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Sunrise Trail Division, NMRA

Schedule

TimeRegistration Main HallOperating SessionsNon-Rail
Blanco
Contest
Lake Travis
Silent Auction
Guadalupe
On-Site LayoutsClinics – Exec Learning CenterClinics – Lake AustinClinics – Lake LBJ
10:00 AMRegistration Open
10:30 AM 
11:00 AM 
11:30 AM 
12:00 PM LSR BOD MeetingSteam to Diesel: Why the Steam Went Away
Thomas Stephens
12:30 PM   
1:00 PM  
1:30 PM  Prototype Bridges (for Modelers) Part 1
Roy Kaiser
2:00 PM Open for Entries and ViewingOpen for Entries and BiddingLayouts Open 
2:30 PM    Winter Park Part 1
David Nicastro
 
3:00 PM      
3:30 PM    
4:00 PM    “Tips for Better PowerPoint Presentations
Steve Sandifer, MMR”
Operations and Dispatching
Peter Kazmir
Prototype Bridges (for Modelers) Part 1
Roy Kaiser
4:30 PM       
5:00 PM Meet And Greet   
5:30 PM     
6:00 PM     
6:30 PM     
7:00 PM Operating Sessions    While You’re At It
Cinthia Priest
The American Railroad and Two World Wars
Marita Richards
Modeling Crime Scenes, Now and Then
Chris Chany
7:30 PM  Making Costume Jewelry      
8:00 PM      
8:30 PM      Protecting Your Investment and Estate Planning
Chuck Lind, Sr., MMR
Passenger Trains to the Southwest
Bob Barnett, MMR
AP Update
Ray Persing, MMR
9:00 PM         

 

TimeRegistration Main HallPrototype ToursOperating SessionsNon-Rail
Blanco
Contest
Lake Travis
Silent Auction
Guadalupe
On-Site LayoutsClinics Exec
Learning Center
Clinics
Lake Austin
Clinics
Lake LBJ
8:00 AMRegistration OpenOpen for Entries and ViewingOpen for Entries and Bidding  Build a Gas Station – Make & Take
Duane Richardson, MMR
Scratching My Way to a Cars AP Certificate
Don Winn, MMR
A Bridge Far Enough
Dean Smith, MMR
8:30 AM       
9:00 AM Operating SessionsAustin Sightseeing
Self-Drive /
Carpool Tour
    
9:30 AM       Making Wood Boxcars from the 1910s Era
David Petersen
Smoke and Mirrors: Model Railroading in Small Spaces
Steve Jackobs, MMR
10:00 AM         
10:30 AM       
11:00 AM    Open for Bidding
Closes between
4:30 & 5:30 pm
   Gondola Please…With a Side of Waffles
Cinthia Priest
Prototypical Operations on a Small Layout
Lou Adler, MMR
11:30 AM       
12:00 PM     
12:30 PM    
1:00 PM     Introduction to 3D Printing
Eric Smith
What Do YOU See? A Study in Scenery
Kelly Russell, MMR
Winter Park Part 2
David Nicastro
1:30 PM        
2:00 PM Austin Steam Train
(Does not include
driving time)
Operating Sessions     
2:30 PM       The River City Union Terminal: Version 4
Bob Barnett, MMR
Railroad Tank Cars: “From the Beginning”
Kelly Russell, MMR
Prototype Bridges (For Modelers) Part 2
Roy Kaiser
3:00 PM         
3:30 PM      
4:00 PM     Starting with JMRI
Thomas Stephens
Beginning Weathering and Easy Upgrades for Freight Cars
Paul Harms
Dark Territory – 50 Years of Shooting Trains at Night
Steve Crise
4:30 PM        
5:00 PM   (Closed for Accounting) 
5:30 PM    
6:00 PM   (Closed for Judging)  
6:30 PM     
7:00 PM Operating SessionsBingo
All are
welcome!
   Railfan Memories on the Vida Division
Dean Smith, MMR
The Story of Us
Cinthia Priest
Trash to Treasure – Modeling on a Budget
Ray Persing, MMR
7:30 PM         
8:00 PM      
8:30 PM      You’re Modeling the Pennsy Prototype
Chris Chany
Working With Manufacturers
Stephen Priest, MMR
Moving Trains on the Railroad
Peter Kazmir
9:00 PM