Salt Lake City – LDSIG Wednesday Layout Tour – 2019

The LDSIG is looking forward to welcoming our members to Salt Lake City for the 2019 NMRA National convention.

The LDSIG Wednesday Layout Tour is open to all Convention Attendees.  The Tour includes a specially designed shirt customized for the Salt Lake City Convention.  Tickets for the tour will be available through the Company Store. To sign up for the tour and get your LDSIG SLC polo shirt follow the directions below the names of the layout owners and railroads below the map.

In the past these tours have served to highlight some of the more innovative layouts being constructed in the host city and this year will be no exception.

Below is a map with the approximate locations of the tour layouts.  A detailed handout to the layout locations will be provided Wednesday morning at the LDSIG General Membership Meeting in the SIG Room to those who have signed up for the Wednesday layout tour.

Key to Map locations:

Click on the owner’s name, or railroad for more information, or click on the links in the left column of the page.

  1. Quintin Foster – DRGW – 10:00am to 2:00pm
  2. Bob Hendrickson – The Forever Plywood Prairie – 9:00am to 5:00pm
  3. Jon Robinson – Double Diamond Railroad (DDRR) – 9:00am to 6:00pm
  4. Gary Petersen – Salt Lake Southern – 9:30am to 4:00pm
  5. Jim Hoeppner – Colorado & Great Western – 9:00am to 5:00pm
  6. Blaine Holbrook – The Mountain Railroads – 9:00am to 5:30pm
  7. Neil Blosch & John Reese – Pheasant Wood Railway – 1:00pm to 6:00pm
  8. Gregg Cudworth – OmniRGSNn3 – 9:00am to 5:00pm
  9. Mark Evans – RGS/D&RGW – 1941 – 9:30am to 1:30pm
  10. Bob & Karin Gerald – Milwaukee Road, Utah Div. – 9:30am to 5:30pm
  11. Doug Jolley – DRGW 3rd Div/Timber Creek Ry. – 9:30am to 5:00pm
  12. OPEN
  13. Gary Brooks – Great Northern Kettle Falls Branch (GNKFB) – 9:00am to 6:00pm
  14. Rob Spangler – Western Pacific 8th Subdivision – 9:00am to 5:00pm
  15. Steve Blodgett – Bear River Railroad – 9:00am to 6:00pm
  16. Mickey Braun – Western RR – 9:00am to 5:30pm
  17. Ted York – Ted York’s Cajon Pass – 9:00am to 5:00pm
  18. Brian Brendel – CSX Mountain Subdivision, Virginia – 9:00am to 9:00pm
  19. Mike Murphy – [No Name Yet] – 9:00am to 5:30pm
  20. Tim Morris – Great Northern – 9:30am to 6:00pm
  21. ExactRail (Train Life) – UP Daneburg Subdivision – 9:00am to 6:00pm
  22. Guil Rand – Great Northern Pacific Railway – 9:00am to 5:00pm
  23. OPEN
  24. Lee Nicholas – Utah Colorado Western – 9:00am to 9:00pm
  25. (L) James Gronwald – DRGW through Castle Country – 9:00am to 5:00pm

As of this writing (these instructions could change as the convention folks try to confirm with past practices) to sign up for the LDSIG Wednesday Tour you need to go to the Salt Lake City Convention registration web page http://www.nmra2019slc.org/registration/

 If you have not yet registered for the convention fill out the form on that page, follow the instructions, and be sure to scroll down to near the bottom to sign up for the Wednesday Tour and/or Dinner.

 If you have registered, you should already have an account.  Go to https://northernutahnmra.account.webconnex.com/login and log into your account with your email and password.

Once you are in click on “Registrations” at the top center.  When you the page, click on “View Details” on the right.  Now click on “edit” on the Registrant line.

Scroll down to near the bottom and you will see “Layout Design Special Interest Group”.  There are three entries – 1.) LDSIG Dinner ($48.00), 2.) LDSIG Wednesday Layout Tour ($45.00) and 3.) the commemorative shirt.

Click on the box to the left of your choice(s).  If you are going on the Wednesday Layout Tour, be sure to enter your information for your LDSIG Polo Shirt – Size (S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, or 4XL) and Monogram Name [monograms are limited to 12 characters, including spaces and must be submitted before June 1].

When you are done, scroll down and click Save.  You will be alerted to your charges and how you will pay for them.