2007 Miniature Railroad Convention

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The Miniature Railroad Convention will be hosted by The Arborway T.T. and Northwestern Railroad and held September 14th-16th, 2007. The Miniature Railroad event (aka Grand Scales) will feature guest speakers. The 801

There will also be the opportunity to operate miniature railroad steamers, diesels and electrics. There will be vendors skilled in various aspects of miniature railroad construction and operation. If you have questions you can email arborway@gmail.com or contact us at 314-679-1386 (Phone) or 314-269-8286 (Fax).

You will see listed on the site links to the 4 closest communities - Steelville, St. James, Cuba and Rolla, Missouri. St. James and Cuba have motels with national connections such as Best Western and Holiday Inn Express. Steelville, which is the closest, has some local motels as well as some Bed and Breakfast accommodations. Steelville also has the Wildwood Springs Lodge which you can check out at www.wildwoodspringslodge.com. Also just outside of Steelville is Indian Springs Lodge (573-775-2954) which offers cabins as well as camping. There are also camping facilities adjacent to our property at Adventure Outdoors. For camping information call owner Mark Dessieux at 573-775-5744.

There are a number of nice restaurants in the area. Steelville has the Feed Store, the Spare Rib Inn and Don's Diner. In Cuba you will find The Bakery, Missouri Hick Bar-B-Que, Cattlemen's Steak House, Country Kitchen and Frisco's. As you might suspect, Frisco's has a bit of railroad flavor in the décor as it is adjacent to the railroad tracks of the Burlington, Northern & Santa Fe (formerly Frisco). St. James boasts one of the finest restaurants in the area; Sybil's which is 1/3 mile north of the interstate on Hwy. 68. Matt's Steakhouse located one exit West of St. James is very good as well. There are a number of restaurants in Rolla such as Zeno's, The Smokehouse, Da Vinci's, as well as G&D Steakhouse to name a few.

Weather Forecast
The weather forecast for the Convention is – High in the mid-70’s – Low in the mid-50’s. As much of this event is outdoors, you may want to come prepared with jacket or sweater.

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Convention Schedule
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Friday, September 14th

Registration:

Seminars:

10:00....."The History & Building of the Railroad"

12:30....."Pattern Making for the Do It Yourselfer"

Visiting Locomotives:

Rent-An-Engine Program:

Train Rides:

6:00.....Convention Closed for the day!

Saturday, September 15th

Registration:

Seminars:

8:00....."Historic & Modern Boiler Evaluations & Practices"

9:30....."Building Rome in a Day" (ATT&NW RR)

10:30....."How to Build a Steam Locomotive" (K28)

11:30....."House of David & Their Steam Locomotives"

Visiting Locomotives:

Rent-An-Engine Program:

Train Rides:

5:00.....Convention Closed for the day!

"Boys & Girls Town of St. James"

6:30.....Banquet: Guest Speaker - Steven McLaws

8:30.....Return to Farm for Night Run

9:30.....Start Boarding Trains for the Night Run

10:00.....Night Run Begins

Sunday, September 16th

Registration:

Seminars:

9:00....."Rules Book-Application in Grand Scale Railroads"

10:00....."Passenger Car Coaches & How to Begin"

11:00....."Signals"

12:00....."The Story of the Camp Sunrise Train"

Visiting Locomotives:

Rent-An-Engine Program:

Train Rides:

6:00.....Convention Closes

Thank You. Hope you enjoyed your visit to the Arborway Railroad

CORRECTION: A convention brochure was printed showing an incorrect zip code for the convention office. When registering for the convention, please use the address shown on the bottom of the registration form and vendor form which has the correct zip code of 63131.

Print-and-Send Registration Forms

Please print forms and send to:
ATT&NW Railroad Convention Office
1588 South Lindbergh Blvd., Ste. 205, St. Louis, MO 63131

ATT&NW Standards

If you are planning to bring equipment to the 2007 convention you must contact the railroad by August 1st. Follow the link below for information regarding ATT&NW standards and contact information. To avoid problems at the time of the convention please contact ATT&NW with any questions about your equipment running on the railroad as soon as possible.
Arborway T.T. and Northwestern Railroad - Equipment Standards (104k pdf file)

Local information by city:

Rolla	Motels	Restaurants	Camping

St. James	Motels	Restaurants	Camping

Cuba	Motels	Restaurants	Camping

Steelville	Motels	Restaurants	Camping

Area Information Links:

Points of interest nearby

The following rail activities in St. Louis are within 20-30 minutes driving time of each other and are both "world famous" collections worth seeing.

Wabash, Frisco, and Pacific Railroad - 12" Gauge - Running Sundays May-Oct. - Special Open House for GSQ Convention on Thursday, September 13. Seven active steam locomotives including two Wagner 4-6-4's, two 1926 4-6-2's built by Greenly and the shops that became the Romney, Hythe, & Dymchurch, and a 4-8-2 built with House-of-David parts. Inactive but cosmetically restored 1907 International Miniature. Website: www.wfprr.com
Museum of Transport - Standard Gauge - Open 7 days week - One of the best standard gauge collections in the country. Home of the Frisco 1522, a Big Boy, a N&W Y6a, and many others from just about every Class 1 that existed. Website: www.museumoftransport.org