Upcoming Events
2020
“Closures”
"Contact events directly to make sure they are happening due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)"
This calendar contains various railroad-related events around our region. When you find an event, click on it for more information.
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Example of Free Publicity
from
Local Television Station
Sam Miller and Jim Blue-Big Bend Molder Railroad Association, Tallahassee, FL.
Eastern Division Workshop
April 18, 2020
Postponed
Northern Division Workshop
April 25, 2020
Time: 9:00 am thru 3:00 pm
Location: Location and program details not yet finalized.
Northern Division Workshop
June 13, 2020
Time: 9:00 am thru 3:00 pm
Location: Location and program details not yet finalized.
October 24, 2020
Time: 9:00 am thru 3:00 pm
Location: Location and program details not yet finalized.
NMRA Sunshine Region
2020 Convention
SUNSHINE EXPRESS
Guest Speaker
Peter Youngblood, MMR
October 1 thru 3, 2020
Time: 8:00 am thru 10:00 pm
Location:
for Event:
The John Trinkle Center, Plant City Campus of HCC
1206 North Park Road, Plant City, FL 33566
for Hotel:
Holiday Inn Express & Suites
2102 Park Road, Plant City, FL 33566
REGISTRATION is OPEN
Registration for the sunshine Region 2020 Convention is now open (At least written registrations.) The online registration program is not up and running yet. Registrations, Friday Night BBQ, Banquet, Hands-on Clinics, OP Sessions and SSR Polo Shirts are available currently. Prototype Tour will be added as soon as final details can be worked out.
All who register before May 1st will be entered into a raffle for a NEO for Iwata Gravity-Feed, Dual-Action Airbrush. We must have (for the raffle to work) at least 30 registrations.
Something new this year. We will hold a Railroad / Holiday Trivia Contest. This will be a fun way to see just how much you know about the real railroads, model railroading, and the three upcoming holidays. There will be three sessions for this contest. Thursday night, Friday morning and Friday night. If you attend one session you can- not attend the other two. We are holding the Contest in three sections so that everyone attending the Convention will have an opportunity to participate in the Trivia Contest and attend the Clinics and OP Sessions of their choice. The winners (1st, 2nd, and 3rd place) will be announced at the Banquet on Saturday Night. Oh’ by the way, the questions will be different for all three sessions, so comparing notes won’t help to win, but will make for a lively conversation between Clinics.
Anyone ordering SSR Polo shirts can pick them up at the Registration Desk at the Convention on October 1st. Or, if you want them earlier, we can ship them to you. Just add $16.00 (each shirt) for shipping & handling to your Registration Fee.
See you in October
NMRA Sunshine Region
2020
(Board Meeting)
October 4, 2020
Time: 9:00 am thru 12:00 pm (Noon)
Location:
Hotel Holiday Inn Express & Suites
2102 Park Road, Plant City, FL 33566
29th Annual Tallahassee
Model Railroad Show & Sale
Jun 27, 2020
Time: 9:00 am thru 4:00 pm
Location:
North Florida Fair Ground Entrance
3421-3483 Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301, US
The 28th National “N” Scale Convention
June 24 thru 28, 2020
Time: 7:00 am thru 11:00 pm
Location:
Sheraton Music City Hotel
777 McGavock Pk, Nashville, TN 37214, USA
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