This is the preliminary schedule for the 2025 PCR Layout Design and Operations meet in Sacramento. The actual schedule will be provided closer to the meet.
Schedule is subject to change, please check back closer to the event for changes.
Details here.
Meet your fellow attendees and organizers on a virtual get-together on Zoom. Meet some of our panel participants, organizers, modelers and operators for a meet and greet before Saturday's event.
Meet your fellow in-person attendees for a group buffet dinner.
| 8:45 am | Doors open |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Welcome, introduction, news. (Seth Neumann) |
| 9:15 am - 9:30 am | Layout design challenge introduction. (Bruce Morden) |
| 9:30 am - 10:30 am | First presentation. |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Switching puzzle, break. |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Layout design challenge #1 |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Second presentation. |
| 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch and birds of a feather meetups. |
| 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Layout design challenge #2 |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | Third presentation. |
| 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Layout Design challenge #3 |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Break |
| 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm | Panel. |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Switching puzzle solution. |
| 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm | Layout Design Challenge conclusion (Bruce Morden). |
| 4:45 pm - 5:00 pm | Raffle drawing, thanks, closing remarks. |
We'll have limited space for attendee posters describing model railroad designs they've worked on. Contact xxx@xxxxx.com to reserve space.
Sign up for a consultation session to get advice on your model railroad layout design or operations scheme from an experienced modeler. Learn more about signing up for a design consulation.
Layout tours in the Sacramento and Roseville area.
Watch your e-mail the week before the meet for the list of open layouts.
Operating sessions are by invitation - learn more about participating in an operating session during the meet.