Ed Liesse & Jim Providenza, Co-Chairs

Mark your calendars now for May 2–5, 2012 and plan to spend those days in Medford, Oregon at the Medford Red Lion Hotel attending the first Joint Convention between PNR and PCR! This one has all the indications of being a convention to remember. Don’t be left out!

The Joint Convention Committee is putting together many activities to keep you busy. The PCR and PNR Boards of Directors will have their respective board and business meetings on Wednesday and Friday morning. Convention attendees will enjoy an ice cream social on Wednesday night. A series of high-quality clinics begin Wednesday afternoon and run through Saturday afternoon with a special LDSIG/OPSIG clinic track on Thursday. An editor from Model Railroader and Bill Schaumburg of Railroad Model Craftsman are two of the many clinicians scheduled. There will be two evenings of operations on the Rogue Valley Model Railroad Club.

Siskiyou Summit 1012 will provide both a contest and separate AP assessment. Saturday morning will offer the Hobo Breakfast. Throughout the period, Sidetracks (previously known as “Non-Rails”) will have their usual bevy of activities to keep everyone busy. We will wrap up with the banquet on Saturday night.

A special event on Thursday will be a day excursion to Train Mountain www.trainmountain.org, a 2200-acre model railroad with 7.5” gauge track and more than 20 miles of mainline track. During the week, tours of Micro-Trains will be available and possibly a few tours of Campbell Scale Models.

On Saturday afternoon Siskiyou Summit 1012 attendees will have the run of Medford Railroad Park soc-nrhs.org/medfordrrpark.htm, operated by the Southern Oregon Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, the Morse Telegraph Club, the Rogue Valley Model Railroad Club, the Southern Oregon Live Steamers, and the Southwest Oregon Large Scale Trains group. All the above groups will have personnel on hand to show off their displays and let you take part in some of their activities. In addition to all the rail-related activities, there are a number of places in and around Medford to visit, many of historical interest. And Ashland, home of the well-known Shakespeare Festival, is just down the road.

All this is available to you for the low “early bird” registration price of only $45. We also have a low hotel room rate of $82/night double, with add-on days before and after the convention at the same rate.

The Siskiyou Summit 1012 website is up and running at pcrnmra.org/conv2012. Take a look now and watch for added items as the schedule fills up.

We plan to see you in Medford!