Schedules

Convention Schedule at a Glance

This year's convention will run July 6-10, from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) with the following daily schedule:

  8:00 AM –   9:00 AM • Morning Meetups
  9:00 AM - 12:00 PM • Morning Clinic Session
12:00 PM –   2:00 PM • Lunch Break
  2:00 PM -   5:00 PM • Afternoon Clinic Session
  5:00 PM –   7:00 PM • Dinner Break
  7:00 PM –   9:00 PM • Evening Clinic Session
  9:00 PM – 10:00 PM • After Party

Themed Breakout Rooms

• Garden Scale
• Model Railroad Technology - DCC, JMRI, Arduino, LocoFi™, Dead Rail™, etc.
• Modeling Modern Railroads
• Modeling Canadian Railroads
• Modeling Eastern Railroads
• Modeling Non-US Railroads
• Modeling Pennsy
• Modeling the NYC
• Modeling the UP
• Modeling the SP
• Modeling the Western Pacific
• Modeling the Rio Grande
• Modeling Western Railroads (ATSF, BN, BNSF, D&RGW, SP, UP, WP, etc.)
• Modular Layouts
• O Scale
• Small Layouts
• Small Scales – TT, N, Z
• Train Photography
• Under 30 – Are you 30 years old or younger? Meet others just like you in the hobby!
• Our Social Gathering Rooms - any topic!
  • The Hotel Bar
  • The Dining Car
  • The Lounge Car
  • The Observation Car
  • The Caboose
• Chief Vendor Focus Room
• Clinic Goes on Rooms
  • Clinic Goes On Daylight 1
  • Clinic Goes On Daylight 2
  • Clinic Goes On Daylight 3
  • Clinic Goes On Zephyr 1
  • Clinic Goes On Zephyr 2
  • Clinic Goes On Zephyr 3
• Additional Rooms
  • Eureka Room
  • Mariposa Room
  • Maui Room
  • Mineral Room
  • Napa Room
  • San Francisco Room
  • Santa Barbara Room
  • Santa Cruz Room
  • Shasta Room
  • Sonoma Room
  • Yosemite Room

Vendor Focus Schedule

Using Breakout Rooms

• TO ENTER - Click on the Breakout Rooms icon (4 squares) at the bottom of your screen to get a list of all the breakout rooms and who’s in them. Some of the breakout rooms will be dedicated to specific topics, but many will be available for people just to hang out and socialize in. To enter a breakout room, hover over the area that tells you the number of people in the room and a Join button will appear, allowing you to join the room.
  
• TO LEAVE - click the button in the bottom right corner that says Leave Room then select the option you want from there.

QUESTIONS? – Look for volunteer staff throughout the convention or in the Great Hall. They will have Staff before their name.