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MRH Founder 17,437 posts joef MRH Founder 17,437 posts
joef

am_thumb.jpg It's Sunday, July 13th, and I'm sitting in my 2008 Convention Hotel room, using my very fast (but not very free) wireless internet connection to post this blog entry. We're fully registered for the convention, have our convention packets (lots of little goodies like free McHenry couplers) and we're flipping through the convention program checking out the coming week's events.

Sunday is pretty slow, mostly just registration - so there's not much happening yet. However, we will be videoing a couple of JMRI clinics this evening! I've included a page from the program on the left - click on it to see a full sized version you can read. I've marked the two clinics we will be videoing in yellow.

Tomorrow is when things really get rolling, with a full day of tours, clinics, and other events. I'll be walking around the convention hall taking photos and be posting more in the days ahead "live" from the convention in my blog!

 

 

 

 

 

Joe Fugate​
Publisher, Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine

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jeffshultz MRH Staff 7,978 posts
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Not Free?

Can I assume from your comment about "fast but not free" that the Marriott is still in the dark ages and is charging for internet access?

Ugh.

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Joppasub New member 7 posts
Joppasub

Looking forward to

Looking forward to reading/seeing what's going on...I hope to attend next years' convention...

Thomas Austin           

Centralia IL   

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joef MRH Founder 17,437 posts
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You got it.

Jeff:

You got it ... the first hotel we were at for the Disneyland leg of our vacation had free internet access, but it was abysmally slow.

This hotel calls their internet access "Business class" and charges you an arm and a leg for it. I bit the bullet and paid up - blazingly fast, but "ouch" on the old pocket book.

Joe Fugate​
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JaySmith Regular poster 174 posts
JaySmith

 Hope you have a great time!

Hope you have a great time!  Thanks for helping those who can't be there this year.

Jay

Jay Smith

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marcoperforar Regular poster 351 posts
marcoperforar

Looking forward to the

Looking forward to the video.

I saw the presentation on the Gemco yard a year or two ago at the annual LDSIG meeting in Santa Clara.  It was quite interesting, and demonsstrated the importance of a mini-yard for serving local industries.  For a small layout, that is the kind of yard one would best include rather than a feeble attempt to model a division point.  On larger layouts, mini-yards take a lot of pressure off the major classification yard(s).

Mark

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