Seattle 2012

Wives and Guests

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:58:47 +0000

Welcome wives and guests of railroaders! We want you to have a terrific experience while you’re visiting the Seattle area. We will have a hospitality room at the Convention Center for you with lots of information about local and regional attractions, transportation options, refreshments and the opportunity to meet others with similar interests. There will be some mid-morning mini-trips and to top it off, we’re planning two ticketed excursions!

Keep an eye on the Convention Website for lots more information.

— Susan Day

Clinic List Posted

admin — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:44:38 +0000

We’ve recently posted a list of clinics to our web site, including a number by nationally renown clinicians. The list of clinics is divided into two sections: prototype and modeling. Our clinic chair Ken Larson has done a great job providing a balance of subjects, as well as subjects never before presented that we think will be really interesting.

We have a few more clinics we’re hoping to add (a few that I personally hope come through), so this is not the final list. Once the list is final, and we get closer to the convention, we will publish the clinic schdule so you can plan in advance.

– John Socha-Leialoha (web master)

Parking at the Meydenbauer Center

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:31:14 +0000

There are three options available for you to get to the Meydenbauer Center: Walking, driving, or by shuttle bus. From most of the convention hotels walking is a viable option. However, you may choose to ride the convenient shuttle buses that will circulate amongst the four hotels and the Convention Center.

If driving to the Meydenbauer Center is your chosen option, a garage is located below the center that can handle over 400 vehicles. Our special garage parking rate is $13 per day with unlimited in-and-out privileges. The garage has direct access to the I-405. We encourage carpooling to reduce congestion at the garage and at individual layout locations.

You may pay $13 as you enter the garage in the morning and will be given a receipt. You must show this receipt to the parking attendant when you re-enter the garage in the evening. Individuals who do not have their receipt or are only attending the evening session will be charged the $10 evening rate.

Hangman Creek Lumber Company Coming

admin — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:26:07 +0000

There is a group is Spokane, WA working on an On3 modular layout that will be at the show. We’ve added some information, as well as a link, for this layout at the bottom of the Layouts page.

Attractions and RV

admin — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:18:23 +0000

We added a new Attractions page that includes some of the attractions in this area. We’ll be adding more to this page as time goes on.

We also added some information to the Hotels page for those of you who wish to drive here in your RV. There are two RV parks within about 1/2 hour of the convention site, and you’ll find the details there.