Willmar MN
Thursday Evening, May 15th, 2025
4:00 – 9:00 pm Registration desk open
4:00 – 9:00 pm Contest Model Dropoff, Celebration Room
6:30 – 7:30 pm Clinic 1 – NMRA Judging Training
8:00 – 9:00 pm Clinic 2 – To be Announced
Friday, May 16th, 2025
8:30 am – 5:00 pm Registration desk open
9:00 am – 5:00 pm Contest Model Dropoff, Celebration Room
9:00 – 10:00 am Clinic 3 Ken Zieska “Operating the hand shake with the customer”
10:30 – 11:30 am Clinic 4 Neil Maldeis “Starting Over – Building a New Train Room & Layout(s)”
11:30 – 12:45 pm Lunch on your own.
1:00 – 2:00 pm Clinic 5 Gary Nelson “The Great Northern, firsthand memories from 4 generation of railroaders and 42 years of service”
2:30 – 5:00 pm Self-Guided Tour – Willmar BNSF
5:00 – 6:30 pm Dinner on your own
6:30 – 10:00 pm Celebration/Contest Judging
7:00 – 8:00 pm Clinic 6 Fred Headon “Grade Crossing I have known”
8:00 – 10:00 pm Clinic 7 Matt Lentz “Drawing in 3D”
Saturday, May 17th, 2025
8:30 – 11:30 am Registration desk open
9:00 – 10:00 am Clinic 8 Greg Terhar “Designing for Aesthetics”
10:30 – Noon Lunch /Travel to Montevideo.
12:00 – 5:00 pm Milwaukee Road Heritage Center Tour
4:30 – 6:00 pm Celebration Room Open
5:30 – 6:30 pm Cocktail Hour
6:00 – 9:00 pm Pick up contest models