Welcome to the 4th Division

Eastside Get Together -- Virtual
2021-02-18 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-03-18 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | IL
TBD

Olympia Clinic -- Virtual
2021-02-19 19:00 - 20:30 | IL
Come to Tennessee with Lee Bishop!
Lee will discuss getting back into the hobby after a long absence, discovering new techniques and using old ones to build his first ‘real’ layout as well as what he learned from getting back into the hobby after such a long absence. Come see rural Tennessee from Lee’s viewpoint of his family and military interests.

Mount Vernon Clinic -- Virtual
2021-02-22 19:00 - 21:00 | IL
Ted Becker presenting an introduction to Arduino and using them on a model railroad. Examples will be shown how
Ted is using Arduino on his layout and how you can get started with off the shelf items. In conjunction with this introduction is
an offer to present more in-depth sessions.

North End Clinic - virtual
2021-03-04 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-04-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)

Whidbey Island Clinic -- Virtual
2021-03-10 19:00 - 21:00 | IL
Topic TBD

4DPNR Zoom Layout Tours
2021-03-13 10:00 - 11:30 | IL
The March 4DPNR Layout tours will be presented by Clint Brown and John Wilcox. Details to follow.
To watch recordings of our previous 4DPNR Zoom layout tours, visit www.youtube.com/c/4dpnrmovies

Mount Vernon Clinic -- Virtual
2021-03-15 19:00 - 21:00 | IL

Olympia Clinic -- Virtual
2021-03-19 19:00 - 20:30 | IL

4DPNR Zoom Layout Tours
2021-04-10 10:00 - 11:30 | IL
The April Zoom layout tours will be presented by Bill Sornsin and Bob Stafford. Bill will show us the progress he’s been making on his huge HO scale layout depicting the 1950’s Great Northern from South Seattle to Stevens Pass, including a detailed replica of the King St. Station and a large model of Interbay Yard. Bob’s HO layout is a detailed version of some Pennsylvania railroading in a single car garage, which he’ll present in a pre-recorded video with live narration. This is necessary because he’s already disassembling it in order to move it to a larger space, once he finishes a remodel project on his home to make more space.
To watch recordings of our previous 4DPNR Zoom layout tours, visit www.youtube.com/c/4dpnrmovies

Westside Clinic - Virtual
2021-04-13 19:00 - 21:00 | IL
Paul Rising will present “Barnacle Bill’s tavern”

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

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

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

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

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

4DPNR Zoom Layout Tours
2021-05-08 10:00 - 11:30 | IL
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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Whidbey Island Clinic -- Virtual
2021-05-12 19:00 - 21:00 | IL
“Panama Canal Passage 2020” presented by Paul Rising

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

4DPNR Zoom Layout Tours
2021-06-12 10:00 - 11:30 | IL
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:
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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

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

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

4DPNR Zoom Layout Tours
2021-08-14 10:00 - 11:30 | IL
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
