenes of this large layout in a working museum in downtown Tacoma, how it has transformed over the years, and how the group organizes themselves and their operations. The Puget Sound Model Railroad Engineers (PSMRE) layout is at the Washington State History Museum. Built as a museum exhibit that also provides a challenging Operations environment, as it represents the Tacoma area in the 1950’s. Largely focused on the Northern Pacific’s operations, they operate trains from the Great Northern, Milwaukee Road and Union Pacific.
The zoom info for this meeting is listed below, and is also posted in the Grab Iron..
To watch recordings of our previous 4DPNR Zoom layout tours, visit www.youtube.com/c/4dpnrmovies
Topic: 4DPNR Layout Tours for May 2021
Time: May 8, 2021 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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North End Clinic - virtual
2021-05-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)
“A Few Things You Didn’t Know About the Railroad Bridge at the Locks” presented by Mike Intlekofer

Mount Vernon Clinic -- Virtual
2021-04-19 19:00 - 21:00
Nick Muff’s “Adventures on the Westside Lumber Lines”

Olympia Clinic -- Virtual
2021-04-16 19:00 - 20:30
Jeff Schultz presents his Cajon Pass layout modelling the Santa-Fe and Southern Pacific lines circa 1985-88.

Eastside Get Together -- Virtual
2021-04-15 19:00 - 21:00
“How and Why to Build Resin Freight Cars” presented by Bill Messecar

Whidbey Island Clinic -- Virtual
2021-04-14 19:00 - 21:00
“Making your own flatcar loads” presented by Susan Gonzales
