NEWS & UPDATES

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Check back here frequently for News and Updates. New clinics, layout tours, prototype tours, and any cancellations, as well as other changes to the convention will appear here.

May 12, 2015
CHANGED – Layout Tour: Jim Radkey, Saturday - 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM; was 2:00 to 5:00 PM.
CHANGED – Layout Tour: San Leandro Historical Railway Society, Saturday, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM; was Saturday, 8:00 to 11:00 AM.
CANCELLED – Layout Tour: Jack McCloskey, Friday - 1:30 to 4:30 PM.
May 11, 2015
CANCELLED – Layout Tour: Robert Bowdidge, Friday - 1:00 to 4:00 PM.
May 10, 2015
CHANGED – Layout Tour: Tri-City Society of Model Engineers, Wednesday - CLOSED; Thursday - 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM, Friday - 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM, Saturday - 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Sunday - 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
May 9, 2015
ADDED – Layout Tour: Golden Gate Model Railroad Club, Friday, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
May 5, 2015
ADDED – Layout Tour: Howard Lloyd, Friday, 1:00 to 4:00 PM.
ADDED – Operating Session: Tony Thompson, Wednesday, 7:00 to 10:00 PM.
ADDED – Operating Session: David Griffy, Thursday, 7:00 to 10:00 PM.
ADDED – Banquet Meal Choices, see Banquet page to e-mail your choice to Lawrence Crowl, Registrar, by Sunday, May 10^th.
April 29, 2015
CHANGED – Layout Tour: Golden State Model Railroad Museum, Wednesday, 11:00 to 3:00 PM, Free admission, no trains running; Saturday, Noon to 5:00 PM, Free admission, no trains running; Sunday, Noon to 5:00 PM, Trains running, $5.00 Admission, $3.00 Seniors. See Layout Tours page.
CHANGED – Clinic: Dave Biondi: Backdrop Painting Techniques. This clinic is from 9:30 - 11:00 AM, not 9:00 - 11:30 AM as originally published.
April 27, 2015
CHANGED – Thursday morning "East Bay" layout tour merged with Thursday afternoon "East Bay - 2" layout tour. In other words, Connery moved from Thursday morning to Thursday afternoon, 1:30 to 4:00 PM, to join Blinn. Layout Tours page.
April 25, 2015
ADDED – Swap Meet , Friday, 7:00 to 10:00 PM, following the Maker Train activity. Tables, $10.00, may also be ordered on the Company Store page.
CLOSED – Outside Tour: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. If you have already paid, you MUST submit your LLNL clearance form by Wednesday, April 29, or you will be denied admittance!
April 24, 2015
ADDED – Non-Rail Activities, including Movie Night, PCR Bingo, "Blind Sea Salt Confectionery Tasting," and Fabric Shop Hop.
ADDED – Clinic: Dave Falkenburg: Maker Train, Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Ballroom III.
ADDED – Clinic: Bob Chaparro: Another Freight Car Tune-Up Clinic, Wednesday, 4:00 PM, Ballroom II and Thursday, 10:30 AM, Ballroom III.
ADDED – New Clinics. See Clinics page for additional presentations of existing clinics and scheduling changes.
ADDED – Swap Meet - Contact: David Parks, Friday, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Ballroom III.
ADDED – Layout Tour: Mike Coen, Saturday, 12:00 to 3:00 PM.
ADDED – Layout Tour: Dave Loveless, Sunday, 12:00 to 4:00 PM.
ADDED – Layout Tour: Bob Moore, Saturday, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
ADDED – Layout Tour: Chuck Oraftik, Saturday, 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM.
ADDED – Layout Tour: Tri-City Society of Model Engineers, Friday, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM and Sunday, 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
ADDED – Daily Schedule 2.0 updated with NEW clinic schedule, added layout tours, Non-Rail Activities, and other changes.
CHANGED – Layout Tour: Davie Parks layout description updated.
CHANGED – Layout Tour: Jeff Rogers layout description updated.
CHANGED – Clinics: See Clinics for numerous scheduling changes to accommodate additional clinics, several being presented twice.
CANCELLED – Operating Session: California Central MR Club operating session, Saturday.
April 20, 2015
ADDED – Layout Tour: San Leandro Historical Railway Society, Saturday, 8:00 to 11:00 AM.
CHANGED – Layout Tours: Cantwell, LaBarba, Schwab, Vail changed to Sunday, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, from Wednesday, 1:30 to 4:30 PM.
CHANGED – Boy Scout Railroading Merit Badge clinic scheduled for Saturday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. See updated webpage for new information about pre-registration. If you have any interest in this, please read it to see the new information.
April 17, 2015
ADDED – Layout Tour: Jim Dias' HO Western Pacific Railroad, Wednesday, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM.
ADDED – SPCRR Railroad Museum Car Barn Tour at Ardenwood Regional Park. See the Outside Activities page for details.
ADDED – Self-guided driving tour of Newark. See the full description on the Newark – A Railroad Town from the Beginning page with turn-by-turn directions for a driving tour of Newark's history and the former narrow-gauge South Pacific Coast Railroad. This can be done at your convenience anytime during the convention or even before or after it.
ADDED – A list of local restaurants has been added to the Non-Rails page.
April 11, 2015
• Layout tours and op session sign-up information has been posted on the Layout Tours & Operating Sessions webpage.
• Op Sessions sign-ups now OPEN!
• Schedules page updated, including an updated Daily Schedule (a PDF file) with layout tour and operating sessions dates and times.
April 4, 2015
• Added clinic descriptions on the Clinics page. Dates and times coming soon!
April 2, 2015
• Closed ticket sales to non-US citizens for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory tour. Sales to US citizens only remain open until April 24, 2015. See the Outside Activities page for more information about the tour.
March 30, 2015
• Hobos Breakfast location announced! The Hobo Breakfast will be 7:00 AM Saturday at the Hometown Buffet, 5478 Newpark Plaza, ½ mile away. A sign-up sheet will be at the Registration Desk for you to let us know how many will be in your group. See the Annual Hobos Breakfast page for more information and the history of the PCR Hobos.
• Mary Moore-Campagna joined the commitee as Non-Rails Chair. Welcome aboard, Mary. Watch the Non-Rails Activities page for upcoming announcements.
March 28, 2015
• Awards Banquet only and PCR Breakfast only tickets now available for sale. See the Company Store page to add the meals to a basic registration or buy an additional ticket for non-attending guests.
March 24, 2015
• The Contest Room will be closed for setup all day Wednesday, May 13. Contest entries will not be accepted until Thursday. See the Contests page for the room schedule.
March 16, 2015
• Speeder Rides in the Canyon are FRIDAY, MAY 15, not Thursday, May 14, as previously announced. See the Outside Activities page for more information and to order your tickets.
March 16, 2015
• VTA-BART Extension Tour tickets go on sale TODAY! See the Outside Activities page for more information and to order your tickets.
March 14, 2015
• Speeder Rides in the Canyon tickets go on sale TODAY! See the Outside Activities page for more information and to order your tickets.
March 10, 2015
• Added links for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory tour information form that must be completed and submitted in advance of the tour. Click here to download the LLNL Tour Request Form (Click here for PDF version). See Notes #2 and #3 on the Outside Tours page for the due dates to return the forms.
• Deadline to buy the LLNL tour for non-U.S. citizens has changed to April 1, 2015.
March 7, 2015
• Added link on the Home page to the new Club Car video on YouTube.
February 26, 2015
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Tour tickets go on sale TODAY! See the Outside Activities page for more information and to order your tickets. Don't delay! This one will sell out quickly. Tickets MUST be purchased in advance and will not be sold at the convention.
January 26, 2015
• All registration fares increased today. The Registration Special Package is $99.00 and the Basic Registration is $39.00. See the Registration page for more information and to register.
January 13, 2015
• Added 17 new clinics on Clinics page, for a total of 22 clinics. More yet to come!
• Added new Boy Scouts of America Railroading Merit Badge page to the website.
December 23, 2014
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory tour announced today! See the Outside Activities page for more info.
• Hotel reservations price and link announced today! See the Hotel page for details. Note that the Group Code is PCA, and not PCR.
• Ed Sarber joined the committee as Outside Activities chair.
• Charlie Bedard was "promoted" to Layout Tours chair.
December 13, 2014
• Fare increases, effective January 26, 2015, announced today! See the Registration page.
• Pat LaTorres joined the committee as the Contests chair.
November 10, 2014
• The hotel rooms rates announcement will be made after the first of the year. Check back here for the announcment.
July 8, 2014
• The Coast Rails 2014 convention is over and I'm nearly recovered! Time to get back to work on this website again.
• Added eight new layout tours on Layout Tours page, for a total of 20. More coming!
• Added six new clinics on Clinics page, for a total of 6. More coming!
• Updated Banquet page with announcement of the guest speaker, Tony Koester. Corrected error saying "all registrations include the banquet". Only the $89 registration special package includes the banquet.
• Added clarification on Rail/Non-Rail registrations, both are the same price. See Registration page for more information.
April 27, 2014
• Added new online and mail-in registration forms on the Registration page.
• The Club Car 2015 website is now fully functional and accepting online registrations.
April 18, 2014
• Added Mail-in Registration Form to website.
• Updated Registration page with registration rates and links to Mail-in Registration Form.
March 22, 2014
• Created e-mail aliases, sent test messages to all. Updated "Committee" page with job functions and alias e-mail addresses.
• Added "Banquet", "Clinics", "Non-Rails" pages to website.
March 6, 2014
• Started work on the Club Car 2015 website today.

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