Bay Area Layout Design & Operations Weekend - Jan 26-27, 2008
Sponsored by the NMRA Pacific Coast Region
and the Layout Design and Operations Special Interest Groups
The NMRA Pacific Coast Region
and the Layout Design and Operations Special Interest Groups
will hold
another joint Regional Meeting in Santa Clara, CA (approx. 45 minutes south
of San Francisco) on Saturday January 26 and Sunday January 27, 2008.
A terrific two-day program is planned.
The agenda includes clinics, operations discussions, track planning
workshops, and visits to local layouts on Saturday.
There will also be operating
sessions at a number of nearby layouts on Sunday.
The
2007 meeting
was a big success, and we hope to do as well again.
RSVPs Requested
In order to insure that we have enough seats for the meeting and
so that we can contact you in advance about
preferences for operating sessions, please email
Bob Jacobsen (jake@physics.berkeley.edu)
if you plan to attend.
Saturday schedule
The meeting is planned to start at 9AM, and run through
about 5:30PM, with layout tours in the evening.
Tenative schedule:
| Time | Topic | Presenter | Slides |
|---|
| 9:00 | Intro | David Parks | |
| 9:15 | C&O | Joe Green |
PDF (0.6MB)
PPT (9MB) |
| 10:00 | Alice Street | Bart Thurber |
PDF (8.7MB)
PPT (19MB) |
| 10:45 | Announcements | David Parks | |
| 11:00 | Building a purpose-built rail road room | Phil Gulley |
PDF (1.5MB)
PPT (1.5MB) |
| 11:45 | Lunch | | |
| 1:00 | A Progress Report On the Nickel Plate in Palo Alto | Alan Cooper | |
| 2:15 | BOFs | David Parks | |
| 3:00 | How to operate with no staging whatsoever | Bill Kaufman |
PDF (10MB)
PPS (15MB) |
| 3:45 | Challenge: Bookcase Layout | Bruce Morden |
|
| 4:30 | Panel: Op Plan or Track Plan: Which Comes First? | Ed Loizeaux | |
| 5:15 | Closing remarks | David Parks | |
| 7:00 | Tours Start | | |
| 10:00 | Tours End | | |
Clinics & Panel Discussions
Seth Neumann
is again organizing a program of clinics, discussions
and updates for Saturday.
He expects to have about 5 clinics, plus a panel discussion
and short updates from prior year's talks.
Exhibits and Displays
Please bring along your display of layout design or operations related
ideas. (Layout mock-ups are particularly interesting). When you RSVP,
please let us know what you are bringing and its size.
Track Planning & Layout Operations Help
Byron Henderson is again organizing the
design consulting.
If you are planning a layout, bring along your "Givens & 'Druthers",
maps, sketches, and other materials to get some free consultation from
the group! They can also help with questions about operating your
layout, including how to get started.
Design Challenge
Bruce Morden is organizing the popular
layout design challenge event.
For more information, see the
separate page on the challenge.
"Birds of a Feather" (BOF)
Would you like to meet with others modeling your region, prototype or
era? Interested in DCC, sound, computerized switchlists, or layout CAD
programs? Anything might be a topic for an impromptu "Birds of a
Feather" meeting! Let us know if you would like to informally lead
a short group discussion on any topic on Saturday afternoon.
Layout Tours
David Parks
is arranging for a number of layouts to be available
Saturday evening to tour and we would like to have more. Remember
that SIG groups will be appreciative of seeing your layout in any
state of completion. If you'd like to make your layout available,
please email
David.
Sunday Op Sessions
David Parks
is coordinating operating sessions for
Sunday morning and afternoon at a number of nearby layouts, including many
opportunities for those new to operations.
Please send in your RSVP so we can sign you up in advance.
Friday Night Dinner
Some have expressed an interest in having an informal get-together Friday,
January 25 for dinner. Let
David Parks
know if you would attend a pre-meet dinner at
7 PM so he can confirm reservations. If another dinner hour would be
preferable, let him know as well.
Location
The meeting will be held at the South Bay Historical
Railroad Society's (SBHRS) meeting room. The SBHRS is located in
the Santa Clara Caltrain Depot freight house (see
map)
at 1005 Railroad Ave.; Santa Clara, CA 95050.
The SBHRS is also open to the public Tuesday evenings from 6 to 9 pm
and Saturdays from 10 am to 4 pm.
Visit the SBHRS via the www at: www.sbhrs.org
Phone: 408 243 3969
Cost
We will be asking a $10 donation for this year's meeting.
Car Pools
Contact
Bob Jacobsen
if you need or can offer a car pool seat. Past attendees
have come from as far away as Oregon, Nevada, and Southern California.
Contact for RSVP or More Information
To RSVP, volunteer to help out, get names for car pools, etc., contact:
Bob Jacobsen
Phone: (510) 486-7355
email: jake@physics.berkeley.edu
Last updated February 1, 2008
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Bob Jacobsen.