Olympia Clinic
2024-04-19 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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.

Tacoma Clinic
2024-05-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)

"Second Saturday" 4dPNR Layout Tour Zoom with Jerry Boudreaux
2024-05-11 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)
Join us on Saturday, May 11, for a continuation of Jerry Boudreau’s informative and humorous briefing on his HO Santa Fe layout in central Oregon. He will start with a brief overview of the layout, followed by details on how he organizes and runs regular operating sessions. He shows some interesting forms and methods that could you help take your own operations to a new level.

The meeting will open at 9:30am PST and Jerry’s presentation begins at 10am and runs for about an hour. We will also record it and post it to the 4dPNRMovies YouTube channel. If you missed his first presentation in March, here is a link to that presentation, well worth watching if you haven’t seen it (it is so good, it has already been watched over 3400 times!): https://youtu.be/sGjaFgxJeUA

The link to join his second presentation on May 11 is here
Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87210657142?pwd=ZHhIWnZGMUU0YnAwNVUvMENheEZSUT09
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Meeting ID: 872 1065 7142

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

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

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=deeCgW3D64zObUwrFCjcoTaYjSuYex.1

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

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 2024 - SurfLiner
2024-08-04 - 2024-08-11
Hosted at the The Westin Long Beach in Long Beach California.

National Convention 2025 - STATION No. VI
2025-07-14 - 2025-07-19
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.

Whidbey Clinic
2024-09-11 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-10-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St, Oak Harbor, WA, 98277, United States

Olympia September Clinic
2024-09-20 19:00 - 20:30
Brian Ferris will present on the Northern Pacific Railroad in Grays Harbor. The clinic will briefly cover the history and operations of railroading in the Grays Harbor area and a slide tour of historical locations along the Northern Pacific.
OLYMPIA MODEL RAILROAD CLINIC; LOCATION AT PANORAMA CITY
(Address: 1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA 98503)
Olympia Clinic will be in the basement auditorium of the Panorama Quinault Apartment building known as the Seattle Room
The meeting will also be presented live via Zoom:
Topic: Olympia Clinic
Time: Sep 20, 2024 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 818 1555 4623
Passcode: 425180

Lynden Lions Club Model Train and Toy Show
2024-10-05 - 2024-10-06 | 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

Kevin Wills presents "Second Saturday" Zoom layout tour
2024-10-12 09:30 - 11:00 | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)
The October “Second Saturday” Zoom layout tour will be held at 10am on October 12, featuring local modeler Kevin Wills. Kevin’s layout is a freelanced mainline extension of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific lines through the western Sierra Nevada mountain area roughly set in the 1980s. His 33’x13′ basement layout transits three levels, with staging, main yard with turntable and engine maintenance facilities, switching in various towns and long mainline stretches of track. A train can take up to an hour to transit the entire layout at scale speed. The mainline is fully signaled with a full-hardware CTC panel. A branch line is included in dark territory just to make it more interesting. Scenery is about 75-80% complete.
We will open the Zoom meeting at 9:30 for fellowship and tech rehearsal, and Kevin’s presentation will start at 10:00am and last about an hour.
As always, we plan to post a recording of the event afterwards on the 4dPNRMovies YouTube channel. To join the live meeting on Saturday morning, here is the Zoom info:
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 872 1065 7142
Passcode: 805577

Lewis County Model Railroad Show and Swap Meet
2024-10-12 10:00 - 2024-10-13 14:00 | Southwest Washington Fairgrounds, 1909 South Gold Street, Centralia, WA, 98531, United States
Buy, sell, or trade all types of model railroad equipment, toy trains, and railroadiana. All scales and gauges.
Saturday Only: Free admission to the Lewis County Historical Museum. The home of the LCMRCs 15 x 52’ model railroad. Come see what is new and what has been improved.
The show will be located at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds Blue Pavilion.

Olympia October Clinic
2024-10-18 19:00 - 20:30
Topic will be East Bay Area Trains, Museums Models and More.
In May, Scott Buckley and Greg Wright attended the PCR convention in San Jose. One month later, Greg Wright attended O Scale West in San Jose. The two of them will present stories and pictures from 2 conventions, 2 train rides, and multiple layout tours.
Hope to see you at Panorama or on-line
PANORAMA CITY
Address: 1751 Circle Ln SE
Lacey, WA 98503
Our clinic will be in the basement auditorium of the Panorama Quinault Apartment building known as the Seattle Room (across the hall from our old meeting room).

Zoom link.
Topic: Olympia Clinic
Time: October 18, 2024 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 818 1555 4623
Passcode: 425180

Maple Valley 26th Annual Model Train Show
2024-10-19 10:00 - 2024-10-20 17:00 | Gracie Hansen Community Center, 27132 Ravensdale Way, Ravensdale, WA, 98051, United States
26th ANNUAL MODEL TRAIN SHOW
FAMILY FUN WITH MODEL TRAINS AND REGIONAL HISTORY
OCTOBER 19-20, 2024
The Greater Maple Valley Unincorporated Area Council (GMVUAC) will hold its annual Model Train Show on October 19th and 20th at the Gracie Hansen Community Center in Ravensdale (27132 Ravensdale Way, Ravensdale, WA) from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday and 10 am to 4 pm on Sunday.
There will be operating model train layouts in many popular gauges. There will be an exhibit from the Black Diamond Museum depicting local history, including transportation, timber, and mining.
The show is fun for the entire family. If you have questions about model railroading the exhibitors are happy to try to answer them.
There will be plenty of free parking. The suggested donation for the train show is $5.00 for adults and $2.00 for children ages 3-11.
The train show is sponsored by your GMVUAC. Visit our table at the train show. We have monthly Council meetings that are open to the public. The dates are listed on our website. GMVUAC is a Washington non-profit corporation and is not any type of 501c charitable organization under the IRS code.
Gracie Hansen Community Center is made available courtesy of Rock Creek Sports.

Vancouver Train Expo 2024
2024-11-02 10:00 - 2024-11-03 17:00 | Pacific National Exhibition, 2901 E Hastings St, Vancouver, BC, V5K 5J1, Canada
Operating model train displays in all sizes, modeling demonstrations,
activities for children of all ages, vendors and much more!

Boeing Employees Model Railroad Club Annual Swap Meet
2024-11-09 09:30 - 16:00 | Kent Commons Community Center, 525 4th Avenue North, Kent, WA, 98030, United States
Enjoy our train show and swap meet with more than 250 tables and many vendors selling new and used model trains, railroad collectibles, and more.

Whidbey Clinic - Virtual Railroading Steam Simulation
2024-11-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St, Oak Harbor, WA, 98277, United States

Olympia November Clinic
2024-11-15 19:00 - 20:30
Jim Younkins will present:

“Small Easy Scratch Building Projects for Your Railroad”.
Jim will show pictures of some of the small details that he has built over the years and talk about how and why he built them.

Hope to see you at Panorama or on-line
PANORAMA CITY
Address: 1751 Circle Ln SE
Lacey, WA 98503
Our clinic will be in the basement auditorium of the Panorama Quinault Apartment building known as the Seattle Room (across the hall from our old meeting room).

Zoom link.
Topic: Olympia Clinic
Time: November 15 2024 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 818 1555 4623
Passcode: 425180

Eastside Clinic
2024-11-21 19:00 - 20:00

Longview, Kelso & Rainier MRR Club Model Train and Toy Swap Meet
2024-11-23 10:00 - 16:00 | Cowlitz County Event Center, 1900 7th Ave, Longview, WA, 98626, United States

Whidbey Clinic - Wassail and Vintage RR Slide Show with Mark Malmkar
2024-12-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St, Oak Harbor, WA, 98277, United States

Olympia December Clinic
2024-12-13 19:00 - 20:30
The December Olympia Clinic is one week earlier than normal due to the holidays. The clinic will be at 7:00 pm on Friday, December 13, in person at Panorama and via Zoom. Directions to the usual venue and the Zoom link are below.
Our topic is something special from the modelers at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma.
“PSMRE – From Dream to Reality” presented by Steve Carter
Come and see what it takes to build a model empire that is open to the public and also fills the club’s desire to build and operating railroad.

Hope to see you at Panorama or on-line
PANORAMA CITY
Address: 1751 Circle Ln SE
Lacey, WA 98503
Our clinic will be in the basement auditorium of the Panorama Quinault Apartment building known as the Seattle Room (across the hall from our old meeting room).
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81815554623?pwd=Yj24UobguBJR3cRvWVV43bk5UhCV23.1
Meeting ID: 818 1555 4623
Passcode: 425180

Virtual Layout Tour
2024-12-14 09:30 - 11:00
Join us for a “Second Saturday” Layout Tour online Zoom meeting. This is our monthly layout tour where we will be presented a local or remote layout.
Zoom meeting opens at 9:30am with some chit chat, and the layout tour starts 10:00am promptly.
Invitation with Zoom link will be sent out separately to members of 4DPNR.
You can see previous Layout Tours on our YouTube Layout Tour playlist here.
