Want to show off your layout design skills, or test how well you can design for an unfamiliar space? Every year, the PCR Layout Design & Operations meet suggests a particular design problem - how to design a layout for a given space, a specific location, or a particularly challenging situation. We invite meet attendees to design a model railroad to meet the challenges, then give a short (5 minute) presentation at the meet.
This year, we'll be running the challenge slightly differently - we're planning to have multiple creators of layouts modeling Southern Pacific's Santa Cruz branch tell you about their layouts. This will be a chance to see how different people have been inspired by the same location and setting, see the design choices each layout owner made in the shared setting.
If you've designed a layout based on the Santa Cruz branch, reach out - we may still have space for other speakers.
Contact Bruce Morden (brucedmorden@gmail.com) for questions about the challenge.