By Lisa Murray

The north end NMRA clinic’s program for October is a Beginners Operating Session hosted by Burr Stewart.
If you are interested in seeing what an operating session entails, or even if you have model railroad operating experience, this clinic will be a practicum in operations and a chance to operate trains on Burr’s expansive home layout, The Burrlington Northern Railroad.
The clinic will be held on Thursday, October 3, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at Burr’s home which is located at 204 NW 112th St., Seattle 98177. There is plenty of parking at or near the house, and it is located in between the #5 and #28X bus lines north of Greenwood.
The railroad has seven working yards from Tukwila to Bellingham, and there are Thru, Local, and Switching jobs from which you can choose. You will also have the option to work in single or two-person crews. The operation is set in 1973 and uses car cards and waybills for car routing and track warrants for train authority, with an NCE DCC throttle system. WiThrottle will also be available if you prefer to use your cellphone for train control. There are also a few new ProtoThrottles available if you want to try them out.
Since we will only have two hours for the ops session, the goal is not to finish all the jobs, but to give folks who have been interested in operating sessions a taste of what’s involved (and the fun that it is!).
That being said, if you have ops experience, please come! We’d love to have as many people there to provide input and share their experiences.
Attached you will find documentation about the railroad layout to help you prepare for next Thursday.
The four files attached include:

Please RSVP if you are planning to attend so we can get a sense of how many people will be there. 
RSVP to this email (mattinata@outlook.com)with the following information:
Name
Number attending
Operating session level of experience

I am looking forward to seeing you at Burr’s!
Lisa