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<font size=4>Don't forget to sign up for this fall's joint Mini-con with
the Southern Railway Historical Association in the fabulous Bristol train
station!<br><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=4>The Watauga Valley Chapter
NRHS, the Carolina Clinchfield Chapter NRHS, the Smokey Mountain Division
NMRA, and the Mt. Empire Model Railroad Club at East Tennessee State
University will be represented there and we are inviting their members to
join us too.<br><br>
On Friday October 16th, we are getting a chance to photograph the Watauga
Valley Chapter’s passenger equipment at their yard in Jonesboro and then
journey to ETSU to enjoy a tour of the George L. Carter Museum and the
multiple model railroad layouts the Mt. Empire Club operates every
weekend. <br><br>
Then on Saturday, the doors at the station will open at 8:00am for
registration and set-up. At 9:00am, we will start a day of clinics that
will include studies of digital photography, a diesel air horn
demonstration, release of the newest SRHA publication on Southern Railway
50ft. Boxcars, and a live demonstration and introduction to the Advanced
Train Control System Monitor (ATCS). We will also have modeling clinics
that will include diesel DCC installations, N&W and Southern covered
hoppers, Prototype Modeling tips and tricks, modeling a Southern P2K
GP30, studying and modeling Abingdon, Virginia, and Tom Harris of
Wytheville, VA will talk about his Lakeside Lines Scale
Railroad.<br><br>
</font>Registration and more information is on the web at
<a href="http://www.nwhs.org/convention/BristolFlyer.pdf" eudora="autourl">
http://www.nwhs.org/convention/BristolFlyer.pdf</a><br><br>
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