Greetings: Remember to get your registration fee in early to save $5 - must be post marked on or before 12/31/08. Details below.
See you at the show! John Gibson OSW+S Convention Committee --- In [email protected], "John Gibson" <gib...@...> wrote: > > Northern California O Scale West + S -- Largest S scale show west of > the Mississippi! > > There will be S standard and narrow gauge dealers, including > Howard'S Trains, PBL, River Raisin Models, Southwind Models, as well > as others. > > Clinics will be on topics such as making trees and creating your own > decals. Ken Reiter, the electronics guru for Ed Loizeaux will be > doing a presentation, and there will be a panel discussion about > layout planning, operation, and maintenance by S, Sn3 & O scale > layout owners. > > The events also include the showing of railroad videos, and contests. > > The BASS club will have their modular layout up and running (DC & > DCC) bring your equipment to run on the layout, a Digitrax control > system will be available. Equipment must meet NASG standards. > > The McKenzie brothers will be showing their fantastic Sn3 logging > layout that includes the realistic and beautiful trees they will > teach you to make in their clinic. > > Offsite layouts include: > > - Ed Loizeaux's S & Sn3 scale NYC: The New York Central operates > through the Catskill Mountains region with over 300+ feet of > doubletrack mainline. Numerous large bridges, viaducts, waterfalls, > river rapids, tunnels and other scenic attractions abound. This > nearly-finished layout offers a spectacular backdrop and beautiful > scenery and flawless operation > > - Arden Goehring's S scale UP Sherman Hill: This huge layout > occupies a 1,600 square foot building and is inspired by UP's > arduous crossing of the Rocky Mountains at Sherman Hill. Big Boys > and 40 car reefer trains are the norm on this fantastic layout. > > - Don Harper's Sn3 Harper Valley Railroad. This spectacular layout > is based on the Rio Grande narrow gauge and West Side Lumber Co, and > was one of the featured layouts in BASS 2009 S/Sn3 calendar and > several of the leading model railroad magazines > > - We also hope to have Mike Schwab's Sn3 San Juan Central Railroad. > This very detailed layout is based on Colorado narrow gauge, and > was also featured in BASS 2009 calendar. > > The meet cars are Southern Pacific 53'6" & 40' flat cars kits > manufactured by Wiseman Models Services and distributed by Howard'S > Trains. Bulkhead kits are also available. See flyer for costs, > details & pictures - I just uploaded the flyer in the files > section. > > Convention info: > > January 29-31, 2009 > Hyatt Regency Santa Clara > 5101 Great America Parkway > Santa Clara, CA 95054 > Reservations: 800-233-1234 > Hotel Switchboard: 408-200-1234 > Hotel Fax: 408-980-3939 > > Admission: $25 for registrations postmarked by 12/31/2008; $30 at > the door > > Table Rentals: $35/table if registration is postmarked by 12/31/08; > $45 after 12/31/08, electrical hook up is free. > > Go here for additional information: > http://www.oscalewest.com/osw2009.html > > Questions, please contact John Gibson at gib...@...; Bill > McClung at bill...@...; Lee Johnson at lee...@...; or Howard > Sheffield at hjsh...@... for information and registration > packets. > > Look forward to seeing you at the show. > > OSW+S Convention Committee, > > John Gibson > Lee Johnson > Bill McClung > Howard Sheffield > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
