2018 NMRA Convention in Kansas City MO by Dave Winans
Dave Winans and Jack Varadi are two of the Division members who attended the 2018 Convention. They will present information on prototype tours, layout tours, clinics and other events they attended to give an overall view of the convention. KC has a railroad history that set the tone for the convention.
Adding a Yard to the Pennington Junction RR by Geoff Duncan
This clinic will present the design and construction of a classification yard for the existing HO scale Pennington Junction Railroad. Topics of this multi-level layout expansion will describe the use of a space saving compound ladder yard design with car detection for automated uncoupling and coupling, the use of a wye for turning locomotives and trains in the yard and the construction of a helix to move trains between levels.