GARY'S SWITCHING LIST

THE SWITCHING LIST
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The Switching List contains all known Mid-Continent Region, NMRA, train shows and Division meetings. It also lists all known club shows and swap meets in the Mid-Continent Region (IA, IL, MO, AR, NE, KS, and OK). To list your event, send it to: garyonho@cox.net, or Gary Hemmingway, 3201 SW Stone Ave., Topeka, KS 66614. To subscribe, or unsubscribe, to The Switching List send an email to the above link. Look for us on the MCoR web site: www.mcor-nmra.org. Put me on your newsletter list.

EASTERN IOWA DIVISION
* The Eastern Iowa Division has tentatively scheduled its next meeting for Saturday, May 2, 2009 at the Hawkeye Model Railroad Club in Coralville, Iowa. The start time is 9:00 AM. The meeting will include a short business meeting, a clinic on wiring a layout with DCC, merit judging and presentation of AP certificates, a "Bring & Brag/Show & Tell" session, and possibly an operating session on the Hawkeye Area Model Railroad Club layout. More information will be available on the Eastern Iowa Division web site, which is http://eid.mcor-nmra.org/index.html and through our newsletter ­ The Wig-Wag ­ which is also online at the same web address.

KATE SHELLEY DIVISION now meets at the Ames Public Library in Ames, Iowa. Time is 7 Pm to 8:45 PM. All are welcome to attend the meetings. The library is located at 515 Douglas Ave. We meet in the upstairs meeting rooms.

INDIAN NATIONS DIVISION meets at the New Hardesty Library at 8316 E. 93rd. St. (Just east of Memorial) in Tulsa, OK. The time is from 9:30am to 12:30pm. Each meeting we have various presentations from clinics, to slide shows. After the meetings we have a layout tour at one of the members layouts. Meeting dates are: January 26, 2008, March 29, 2008, May 31, 2008, September 20, 2008, and November 19, 2008. Contact Dave Salamon at drs_rr@yahoo.com for further information.

*KATE SHELLEY DIVISION now meets the 4th Thursday at the Ames Public Library in Ames, Iowa. Time is 7 Pm to 8:45 PM. All are welcome to attend the meetings. The library is located at 515 Douglas Ave. We meet in the upstairs meeting rooms.

PLATTE VALLEY DIV. (HASTINGS, GRAND ISLAND, KEARNEY, NE) meets 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in members homes on a rotating basis. Info: John O'Neill, MMR, Div. Dir., 308-384-5011 or jponeill@computerconcepts.com.

WESTERN KANSAS DIVISION (GARDEN CITY, KS) Meets every Monday evening from 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. at 4091/2 N. Main St. (second floor above "Stage" department store) 7 layouts on display (2-HO, 5-N) Operating sessions available Info: Robert Simmons, Division Director (620) 521-3591 or ras@odsgc.net.

CLAREMORE & SOUTHERN RR OPERATING SESSION, Info: George Maulsby, 9372 E. Clover Creek Dr, Claremore, OK 74017-1487, Claremore & Southern RR www.csrailclub.com, geomaulsby@cox.net 918-341-9446

Division Directors, Train Show Chairs, or Club Show Chairs: Let's get the word out about your 2008 or 2009 event! Get your information to Gary at any of the above addresses. The Switching List is a service of Mid-Continent Region, NMRA.

TRAIN SHOWS & MEETS
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*APR 25-26, 2009--THE WESTERN HERITAGE DIVISION ANNUAL SHOW at Omaha Burke High School, 12200 Burke Blvd.( Southwest corner of 120th and West Dodge Road), Omaha, NE; Sat: 9-5, Sun: 10-5, General admission is $5 per adult, children under 12 free. Get a buck off your admission when you bring a non-perishable
food item for donation to local food banks. Info: John Griffith, (402) 691-8941. web: whdnmra.org.

JUN 11-14, 2009-MID-CONTINENT REGION CONVENTION, Best Western Airport, 6815 W. Kellogg, Wichita, KS, 67209 1-316-942-8568, Hosted by Chisholm Train Div., MCoR, NMRA, Rooms $79.99 + tax, block of rooms are available until 5/28/2009, late reservation space available, hot complimentary breakfast for 1-4 persons each room; Convention registration: Pre-registration NMRA members: 2 days-$30 1-day $20, family members free, Non-NMRA (includes NMRA Rail Pass) 2-days $40, 1-day $30 until March 31, 2009, April 1, 2009 & later NMRA 2-day $35, 1-day $25, Non-NMRA 2-day $45, 1-day 35, Banquet (Saturday) $25 adult, $15 children 12 & under; Vendor tables $15 each, Events include Model & Photo contest, Silent Auction, Clinics, Layout Tours (Friday), Live Steam (extra fare), other events to be announced as confirmed. Down load registration form www.mcor_nmra.org/MCoR_Region_Meet.html

*JUL 5-11, 2009, HARTFORD NATIONAL 2009-- NMRA NATIONAL CONVENTION, Hartford Convention Center, Hartford, CT, See the March 2009 Scale Rails for details and fares or the convention web site www.hn2009.org. There are way to many activities and events to list them all here. HN2009 will be a great national convention.

AUG 1, 2009-TURKEY CREEK DIV MEET, Lenexa Community Center, 13420 Oak, Lenexa, KS 66215, 9:30-3:30, Advance Registration $4, Day of the Show $6 ($5 NMRA Member). Activities Clinic, Model & Photo Contest, Swap Tables around 90 cost $15 each, Home Layouts nine or more, and Door Prizes. Registration forms may be found on the web site. Wheelchair Accessible, Info: Louis Seibel, Show Chairman at
l-seibel@comcast.net, www.tc-nmra.org

*SEP 12-13, 2009-FRISCO CONVENTION, Watco Companies, 315 W. 3rd Street, Pittsburg, KS, sponsored by the Heart of the Heartlands Railroad Historical Society Incorporated, Watco
Companies, Inc. and the South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad. Estimated registration is $20.00. Saturday 9 a.m. ­ 11:30 pm all events held at Watco Companies, 315 S. 3rd St. Pittsburg, KS, tentative schedule: 9:00 a.m. Doors Open / Registration, Modular Layout set up and running
Area set aside for model display 9:30 to 10:30 Clinic #1, 11:00 to 12:00 Clinic #2
Noon to 1:00 p.m. Lunch on your own, 1:00 to 2:00 Clinic #3, 2:30 to 5:30 Swap Meet, 5:30 to 7:30 Dinner on your own, 7:30 to 11:30 Roundtable discussions and slide/media show. Sunday Train Ride in air conditioned cars to Carona, KS and back with lunch at Carona,
Tentative schedule: 9:30 a.m. Load train at Monroe and Elm
10:00 a.m. Depart Pittsburg, Travel over former Frisco and MoPac track; Noon Arrive Carona
Lunch catered by Chicken Annie's, Tour museum grounds. 2:00 p.m. Depart Carona, 3:30 p.m. Arrive Pittsburg, End of Convention. More details later.

*SEP 25-27, 2009-- Layout Design and Operations Weekend 2009, Indian Nations Division of the NMRA, In conjunction with the LDSIG and OPSIG, Hardesty Library
8316 E. 93rd St., (Just East of Memorial on 93rd St.) Tulsa, Oklahoma; Registration will be limited to 200. Don't miss out! Local layout operating sessions: Friday September 25th from 7pm-10pm
Sunday morning September 27th from 10am to 1pm
(Out of town and first time operators get preference,
register early to secure a spot on one of the layouts!)
Workshop Presentations Saturday September 26th from 9:30am-4:30pm, __ Paul J. Dolkos ­ Designing Baltimore's Fell Street District. __ Marty McGuirk ­ Designing the Central Vermont __ Keith Jordan ­
Designing Los Angeles' "The Patch"; Also, Birds of a Feather (discussion groups) __ Bring your track plans, photos, display boards and mockups to share with everyone, great place to solicit feedback on your layout! __ Panel discussion __ Conclude the day with layout open houses from 6pm to 10pm Info: www.tulsanmra.org; for registration questions email: ldopregistration@tulsanmra.org
If you want to operate email: ldopoperations@tulsanmra.org
All other questions email: ldopchairman@tulsanmra.org
Early bird registration before August 25th, 2009 is $15.00 after that the registration is $20.00

*SEP 26-27, 2009-2ND ANNUAL UNION STATION TRAIN SHOW, Union Station, Kansas City, MO, Sat: 9-5, Sun: 10-4, more info later.