Convention Schedule

NOTE: Days and times subject to change. Consult layout and clinic schedules for specific days and times.

Thursday October 16th
12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM
Registration:
4 pm-5:30 pm 7:30-9:30 pm
Clinics: Clinics: 7 pm to 11 pm
Contest Room: Open for Entries: 7 pm to 9 pm
Hands-On Extra Fare: #601 – Kato Mini Module
7 pm to 10 pm
Layout Tours: Layouts Open: 12 pm to 4 pm Layouts Open: 7 pm to 10 pm
Op Sessions:
Mike McNamara’s Northeast Kingdom Railroad #805 – 6 pm to 10 pm
Earl Paine’s Reading Mainline #801 –  7 pm to 10 pm
Steve Salotti, MMR’s
New York, Susquehanna & Western (NYS&W)
#802 – 7 pm to 10 pm
Other: MER Board Meeting 7 pm to 9 pm Instructional Meeting for Contest Evaluators 9-10pm
White Elephant Room: Open: 7 pm to 10 pm
Vendors Room: Open: 7 pm to 10 pm
Friday October 17th
7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM
Breakfast (Restaurant):
(Included in Hotel Stay)
Breakfast – 7 am to 9:30 am
Registration:
8 am to 11:30 am 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Clinics: Clinics 8 am to 12 pm Clinics 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm Clinics: 7:30 pm-11:30 pm
Contest Room: Open for Entries: 9 am to 12 pm Open for Entries: 1 pm to 5 pm Open for Entries: 7 pm to 9 pm
Hands-On Extra Fare: #603 – Craftsman Building Kits
8 am to 12 pm
#604 – Repurposed Boxcar Craftsman Build 1:30-4 pm
Layout Tours Layouts Open: 12 pm to 10 pm
Op Sessions:
Greg & Angel Shindledecker’s Western Maryland, Thomas Subdivision in the mid-‘70s #807 – 1 to 4 pm
St. Alban’s Model Railroad Club (StARR) #809 – 1 pm to 3 pm
Charles Kadyk’s Pennsylvania and
New England Railroad
#808 – 7 pm to 10 pm
Other: Editors Breakfast: 7:00 am to 8:30 am
Prototype Tours: #201 – Colebrookdale Railroad
Excursion 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
White Elephant Room: Open: 9 am to 5:30 pm Open: 7:30 pm to 10 pm
Vendors Room: Open: 9 am to 5:30 pm Open: 7:30 pm to 10 pm
Saturday October 18th
7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM
Breakfast (Restaurant):
(Included in Hotel Stay)
Breakfast – 7 am to 10 am
Registration:
8 am to 11 pm
Clinics: Clinics 8 am to 12 pm Clinics 1:30 pm to 4 pm
Contest Room: Closed for Evaluations 9 am to 4 pm
Hands-On Extra Fare: #602 – Kato Mini Module
1 pm to  4 pm
Layout Tours Layouts Open: 10 am to 4 pm
Op Sessions:
Mike McNamara’s Northeast Kingdom Railroad #806 – 9 am to 12:30 pm
Steve Salotti, MMR’s
New York, Susquehanna & Western (NYS&W)
#803 – 10 am to 2 pm
Other: Superintendents Breakfast: 7:00 am to 8:30 am Cash Bar 6-7pm Banquet 7-10 pm
Prototype Tours: #202 – West Chester Railroad
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
White Elephant Room: Open: 9 am to 4 pm Settlement 7:30  to 11 pm
Vendors/Train Show
Open: 9 am to 4 pm
Sunday October 19th
7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM
Breakfast (Restaurant):
(Included in Hotel Stay)
Breakfast – 7 am to 10 am
Layout Tours Layouts Open: 12 pm to 4 pm
Other: MER Annual Membership Meeting
10 am to 12 pm
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