NMRA 2021 Rails By The Bay – Join Us (Virtually) This Summer in Santa Clara
July 6-10, 2021
As you’ve heard, NMRA 2021 Rails By The Bay has transitioned to a video-rich, online virtual convention scheduled for five days from July 6-10, 2021. We’ll be offering live online video clinics and panel programs, with real-time Q&A with speakers. All video will be offered using high-bandwidth, high-resolution, pro-level service from Zoom, supplemented by online chat in Breakout Rooms.
We will offer a number of channels for interaction among the attendees to capture some of the feeling of meeting old friends in the hallways. Each convention day will run 9:00 am to 9:00 pm, Pacific time. Most content will be recorded and available for playback for a period of two weeks after the original live presentation.
We are offering pre-recorded video layout tours, coupled with live Q&A with layout owners. You willl virtually visit the top-quality layouts of modelers like Jack Burgess, Guy Cantwell, Dave Connery, Bill Decker, Dave Houston, Otis McGee, Dave Stanley, and more. Links to all the virtual layout tours are on our website. We encourage you to visit these layouts in advance of the convention, then join panel discussions during the convention with layout owners, asking your questions live.
A large variety of clinics is already listed on our website http://pcrnmra.org/NMRA2021/. Several international clinicians are on the schedule. No travel is required. You might consider to offering a clinic as well.
We are also developing an online, photo-based model show so you can showcase the models you have built in the past year, with a “meet the modeler” panel so you can chat about techniques.
Interested in layout design? We will offer a complete LDSIG program including videos of LDSIG-oriented layouts grouped in one block, and a panel discussion about lessons learned and layout improvements.
For operators, virtual op sessions (either as an active participant or viewer) also are under development.
A dedicated team of volunteers is working to make this a great convention.
Online Registration is available at http://pcrnmra.org/NMRA2021/registration.html#olRegPay, or send email to: registrar [at] nmra2021.com (subject: Rails%20By%20The%20Bay%20Registration) .
For further convention information, contact publicity [at] nmra2021.com (subject: Convention%20Information) .
The years 2020-2021 have been unlike any other, and we appreciate your patience and positive support as we continue to develop the convention under challenging conditions. Visit http://pcrnmra.org/NMRA2021 for further information.