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Kevin Wills presents “Second Saturday” Zoom layout tour

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
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87210657142?pwd=ZHhIWnZGMUU0YnAwNVUvMENheEZSUT09

Meeting ID: 872 1065 7142
Passcode: 805577

Saturday Morning (10am PST) Monthly Layout Tour on Zoom

Join us at 10am PST on Saturday March 12 for a briefing by Lee Marsh on how he designed an operating scheme for his highly detailed transition era HO scale Great Northern layout.

Here is the Zoom info to join the meeting:

Topic: 4dPNR March Layout Tours
Time: Mar 12, 2022 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81811654479?pwd=eStrK2pKQzdMbHVFMUp5MUt5OVBJUT09

Meeting ID: 818 1165 4479
Passcode: 260171
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There’s another NMRA Virtual Convention This Weekend

By Lisa Murray

Tomorrow, June 27, the NMRA is broadcasting another twelve hours of model railroading clinics and layout tours on both Facebook Live and YouTube. Here is the information that you need to know:

NMRAx Virtual Model Railroad Convention
When: Saturday, June 27, 2020 6am to 6pm EDT
Full event details: https://bit.ly/NMRAx62720 
Where to watch:
Facebook: https://bit.ly/NMRAfacebook
YouTube: https://bit.ly/NMRAyoutube

Here is the schedule (note–times are EDT):

Like last time, it starts in the wee hours of the morning for the West cost. Grab a triple espresso and have fun!

Lisa Murray, 4D Communications Chair
communications@4dpnr.com

NMRA Virtual Convention This Weekend!

By Lisa Murray

Hi everyone!

This is Lisa Murray, 4D Communications Chair. With my new role, and the fact that I now have access to post things directly to the website, you will certainly be hearing more often from me. Thanks to Anton Faulk for getting me all set up.

As mentioned in the recent board meeting, I plan to post regular announcements about virtual meetings being held throughout NMRA. I wanted to get this one out ASAP, since it’s tomorrow.

Tomorrow, June 13, the NMRA is broadcasting twelve hours (yes, TWELVE hours) of model railroading clinics and layout tours on both Facebook Live and YouTube. Here is the information that you need to know:

NMRAx Virtual Model Railroad Convention
When: Saturday, June 13, 2020 6am to 6pm EDT
Where to watch:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nmra.org
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NMRAORGModelRailroading

Here is the schedule (note–times are EDT):

Yep, for those of us on the West Coast, it starts at 3am in the morning. Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy!

Lisa Murray, 4D Communications Chair
communications@4dpnr.com