Assistant Editor’s thoughts
by Don Hanley
Cleveland 2014
Convention inspires new
layout thoughts
I
t is over – the 2014 NMRA National Convention is history. For
those who were unable to attend, you missed a great event.
I have been to regional meets and RPMmeets before, but
this was my first time attending a national convention.
I want to congratulate the Cleveland team: they did a marvel-
ous job. From my perspective, everything ran very smoothly.
The event was held in the new Cleveland Convention Center
and was the first event held there. The convention center staff
likewise did a great job, and are to be commended as well. The
only problem was parking. That had to do with the city and there
wasn’t much the convention committee could do about that.
I began my time at the convention on Wednesday, taking in
the LD/OPS SIG layout tour. I found all the layouts worthy of
being part of this exclusive tour. All layouts were operational,
with scenery ranging from minimal to fully sceniced. I noticed
each owner housed their layout in a neat clean room, and
allowed space for visitors. Each owner had achieved what I
discussed in my editorial a year ago on doing a layout room
well (see:
). I left each layout a bit
sorry that I had to leave such a pleasant environment.
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