Virtual Layout Tour
2024-12-14 09:30 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
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.

Bill Messecar's "Second Saturday" Zoom layout tour
2024-12-14 09:30 - 11:30 | WA
Bill Messecar will present an overview of how he built his fine HO scale Santa Fe layout, and how he plans to tear it down next year. The meeting opens at 9:30am and Bill’s presentation starts at 10:00. Here is the Zoom info to join:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87210657142?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 872 1065 7142
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Eastside Clinic
2024-12-18 19:00 - 20:00 | WA
Our program this month will be on WEDNESDAY 18th of December. We will feature a presentation by John Morrison about his 1/24” outdoor layout in Kirkland.

John builds almost all of his locomotives and rolling stock. Locomotives are battery powered. John will tell us how he built it all.
The Clinic begins at 7PM, so join us for information about upcoming train events. Share what you are modeling and what you are hoping, or expecting for this Christmas.
The link will be published to all on our list. If you want to be on our email list, contact Russ Segner at russseg@gmail.com

Tacoma 28th Annual Model Train Festival
2024-12-20 - 2025-01-01 | Washington State History Museum, 1911 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA, 98402, United States
The annual Model Train Festival will take place Dec 20 – Jan 1 at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma. Several NMRA 4D layouts will be on display together with several other layouts including European layouts.
This is a great event for the whole family and especially for kids, parents and grandparents.

Whidbey Clinic - Roofs and How they are Made
2025-01-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St, Oak Harbor, WA, 98277, United States
Learn about vintage roofing materials and how they were made. Explore modeling techniques for roofs on structures with Cliff Aaker.

Great American Train Show, Ridgefield, WA
2025-01-11 - 2025-01-12 | Clark County Event Center, 17402 NE Delfel Road, Ridgefield, WA, 98642, United States
The Nation’s largest traveling train show, with events each year in dozens of major cities across the country. Each show features hundreds of tables of trains for sale, huge operating displays, activities for kids and more.

Eastside Clinic
2025-01-16 19:00 - 20:30 | WA
Our clinic this Thursday will feature several of our group sharing something of their current model railroading.
Alex Brikoff will show photos of his Milwaukee Road layout of the Othello area. He will also demonstrate his new control system. John Thompson will share progress on his new HO layout featuring the Santa Fe in Victorville, California. He will also show photos of the layouts at the Tacoma History Museum over the holidays. Di Voss will show his latest project of creating an HO scale Streetcar, circa. 1900, that he printed on a 3D printer. Di now lives in an “Over 55 Retirement Community” in Arizona, where one club has a 5 color 3D printer.
Finally, I share photos of my collection of HO steam D&RGW locomotives. Come join us and share what you have been modeling.
If you are not on our list, contact me at russseg@gmail.com or Doug Oldenburg at douglas.oldenburg@yahoo.com for the link to the meeting.

Olympia January Clinic
2025-01-17 17:30 - 20:30 | WA
Olympia, January 2025, Clinic will include dinner on Friday, January 17 at Panorama in Lacey.
RSVP by January 15 if you are joining us for dinner! RSVP to gregorywright2002@yahoo.com
Dinner and meeting will be at:
Seventeen51 Restaurant and Bistro (at Panorama)
1751 Circle Lane SE, Lacey WA, 98503
Meal includes salad, bread, potatoes, chicken marsala, roast sirloin, dessert and coffee or soda, all for $27.00 A cash bar is also available for other drinks. Please feel free to share this announcement with any model railroaders you know that don’t typically attend the Olympia Clinic.
Guest Speaker: Bob Stafford, retired prototype yardmaster will share his perspective on:
“Applying prototype operations to model railroad yard operations”
Schedule:
4:45 Room and bar opens
5:30 Food Service begins
6:30 Zoom begins (Zoom link below if you can’t come in person)
6:45 Clinic begins
8:30 or 9:00 Clinic ends
Please join us in person for a fun and informative evening. If you can’t come in person, join us via Zoom:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81815554623?pwd=[REDACTED]

Meeting ID: 818 1555 4623
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Great American Train Show, Puyallup, WA
2025-01-18 - 2025-01-19 | Washington State Fair, 110 9th Avenue SW, Puyallup, WA, 98371, United States

Grays Harbor 4th Annual Railroad Swap Meet and Train Show
2025-02-08 10:00 - 2025-02-09 15:00 | Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds, 32 Elma McCleary Rd, Elma, WA, 98541, United States

Whidbey Clinic TBA
2025-02-12 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St, Oak Harbor, WA, 98277, United States

Eastside Clinic, Dupont Flat Cars
2025-02-20 19:00 - 20:00 | WA
Russ Segner will present parts of a clinic he did on the rebuild of two flat cars for a Dynamite Train at Dupont, WA.
Contact Doug Oldenburg at douglas.oldenburg@yahoo.com for Zoom details.

Olympia Clinic
2025-02-21 19:00 - 20:30 | WA
OLYMPIA CLINIC is Friday, February 21, 7:00 pm (doors open by 6:45 or earlier)
The Dupont Boxcar has been restored!
A real narrow gauge boxcar that ran just 25 miles from Olympia.
Join Fred Forman for pictures and description of the process.
OLYMPIA MODEL RAILROAD CLINIC; NEW LOCATION AT 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).
OR
Join Zoom Meeting (Online about 6:45)
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81815554623?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 818 1555 4623

32nd Washington State Model Railroad Show & Marketplace, Monroe, WA
2025-02-22 - 2025-02-23 | Evergreen State Fairgrounds, 14405 179th Avenue SE, Monroe, WA, 98272, United States
United NorthWest Model Railroad Club Presents:
The 32nd Washington State Model Railroad Show & Marketplace
Evergreen State Fairgrounds, Monroe WA
United NorthWest Model Railroad Club is proud to present the
32nd Washington State Model Railroad Show & Marketplace benefiting the Snohomish County 4-H Foundation on February 22nd & 23rd, 2025.
Join us on February 22 and 23, 2025, at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA, in the same location as last year.
The Washington State Model Railroad Show is an all-scale model railroad event, featuring layouts and items for sale across a wide range of scales, including G scale, O scale, S scale, HO scale, N scale, and Z scale. The event also showcases 7-1/2 inch gauge live-steam operating trains. As the largest all-scale model train show on the West Coast, it remains one of the few events in the country dedicated to raising funds in support of youth programs.
Over the past three decades, the United NorthWest Model Railroad Club has raised nearly $350,000 for charitable organizations, with a focus on supporting youth development.

4dPNR "Second Saturday" Layout Tour Zoom is Jerry Boudreaux on layout design for operations
2025-03-08 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)
Jerry Boudreaux will be our presenter at the March 2025 4dPNR Layout Tour. His presentation will focus on layout planning and operations design and paperwork, with time for discussion afterwards. As usual, we open the meeting at 9:30am and his presentation will begin at 10:00. Here is the Zoom info to join the meeting:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87210657142?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 872 1065 7142
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Whidbey Clinic - Fun with Foam
2025-03-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St, Oak Harbor, WA, 98277, United States
Methods of constructing scenery with pink foam material.

Olympia March Clinic
2025-03-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Panorama City Seattle Room, 1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA, 98503, United States
Olympia March Clinic will be by a new presenter, Russell Kerr. Russell will be demonstrating how to build a slip switch using FastTrack tools. Russell will concentrate on the tools and the NMRA gauge to make derailment free turnouts. Russell is working towards his MMR so look forward to a very informative presentation.
This will be a hybrid clinic, Zoom and in person. Please join us and our new presenter!
Topic: Olympia Clinic, Building Turnouts
Time: March 14, 2025 7:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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).

Or Join Zoom Meeting (Online about 6:45)
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81815554623?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 818 1555 4623
Passcode: [REDACTED]

"Second Saturday" Zoom Layout Tour featuring Mike Stepner's HO mining layout
2025-04-12 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)
Join us on Saturday, April 12, 2025, for a layout tour of Mike Stepner’s HO scale mining layout. The meeting opens at 9:30am and the presentation will start at 10:00am. To join the meeting, here is the Zoom info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87210657142?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 872 1065 7142
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Olympia April Clinic
2025-04-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Panorama City Seattle Room, 1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA, 98503, United States
Heritage Railways in England
Brian Ferris
Great Britain has done an exceptional job of preserving their railway history. Pristinely restored steam engines and rolling stock regularly run over charming rail lines located in the English countryside. This clinic will cover a trip to 4 English heritage railways Brian visited in June of 2024. Brief rail history along with operational practices will be included in the presentation. Join us at 7:00pm on April 18 for a trip across the pond to see some British trains!
This will be a hybrid clinic, Zoom and in person.
Topic: Olympia Clinic, English Heritage Railways
Time: Apr 18, 2025 7:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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).

Or Join Zoom Meeting (Online about 6:45)

Topic: Olympia Clinic
Time: Apr 18, 2025 06:45 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81815554623?pwd=[REDACTED]

Meeting ID: 818 1555 4623
Passcode: [REDACTED]

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!

Second Saturday Zoom layout tour featuring Jame Boyd's HO BN
2025-05-10 09:30 - 11:00 | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)
Join us on Saturday morning, May 10, 2025, at 10:00am PST, for a layout tour of Jame Boyd’s HO scale Burlington Northern, set in the post-merger era of the 1970s. The layout is currently under construction and will depict Auburn and the west side of Stampede Pass. Jame will walk us through some of the design challenges he encountered and how he addressed them. Here is the Zoom info to join the meeting online:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86448227895?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 864 4822 7895
Passcode: [REDACTED]

4D Eastside Get Together clinic
2025-05-15 19:00 - 20:00 | WA
Our Eastside Get Together will be this Thursday 5/15 at 7:00 PM. Sort of snuck up on both Russ and myself. 3rd Thusday of the month already!

Russ will present photos of a recent trip to Promontory Utah (Joining of the rails in 1869). He has photos of the shops there as well as some spectacular HO layouts in the Salt Lake City area while he was there for the Sn3 Symposium.
We may have time enough for others if you would like to share any recent experiences or provide status or update on your own model railroads. Any photos would be most welcome. We would love to hear how everyone is doing!
Of course we will also have time to share any timely announcements.
Please contact Doug and/or Russ if you have any suggestions for future meetings.
Looking forward to seeing you!
Doug and Russ

Board of Directors Meeting
2025-05-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Renton Community Center, 1715 Maple Valley Highway, Renton, WA, 98057

Boeing Employees Model Railroad Open House
2025-05-24 10:00 - 18:00 | BEMRRC, 425 SW 153rd Street, Burien, WA, 98166, United States
The Boeing Employees Model Railroad Club (BEMRRC) is having an open house. This is one of only a few days each year for the public to come see the layout. For more details see the link below.
BEMRRC

Olympia May Clinic
2025-05-30 19:00 - 20:30 | Panorama City Seattle Room, 1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA, 98503, United States
Building an Engine Facility
Scott Buckley
Scott will share his recent progress constructing buildings for an engine facility on his Tehama Valley layout. The clinic will feature a scratchbuilt roundhouse and other supporting buildings.
This will be a hybrid clinic, Zoom and in person.
Topic: Olympia Clinic, Building an Engine Facility
Time: May 30, 2025 7:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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).

Or Join Zoom Meeting (Online about 6:45)

Topic: Olympia Clinic
Time: May 30, 2025 06:45 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81815554623?pwd=[REDACTED]

Meeting ID: 818 1555 4623
Passcode: [REDACTED]

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)

"Second Saturday" Zoom layout tour featuring Kurt Laidlaw's construction progress report
2025-06-14 10:00 | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)
The June 2025 “Second Saturday” will feature an update by Kurt Laidlaw on how he started his N scale layout and its progress to date. Join us at 10:00am on Saturday, June 14. Here is the Zoom info needed to join the meeting on Zoom:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87210657142?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 872 1065 7142
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Olympia Clinic June Outing to Kitsap Live Steamers
2025-06-14 11:00 - 14:00 | WA
Olympia Clinic is sponsoring a Saturday trip to Kitsap Live steamers in Port Orchard WA https://kls.clubexpress.com/
Located in: South Kitsap Regional Park
Address: 3101 SE Marbeth Ln, Port Orchard, WA 98366, enter at Jackson Avenue side
Festivities begin at 11:00. Look for the Gophers sign near the front gate. It is an open to the public day so we will mix in with anyone else that happens to be there that day. At around noon everyone that is part of this Gophers trip will get to go inside the Kitsap member’s area to have a hotdog lunch (Sabol Dogs) grilled by Jim Sabol.
Please RSVP to (gregorywright2002@yahoo.com) so we know how many hot dogs to bring! If you want to bring a bag of chips or a dessert, feel free!
If you need a ride from Olympia, please say so in your RSVP. We will set up cars leaving from Olympia at about 9:30. Details will be sent to anyone requesting a ride.
After lunch you can stay as long as you like or until the park closes at 4:00 pm.
Friends, family and other railroaders are invited, just RSVP if you want a Sabol Dog!
If weather becomes an issue, everyone will get an email cancelling the event.

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
