"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

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• 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

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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

• 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

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• 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