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2018 NMRA National Convention at Kansas City

Santa Fe GP9u 2244 switches the piggyback facility on Stephen M. Priest’s St. Louis Division layout. This layout and many other fine examples of modeling will be on tour during the convention.

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7:30am CDT

L5050 - The River Cities Bus Loading Area (Washington Park Place 1)

8:00am CDT

A brief history of Model Railroader project layouts Washington Park Place 3Hal Miller Getting Started in Operations Washington Park Place 2Bob Weinheimer MMR Growing Up Along the Rio Grande ShawneeJeff Pierce Incorporating Potato Farming and Shipping on a Model Railway Pershing WestSteve McMullin Kansas City Union Station in HO Scale Pershing NorthNick Muff MD Model Train Detection - What It Is & What It's Good For Pershing SouthJohn Parsons Running CMRI on a Raspberry Pi, Can it be done? Penn ValleyTom Gordon YARDMASTER 101 Pershing EastDan Munson Home Fit RoanokeRose Abrams, AARP Community Advocate Project Linus Room Open Presidents L5010 - The Super Chief - First Section Bus Loading Area (Washington Park Place 1) L5012 - The Super Chief - Second Section Bus Loading Area (Washington Park Place 1) Special Interest Room Open - Thursday Century B

9:00am CDT

CANCELLED - E5010 - Train a Woman, Save a Life Mission Operations Road Show Open - Thursday Morning Session Century A Silent Auction - Thursday morning - Buyer Settlement ONLY Century C Social Room Roanoke

9:30am CDT

Cast a Giant Shadow! Deriving Maximum Operating Enjoyment from a Small(ish) Layout. A Case Study Washington Park Place 3 Creating a Fiber-Optic Lighting Solution Penn ValleyMichael Groves Grade Crossings I have known. Pershing WestFred Headon How to model your hometown Pershing NorthCody Grivno Model Railroad Photography Pershing EastDan Munson Nuckolls Meat Packing, history and modeling ShawneePaul Evans Operations on the Pennsylvania Southern Washington Park Place 2Bob Weinheimer MMR The Kirkwood cutoff - Model Railroad Planning & Design Pershing SouthDave Roeder MMR

11:00am CDT

Blending Foreground and Background Scenery Pershing NorthBruce DeYoung MMR Colorado Fuel & Iron Steel Plant ShawneePaul Evans Custom Decals for your model railroad Pershing SouthDave Roeder MMR Evolution of an Operating Scheme Washington Park Place 2Bob Weinheimer MMR Implementing Modular Layout Operations with CMRI and CATS Pershing EastErich Whitney Kansas City Union Station in HO Scale Penn ValleyNick Muff MD Layout design for operations Pershing WestBob Reid MMR One Man’s Experience Implementing JMRI Operations Pro Washington Park Place 3Scott Pandorf Scams & Identity Theft & How to not be a Victim RoanokeAaron Reese, Better Business Bureau

12:30pm CDT

Hallmark Visitors Center & Chips Chocolate Factory-Walking Tour $10 Roanoke

1:00pm CDT

3D Printing using a home printer Pershing SouthKent Hurley A Day in the Life of the Rio Grande Southern ShawneeJim Ferenc A Model Railroad Systems Architecture Pershing EastErich Whitney Automation and Controls for Railroad Accessories Washington Park Place 2James LeFevre P.E. Building a New Layout Room Pershing WestCal Sexsmith Model Train Detection - What It Is & What It's Good For Penn ValleyJohn Parsons Setting The Scene Pershing NorthJohn Lowrance-MMR Update on the Nickel Plate Washington Park Place 3Tony Koester Essential Oils Information with Young Living (Anne Verburg) MissionAnne Verberg Color Pencil on Fabric - $5 RoanokeSheryll Bentley Silent Auction - Thursday afternoon - Buyer Settlement ONLY Century C Project Linus Room Open Presidents

2:00pm CDT

Operations Road Show Open - Thursday Afternoon Session Century A L5060 - The Bluebonnet Bus Loading Area (Washington Park Place 1) L5020 - The Ozark State Zephyr Bus Loading Area (Washington Park Place 1) L5040 - The Sunnyland - First Section Bus Loading Area (Washington Park Place 1)

2:30pm CDT

3D Printing Fundamentals Pershing SouthJim Macino A Gentle Introduction to Programming an Arduino Penn ValleyDr. John Bate A JMRI-Based DCC Decoder Calibration Testbed Part 1: DCC decoder motor control basics Pershing EastErich Whitney Ground Cover Pallet Pershing NorthJohn Lowrance-MMR Kids n' Trains Pershing WestAllen (Al) Hovey Planning Operations Using Historical Society Resources Washington Park Place 3Chris Atkins Reserection of a Failed Frontier Railroad. The Rio Grande RR ShawneeMark Hemphill What Would You do Differently? Layout Design SIG (Panel) Washington Park Place 2Seth Neumann Young Living Make & Take by Anne Verburg - $15 Cash fee MissionAnne Verberg

3:00pm CDT

Batting - the "Secret in the Middle" RoanokeLyn Heilman L5042 - The Sunnyland - Second Section Bus Loading Area (Washington Park Place 1)

4:00pm CDT

3D Printing for scratchbuilders Pershing SouthJim Macino A JMRI-Based DCC Decoder Calibration Testbed Part 2: How to perform DCC decoder calibration with JMRI Pershing EastErich Whitney A Model Railroad Makes Middle School Math Fun and Engaging Pershing WestJeffrey Allen Lionel TMCC, signal issues, Using it with JMRI and wi throttle and iPhones Washington Park Place 2James LeFevre P.E. Modular Structures Pershing NorthJohn Lowrance-MMR More Fun with Arduino’s and Layout Automation Penn ValleyScott Pandorf Researching and Designing a Model Railroad that Captures the Essence of Pueblo’s Railroads ShawneeJohn McBee The Sue Line takes the LEaD.... Washington Park Place 3David Colvin New Nutrition News (Margo Humenczuk) MissionMargo Humenczuk Social Room Roanoke

5:30pm CDT

G5030 - Kansas City BBQ Tour - Thursday Bus Loading Area (Washington Park Place 1)

6:00pm CDT

British Railway Modelling Washington Park Place 3Mike Arnold Home Injection Molding for Model Railroads Pershing WestJohn Socha-Leialoha Kit-bashing a Maintenance of Way boxcar Pershing NorthWilliam E Jameson LokProgrammer and CV changes Pershing EastMathew Herman Scratch Building in the Digital Age Penn ValleySteve Zapytowski US Army Mortuary Trains 1947-1951 ShawneeJim Murrie and Naomi Petersen Wiring for Signals Pershing SouthRodney Black Silent Auction - Thursday morning - Buyer Settlement ONLY Century C

7:00pm CDT

Movie of the Night Mission Operations Road Show Open - Thursday Evening Session Century A

7:30pm CDT

ESU CabControl DCC system Pershing EastMathew Herman Excursions in Time Washington Park Place 2Jerome (Jerry) Crosson Modeling the 1953 Ringling Brothers Circus Train ShawneeJim Murrie and Naomi Petersen Taking Measurements from Photos Pershing NorthPhilip Sharp Taking the Perfect Layout Photo…That Failed Penn ValleySteve Zapytowski and Bruce Hukill TSU2 Installed, Now What? Pershing WestGeorge Bogatuk III Understanding Signals Pershing SouthRodney Black NMRA Membership Meeting BrooksideChas Getz & Pete Magoun What I learned from the Prototype Railroad (2-hour forum) Washington Park Place 3Stephen Priest

9:00pm CDT

CATS: A CTC Panel that Grows Pershing SouthRodney Black Digitrax User Forum Pershing EastZana & AJ Ireland How to Prepare and Present a Clinic Penn ValleySteve Zapytowski Improvements to a working Hump Yard Pershing WestJuan Celorio Realistic Barbed Wire Fence Pershing NorthMike Brusky Slide Night! (Thursday - Open Slide Presentations) Washington Park Place 2