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    "Highball To Indy" Program

    '16 NMRA National Convention

    July 2016

    Sunday, July 3rd

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    • Registation "Open" (Westin Hotel) 7 AM - 5 PM*

    • Convention Office "Open" 9 AM - 6 PM*

    • Numerous Clinics Scheduled

    • Silent Auction "Drop Off" Noon - 5 PM & 6 - 9 PM

    • "Modeling With The Masters" Workshops

    • Visit Local Attractions

    • Special Interest Group Room 4 - 10 PM

    • Company Store 8 AM - 7 PM*

    • LDSIG Meet-N-Greet 7 - 9 PM

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    Monday, July 4th

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    • Registration "Open" (Westin) 7 AM - 5 PM*

    • Convention Office "Open" 9 AM - 6 PM*

    • Numerous Clinics Scheduled All Day

    • Company Store 10 AM - 7 PM*

    • Special Interest Group Room 8 AM - 10 PM*

    • Non-Rail R&R Room 8 AM - 10 PM

    • 2 Layout Bus Tours

    • 1 Self-Guided Layout Tour

    • Local Tour to French Lick

    • Contest Room "Open"

    • Silent Auction "Drop Off" 9 AM - 12 Noon, plus 1 - 5 PM & 6 - 9 PM* (Bidding Opens @ 1 PM

    • ​"Modeling With The Masters"

    • Meet "The Prez" 10 AM - 12 Noon

    • Non-Rail Events

    • Operations Road Show 9 AM & 2 PM slots

    • CMRI SIG Meetin 8:30 - 9:30 PM

    • Evening Fireworks

       (Downtown Celebrations, Recognizing

       The 200th Anniversary Of The State

       Of Indiana)

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    Tuesday, July 5th

    ​

    • Registration "Open" (Westin) 7 AM - 5 PM*

    • Convention Offic "Open" 9 AM - 6 PM

    • Numerous Clinics Scheduled All Day

    • Company Store 10 AM - 7 PM*

    • 4 Layout Bus Tours

    • 2 Self-Guided Layout Tours

    • Prototype Tour to Whiteawater Valley RR

    • General Tours, including to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

    • Contest Room "Open"

    • Silent Auction Room "Open" 9 AM - 12 Noon, plus 1 - 5 PM, & 6-7 PM  (Take-in stops at 7 PM; bidding open all day)

    • Special Interest Group Room 8 AM - 10 PM*

    • "Modeling With The Masters" Workshops

    • Non-Rail Events

    • Operations Road Show 9 AM & 2 PM slots

    • Ops Sessions

    • Visit Local Attractions

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    Friday-Sunday, July 8th-10th

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    • Registration "Open" Friday 1 - 5 PM

    • Company Store Friday 12 Noon - 4 PM*

    • National Train Show (runs Friday thru Sunday in the Indiana Convention Center)

    • Numerous Clinics Scheduled On Friday & Saturday

    • 1 Self-Guided Layout Tour Friday, 1 Saturday

    • Friday & Saturday; AMTRAK Tours

    • Friday Evening LDSIG Banquet 6 PM

    • Saturday Evening NMRA Banquet 6 PM @ Union Station, with our speaker Shane Wilson of ScaleTrains.Com

           More info about Shane on our FaceBook site:

           https://www.facebook.com/nmra2016/?fref=ts

    • Ops Sessions

    • On-The-Way-Home Layout Tour Stops

     

     

     

     

    Thursday, July 7th

    ​

    • Registration "Open" (Westin) 7 AM - 5 PM*

    • Convention Office "Open" 9 AM - 6 PM*

    • Numerous Clinics Scheduled All Day

    • Company Store 10 AM - 7 PM

    • 3 Layout Bus Tours

    • 2 Self-Guided Layout Tours

    • ​Non-Rail Events

    • Special Interest Group Room 8 AM - 10 PM

    • Prototype Tours to AMTRAK & Indiana R R

    • General Tours, including the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and an architectural tour to Columbus, IN

    • Contest Room "Open"

    • OPS SIG Annual Meeting 1 - 2 PM

    • Silent Auction Room "Settlement" 1 - 5 PM & 6 - 9 PM

    • Operations Road Show 9 AM, 2 & 7 PM Slots

    • NMRA Canada Membership Mtg 7 - 8:30 PM

    • Ops Sessions


     

    Wednesday, July 6th

    ​

    • Registration "Open" (Westin) 7 AM - 5 PM*

    • Convention Office "Open" 9 AM - 6 PM*

    • Numerous Clinics Scheduled All Day

    • LDSIG Annual Meeting 8 - 9 AM

    • Company Store 10 AM - 7 PM*

    • 4 Layout Bus Tours

    • 4 Self-Guided Layout Tours

    • ​Non-Rail Events

    • Special Interest Group Room 8 AM - 10 PM*

    • Prototype & General Tours, including to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway & AMTRAK

    • Contest Room "Open"

    • Silent Auction Room "Open" 9 AM - 12 Noon & 1 - 7 PM  NOTE: Bidding stops 7 PM

    • "Modeling with The Masters" Workshops

    • Operations Road Show 9 AM, plus 2 & 7 PM slots

    • NMRA General Meeting 7 - 9 PM

    • Ops Sessions

    • Visit Local Attractions

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    Schedule-At-A-Glance

     

    [ Click HERE To Download The "Final" Registration Packet & Covention Forms ]

     

    * Many functions and displays listed below close for lunch from 12:00 noon - 12:30 PM daily

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    The Westin Hotel, Indianapolis

    Central Indiana Division

    Midwest Region / NMRA

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